Week four games
Friday
Middletown 27, Cloverdale 17
Kelseyville 30, St. Helena 20
Clear Lake 48, Willits 16
Saturday
Lower Lake 56, Upper Lake 14
Statistical leaders
Rushing — Lower Lake”s Roy Percoats rushed for 148 yards on 19 carries with touchdown runs of 1, 16, 6 and 27 yards in the Trojans” 56-14 win over Upper Lake. Backfield mates E.J. Jermany added 107 yards on 14 carries while Jack O”Hara had 88 yards on 19 carries and one TD. Clear Lake”s Ryan Lunas had 94 yards on 16 carries and a TD in a 48-16 victory over Willits. Middletown”s Jake Davis gained 78 yards on 11 carries and two TDs in a 27-17 win over Cloverdale. Morgan Nelson of Kelseyville rushed for 71 yards and three TDs in a 30-20 win over St. Helena.
Passing — Middletown”s Kyle Harmyk completed 7 of 15 passes for 122 yards and a touchdown. Upper Lake”s Michael Cox was 4 of 10 for 88 yards and a TD.
Receiving — Lower Lake”s E.J. Jermany had three catches for 57 yards and a TD.
Highlights
Special teams — Kelseyville”s Steven Grossner returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown in a 30-20 win over St. Helena. Lower Lake”s E.J. Jermany returned a kickoff 66 yards for a touchdown in the second half against Upper Lake. Antonio Cortez kicked a 42-yard field goal for Kelseyville against St. Helena.
Defense — Middletown”s Jake Davis returned an intercpetion 25 yards for a touchdown right before halftime to give the Mustangs a 27-7 lead against Cloverdale. Danny Beckwith, also of Middletown, recovered two fumbles. Clear Lake”s Seth Glazier recovered a fumble and had a sack at Willits. Middletown and Lower Lake each had three sacks in their wins.
Big number — Lower Lake rushed for 374 yards at Upper Lake.
No one goes winless — Kelseyville and Lower Lake won their first games of the season, guaranteeing there will be no winless teams in Lake County in 2009.
From the Mike Hansen files — “Tom Cable wants to go to jail,” Hansen said of the Raiders” head coach. Considering Oakland”s last two games, Hansen”s probably right.
Week 5 is all in the county — Clear Lake hosts Middletown in a battle of 3-1 teams, and Kelseyville hosts Upper Lake in a battle of 1-3 teams on Friday. The county”s fifth team, Lower Lake, is also home to face Cloverdale.
Overheard it at Upper Lake — “It”s like the movie Groundhog Day,” one Cougars fan told another Saturday in Upper Lake. The topic of discussion was the recent run of losing seasons at the school.
Three 3-1 JV teams — Clear Lake, Upper Lake and Middletown all own 3-1 records.
From the Mike Hansen files — “The Raiders use a first-round pick to draft a quarterback with a strong arm and no accuracy one season, then use another first-round pick to draft a fast receiver who can”t catch. Quite a combination.”
Keeping those last names straight — Clear Lake”s Jessica Henson, Kelseyville”s Skyler Olsen.
Watch out for that acronym — On the Record-Bee”s Topix Web site, someone suggested that Lower Lake”s competition committe go by the name Committee to Restore Athletic Pride. We”re guessing that was a tongue-in-cheek suggestion.
Rumor afloat — A certain cross country runner at U.C. Davis is now sporting a modified mohawk hairdo. Dad had no input.
Kudos — To every coach who has to listen to parental ranting and raving and keeps on coaching anyway. Man, I know the feeling.
Class A Dude”s Division IV Rankings
(Through Sunday)
1. Ferndale (5-0) — Defeated a good Division III Fortuna team 27-12.
2. Fort Bragg (4-0) — Crushed St. Vincent 70-27.
3. St. Mary”s (3-1) — Beat Piedmont 42-28.
4. Salesian (3-1) — Came from behind to beat Chavez 40-24.
5. Middletown (3-1) — Big game at Clear Lake this Friday
6. St. Patrick-St. Vincent (3-1) — Crushed Swett 48-6.
7. Berean Christian (4-1) — Big game against Salesian this Friday.
8. Cloverdale (3-1) — First loss of the year to Middletown 27-17.
