Sacramento Bee Logo

High school football notes: Del Oro vs. Rocklin tops week of league showdowns | The Sacramento Bee

×
  • E-edition
    • Customer Service
    • SacBee Rewards
    • About Us
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Apps
    • Mobile & Apps
    • Twitter, Facebook, Google+, YouTube
    • News in Education (NIE)
  • Newsletters

    • Sacramento Region
    • Arena
    • City Beat
    • Crime
    • Local Govt Salary Database
    • The Homeless
    • Marcos Bretón
    • Transportation
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Health & Medicine
    • Traffic Conditions
    • Weather
    • Communities
    • Elk Grove
    • Folsom/El Dorado
    • Roseville/Placer
    • Yolo
    • Sports
    • Kings
    • NBA News
    • 49ers
    • Giants
    • Oakland A's
    • High School Sports
    • Joe Davidson
    • More Sports
    • Raiders
    • NFL News
    • MLB News
    • River Cats
    • Soccer
    • Colleges
    • Golf
    • Autos Racing
    • Politics
    • Capitol Alert
    • State Workers
    • The California Influencer Series
    • Local Elections
    • PoliGRAPH
    • State Worker Salary Database
    • Legislative Gifts
    • Local Elections
    • California Elections
    • Election Endorsements
    • Election 2018
    • Voter Guide
    • Investigations
    • Data Tracker
    • Public Eye
    • Afghan Refugees
    • Nursing Homes
    • Opinion
    • Editorials
    • Election Endorsements
    • Viewpoints
    • Influencers Opinion
    • California Forum
    • Letters to the Editor
    • Submit a Letter
    • Jack Ohman
    • Editorial Board
    • Entertainment & Life
    • Arts & Theater
    • Books
    • Home & Garden
    • Movies
    • Music
    • Outdoors
    • Pets
    • Travel
    • More Entertainment
    • Events Calendar
    • Horoscopes
    • Comics
    • Puzzles
    • TV Listings
    • Sacbee Rewards
    • Food & Drink
    • Restaurants News & Reviews
    • Restaurant Directory
    • Cooking & Recipes
    • Beer
    • Wine
    • Appetizers Blog
    • California
    • Big Valley
    • Marijuana
    • Wildfires
    • Water & Drought
    • Lottery
    • Business
    • Real Estate
    • Market Summary
    • Cathie Anderson
    • Nation & World
    • National
    • World
    • Technology
    • Family
    • Celebrities
    • TV news
    • Weird News
    • Video Break
    • News Obituaries
    • Death Notices
    • FAQ
    • ObitMessenger
    • In Memoriam

    • The Sacramento Bee Store
    • Golf Card
    • Farm to Fork Dining Card
  • Jobs
  • Moonlighting
  • Cars
  • Homes
  • Classifieds
  • Legal Notices
  • Place an Ad
  • Advertise
  • Mobile & Apps

High School Sports

High school football notes: Del Oro vs. Rocklin tops week of league showdowns

By Joe Davidson - jdavidson@sacbee.com

    ORDER REPRINT →

October 06, 2014 07:33 PM

Week Six of the high school football season will feature several showdown games as league play reaches the third week.

In the Sierra Foothill League, No. 7 Del Oro visits rival No. 3 Rocklin and No. 10 Granite Bay plays at No. 8 Oak Ridge.

In the Delta League, No. 6 Monterey Trail hosts No. 11 Franklin in an effort to keep pace with No. 2 Grant, which hosts Pleasant Grove. Also, No. 4 Elk Grove and No. 5 Jesuit travel to Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara to meet in the second game of a doubleheader.

Del Oro is 10-3 against Rocklin since 2004, including beating the Thunder for the 2005 Sac-Joaquin Section Division II championship, and SFL wins in 2011 and 2013 that led to state bowl seasons. Rocklin beat Del Oro twice in 2009, in SFL play and in the section Division II championship en route to a bowl game.

Sign Up and Save

Get six months of free digital access to The Sacramento Bee

SUBSCRIBE WITH GOOGLE

#ReadLocal

Rocklin is 5-0 for the first time since it went 14-1 in 2009. Friday, quarterback Max O’Rourke passed for five touchdowns and ran for another in the Thunder’s 59-21 victory over Oak Ridge.

