It was a win for the varsity football Bruins on Friday night, Oct. 30, as they welcomed Dougherty Valley of San Ramon to Angelo Novi Field.
It was a hard-fought contest with the home team scoring the 28-20 victory to move to 3-6 overall.
Riverbank scored a pair of touchdowns in the first quarter, then added one more in the second and another in the third.
Dougherty Valley scored a touchdown in the second quarter, trailing 21-7 at the half, added another TD in the third and scored six more points in the fourth quarter for the 28-20 final.
Alexander Rodriguez had 12 carries for 114 yards to lead the Bruins, scoring a pair of touchdowns. Keoni Green had nine carries for 80 yards and a touchdown, with Kevin Caballero getting four carries for 34 yards and a touchdown. He also had one catch for 34 yards.
Though he didn’t get into the end zone, Lucien Hodge churned up plenty of yardage for Riverbank with 14 carries for 110 yards.
Kicker Adrian Fernandez put all four extra points through the uprights.
Defensively, Jackson Hammond registered four sacks and Jorge Vigil had two. Santos Acuna had five tackles and Daniel Orunja pulled down an interception.
Riverbank will be at home once again this week, as they host Bret Harte in a return to Mother Lode League play. Bret Harte is 2-7 overall. Both teams are currently 0-5 in league; barring a tie either the Bruins or the Bullfrogs will pick up that elusive first MLL victory for the season on Friday, Nov. 6.
FLAG FOOTBALL
A trip to the Sac-Joaquin Section Division 5 flag football playoffs saw Riverbank travel to Amador on Wednesday, Oct. 28. It was a low scoring game, with the host team edging past the Lady Bruins in a 6-0 final. That ended the season for the Riverbank girls.
They went into the contest as the number 12 seed in D5, Amador was seeded at number 6.
For Riverbank, Briseida Felix completed 12 passes for 157 yards and she had five carries for 39 yards.
Hazel Hughes had five catches for 67 yards in the contest. Riverbank ended the season with a 10-4 record in the Mother Lode League, and were 11-16 overall.
CROSS COUNTRY
Riverbank’s varsity boys captured the Mother Lode League cross country title with a solid showing at the championship meet on Oct. 28 at the Calaveras County Fairgrounds.
Armando Garcia was first across the line in 16:39.8 for the three-mile course. Giancarlo Ryes was sixth, 17:20.0; Aaron Gabrie, seventh, 17:23.1; Spencer Osako, ninth, 17:45.4.
Riverbank took first with 30 points, Summerville was second with 45.
The varsity girls finished first as well, with 27 points; Calaveras was second with 40. Zuri Golding was first in the race at 21:13.0, followed by teammate Lesliee Valdez, third, in 21:52.5.
Three more Lady Bruins were in the top 10, including Antoinette Wilkerson, seventh, 22:59.7; Margherita Majer, ninth, 23:43.1; Crystal Vigil, 10th, 23:44.0.
At the JV boys level, Riverbank took second to Linden, paced by Landon Jeffcoat, third in 12:44.2 and Benjamin Ruiz, seventh in 13:29.9 for the two-mile race.
Running strong for the JV girls were Andrea Lopez, second in 17:07.7 and Jarely Mendez, 12th in 20:49.1.
Next up will be the Sac-Joaquin Sub Section Meet, Saturday, Nov. 7 at the Calaveras County Fairgrounds.
