High School Playbook: Week 14 highlights, recaps

STARTS NOW. HERE THEY ARE RIGHT THERE. THE TWO HELMETS. WHICH MEANS. WELCOME TO KCRA 3 HIGH SCHOOL PLAYBOOK SHOW. I’M DEL RODGERS TONIGHT WITH THE SEMIFINALS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS. AND LIKE WE HAVE DURING THE PAST 13 WEEKS, WE WILL BRING YOU EVERY ASPECT THAT MAKES UP THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE. THAT MEANS THE BANDS, THE FANS, CHEERLEADERS, GAME OFFICIALS, EVEN THE PARENTS. WE BEGIN WITH A DIVISION ONE MATCHUP THAT SAW FOLSOM HOST THE INDERKUM TIGERS. TIGERS HAD AN EARLY LEAD TONIGHT. SECOND QUARTER STUFFED. RICKY COLE FINDS THE HOLE FOR A TWO YARD TOUCHDOWN FOR INDERKUM. THE TIGERS EVENTUALLY CLAWED THEIR WAY TO A SIX POINT LEAD IN THE THIRD QUARTER, BUT FOLSOM THE DOGS WOULD BITE BACK. RYDER LYONS FINDS THE SPACE TO GET THROUGH THE DEFENDERS AND THEN DOWN THE SIDELINE AND THEN HE MAKES A SWEET MOVE UNDERNEATH. WAIT FOR IT BECAUSE THIS IS NICE. THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE. THAT’S AN 80 YARDER INTO THE LAND OF SIX SIX FOR THE BULLDOGS TOUCHDOWN. PLUS THEY CONVERT IT TO TWO POINT TRY FOR THEIR FIRST LEAD OF THE GAME. FOLSOM HANGS ON TO WIN 3629. THEY ADVANCED TO THE DIVISION ONE SECTION FINALS. ELSEWHERE IN THE D-1, THE OAK RIDGE TROJANS, THEY HAD TO MAKE THE TRIP SOUTH TO MODESTO TO FACE THE CENTRAL CATHOLIC RAIDERS. CENTRAL CATHOLIC MADE SOME MOVES EARLY TONIGHT. WATCH TYLER WENTWORTH FINDS CARTER MEEKS TO PICK UP 20 YARDS AND A RAIDERS FIRST DOWN. BUT THE RAIDERS, THEY SCORED ONLY TWICE TONIGHT FOR OAK RIDGE. JOAQUIN GRAVES MERCADO CONNECTS WITH CALEB EDWARDS. EDWARDS AND THIS GUY GETS LOOSE AND HE CAN JUST FLAT OUT GO CHECK THIS ONE OUT. NICE CATCH, RIGHT THERE. SPIN, MOVE TO GET AWAY. 81 YARDS FOR THE OAK RIDGE. TOUCHDOWN OAK RIDGE TOUCHDOWN. AND A 2414 LEAD THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE THIRD QUARTER. PLUS THE TROJANS DEFENSE THEY WERE ON FIRE. GAVIN MALLOY GETS HIS SECOND INTERCEPTION OF THE NIGHT. CHECK IT OUT. MALLOY PICKS OFF THE BALL AT THE RAIDERS 25 YARD LINE. OAK RIDGE WOULD STAY AND KEEP IT ON COURSE, WINNING 3114. THEY WILL NOW HEAD TO THE D-1 FINAL, NOW TO A DIVISION FIVE SEMIFINAL GAME WHERE THE LOS BANOS TIGERS HAD TO TAKE A 155 MILE, TWO HOUR AND A HALF BUS RIDE TO PLAY AT 12 BRIDGES IN LINCOLN, KS. KCRA 3 MICHELLE DAPPER HAS THE ACTION ON A SOGGY NIGHT IN LINCOLN AS THE 12 BRIDGES RAGING RHINOS HOST LOS BANOS FOR A SHOT AT THEIR FIRST SECTION TITLE GAME. RHINOS UP 13 NOTHING BUT THE TIGERS CUT INTO THE LEAD. DAVID HERRERA PRETTY PASS TO YOU. ZUNIGA HE FALLS INTO THE END ZONE A 38 YARD TOUCHDOWN IT’S 13, 712 BRIDGES STILL IN THE FIRST THE FIVE EIGHT SENIOR ANTHONY GALLAGHER FINDS THE END ZONE FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THIS GAME TAKES THE KICKOFF AND TURNS ON THE JETS TAKING THE ROCK 90 YARDS GOES THE DISTANCE TWO POINT CONVERSION NO GOOD 19 SEVEN RHINOS. LOS BANOS TRYING TO HANG AROUND IN THE SECOND HERRERA ROLLS LEFT STILL ROLLING THROWS ACROSS HIS BODY TO CALEB ROBERTSON. IT’S A 43 YARD TOUCHDOWN AS THEY TRAIL 2614 THE RAGING RHINOS TAKE THE 4214 LEAD INTO THE HALF AS WHIT CRUZ WITH A SCREEN PASS TO NATHAN CRAWFORD. HE DOES THE REST 18 YARDS FOR HIS SECOND SCORE OF THE NIGHT. 