STARTS NOW. ALL RIGHT. THOSE ARE THE HELMETS, WHICH ONLY CAN MEAN ONE THING. WELCOME TO KCRA 3’S HIGH SCHOOL PLAYBOOK SHOW. I’M DEL RODGERS. DURING THE NEXT 14 WEEKS, WE’LL BRING YOU EVERY ASPECT THAT MAKES UP THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE. FROM THE BANDS, THE FANS, THE CHEERLEADERS, GIRLS VARSITY FLAG FOOTBALL GAME OFFICIALS, EVEN THE PARENTS IN THE STANDS. TONIGHT IS WEEK TWO OF THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON. WE BEGIN WITH LAST SEASON’S DIVISION FOUR SECTION CHAMPS, THE ESCALON COUGARS, HOSTING GOLDEN VALLEY. THEY ARE THE COUGARS FOR GOLDEN VALLEY. AIDEN PAGLIUCA TRIES TO TOSS IT SHORT, BUT IS PICKED OFF BY BEN GONZALEZ AND WATCH OUT! BEN G TAKES IT AROUND THE LEFT SIDE AND JUST GETS OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE FIVE YARD LINE. HE ALMOST MADE IT FOR ESCALON. THEIR SPECIAL TEAMS, THEIR SPECIAL TEAMS HIT A HOME RUN TONIGHT. HOW ABOUT A GRAND SLAM? BEN GONZALEZ TAKES THE KICKOFF, MAKES A MAN MISS. AND THEN THIS GUY GOES THE DISTANCE. GONZALEZ GETTING ON HIS HORSE RIDING INTO THE END ZONE. YEAH. ESCALON OVER GOLDEN VALLEY. FINAL SCORE TONIGHT 25 TO 9 ESCALON COUGARS WIN IN OAKDALE. THE WINLESS OAKDALE MUSTANGS HOSTING THE GALENA GRIZZLIES TONIGHT FOR THE GALENA GRIZZLIES. THEIR QUARTERBACK COLSON KERMAN. HE FAKES THE HANDOFF, SPINS BACK TO HIS LEFT, THROWS THE PRETTIEST RAINBOW PASS TO THE SIDE. THE STANISLAUS RIVER COLBY CROSSMAN FOR A GALENA TOUCHDOWN FOR OAKDALE, THOUGH GRANT GARDNER HANDS IT OFF TO WES BUFORD, WHO GOES THE DISTANCE FOR A LONG TOUCHDOWN, BREAKING THE TACKLES ALONG THE WAY AND WON’T BE DENIED. OAKDALE MUSTANGS THEY GET THE WIN TONIGHT, THEIR FIRST OF THE SEASON. 42 TO 7 IS WAIT FOR IT. HE GOT THERE THE FINAL. LAST SEASON DIVISION TWO SECTION CHAMPS ROCKLIN THUNDER. THEY WON ON THE ROAD IN THEIR SEASON OPENER TONIGHT. THEY HOSTED THE UNDEFEATED BISHOP MONTAGUE. THEY’RE THE MINERS THERE. MADE THE TRIP FROM RENO TONIGHT KCRA 3 MICHELLE DAPPER HAS THE ACTION A PACKED HOUSE AT ROCKLIN HIGH SCHOOL AS THE THUNDER HOST. RENO’S DEFENDING STATE CHAMPS, BISHOP MANOGUE ON JOSIE NIGHT. THUNDER UP 1410. IN THE SECOND, IT’S DEREK KEELY RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE. 28 YARD TOUCHDOWN AND A 21 TO 10 LEAD. A THREE TD NIGHT FOR KEELY. AND HE GETS IT DONE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FOOTBALL. KEELY COMES DOWN WITH THE INTERCEPTION AT THE 21 YARD LINE. ONE OF TWO INT’S ON THE NIGHT FOR THE SENIOR. THAT TURNOVER LEADS TO THIS TOUCHDOWN AS ROCKLIN TACKS ON ANOTHER SCORE BEFORE THE HALF. REAVES SLOAN WITH HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN PASS OF THE GAME, THIS ONE A 37 YARDER. THREE TDS IN THE GAME FOR THE Q-B 2710 AT THE BREAK. THIRD QUARTER NOW ROCKLIN THUNDERS BY THE MINERS. RAFFI MERINO SAUNTERS IN FOR THE SEVEN YARD SCORE AND THEY DOMINATE. MANOGUE 4817 TO IMPROVE TO TWO. AND OH, JUST HOW NICE IT IS TO PULL OUT THE DUB. OH IT’S GREAT. WE PREPARED ALL WEEK. YOU KNOW, WE HAD SO MUCH INTENSE PRACTICE. WE DESERVED THIS. THE TEAM PLAYED GREAT. WE DON’T BACK DOWN, YOU KNOW. THEY CAME OUT IN THE SECOND HALF. THEY SCORED ON A BIG DRIVE AND WE DIDN’T, YOU KNOW SETTLE DOWN. WE JUST KEPT GOING. THAT’S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD TEAM THAT WE JUST BEAT. AND I THOUGHT OUR KIDS PLAYED REALLY WELL. AND THEY SMACKED US IN THE MOUTH A FEW TIMES. THEIR DRIVE TO START THE SECOND HALF, THEIR EXPLOSIVE SPECIAL TEAMS REALLY CHALLENGED US. BUT I LOVE OUR GUYS. THERE WAS A LOT OF KIDS WHO GOT CALLED OUT THIS WEEK FOR THEIR EFFORT AND THEIR INTENSITY AND THEIR FOCUS, AND WE TOOK A MAJOR STEP FORWARD. SO UP NEXT FOR THE ROCKLAND THUNDER, LINCOLN OF STOCKTON COMES TO TOWN NEXT WEEK IN ROCKLAND, MICHELLE DAPPER FOR HIGH SCHOOL PLAYBOOK. THANK YOU, MICHELLE AND ROSEVILLE. TONIGHT A BATTLE OF UNBEATEN TEAMS. ONE ZERO OAKMONT TAKING ON ONE ZERO ROSEVILLE TIGERS FOR THE OAKMONT VIKINGS. MARCUS VASQUEZ. HE PUTS IT AWAY. AND WHILE THE ROSEVILLE PLAYER CAN’T HOLD ON TO THE BALL, TRENTON SIMMER. HE’S DOWN IN THERE FOR THE RECOVERY AND HE TAKES IT BACK JUST A BIT BEFORE HE’S WRESTLED DOWN FOR THE TIGERS. COLTON WOLFE GETS THE JOB DONE FOR ROSEVILLE. TIGERS DEFEND THEIR HOME TURF ROSEVILLE OVER OAKMONT. FINAL SCORE. 