High school football
Week four games
Friday
Clear Lake 26, Middletown 7
Kelseyville 20, Upper Lake 7
Lower Lake 40, Cloverdale 8
Statistical leaders
Rushing — Kelseyville”s Josh Huston rushed for 187 yards — for the second week in a row — as the Knights beat Upper Lake 20-7 for their first win of the season. Middletown workhorse Eric Tomko carried the ball 24 times for 101 yards in the Mustangs” 26-7 loss to Clear Lake. Clear Lake”s Mike Zimmerman had 79 yards on 12 carries and teammate Collin Coddington added 70 yards on 11 carries.
Passing — Middletown”s Matt Outen completed 8 of 14 passes for 100 yards and a touchdown. Clear Lake”s Jameson Holder attempted only six passes but completed three for 53 yards, including two TDs.
Receiving — Clear Lake”s Erik Jameson had two catches for 42 yards and a TD. Middletown”s Dylan Galusha caught four passes for 36 yards.
Highlights
Special teams — Clear Lake recovered an unintentional onside kick and parlayed that gift turnover into its final touchdown against Middletown. The line-drive kick smacked a Middletown up man and bounced back to the Cardinals. Kicker Chaz Ballew recovered the ball. Kelseyville”s Justin Lilly went 2-for-3 in the PAT department against Upper Lake.
Defense — Clear Lake registered five quarterback sacks in its win over Middletown and Colby Butcher had three of them. Kelseyville did one better, notching six sacks in its win over Upper Lake. Troy Davis led the way with two. Clear Lake”s Daniel Gildea also had two sacks.
Passing, we don”t need no stinking passing — Kelseyville”s Justin Lilly and Mike Duman were a combined 0-for-6 throwing the ball with two interceptions against Upper Lake.
Streaks — Clear Lake snapped a seven-game losing streak to Middletown. Kelseyville has now beaten Upper Lake 14 times in a row. Middletown is still 0-for-rushing TDs this season.
Oh, brother! — When it comes to football, Clear Lake fullback/linebacker Collin Coddington is all business and plenty intense, sometimes too much so. During a 9-yard run in the third quarter against Middletown on Friday night, Coddington threw a pretty good forearm shiver, directed at brother Christian, who was blocking on the play and obviously not going fast enough for Collin. Collin also landed on Christian at the end of the run.
Just one punt — Clear Lake and Middletown combined for only one punt, that by Middletown in the third quarter.
NCL I interlock update — The South went 3-2 against the North in week three of interlock play, giving the South an 8-7 edge through three weeks.
Maximum overdrive — Sarah Sumpter won the Division IV girls” race and posted the top time among California runners on Saturday at the Stanford Invitational. She covered the 3.1 miles in 17 minutes, 50 seconds. There are no other runners in my family or my wife”s family, so it”s all her.
Class — The Giants hold a post-game Barry Bonds celebration following the final home game of the season and the only person not there is Bonds. Yep, he left with no comment for reporters ? and fans. Actually, his actions said plenty.
Suddenly, the No. 1 draft pick is a possibility — The San Francisco 49ers.
Natural disasters — Mount St. Helens, Loma Prieta, the Indonesian tsunami, San Francisco”s offensive line.
From Middletown — One of my Middletown contributors, commenting on the Middletown Times Star”s recent criticism of the Record-Bee in two editorials, could only laugh when he told me, “Middletown hasn”t had a newspaper for a long time. I remember when it used to have sports in it. But it you want gymkhana results, we”re on the cutting edge.”
Parents of JV players — The Record-Bee welcomes results from JV football coaches and Pop Warner coaches from throughout the county. Talk to your coach if your team”s results are not appearing in the paper.
Name change preview at Kelseyville — Xabenapo High School, home of the Knights. Kind of rolls off your tongue, doesn”t it?
Another word from Middletown — I don”t think soccer and cross country star Kelsey Welton of Middletown High School is changing her first name to Xabenapo anytime soon.
On the JV front — Middletown”s junior varsity squad is now the only undefeated JV team in the county following a 26-14 win over Clear Lake. The Mustangs are 3-0-1 and have won three in a row.
Week five preview — Clear Lake hosts Fort Bragg, Middletown is home against Upper Lake, Kelseyville travels to Cloverdale, and Lower Lake hosts St. Vincent.
