Week five games
Friday
Fort Bragg 28, Clear Lake 6
Kelseyville 22, Cloverdale 16
Saturday
Middletown 35, Upper Lake 0
St. Vincent 28, Lower Lake 0
Statistical leaders
Rushing — Tyler Owen”s 157 yards and two touchdowns sparked Middletown past Upper Lake. Steven Grossner had 119 yards and two TDs in Kelseyville”s victory over Cloverdale. Upper Lake”s Joe Barnes and Middletown”s Eric Tomko just missed the century mark with 99 and 98 yards, respectively. Clear Lake”s Kevin Burt had 91 yards on 13 carries.
Passing — Lower Lake”s Stephen Whitcomb went 7-for-15 for 83 yards. Middletown”s Matt Outen completed 5 of 12 passes for 56 yards and a TD.
Receiving — Lower Lake freshman Roy Percoats, making his varsity debut, caught three passes for 46 yards. Clear Lake”s Chris Leloup had four catches for 26 yards. Middletown”s Dylan Galusha (two receptions for 30 yards) had the only touchdown catch of the weekend among Lake County players.
Highlights
Special teams — Danny Beckwith went 5-for-5 on extra points in Middletown”s win over Upper Lake. Jake Cimolino of Fort Bragg returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown against Clear Lake.
Defense — Coate Baker of Lower Lake picked off two passes while wearing two different uniforms (55 and then 44) against St. Vincent. Kelseyville”s Troy Davis recovered two fumbles against Cloverdale and teammate Mike Duman returned another fumble 46 yards for what proved to be the game-winning touchdown midway through the fourth quarter.
Don”t throw their way — Upper Lake”s Sloan Hennig and Clear Lake”s Ryan Richardson now have five interceptions on the season.
Sack attack — Middletown logged four sacks against Upper Lake. George Garcia had one of them, his fourth of the season.
Following the bouncing ball — Kelseyville and Cloverdale combined for eight turnovers Friday night in Kelseyville. There were five fumbles and three interceptions.
It”s always a pleasure — Covering a football game at St. Vincent High School is never a problem because the Petaluma school”s gate and concession workers are all so darn nice. They could give lessons.
He”s got four — Kelseyville quarterback Mike Davis had four touchdown passes on the season, not the two that were listed in the Football Friday county leaders section last week.
Bum knee, no problem — Kelseyville”s J.J. Pine ran down and sacked Cloverdale quarterback Jarod Domenichelli twice in the fourth quarter on Friday night, both times in crucial situations.
5-0 … and raring to go — The Middletown and Lower Lake junior varsity teams are 5-0 at the midway point of the season. They don”t meet until the final game of the season on Nov. 14 in Lower Lake.
Don”t see your team”s results in the paper? — Tell coach to call. No call, no story. It”s that simple.
Way too young to die — Prior to the start of the St. Vincent-Lower Lake game on Saturday, the Mustangs paid their respects to Brian Senior, a 1996 St. Vincent graduate who was recently killed in an automobile accident.
Four-score — Fort Bragg”s Jake Cimolino scored all four of the Timberwolves” TDs against Clear Lake. He rushed for 218 yards.
League openers this weekend — Middletown hosts Willits and Kelseyville calls on Fort Bragg in the NCL I North on Friday night, and Upper Lake hosts St. Helena in NCL I South action on Saturday.
Sarah Palin update — Tina Fey is smarter.
Spreading them out — St. Vincent runs the spread offense, which means the Mustangs use four receivers on just about every play.
Soccer kudos — The Middletown varsity girls are 10-1-1 through their first 12 games.
Hey, I love the confidence — Asked about his game-winning touchdown Friday night against Cloverdale, Mike Duman said, “It”s just another touchdown for the record books. There are plenty more out there for Troy Davis, for Grossner and for me.”
North Coast Section Division IV Football Great 8 Rankings:
1. Ferndale (6-0) — Crushed McKinleyville 33-6.
2. St. Patrick-St. Vincent (4-1) — Beat St. Mary”s 42-14.
3. Middletown (4-1) — Defeated Upper Lake 35-0.
4. Dougherty Valley (5-1) — Beat Harker 30-16.
5. Fort Bragg (4-1) — Beat Clear Lake 28-6.
6. Berean Christian (3-2) — Idle, up next is St. Elizabeth.
7. Justin Siena (3-3) — Lost to Marin Catholic 14-10.
8. Salesian (3-2) — Dominated Division III McClymonds 28-0.