36 TO 7. AS WE DO EVERY WEEK, IT’S TIME TO SHOW OFF OUR HIGH SCHOOL PLAYBOOK. GREAT CLIPS CATCH OF THE WEEK FOR WEEK TWO OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYBOOK. GREAT CATCH CLIPS OF THE WEEK WAS TURNED IN BY FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL OF ELK GROVE. THERE IT IS. ABRAHAM TRUITT LAYS IT UP TO JAVON HARPER AND HARPER HAULS IT DOWN IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE FOR FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL. TOUCHDOWN AS JAVON HARPER TURNS IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL PLAYBOOK. GREAT CLIPS CATCH OF THE WEEK. FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS VARSITY FOOTBALL GAME LAST SEASON, THE CEILING FOR THE CIF SECTION TITLE. BUT THIS YEAR THE CEILING IS A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. LAST SEASON’S DIVISION TWO SECTION CHAMPS, THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS FALCONS, HOSTING THE SACRAMENTO DRAGONS TONIGHT OR I SHOULD SAY, EARLIER THIS WEEK FOR THE DRAGONS. HALEY PRITCHETT THROWS IT UP FOR MICHAELA LAKE, WHO CLIMBS THE LADDER AND COMES DOWN WITH A ROCK FOR A SACRAMENTO TOUCHDOWN. THE DRAGONS. THEY WOULD STRUGGLE AFTER THAT, THOUGH. AJ LOPEZ TAKES THE SNAP AT QUARTERBACK AND HER PASS IS PICKED OFF BY GABRIELLA DELVIN, WHO TAKES IT BACK TO THE HOUSE FOR A PICK SIX FOR CHRISTIAN BROTHERS. PLUS, THE FALCONS SCORED USING THEIR OFFENSE. LEAH HARMON SHE FAKES A HANDOFF, GETS TO THE SIDELINE AND HANDLES THE BUSINESS HERSELF USING A SPIN MOVE TO FIND THE ENDZONE. CHRISTIAN BROTHERS PITCHES A SHUTOUT, BLANKING SACRAMENTO FINAL SCORE 47 TO NOTHING. I THINK OVERALL WE’RE A BETTER OVERALL TEAM THAN WE WAS LAST YEAR. OUR TOS IS JUST AS GOOD AS OUR ONES THIS YEAR, SO WE’RE ABLE TO GO TO OUR TO OUR BENCH THIS YEAR AND ACTUALLY NOT DROP, NOT DROP DOWN AT ALL. I’M FEELING REALLY GOOD. THE TEAM’S POSITIVE AND I THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE GOOD THIS YEAR. I THINK JUST STAYING LOCKED IN, STAYING FOCUSED STARTS AT WARM UPS. WE JUST ALL GOT TO STAY FOCUSED AND BE A TEAM. BUT HONESTLY, JUST BE POSITIVE AND HAVE FUN. I THINK WE’LL BE GOOD. OKAY. TO KEEP OUR PROMISE OF BRINGING YOU EVERY ASPECT OF FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, IT’S TIME TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR CHEER TEAM OF THE WEEK. IT’S A 24 MEMBER VARSITY CHEERLEADERS FROM FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL OF ELK GROVE. NOW THE WILDCATS, THEY LOVE TO MAKE THEIR FANS IN THE STANDS, STAND UP AND CHEER EVERY GAME AS THEY LOVE CONTROLLING THE EMOTIONS OF EVERYONE. DURING THEIR HOME AND ROAD GAMES. AND THAT’S WHY THE VARSITY CHEER TEAM AT FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL ARE OUR HIGH SCHOOL PLAYBOOK CHEER TEAM OF THE WEEK. THAT DOES IT FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE PLAYBOOK SHOW. COMING UP AFTER A QUICK COMMERCIAL BREAK. I’VE GOT OUR XFINITY FANS OF THE WEEK, PLUS OUR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HONDA DEALERS GAME OF THE WEEK, BUT FOR NOW, IT’S TIME TO MEET OUR HIGH SCHOOL PLAYBOOK. GAME OFFICIALS OF THE WEEK FIVE PERSON VARSITY CREW, CREW CHIEF AND THE WHITE CAP IS HERMAN BROWN. HERMAN HAS REFEREED HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES FOR 21 YEARS, AND WHEN HE’S NOT THROWING HIS FLAG, BROWN IS A MICROBIOLOGIST. HE LOVES TO BARBECUE FOR HIS FAMILY WITH HIS OTHER FREE TIME.