Anthony Bowen had a hand in three Manteca touchdowns attack Friday on the way to a 57-14 thumping of host Sierra in Valley Oak League junior varsity action at Daniel Teicheira Memorial Stadium.
Bowen (3 of 3 passing, 92 yards) ran in a score from 19 yards out and he threw touchdown passes of 65 yards to Santino Sanchez and 21 yards to Bailey Camp. Vinnie Diaz was the leading Buffaloes rusher with four carries for 40 yards and a 10-yard touchdown run. Aizen English scored on his lone carry from 37 yards out, Noah Horne (two carries, 33 yards) added a 3-yard touchdown run, Kyle Acker returned a kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown and Devyn Cortinas had a scoop and score from 30 yards out.
Manteca’s Bryant Lewis tallied five stops, Horne four with three apiece for Cortinas and Jacob Hernandez. Isaac Fountain forced a fumble and Izaiah Ramirez recovered a fumble.
Messiah Fernandez (7 of 16 passing, 140 yards; four carries, 21 yards) scored on a 1-yard run for the Timberwolves and threw a 22-yard scoring pass to Brayden Vargas-Daniels (three receptions, 110 yards). Issac Penaloza, Isaiah Rankins, Jo'syah Barry and Bruce Wedlow-Jones contributed to the offense.
Sierra’s Zohaib Rangooni and Gabriel Ceren notched three tackles apiece. Bruce Wedlow-Jones, Jo'syah Barry, Elyus Mawlanazada, Jeffrey Braga, Aaron Smith, Isaiah Rankins, Issac Penaloza, Brody Geer, Brayden Vargas-Daniels and Noah Aguilar contributed to the defense.
Oakdale 44, East Union 22
Jonathan Morales ran for one touchdown and threw for another for the visiting Lancers at the Corral.
Morales (148 yards passing) scored on a 1-yard plunge and hit Terrance Montgomery (49 yards receiving, 55 kickoff return yards) with a 9-yard touchdown pass. Izaiah Fay added 70 yards rushing and Bobby Ramirez-Rin 48 yards receiving.
East Union’s Zack Behrbaum and Ayden Brush tallied five tackles each, Montgomery four with three apiece for Austin Robinson, Andon Robinson and Issac Estrada. Elian Hardwick recovered a fumble while Jewelz Mitchell, Ethan Garcia, Bryce Hinrichs and Angelo Cervantes all contributed to the defense.
Freshman
Manteca 59, Sierra 0
Jackson Coenenberg threw for three Buffaloes touchdowns, Arieon Shortridge ran for two and Brayden Davis snagged a pair of touchdown catches on Thursday at Guss Schmiedt Field.
Coenenberg (5 of 6 passing, for 62 yards.; one reception, 20 yards) threw 8- and 9-yard touchdown passes to Brayden Davis and 19 yards to Dominic Love. Shortridge (four carries, 91 yards) scored on runs of 12 and 37 yards, Damian Saldana (four carries, 40 yards) ran in a touchdown from 8 yards out, Brach Carabello (three carries, 35 yards; one reception, 23 yards; 1 of 2 passing, 20 yards) posted a 13-yard touchdown run and Damian Saldana added an 8-yard touchdown run. Love blocked a punt and returned it 19 yards for a score while Landon Viss and Kristian Miranda-Alvarez combined on tackle for a safety. Viss posted just one carry for 27 yards but that was enough to have him eclipse 1,000 yards on the season with 1,004.
Novice
Lathrop 0, Central Valley 0
Neither offense could get on target in Ceres.
Logan Martinez led the Spartans offense with 48 yards on eight carries.
Lathrop’s Carlos Rivera tallied nine tackles, Logan Martinez (interception) seven, JuanPablo Flores six and Manuel Lupercio (fumble recovery, forced fumble) four. Elijah Munoz forced a fumble and Derrion Hawkins contributed to the defense.