It decorated the visiting bleachers blue and set a giant inflatable Bronco behind one of the end zones. De La Salle responded with old-school football. The visitors thought they deserved the home game because they were and De La Salle had two losses, to Orange Lutheran and Serra.
De La Salle led after the first quarter and at halftime. The entire fourth quarter was played with a running clock as the Spartans advanced to the 1-AA state championship game for the second year in a row. When the game ended and DLS coach Justin Alumbaugh was being interviewed by reporters, the architect of the Spartans program, Bob Ladouceur, stopped by to embrace the man who succeeded him a decade ago.
De La Salle went back to the offense that made it a national powerhouse β the veer option β and punished its visitors from the Central Valley starting with its opening drive.
The Spartans drove 65 yards in nine plays β all runs β to take a lead. The PAT was no good. Get our guys off the ball and get our runners running downhill. If they stopped us and got some first downs, that game clock could drain. By the time Clovis North got its initial first down, with left before halftime, the home team led The halftime statistics reflected the score. We ran it right down their throats to see how they were going to respond. We knew if we kept on doing that we were going to have success.
The Spartans did not let up in the first half of what was easily their most impressive victory of the season. Jaden Jefferson finished the scoring with an yard run down the right sideline in the third quarter. We were just happy to have one more game here at Owen Owens. Once we saw that Bronco and the buses they brought, we just thought it was straight disrespect to do that on our field. By Darren Sabedra dsabedra bayareanewsgroup. Share this: Click to share on Facebook Opens in new window Click to share on Twitter Opens in new window Click to print Opens in new window Click to email a link to a friend Opens in new window Click to share on Reddit Opens in new window.