“He’s been great,” Rocklin coach Greg Benzel said of O’Rourke. “He’s very smart. He’ll be running a company some day.”

Del Oro’s 2-4 record is misleading, with losses to powerhouse programs Kamehameha of Hawaii, Helix of La Mesa, De La Salle of Concord and top-ranked Folsom.

Granite Bay (3-2) and Oak Ridge (3-2) are meeting for the first time as SFL members after realignment. Granite Bay beat Oak Ridge for the 2012 section Division I championship 35-23, en route to a CIF State Division II title, and Oak Ridge beat Granite Bay 28-17 in the playoffs last season.

In the Delta League, Monterey Trail (5-0) is off to its best start, highlighted by wins over No. 17 Antelope (27-20) and No. 9 Inderkum (29-27). But the Mustangs will play Franklin (3-2), Grant (5-0), Elk Grove (4-1) and Jesuit (4-1) in consecutive weeks.

“It’s a good start, but we really haven’t done anything yet,” Monterey Trail coach T.J. Ewing said. “We’ll have to keep getting better.”

Franklin lost its league opener at Grant 43-14but bounced back to rout Sheldon 56-3 last week.

Elk Grove and Jesuit are both in the Delta for the first time since the 1980s. Elk Grove is coming off a 26-19 loss to Grant, despite sophomore quarterback Tyler Vander Waal passing for 267 yards and two touchdowns. Jesuit, which has bounced back from a season-opening 63-0 loss to De La Salle, is led by running back Beau Bisharat, quarterback Cole Brownholtz and receiver Isaiah Bailey. The Mauraders’ regular-season schedule concludes with Sheldon, Franklin, Monterey Trail and Grant, the last two at home.

Balance of power – Folsom, known for an offense led by state record-setting quarterback Jake Browning, has been strong running the ball and on defense, too. In a 42-7 victory over Del Oro, the Bulldogs (6-0) allowed just 62 rushing yards (2.2 per carry) and 139passing yards. Bailey Laolagi returned an interception for a touchdown. The defense has been led by Tyler Crandall, Sam Whitney, Sam Whittingham, Jarod Nooner and Lukas Hendricks. Whitney and Nooner also are offensive linemen who helped Folsom rush for 284 yards on 43 carries, with Bryan Weldy going for 102 yards and Tre Green 92.

Idle Hillmen – Placer will have 20 days between games after a bye last week and a forfeit this week against Center, which doesn’t have enough players to field a team after a bench-clearing brawl against Encinal in Alameda on Sept. 27 led to mass ejections.

Per CIF rules, ejected players have to sit out the following game. Center athletic director John Gallagher expressed disappointment for his program and for Placer not having a home game, including a loss of gate receipts. In recent seasons, the Center-Placer series in Pioneer Valley League play has featured competitive games. Center beat Placer last season in a PVL game and in the playoffs.

“What a bummer deal, but we have to get ready for the next game,” Placer coach Joey Montoya said.

Up and downs – The most stunning score in the state over the weekend was Long Beach Poly beating Compton 99-9 after trailing 6-0. Poly used all 75 players on its roster, and even Compton coaches insisted the Jackrabbits did not try to run up the score. Compton’s nine points were the most scored by a league opponent against Poly this season.

In this region, Union Mine scored 51 points in the first quarter in a 58-0 victory over Mira Loma to improve to 4-1. Mira Loma (0-5), once a powerhouse program, has scored 16 points and been shut out three times after going 0-10 last season.

On the flip side, Natomas is proof teams can turn things around quickly. The Nighthawks entered this season with a 32-game losing streak but are 4-1.

