Tehachapi at Foothill-Bakersfield
October 26, 2012
Dakota Medovitch #81 runs for a 25 yard gain on a punt return. Medovitch would go on to record 49 yards on punt returns against Foothill in a 49-14 win at Bakersfield.
Also pictured are Warrior blockers Kiefer Fincher #66 and Blake Panek #54. Photo by Michael Duffy, The Tehachapi News.
Posted by Tom Shea, The Tehachapi News on Oct. 30, 2012 Warriors Crush Foothill, 49-14
SEYL Championship Game This Friday
The Warrior offense scored on six of their first seven possessions and the defense was relentless en route to a 49-14 victory over Foothill last Friday night.
Mountain Football accumulated 406 yards of total offense to keep their league record unblemished through four games.
Tehachapi (8-1; 4-0 SEYL) was led in the ground game by Jorge Garcia, who had a season-high 213 rushing yards on 24 carries, scoring three touchdowns on the night. It was the fourth consecutive week that Garcia scored three touchdowns or more, bringing his overall season total to 1,175 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns. Garcia has ran all season behind huge running lanes provided by Andrew Jimenez, Kyle Parks, Joseph Blewett, Trey Abarquez and Andrew Garber, among others.
Ty Curry, Chris Rhodes, Skylar Valencia, Caleab Hutto and Barry Jones all combined for the other 92 rushing yards on the night, with Curry and Hutto scoring on touchdown runs. Jones also had a touchdown run the week prior against North to bring his season total to 418 yards rushing and six touchdowns.
In the passing game, Bobby Howell threw for 101 yards passing on six completions, finding Valencia and Jeremy Duff on touchdown receptions of 41 and 10 yards, respectively. Ryan Flick led the team in receptions and yardage on the night with three catches for 44 yards.
On defense, Tehachapi had 10 tackles behind the line of scrimmage, limiting Foothill (3-6; 2-2 SEYL) dynamic running back Brandon Fanning to only 96 yards on the ground. Fanning had 516 rushing yards in three league games coming into the contest with Tehachapi, including 174 yards against Garces the week before.
Defensive standouts included Michael Contreras with a first half sack, while Blake Panek and Hutto had fumble recoveries and Steven Cross an interception.
On special teams, Duff set a team record by moving second all-time in THS history in PATs, joining a handful of former Warriors that have connected on seven one point conversions after touchdowns in one game. Dakota Medovitch also had a season-high 49 yards on punt returns.
With league play concluding next week, Tehachapi will have a winner-take-all league championship this Friday night at Coy Burnett Field against Garces.
Posted by Tom Shea, The Bakersfield Californian on Oct. 26, 2012 Late 2nd Quarter Scores Key Tehachapi Win
Tehachapi 49 Foothill 14
Tehachapi scored two touchdowns through the air with less than four minutes remaining in the second quarter to pull away in the first half, eventually coasting to a 49-14 victory over Foothill.
The Warriors ate away the majority of the first quarter clock to take an early lead, registering six first downs on an 11 play, 81 yard drive that was capped on a Jorge Garcia touchdown run.
Garcia went on to collect 213 yards rushing and score three times to pace the Tehachapi ground game.
Foothill answered the Tehachapi score with one of their own, converting three fourth down conversions on a 46 yard drive that ended with a Brandon Fanning seven yard touchdown run midway through the second quarter to tie the game.
However, the Warriors answered with two scores to end the first half, with quarterback Bobby Howell connecting with Skylar Valencia on a 41 yard score and Jeremy Duff on a 10 yard touchdown reception to take a 21-7 lead.
The Tehachapi defense recorded 10 tackles behind the line of scrimmage, limiting the Foothill ground game to only 37 first half rushing yards. Tehachapi also had an interception from Steven Cross and a fumble recovery from Blake Panek.
Brandon Fanning led Foothill (3-6; 2-2 SEYL) with 96 yards on the ground. In the second half, Fanning recorded a second rushing touchdown when Jacob Delarosa caught a tipped pass from Destin Penn to set up the score.
Brandon Palafox also had 47 yards rushing for the Trojans in the second half.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Tehachapi 7 14 14 14 49 Foothill 0 7 7 0 14
The Scoring:
First Quarter:
Teh – J. Garcia 2 yard run (Duff kick)
Second Quarter:
FHS – Fanning 7 yard run (Cruz kick)
Teh – Valencia 41 yard pass from Howell (Duff kick)
Teh – Duff 10 yard pass from Howell (Duff kick)
Third Quarter:
Teh – J. Garcia 2 yard run (Duff kick)
FHS – Fanning 8 yard run (Cruz kick)
Teh – J. Garcia 35 yard run (Duff kick)
Fourth Quarter:
Teh – Curry 25 yard run (Duff kick)
Teh – C. Hutto 6 yard run (Duff kick)
Tehachapi vs Foothill Stats
THS FHS First Downs 17 11 Rushes-Yards 44-305 40-141 Passing Yards 101 56 Comp-Att-Int 6-8-0 4-10-1 Total Yards 406 197 Punts 3-34.3 5-32.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-1 Penalties 3-15 6-45
Individual Statistics:
RUSHING - Tehachapi – J. Garcia 24-213, Curry 2-26, C. Hutto 9-25, Valencia 6-21, Jones 2-10, Rhodes 1-10.
Foothill – Fanning 29-96, Palafox 6-47, Penn 3-2, Orozco 2-(-3).PASSING - Tehachapi: Howell 6-8-0 101. Foothill: Orozco 3-9-1 25, Penn 1-1-0 31.
RECEIVING - Tehachapi: Flick 3-44, Valencia 1-41, Duff 1-10, Medovitch 1-6. Foothill – Delarosa 3-43, Penn 1-13.
Varsity – Tehachapi (8-1; 4-0 SEYL), Foothill (3-6; 2-2 SEYL)
Junior Varsity - Tehachapi 41 Foothill 06
Frosh-Soph Game - Tehachapi 27 Foothill 07