Football Roundup: Buhach Colony, Atwater, Los Banos all pick up road wins in openers
The Buhach Colony High School defense recorded a safety and intercepted four passes in a shutout 19-0 win over Gregori in the season opener for both teams on Friday night in Modesto.
Josh Hendrickson connected on a touchdown pass to Kailin Frade for one of the Thunder’s two touchdowns. Junior quarterback Patrick Curran threw a touchdown pass to Julian Ruiz for BC’s second touchdown.
Buhach Colony will host Hanford next week.
Golden Valley 28, Del Campo 20 — Cougars running back Jahkylle Smith scored two touchdowns to help Golden Valley start the season with a victory.
Smith scored on runs of 3 and 13 yards in the first half.
Golden Valley quarterback Eleazar Garza added an 18-yard scoring strike to Ethain Vang and defensive back Jonah White helped the Cougars put the game away by returning an interception for a score.
Atwater 65, Valley 0 — Six different Falcons scored touchdowns as the game was playing with a running clock from the middle of the second quarter.
Los Banos 21, Dos Palos 14 — Tigers quarterback David Herrera scored on a 13-yard touchdown run with 3:44 remaining and Los Banos held on to win the Westside War at Bill Hume Stadium in Dos Palos.
Dos Palos had the ball inside the Tigers’ 40-yard line with less than a minute left, but the Tigers recovered a fumble to seal the victory.
Herrera rushed for 127 yards and scored two touchowns on the ground and added a touchdown pass to Ayden Barcellos.
Dos Palos quarterback Peyton Van Worth rushed for a touchdown and threw a 38-yard touchdown pass to Sixto Ibarra.
Le Grand 14, Livingston 7 — Bulldogs quarterback Julian Bucio connected on two touchdown passes with Ronnie Ramirez of 92 and 20 yards and the Le Grand defense did the rest.
Le Grand’s Hernan Cortez made a key fumble recovery late in the fourth quarter to help preserve the win.
Zack Duran scored Livingston’s lone touchdown on a 3-yard run in the third quarter that tied the game at 7-7.
Mariposa 36, Yosemite 12 (Thursday) — Leo Ghaleb and Ty Holt both scored two rushing touchdowns to lead the Grizzlies past the Badgers.
Mariposa racked up 233 yards on the ground and scored five rushing touchdowns.
Other Merced-area scores
Delhi 48, El Capitan 32
Stone Ridge Christian 51, Waterford 27
Patterson 20, Hilmar 14
Kerman 35, Chowchilla 28
Summerville 42, Gustine 9
This story was originally published August 20, 2022 at 12:41 AM.
