Tremain twins pack 1-2 punch in top-ranked Folsom’s rout over No. 7 Jesuit
Folsom High School football twins Josh and Tyler Tremain grew up playing in the Junior Bulldogs youth program. They watched and idolized the Folsom greats.
Now the twins are in their senior year and are the stars of the show. Tyler is a 5-foot-11, 180-pound gun-slinging quarterback that led the Sac-Joaquin Section in passing yards during the spring season and is on pace to do it again. Josh is a 6-2, 215-pound fearless linebacker that flies over the field and hits opposing playmakers with force.
They shined in Folsom’s 56-7 win over No. 7 Jesuit on Monday night at Prairie City Stadium. Tyler threw for 254 yards and six touchdown passes, three to Rico Flores Jr. The other touchdown passes went to Lucas Wolfe, Onterrio Smith Jr and Justin Arnaz. Toure Hendrick scored on a 46-yard touchdown run in the third quarter for Folsom.
“I talk to a lot of people and I’ll be the first to say that Tyler is the best player in the section,” Folsom coach Paul Doherty said. “That being said, Josh is maybe a better football player than his brother. He has always been a bigger, stronger kid. To see the success his brother is having is a great balance for the culture of our program. Their dad (Bob) raised them the right way and their mom has their back 100%.”
Backup quarterback Carter Martinelli came in for relief in the second half and threw a 1-yard touchdown to Walker Lyons. Jesuit running back Jagger Shaddix scored his team’s lone touchdown in the final minutes of the game.
Folsom’s first-string defense shut down Jesuit and allowed just over 100 yards of offense. The Bulldogs defense had six sacks by five different players. Tremain, Justin Eklund, Diallo Washington, Caden Bienvenue and Elijah Gulewich all got to the quarterback. As a unit, Folsom forced multiple turnovers that included a strip-sack by Eklund and a fumble recovery by Jake Gruele.
The defense stayed on the field a majority of Monday night because Folsom (2-0) ran a total of 29 offensive plays.
“It’s awesome, I love being in control,” Josh Tremain said. “Everything falls back on me. Most of the kids on this defense has been playing football together for seven or eight years.”
Tyler said on his twin brother, “He’s great. We always try and one up each other. It’s a competition. I pick him off in practice some days and sometimes he beats me with throws. It goes back and forth. I have been playing for the Bulldogs since I was six years old. I was watching Jake Browning and those guys. The whole community is here and it’s a great way to bring it together.”
Doherty was impressed with the fan turnout after a wild week of rescheduling and shuffling of locations. The chaos started Thursday with doubts about the freshman game being able to happen because of the poor air quality.
“My wife is a teacher, my parents are teachers and my three older brothers are teachers,” Doherty said. “We work in education. I’m the first guy to put PE and athletics at the front of education. These kids need to see live interaction. Enjoy everything that high school has to offer. (Our student section) was awesome.”
On Friday, the game was moved from Folsom to Jesuit for a 4:30 p.m start, where the hope was for better air quality. Then the game was moved back to Folsom for a nighttime kickoff.
By the time players started taking the field at warmups at around 5:45, administration from both schools and the referees met and determined the game could only be played if the AQI was below 160. The AQI while players warmed up was 160 on the dot, which prompted both schools to head to the locker room in hopes of the AQI dropping to 159 or below. After waiting for over an hour, the game was canceled,. disappointing an overflow crowd. Monday’s game didn’t feature as large of a crowd, but the fans in attendance still saw a typical Folsom performance.
Folsom will play Pittsburg of the Bay Area on Saturday. Jesuit will play No. 5 Granite Bay on Friday.