THE BEE’S TOP 20

Last week’s ranking in parentheses

1. Folsom (1) 6-0

2. Grant (3) 5-0

3. Rocklin (4) 5-0

4. Elk Grove (2) 4-1

5. Jesuit (7) 4-1

6. Monterey Trail (8) 5-0

7. Del Oro (6) 2-4

8. Oak Ridge (5) 4-2

9. Inderkum (9) 5-1

10. Granite Bay (10) 3-2

11. Franklin (11) 3-2

12. Sacramento (12) 4-1

13. Woodcreek (13) 5-1

14. Christian Brothers (14) 4-1

15. Rio Linda (15) 5-1

16. El Dorado (16) 5-0

17. Antelope (17) 4-1

18. Del Campo (18) 4-1

19. Bear River (19) 4-1

20. River Valley (20) 4-2

Joe Davidson

Related stories from Sacramento Bee

scores-stats

Monday’s high school scoreboard (10-06-14)

October 06, 2014 11:54 PM

high-school

Week 6: High school football schedule

October 06, 2014 07:38 PM

high-school

Prep football: Injury brings perspective, unity to Elk Grove, Grant

October 04, 2014 06:04 PM

high-school

Prep football Player of the Week poll

October 04, 2014 05:20 PM

joe-davidson

Watch the highlights: Sacramento area prep football action (Oct. 3, 2014)

October 04, 2014 11:24 AM

high-school

Prep football roundup: Del Oro slows down Browning, but not Folsom

October 03, 2014 11:23 PM

  Comments  

Videos

Watch highlights of Sonora’s win over Liberty Ranch in the CIF-SJS Div. IV Championship

Former Stockton prep star Brandin Cooks surprises Rams’ team custodian with trip to Super Bowl

View More Video

Trending Stories

Ex-Good Day Sacramento anchor died of overdose during sexual encounter, coroner says

February 22, 2019 06:07 PM

Joerger asks Hield, ‘Why don’t you just coach the f---ing team’ during heated exchange

February 22, 2019 02:00 PM

An after-school aide molested kids. Sacramento school district, city now face civil trial

February 22, 2019 03:30 AM

‘Build the Wall’ dinner at Claim Jumper: California Tea Party fights GOP ‘establishment’

February 22, 2019 11:00 AM

49ers awarded compensatory NFL Draft pick in a round that’s been good to them before

February 22, 2019 07:09 PM

Read Next

What can Brown do for you? Sac High finds out with game on the line in last second

Sports

What can Brown do for you? Sac High finds out with game on the line in last second

By Joe Davidson

    ORDER REPRINT →

February 22, 2019 09:11 PM

Needing to make just one of three free throws with less than a second remaining, Sacramento High’s Rebekah Brown made one, and the Dragons won the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II championship at Golden 1 Center.

KEEP READING

Sign Up and Save

#ReadLocal

Get six months of free digital access to The Sacramento Bee

SUBSCRIBE WITH GOOGLE

MORE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

Sports

Revenge? Or repeat? Grant takes last shots against St. Mary’s in D-II section final

February 22, 2019 11:02 PM
No. 1 seed Liberty Ranch loses to Sonora in section final, but season not over yet

Sports

No. 1 seed Liberty Ranch loses to Sonora in section final, but season not over yet

February 22, 2019 08:17 PM
School cancels classes so students can support team in section final; how they did

Sports

School cancels classes so students can support team in section final; how they did

February 22, 2019 04:02 PM
Third time is the (continued) charm for West Campus basketball: ‘We expected to do this’

Sports

Third time is the (continued) charm for West Campus basketball: ‘We expected to do this’

February 22, 2019 06:38 PM
Bradshaw Christian’s Mike Ruble coaches with all heart (even after open-heart surgery)

Sports

Bradshaw Christian’s Mike Ruble coaches with all heart (even after open-heart surgery)

February 21, 2019 06:37 PM
Sheldon rolls without Marcus Bagley to earn rematch in Division I final; will he play?

Sports

Sheldon rolls without Marcus Bagley to earn rematch in Division I final; will he play?

February 20, 2019 10:49 PM
Take Us With You

Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand.

Icon for mobile apps

The Sacramento Bee App

View Newsletters

Subscriptions
  • Start a Subscription
  • Customer Service
  • eEdition
  • Vacation Hold
  • Pay Your Bill
  • Rewards
Learn More
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Newsletters
  • News in Education
  • Photo Store
Advertising
  • Place a Classified Ad
  • Place a Legal Notice
  • Place a Digital Ad
  • Place a Newspaper Ad
Copyright
Commenting Policy
Corrections Policy
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service


Back to Story