Taking the home field for one final time this season, the varsity Riverbank Bruins made the most of their game at Angelo Novi Field, defeating Bret Harte by a 25-8 final in football action on Friday night, Nov. 6.
It was the regular season finale and both the Bruins and the Bullfrogs came in looking for their first Mother Lode League victory of the season.
Riverbank got the job done, easing out to a 9-0 lead by half but then adding 16 points in the second half while keeping Bret Harte to a single score in the fourth quarter, wining the contest. Riverbank improved to 1-5 in league and 4-6 overall with the win; Bret Harte remained winless in league, at 0-6, and were 2-8 overall.
The varsity Bruins got a pair of touchdowns from Lucien Hodge on Friday night; he had 23 carries for 111 yards on the night. Daniel Orunja had 17 carries for 63 yards and a touchdown.
Kicker Adrian Fernandez had a 36-yard field goal and hit two of three extra point attempts on the night.
Keoni Green had 12 carries for 42 yards, Alexander Rodriguez had eight carries for 31 yards against Bret Harte.
Defensively, Hodge, Santos Acuna and Nathaniel Hernandez each recorded five tackles; Hernandez also had a sack and a safety. Jorge Vigil had a sack, while Adrian Jimenez pulled down an interception.
Riverbank will be back in action this Friday night, Nov. 13 as they are scheduled to travel to Newman to face off with the Orestimba Warriors in a CIF-Sac-Joaquin Section Bowl Game with kickoff scheduled for 6 p.m.
Orestimba comes in with a 4-6 record, the same as Riverbank, and closed out its regular season with a 48-10 loss to Escalon in the Trans-Valley League on Nov. 6.
CROSS COUNTRY
Putting together a solid effort at the CIF Sac-Joaquin Sub-Section cross country meet, hosted Saturday, Nov. 7 at Frogtown, the Calaveras County Fairgrounds, both the Riverbank varsity girls and varsity boys finished in the top five of the team competition in Division 4.
For the boys, they took fourth place as a team, paced by the sixth place overall showing of Armando Garcia, running the three-mile course in 16:40.6.
Aaron Gabrie was 18th with a time of 17:26.9; Giancarlo Reyes, 24th in 17:40.
Union Mine was the first place team at the Sub-Section meet for D4, followed by West Campus, Sonora and then Riverbank.
Zuri Golding paced the varsity Lady Bruin cross country team to a fifth place overall finish with her individual effort of 21:07.4 for the three-mile course, coming in 17th.
Lesliee Valdez was 31st in 22:11.1; Crystal Vigil was 53rd in 23:13.2.
El Dorado was the first place varsity girls team at the event, followed by Hughson, Placer, Colfax and Riverbank.
The Section finals are scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 14 in Folsom, hosted at Willow Hills Reservoir.