27 UNANSWERED POINTS FOR 12 BRIDGES. ANTHONY GALLAGHER SCORES HIS FOURTH TOUCHDOWN OF THE GAME. THE RAGING RHINOS RUN ALL OVER THE TIGERS. 5314 AND IT’S ON TO THE SHIP PRACTICING ON THANKSGIVING. HOW DOES THAT FEEL? IT FEELS A LITTLE SURREAL AT THIS POINT IN TIME. LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN BEEN A HEAD COACH FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS AND NOT HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY IN THOSE TEN YEARS IS, YOU KNOW, IT WEIGHS ON YOU A LITTLE BIT. YOU KIND OF START TO QUESTION YOURSELF, CAN YOU DO THIS? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN? AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE GOOD LORD PROVIDED AND WE’RE HERE. WE WORKED SO HARD FOR THIS AND THE TIMES AND HOURS THAT WE PUT IN AT PRACTICE AND IT JUST FEELS SO GREAT TO COME OUT AS A, YOU KNOW, FIRST FIRST VARSITY TEAM. YOU JUST DON’T SEE IT. SO TO DO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS JUST IT’S SOMETHING SPECIAL. TOTALLY. ALL RIGHT. SO UP NEXT FOR THE RAGING RHINOS, THE CASA ROBLE RAMS FOR THE DIVISION FIVE, SECTION TITLE IN LINCOLN, MICHELLE DAPPER HIGH SCHOOL PLAYBOOK. THANK YOU, MICHELLE. NOW TO A DIVISION THREE BATTLE. THE ONLY TEAM IN THE SECTION TO HAVE WON A STATE TITLE LAST YEAR. THE GRANT PACERS, THEY HOSTED THE OAKDALE MUSTANGS TONIGHT, MUSTANGS. THEY CAME IN EIGHT AND THREE. OVERALL, GRANT PACERS BEGAN THEIR NIGHT, NINE AND TWO. OVERALL, OAKDALE WAS ABLE TO USE THEIR GROUND ATTACK TO PUNCH ONE IN WEST BUFORD FINDS A ZONE FOR THE OAKDALE MUSTANGS, BUT THE GRANT PACERS, THEY MIGHT BE THE BEST TEAM IN ALL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THEY CONTINUE TO PROVE IT. DEVIN GREEN BOUNCES OFF WOULD BE TACKLERS LIKE A CUE BALL BUSTED A RACK AS HE FINDS THE ZONE FROM 17 YARDS OUT FOR THE GRANT PACERS THEN ON DEFENSE PACERS CONTINUE TO PROVE THAT THEY ARE A COMPLETE TEAM SAJID PULITI COMES UP WITH THE GRANT PACERS INTERCEPTION PACERS. THEY ARE HEADED TO THE THREE SECTION FINALS, BEATING OAKDALE 42 TO 7 IS THE FINAL. OKAY, KEEP OUR PROMISE OF BRINGING YOU EVERY ASPECT OF FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. IT’S TIME TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR NORTHWEST EXTERIORS PLAYOFF CHEER TEAM OF THE WEEK. IT’S THE 16 MEMBER VARSITY CHEERLEADERS FROM HILMAR HIGH SCHOOL. THE HILMAR CHEERLEADERS LOVE TO MAKE THEIR FANS IN THE STANDS STAND UP AND CHEER EVERY GAME AS THEY LOVE CONTROLLING THE EMOTIONS OF EVERYONE DURING THEIR HOME AND ROAD GAMES. AND THAT’S WHY THE VARSITY CHEER TEAM AT HILMAR HIGH SCHOOL ARE OUR HIGH SCHOOL PLAYBOOK. NORTHWEST EXTERIOR AIRS PLAYOFF CHEER TEAM OF THE WEEK. THAT DOES IT FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE PLAYBOOK SHOW COMING UP AFTER A QUICK COMMERCIAL BREAK. I’VE GOT OUR FANS OF THE WEEK PLUS OUR GAME OF THE WEEK. BUT FOR NOW, IT’S TIME TO MEET OUR HIGH SCHOOL PLAYBOOK GAME. OFFICIALS OF THE WEEK. THEY’RE THE SIX PERSON VARSITY CREW, THE CREW CHIEF AND THE WHITE CAP IS PAT MORELLI. PAT HAS REFEREED HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES FOR 35 YEARS, AND BEFORE HE RETIRED, PAT WORKED FO