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Surf, pumpkins, golf and dining — all pillars of Half Moon Bay, a year-round weekend getaway for many and a Halloween haven in October.
On Friday nights, the picturesque coastal San Mateo County city of about 11,000 residents all but shuts down, turning itself into Central Texas or Western Pennsylvania.
The Cougars visit another 4-0 team — Menlo School-Atherton — at 3:15 p.m. Friday in a Peninsula Athletic League Ocean Division opener.
There were some lean years before Matt Ballard took the job in 2002 and he and Holden, his offensive coordinator, led the team to its first CCS crown in 2005.
Ballard took the head-coaching post at Redondo Union in 2012 and Holden went 1-9 in his first season, then 3-7 in his second.
[...] the Cougars are 22-6.
[...] behind two-way back Chase Hofmann, middle linebacker/right tackle Sean Baird, and second-year starting quarterback Gavin Tomberlin, the Cougars are rolling.
The triple option and running double tight-end sets aren’t “that cool or attractive,” Holden admitted, “but we like the results.”
Holden thinks Friday’s matchup between Hofmann and Menlo’s two-way player Charlie Ferguson (730 rushing yards, 14 total TDs) will be worth the price of admission.
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On Friday nights, the picturesque coastal San Mateo County city of about 11,000 residents all but shuts down, turning itself into Central Texas or Western Pennsylvania.
The Cougars visit another 4-0 team — Menlo School-Atherton — at 3:15 p.m. Friday in a Peninsula Athletic League Ocean Division opener.
There were some lean years before Matt Ballard took the job in 2002 and he and Holden, his offensive coordinator, led the team to its first CCS crown in 2005.
Ballard took the head-coaching post at Redondo Union in 2012 and Holden went 1-9 in his first season, then 3-7 in his second.
[...] the Cougars are 22-6.
[...] behind two-way back Chase Hofmann, middle linebacker/right tackle Sean Baird, and second-year starting quarterback Gavin Tomberlin, the Cougars are rolling.
The triple option and running double tight-end sets aren’t “that cool or attractive,” Holden admitted, “but we like the results.”
Holden thinks Friday’s matchup between Hofmann and Menlo’s two-way player Charlie Ferguson (730 rushing yards, 14 total TDs) will be worth the price of admission.
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