San Ramon Valley wins big
As good as host San Ramon Valley-Danville was on offense Friday night, it was even better on defense.
The 16th-ranked Wolves pitched a shutout in a 45-0 shellacking of No. 25 Foothill-Pleasanton and rendered the absence of Foothill’s quarterback, Fresno Statebound Ben Wooldridge, virtually meaningless.
San Ramon Valley (2-0) held Foothill (0-2) to 112 total yards and allowed the Falcons into their territory only twice in the East Bay Athletic League opener for both teams.
Wooldridge, who injured his knee in Foothill's 35-26 season-opening loss to San Leandro, is expected to miss three to six weeks. The Wolves harassed his replacement, A.J. Duval, into 9-for-21 passing for 65 yards. They sacked him twice and hit him as he threw on three other occasions.
San Ramon Valley’s Clark Baker completed his first four passes and finished 11-for-16 for 135 yards, with scoring passes to Daniel Medley, Koby Gross and Cathal Roberts. Medley ran for a team-high 94 yards, and the Wolves outgained Foothill 289-112.
#5 Bishop O'Dowd-Oakland 51, Justin-Siena-Napa 7:
Junior running back Austin Jones ran for 110 yards and five touchdowns as the visiting Dragons (2-0) rolled to another easy win. Oregon-bound Jevon Holland returned a punt 75 yards for a TD and quarterback Quinn Brinnon found Napoleon Kaufman Jr. on a 28-yard TD. Justin-Siena got its lone score on a 13-yard pass from Barrett Donohoe. The home team had minus-9 yards at halftime.
#8 Valley Christian 55, Pleasant Valley-Chico 3:
Juan Turner completed five of six passes for 121 yards and three touchdowns in the first half alone and Charlie Bostic scored on runs of 20 and 90 yards as the host Warriors (2-1) ran away from the defending state 4-A champions.
#9 Freedom-Oakley 55, James Logan-Union City 6:
Joey Aguilar passed for five touchdowns and the host Falcons (3-0) have now outscored opponents 138-22. The victory led a strong day for Bay Valley Athletic League schools, including wins from No. 14 Antioch (54-44 at San Leandro), Liberty-Brentwood (3423 over Wood-Vacaville), Heritage-Brentwood (41-7 over Kennedy-Fremont) and Deer Valley-Antioch (52-0 over Castlemont-Oakland).
Gonzaga (Spokane, Wash.) 38, #11 Bellarmine 19: Tyson
Garcia had touchdown runs of 3 and 83 yards, but it wasn't nearly enough for the host Bells (2-1), who never led against three-time state champion Gonzaga (1-1).
#22 Menlo-Atherton 30, Palma-Salinas 6: Miles
Conrad threw touchdown passes of 14 and 71 yards to open the scoring in the second quarter as the host Bears (1-2) avoided an 0-3 start following closes loses to Bellarmine and Mitty.
San Benito-Hollister 21, Los Gatos 20:
Host Los Gatos (1-2) trailed 21-0 in the middle of the third quarter before quarterback Robert Nelson completed three touchdown passes, two to Tyler Williams, including a 4-yarder with 5:23 remaining. A two-point conversion attempt failed and the Wildcats never got within the 40 from there. Jonny Gonzalez, Gio Gionnotta and Matt Ramon had touchdowns for San Benito (3-0).
Acalanes-Lafayette 35, Rodriguez-Fairfield 10:
Quarterback Robby Rowell passed for 319 yards for the host Dons (3-0), connecting on 17 of 29 attempts. Rowell threw for three touchdowns and ran for one. Brian Merken had a spectacular catch on a 47-yard TD, one of his three scores.