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What we’ve learned so far in 2016
Life coaches say it take three weeks to form a habit, about the same time it takes to establish firm conclusions about the 2016 football season.
The Kennedys are back:
Not the famous political family, but East Bay programs Kennedy-Fremont and Kennedy-Richmond, which are a combined 6-0 and have outscored opponents 248-92.
Kennedy-Richmond, coached by George Jackson Jr., is led by junior quarterback Micah Barnes, who has thrown for 445 yards and accounted for nine touchdowns, and senior Ryan “Juice” Robinson, a 6-foot-2, 220-pound linebacker (six sacks).
The Eagles won North Coast Section titles in 1984 and 1988.
Kennedy-Fremont, coached by Dave Damewood, is led by running backs Darius Moses (606 yards, five TDs) and Vincent Larsen (522, 4).
The Titans have not won an NCS crown.
Big mistake.
After burning Serra for 376 yards and four touchdowns on 20 carries last week, he leads the area and is 10th nationally with 839 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns.
Milpitas is big time again:
Besides two of the most dynamic juniors in Northern California, Bracy twins Tariq and Tyree, the 3-0 Trojans feature two of the state’s biggest sophomore linemen in Tony Vunipola (6-8, 310) and Justin Scrempos (6-7, 310), whose brother Jason Scrempos (6-6, 284) is a redshirt freshman defensive lineman at Washington.
De La Salle is vulnerable:
Perhaps not against Northern California foes, against whom the Spartans are on a 273-game unbeaten streak, but winning another state crown looks iffy.
De La Salle, which plays eight sophomores, gave up 452 yards and needed a last-minute, 8-yard TD run and two-point conversion from junior Kairee Robinson to beat Servite-Anaheim 28-27.
Servite (2-2) was ranked 10th in the Southern Section before the game.
On the two-point conversion, “There were zero seconds of discussion to kick the PAT,” De La Salle coach Justin Alumbaugh said.
Robinson rushed for 164 yards and three scores.
No one is going unbeaten in WCAL:
With surprising strong starts by Riordan and St. Ignatius, the champion of the West Catholic Athletic League might have two losses.
Don’t count out Serra (0-3), which lost to teams that are a combined 9-0 (De La Salle, St. Mary’s-Stockton and Pittsburg).
The PAL will be fun again:
Eight of the 10 highest-scoring teams in the Central Coast Section play in the Peninsula Athletic League, which has three divisions.
The young Lions, once an afterthought in the rugged Bay Valley Athletic League, have beaten San Leandro (22-21) and Wood-Vacaville (42-36).
The BVAL is a combined 18-4.
Santa Rosa is a contender:
The Panthers, who have averaged 2.4 wins a year for the past eight seasons, are 3-0 and have outscored opponents 136-14 behind quarterback Isaiah Steele (547 passing yards, 11 TDs).
Worthy cause:
MaxPreps and Pledge It are sponsoring a national Touchdowns Against Cancer campaign that runs Thursday through Oct. 1.
Each touchdown scored by participating teams benefits St. Jude Research Hospital for pediatric cancer.
If the Metro Area’s highest-scoring teams haven’t signed up already, they could make a difference.
Pittsburg 152, Antioch 143, Freedom-Oakley 138, Santa Rosa 136, Burlingame 131, California-San Ramon 127, Kennedy-Richmond 126, Milpitas 126, Menlo School-Atherton 125 and Kennedy-Fremont 122.
Mitch Stephens is a senior writer for MaxPreps.com.
Chronicle top 25 football
De La Salle
Monte Vista
Antioch
Freedom
Cardinal Newman
NR
Marin Catholic
NR
NR
NR
NR
More...
What we’ve learned so far in 2016
Life coaches say it take three weeks to form a habit, about the same time it takes to establish firm conclusions about the 2016 football season.
The Kennedys are back:
Not the famous political family, but East Bay programs Kennedy-Fremont and Kennedy-Richmond, which are a combined 6-0 and have outscored opponents 248-92.
Kennedy-Richmond, coached by George Jackson Jr., is led by junior quarterback Micah Barnes, who has thrown for 445 yards and accounted for nine touchdowns, and senior Ryan “Juice” Robinson, a 6-foot-2, 220-pound linebacker (six sacks).
The Eagles won North Coast Section titles in 1984 and 1988.
Kennedy-Fremont, coached by Dave Damewood, is led by running backs Darius Moses (606 yards, five TDs) and Vincent Larsen (522, 4).
The Titans have not won an NCS crown.
Big mistake.
After burning Serra for 376 yards and four touchdowns on 20 carries last week, he leads the area and is 10th nationally with 839 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns.
Milpitas is big time again:
Besides two of the most dynamic juniors in Northern California, Bracy twins Tariq and Tyree, the 3-0 Trojans feature two of the state’s biggest sophomore linemen in Tony Vunipola (6-8, 310) and Justin Scrempos (6-7, 310), whose brother Jason Scrempos (6-6, 284) is a redshirt freshman defensive lineman at Washington.
De La Salle is vulnerable:
Perhaps not against Northern California foes, against whom the Spartans are on a 273-game unbeaten streak, but winning another state crown looks iffy.
De La Salle, which plays eight sophomores, gave up 452 yards and needed a last-minute, 8-yard TD run and two-point conversion from junior Kairee Robinson to beat Servite-Anaheim 28-27.
Servite (2-2) was ranked 10th in the Southern Section before the game.
On the two-point conversion, “There were zero seconds of discussion to kick the PAT,” De La Salle coach Justin Alumbaugh said.
Robinson rushed for 164 yards and three scores.
No one is going unbeaten in WCAL:
With surprising strong starts by Riordan and St. Ignatius, the champion of the West Catholic Athletic League might have two losses.
Don’t count out Serra (0-3), which lost to teams that are a combined 9-0 (De La Salle, St. Mary’s-Stockton and Pittsburg).
The PAL will be fun again:
Eight of the 10 highest-scoring teams in the Central Coast Section play in the Peninsula Athletic League, which has three divisions.
The young Lions, once an afterthought in the rugged Bay Valley Athletic League, have beaten San Leandro (22-21) and Wood-Vacaville (42-36).
The BVAL is a combined 18-4.
Santa Rosa is a contender:
The Panthers, who have averaged 2.4 wins a year for the past eight seasons, are 3-0 and have outscored opponents 136-14 behind quarterback Isaiah Steele (547 passing yards, 11 TDs).
Worthy cause:
MaxPreps and Pledge It are sponsoring a national Touchdowns Against Cancer campaign that runs Thursday through Oct. 1.
Each touchdown scored by participating teams benefits St. Jude Research Hospital for pediatric cancer.
If the Metro Area’s highest-scoring teams haven’t signed up already, they could make a difference.
Pittsburg 152, Antioch 143, Freedom-Oakley 138, Santa Rosa 136, Burlingame 131, California-San Ramon 127, Kennedy-Richmond 126, Milpitas 126, Menlo School-Atherton 125 and Kennedy-Fremont 122.
Mitch Stephens is a senior writer for MaxPreps.com.
Chronicle top 25 football
De La Salle
Monte Vista
Antioch
Freedom
Cardinal Newman
NR
Marin Catholic
NR
NR
NR
NR
More...