St. Francis beats St. Ignatius to snap a three-game skid. Heritage bounces back to beat Freedom in a league opener.
Top-ranked Serra was far from perfect but still managed to comfortably beat 11th-ranked Archbishop Mitty.
Third-ranked Pittsburg pulled away late to turn back No. 5 McClymonds.
Half Moon Bay held off seventh-ranked Menlo-Atherton in a league opener and Lincoln-San Jose cruised past Branham in a matchup between teams that had not lost.
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Serra built a two-touchdown cushion by halftime and led by three touchdowns after the third quarter on its way to a victory in its only night home game of the season. Maealiuaki Smith threw two touchdown passes and Teddy Chung intercepted two passes to help lead the way. Darren Sabedra has the recap here.
Pittsburg, playing on its home field, broke open the game late as the Pirates bounced back from their loss two weeks ago to Folsom. Elijah Bow propelled the Pirates with 183 and a touchdown in 33 carries. Check out Joseph Dycus’ game story here.
California scored on six of its first seven possessions as Jayden Macedo threw for 195 yards and three touchdowns and the defense held host Granada to 159 yards in the victory. “I thought our guys came out focused,” California coach Danny Calcagno said. Phil Jensen has the full recap here.
For the second week in a row, Menlo-Atherton lost on the road by a point. Last week, Wilcox beat the Bears 21-20. Friday, in a league opener, Half Moon Bay held off M-A after the Bears moved inside the 10-yard line with less than two minutes to go. David Kiefer has all the details here.
The Lancers, for the first time since Week 1, returned to the win column with a victory on the road against St. Ignatius in West Catholic Athletic League play. Keala Keanaaina started the scoring with a three-yard plunge late in the first quarter. Then quarterback Matthew Dougherty sneaked in from the 1 in the second quarter to give the Lancers a 14-0 lead at halftime. Dougherty also caught a 40-yard touchdown from Riley Long. Soren Hummel threw a couple of scoring passes to give St. Ignatius life, but St. Francis (2-3, 1-1) pulled away when Dougherty connected with Ned Righellis and Andrew Adkison for touchdowns. St. Francis plays host to Sacred Heart Cathedral next Friday, while St. Ignatius (1-4, 0-2) will be back at home to face Valley Christian. — Joseph Dycus
Devon Rivers scored five rushing touchdowns as the Patriots (5-1) bounced back from their first loss of the season last week. Rivers had 192 yards on 37 carries and scored all five TDs on runs of 7 yards or less. The Fresno State commit now has 1,264 yards and 18 touchdowns this season. Last week in a 17-7 setback against James Logan, he was held under 100 yards and without a score for the only time this season. Friday night’s Bay Valley Athletic League opener for both Heritage and Freedom was close for a half. The visitors led 14-12 at halftime against the much-improved Falcons (2-3, 0-1), but they took charge in the third and fourth quarters. It began on the very first play after intermission when quarterback Austin Peters threw a 73-yard touchdown to Brooks Davis. That made it 21-12, and Heritage built the lead to 34-12 on two more Rivers runs before Freedom finally managed a touchdown in the fourth quarter. Heritage is off next Friday before visiting Antioch on Oct. 14. Freedom also has a bye before playing at Liberty on Oct. 14. — Mike Lefkow
Antioch snapped a four-game losing streak on Thursday behind solid offensive performances from Charles Brown and Larenzo Mayfield. Brown rushed for 137 yards and two touchdowns and Mayfield threw one touchdown and ran for two more to lead the Panthers to a victory in the inaugural Antioch Sports Legends trophy game. Elijah Stingley, Issac Gaines, Robert Edward and Curtis Tucker all scored for Antioch. Marc Mixon and Jaion Gray found the end zone for Deer Valley. Both will resume play on Oct. 14. Antioch (2-4, 1-4) will play host to Heritage and Deer Valley (0-6, 0-1) will be at home against Pittsburg. – Jesús Cano
Dougherty Valley is 6-0 for the first time in program history after winning at home against Vallejo. Devin Garcia had two touchdowns for the second consecutive game. Aryan Guar also had a pair of touchdowns, which included a 90-yard run. Aditya Ved, Michael Bae, and Gavin Bergstedt also scored. Dougherty Valley will start East Bay Athletic League Valley Division play next Friday at home against Foothill. – Jesús Cano
Santa Teresa stretched its winning streak to three games, building a 34-point halftime cushion en route to a non-league victory Thursday at home over Independence. Joseph Tapia threw two touchdown passes and Evan Smith ran for 109 yards and a touchdown in 22 carries to help lead the way. Joshua Reyes added a two touchdowns on the ground and one receiving and Ian Quintero and Joshua Rahimi also scored touchdowns for Santa Teresa (4-2). Reyes, who plays strong safety, led the defense with eight tackles. Weak safety Alex Villaneda finished with seven tackles, middle linebacker Davis Aguirre had six tackles and an interception and defensive lineman Joe Brush contributed four tackles and a sack. Santa Teresa has next week off, then plays host to Live Oak in a league game on Oct. 14. Independence (1-4) visits Pioneer in a league game Thursday. — Darren Sabedra
Cooper Nixon had 12 carries for 130 yards and two touchdowns as Willow Glen prevailed on the road over Evergreen Valley in a Blossom Valley Athletic League West Valley Division game. Cedeno Chavez, Dylan Dallas and Joshua Sanchez also scored. Chase Otrowoski had an interception and Taggart Severson recovered a fumble to contribute to the shutout. Willow Glen (3-2, 2-0) has won two in a row. The Rams will return home next Friday to play Hill. Evergreen Valley (2-3, 1-1) plays host San Jose next Friday. – Jesús Cano
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