Junior Varsity corrals the Burros

On the Braves first four series on defense, the Burroughs junior varsity squad recorded an interception and forced a three-and-out on three separate occasions in an eventual 46-13 demolition over Burroughs last Friday afternoon.

Dougan Patience capped Tehachapi’s first three series on offense with touchdowns, and after three successful two-point tries the Braves jumped out to a quick 24-0 lead to start the first quarter. Chris Rush connected with Jesse Olofson, Ryan Dalmas with Matt Santos, and Patience a run on the two-point conversions.

Tehachapi’s Max Clark led all rushers with 108 yards on 11 carries, while Olofson had 71 yards on 12 attempts and Cal Weeks five carries for 70 yards. John Cramer fueled the Braves game on both offense and defense, registering nine carries for 57 yards on offense and five tackles and a fumble recovery on defense.

Other defensive standouts included Brennen Davis and Erick Erickson getting five tackles apiece, Nick Howell three tackles and an interception, Niko Taliulu with a sack, and Ryan Dalmas with an interception.

The Braves had a scary moment in the first half on Dalmas’s interception at the 9:38 mark of the second quarter when the talented back was knocked out cold after hitting the turf on the pick play at the Tehachapi 44-yard line. Thankfully, Dalmas came-to moments later and was alert to the trainers. Dalmas gave a thumbs up to his teammates and the crowd as he was taken by ambulance to the hospital for further observations.

“Basically what happened is the defender got his shoulder pads right underneath Ryan’s ribcage, and it sucked the air out of him and when he hit the ground he was out cold for a minute,” said father Jody Dalmas. “But he came to, and he was alert, knew the score, things like that. It wasn’t a helmet-to-helmet hit which was good. We took him to the hospital, and they did a CAT scan, checked his spleen, everything came back negative. He should be ready to go this week, he was doing fine over the weekend.”

Tehachapi’s record now sits at 2-1 on the season heading into their homecoming match up with Righetti this Friday afternoon at 5 p.m. at Coy Burnett Field.