Week three games
Friday
Middletown 56, St. Vincent 23
Clear Lake 14, Kelseyville 12
St. Helena 27, Lower Lake 12
Saturday
Fort Bragg 66, Upper Lake 0
Statistical leaders
Rushing — Max Dixon and Jake Davis of Middletown posted 200-yard rushing performances in a 56-23 win over St. Vincent. Dixon gained 210 yards with two touchdowns and Davis had 203 yards and four TDs. Steven Grossner had 109 yards on 11 carries in Kelseyville”s 14-12 loss to Clear Lake.
Passing — Lower Lake”s Stephen Whitcomb completed 4 of 11 passes for 101 yards in a 27-12 loss to St. Vincent. Also for Lower Lake, Joe Taylor made good on 5 of 9 passes for 69 yards and a touchdown. Middletown”s Kyle Harmyk was 4 of 10 for 84 yards and a TD.
Receiving — Jereomy Hoefer of Middletown, Alfonso Daniels of Lower Lake and Seth Glazier of Clear Lake all had touchdown receptions in week three.
Highlights
Special teams — Middletown placekicker Danny Beckwith went 8-for-8 on PATs against St. Vincent. Fort Bragg”s Garrick Tallman went 9-for-9 on PATs and booted a 39-yard field goal against Upper Lake. Tallman also kicked the ball into the end zone for touchbacks on four different kickoffs. Clear Lake”s Aaron Adams returned the opening kickoff against Kelseyville 88 yards for a touchdown.
Defense — Jack O”Hara had two of Lower Lake”s four sacks against St. Helena. Clear Lake”s Seth Glazier delivered one of the fiercest hits of the 2009 season when he clobbered Kelseyville”s Steven Grossner on a fake punt in the third quarter. Grossner, the Kelseyville punter, had actually picked up the first down on the fourth-and-17 play when Glazier smacked him near the Kelseyville sideline. The ball popped loose and Clear Lake recovered the fumble.
He gives, he takes — Kelseyville”s Steven Grossner stripped Clear Lake running back Ryan Lunas of the ball in the fourth quarter. Lunas was pounding his way forward for yardage when Grossner ripped the ball out of his grasp.
Likely to come back — Longtime Fort Bragg coach Jack Moyer said he likely will return for one more season. There has been speculation that Moyer would resign after this season because son Brent, the Timberwolf quarterback, is a senior. “This is my third year coaching him and it”s been a lot of fun. I”ll probably go one more year.”
Forget about the moral victory — After playing a competitive game against Clear Lake following blowout losses to Berean Christian and Cloverdale, Kelseyville coach Thad Owens was in no mood to hear about moral victories after the Knights” 14-12 loss to the Cardinals, a game they just as easily could have won. “If it”s a step, it”s a step backwards,” Owens said. “It”s homecoming and we obviously didn”t have our heads right. We weren”t thinking about the things we needed to think about.”
The little things — Clear Lake defensive back Ryan Richardson made a nice tackle in the open field to bring down Anthony Esberg inches short of the goal line on an attempted conversion pass in the third quarter. Kelseyville had just scored to cut Clear Lake”s lead to 14-12 and the Knights were trying to tie the game.
Ran out of bullets — St. Vincent scored on each of its first three possessions to take a 17-14 lead against Middletown in the first half Friday night in Middletown. The Mustangs scored the next 42 points.
Anti-committee committee — Now forming in Lower Lake.
Neither coach was happy — … after Clear Lake beat Kelseyville. In the history of that series, that”s probably a first.
Class A Dude”s Division IV Rankings
(Through Sept. 27)
Notes: St. Mary”s shakes things up.
1. Ferndale (4-0) ? Crushed Swett 57-0.
2. Fort Bragg (3-0) ? Rolling over teams.
3. St. Mary”s (2-1) ? Upset Salesian 20-14.
4. Salesian (2-1) ? Should win out from here.
5. Middletown (2-1) ? Dominated St. Vincent in the second half to win 56-23.
6. St. Patrick-St. Vincent (2-1) ? Edged Division II Bethel 21-20.
7. Cloverdale (3-0) ? Big game next week against Middletown.
8. St. Helena (3-0) ? Beat Lower Lake 27-12.
