Week two games
Friday
Clear Lake 50, Kelseyville 12
Middletown 14, St. Vincent 7
Lower Lake 18, St. Helena 14
Saturday
Fort Bragg 34, Upper Lake 10
Statistical leaders
Rushing — Lower Lake”s Jake Sanders had 119 yards on 23 carries and two touchdowns to help the Trojans win their first game of the season. Middletown”s Eric Tomko also topped the century mark with 112 yards on 21 carries against St. Vincent. Upper Lake”s Antonio DiConza had 92 yards on 18 carries in the Cougars” loss to Fort Bragg.
Passing — Middletown”s Matt Outen completed 7 of 17 passes for 130 yards and two TDs. Clear Lake”s Jameson Holder went 7-for-11 for 126 yards and two TDs.
Receiving — Dylan Galusha caught six passes for 120 yards, including the game-winning touchdown in Middletown”s victory over St. Vincent. Clear Lake”s Erik Jameson had three receptions for 72 yards and a TD and Upper Lake”s Dalton Steptoe caught three passes for 64 yards and a TD.
Highlights
Special teams — Upper Lake placekicker Luis Santana booted a 26-yard field goal to give the Cougars” a short-lived 10-8 lead against Fort Bragg.
Defense — The Clear Lake Cardinals forced five turnovers in their lopsided win over Kelseyville. Erik Jameson led the way with a fumble recovery and an interception. Lower Lake”s Chris Sisco recovered two fumbles against St. Helena. His teammate, Angel Macias, picked off two Saints passes.
Six-pack sack attack — Middletown”s defense logged six quarterback sacks against St. Vincent. Nick Pion and George Garcia led the way with two apiece.
Right place, right time X 3 — Fort Bragg linebacker Nick Paoli picked off three passes in his team”s win over Upper Lake. All of them came in the second quarter.
First time he”s been on the winning end — Senior Steven Arson of the Lower Lake football team experienced his first taste of victory at the varsity level on Friday night when the Trojans beat the St. Helena Saints. Lower Lake went 0-10 his sophomore year and 1-9 last year, but he didn”t suit up for the team”s only win (against Cloverdale).
Don”t go there — Clear Lake was not trying to run up the score on Kelseyville late during Friday”s contest at Kelseyville. The Cardinals had just scored a touchdown to go up 48-12 when a poor snap on the conversion kick prompted holder Jameson Holder to roll out and roll into the end zone for the two-point conversion.
Not wasting any time — Clear Lake”s first three plays from scrimmage in the second half produced two touchdowns against Kelseyville.
Not wasting any time (advanced edition) — Fort Bragg scored touchdowns on consecutive plays from scrimmage in the second quarter against Upper Lake. Both TDs followed interceptions.
Considering the situation, not bad — Pressed into service because of an injury to starter Mike Duman, Kelseyville quarterback Justin Lilly turned in a solid effort against Clear Lake, completing 4 of 7 passes for 74 yards and a TD.
Keeping busy — Middletown linebacker Eric Tomko was in on 18 tackles and had a sack against St. Vincent.
Talk fast — Our new and improved phone system at the Record-Bee has cut the amount of time coaches have to leave messages in half. While we”re trying to straighten out the problem, if you have to leave results, do it quick or call back and talk to a real person. Sorry for the unintended inconvenience.
JV football results — We print them as we get them. If we don”t get them, we don”t print them. Kind of poetic.
Could work — Someone suggested the other day that Clear Lake call its homefield Red Card Stadium or, if you like, home of the Red Cards, which also works since Clear Lake”s color is red.
Hey, it”s my column … and my daughter — Sarah Sumpter of Healdsburg High School won the Junior-Senior girls” race on Saturday during the Viking Opener at Spring Lake in Santa Rosa. She set a school record in the process, completing the 2-mile course in 11 minutes, 53 seconds. Teams from throughout the North Coast Section took part in the cross country event, including runners from Lower Lake, Upper Lake and Middletown high schools.
Air Foltmer — Two weeks into the 2007 season, the Middletown Mustangs have scored four touchdowns, none rushing.
O.J. Simpson — Renaissance man.
O.J. Simpson with a Forrest Gump twist — Stupid is as stupid does.
Now in production — The Gary Pickle Story, starring Tommy Lee Jones.
