Foothill-Bakersfield at Tehachapi
November 1, 2013
Skylar Valencia #10 rushes through the Foothill secondary in the first quarter to score one of his three touchdowns on the night.
Valencia finished with 106 yards on only six carries to help the Warriors to a 49-7 win. Photo by David Schoenberg, The Tehachapi News.
Posted on November 4, 2013 by Tom Shea, The Tehachapi News Calling It A Night
THS Easily Takes Care Of Foothill, 49-7
The fast and furious wing-t attack wasted little time building momentum, cruising to five first quarter touchdowns to lift the Warriors to an eventual 49-7 victory over Foothill.
In limited action, Skylar Valencia took six carries for 106 yards, scoring three touchdowns on runs of 33, 8 and 8 yards.
Nathan Evans also added a 21-yard interception return for a touchdown and Micah FJeld caught a 16-yard pass from Chris Llamas to end the night for the Mountain Football starters after only 13 minutes into the game.
Ray Hackleman finished as the second leading rusher for Tehachapi (7-2; 4-0 SEYL) with 89 yards on 12 carries. Nick Steele also had 40 yards on eight attempts, Chris Rhodes scored on a one-yard run in the second quarter and Trent Reynolds had a third quarter goal-line touchdown run.
Llamas finished the night at quarterback with a perfect 4-4 passing for 55 yards and the touchdown to Fjeld. Valencia had a catch for 20 yards, Logan Soto a catch for 10 yards and Fjeld had two catches for 25 yards.
On defense, Fjeld and Hackleman had fumble recoveries and Isaiah Hutto and Evans recorded interceptions.
The Warriors also had a boost in the kicking game with the debut of Abraham Katona on kickoffs, a foreign exchange student from Hungary. Katona recorded four touchbacks on the night. Victor Rodriguez was also a perfect 7-7 on PATs.
The victory sets up a winner-take-all SEYL championship this week with Garces (7-2; 4-0 SEYL). The Rams defeated East 39-14 last week.
Kickoff for this Friday’s night’s big game will be at Sam Tobias Field in Bakersfield starting at 7:30 p.m.
Posted on November 2, 2013 by Tom Shea, The Bakersfield Californian Warriors Improve To 4-0 in SEYL Play
Tehachapi 49 Foothill 7
TEHACHAPI -- The Warriors (7-2; 4-0 Southeast Yosemite League) scored five first-quarter touchdowns to run away with a victory over Foothill.
Skylar Valencia had touchdown runs of 33, 8 and 8 yards, finishing with 106 yards on just six carries.
Chris Llamas went 4-4 passing for 55 yards, all in the first quarter, completing a 16-yard TD pass to Micah Fjeld for Tehachapi's fifth touchdown of the game.
The Warriors benched their starters at the beginning of the second quarter after going up 42-7 on a Chris Rhodes 1-yard touchdown run.
Trent Reynolds added another goal- line score in the third quarter on a 3-yard run. Ray Hackleman was the second-leading rusher for the Warriors with 89 yards on 12 carries.
For Foothill (1-8, 0-4 SEYL), Demetrius Alexander hauled in a 65-yard reception from quarterback Randy Rodriguez in the first quarter to set up a Daniel Graham 1-yard touchdown run.
Rodriguez finished with five completions for 131 yards. Alexander led all receivers with two receptions for 79 yards, followed by Michael Evaro with two receptions for 40 yards.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Foothill 7 0 0 0 07 Tehachapi 35 7 7 0 49
The Scoring:
First Quarter:
T – Valencia 33 run (Rodriguez kick)
T – Valencia 8 run (Rodriguez kick)
T – Evans 21 interception return (Rodriguez kick)
F – Graham 1 run (Cruz kick)
T – Valencia 8 run (Rodriguez kick)
T – Fjeld 16 pass from Llamas (Rodriguez kick)
Second Quarter:
T – Rhodes 1 run (Rodriguez kick)
Third Quarter:
T – Reynolds 3 run (Rodriguez kick)
Foothill vs Tehachapi Stats
FHS THS First Downs 5 13 Rushes-Yards 2 299 Passing Yards 131 55 Comp-Att-Int 5-12-2 4-4-0 Total Yards 133 354 Punts 5-37.0 2-32.0 Fumbles-Lost 9-2 0-0 Penalties 2-10 2-10
Individual Statistics:
RUSHING:
Tehachapi: Valencia 6-106, Hackleman 12-89, Steele 8-40, Urciel 3-17, Curry 2-10, Rhodes 2-10, Cross 1-(-1).
Foothill: Graham 5-25, TEAM 1-(-4), Samuel 1-(-5), Alexander 1-(-5), Rodriguez 1-(-9).
PASSING:
Tehachapi: Llamas 4-4-0-55. Foothill: Rodriguez 5-12-2-131
RECEIVING:
Tehachapi: Valencia 1-20, Fjeld 2-25, Soto 1-10. Foothill: Alexander 2-79, Evaro 2-40, Vaughn 1-12.
Varsity – Tehachapi (7-2; 4-0 SEYL), Foothill (1-7; 0-4 SEYL)
Junior Varsity - Tehachapi 42 Foothill 06
Frosh-Soph Game - Tehachapi 00 Foothill 06
