STARTS NOW. THERE THEY ARE RIGHT THERE. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. WELCOME TO KCRA 3’S HIGH SCHOOL PLAYBOOK SHOW. I’M DEL RODGERS. TONIGHT IS THE FIRST ROUND OF THE SAN JOAQUIN SECTION FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS. WE BEGIN IN DIVISION 191 DOWNEY KNIGHTS. THEY’RE OUT OF MODESTO PLAYING HOST TO THE EDISON VIKINGS. THEY’RE FROM STOCKTON. AND IT WAS THE VIKINGS THAT STRUCK FIRST DEVIN RASMUSSEN SLINGS ONE. CONNECTS WITH LOGAN HORACE. HORACE GETS ON HIS HORSE AND GOES AGAINST THE GRAIN. COMING RIGHT OUT OF OUR PLAYBOOK. CAMERA ENDING UP IN THE ENDZONE FOR A 30 YARD EDISON VIKINGS TOUCHDOWN. BUT DOWNEY THEY CLAWED AND BATTLED BACK. CARSON LAMB SCRAMBLES FOR HIS LIFE. REMEMBER DOUG FLUTIE YEAH HE WOULD FINALLY FIND ETHAN WOODMANSEE. HE WOULD FINISH THIS 49 YARD SCORING PLAY IN STYLE. THE DOWNEY KNIGHTS COME BACK TO BEAT EDISON. THE FINAL SCORE IN THE. SHOOTOUT 44 TO 41. CARSON HAD ICE IN HIS VEINS TONIGHT. WE KNOW WHEN IT MATTERED. THE MOST. HE CAME THROUGH ALL OF OUR GUYS ROSE UP TO THE OCCASION. I THINK OUR DEFENSE. DID. THEY PITCH A SHUTOUT IN THE SECOND HALF? DEFENSE DID A GREAT JOB. WE CAME OUT TO A SLOW START, MADE A FEW MISTAKES, GAVE THEM THE BALL AND GAVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE JUST KEPT BATTLING AND KNEW THAT WE WERE NEVER DOWN IN THE GAME. WE JUST HAD TO STAY LOCKED IN AND DO WHAT WE PRACTICED ALL WEEK. IT’S NOT HOW YOU START, IT’S HOW YOU FINISH. ELSEWHERE IN DIVISION ONE, PLEASANT GROVE OF ELK GROVE MADE THE TRIP TO GRANITE BAY TO TRY AND BAG A GRIZZLIES KCRA 3. MICHELLE DAPPER MADE THE TRIP TO GRANITE BAY AS WELL. NUMBER 12 PLEASANT GROVE AT FIFTH SEEDED GRANITE BAY EAGLES LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST PLAYOFF VICTORY SINCE 2013, WHILE THE GRIZZLIES ARE IN THE POSTSEASON FOR A SECTION BEST 25TH STRAIGHT TIME. DOWN 21, NOTHING IN THE THIRD AND THE OPENING PLAY OF THE SECOND HALF, PLEASANT GROVE’S COLE DAVIS, GOING DEEP, BUT HE’S INTERCEPTED BY LEO EDIE AT THE 32 YARD LINE THAT TURNOVER SETS UP THIS TOUCHDOWN BY ISAIAH EDIE LEFT SIDE 42 YARDS DOWN THE SIDELINE OUTRACING EVERYONE. IT’S 28 NOTHING. GRIZZLIES AND THEY WEREN’T DONE GABE SMITH POWERS HIS WAY UP THE GUT FOR THE THREE YARD SCORE. IT’S 35 ZIP FOLLOWING ANOTHER EAGLES INTERCEPTION. SMITH JUST TOO SMOOTH. FINDS THE END ZONE ONCE AGAIN THIS TIME FROM TEN YARDS OUT. AND THE GRANITE BAY GRIZZLIES ARE MOVING ON 42 TO NOTHING. JUST OUR DETERMINATION. I THINK OUR COACHING STAFF I THINK THEY’RE REALLY SMART. THEY PUT TOGETHER A GOOD PLAN AND THEN WE COME OUT HERE AND WE PLAY HARD AND I GOT SOME MISTAKES TO CLEAN UP. BUT WE’RE PROUD AND WE GOT TO KEEP GOING. WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM. COULDN’T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT LIKE WITHOUT THE COACHES, WITHOUT THE LINEMEN. COULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT NOBODY ELSE. WE GOT A COUPLE MORE GAMES TO GO. THAT’S THE GOAL. SO WE GOT TO COME NEXT WEEK. SO THAT SHOULD BE A FUN ONE. BUT WE’RE GLAD TO GET THE WIN TODAY. ALL RIGHT. SO UP NEXT FOR THE GRIZZLIES INDERKUM IN THE QUARTERFINALS IN GRANITE BAY MICHELLE DAPPER FOR HIGH SCHOOL PLAYBOOK. THANK YOU MICHELLE. NOW WE’LL GO TO ROSEVILLE FOR DIVISION FIVE. BATTLE BETWEEN THE VISITING DIXON RAMS AND THE OAKMONT VIKINGS. TOUCHDOWNS WERE IN THE AIR TONIGHT FOR THE VIKINGS IN THIS ONE THROWN BY BEAU GILLIS TO MAC HUGHES. AND BIG MAC FINDS THE END ZONE FOR OAKMONT VIKINGS TOUCHDOWN. BUT OAKMONT CAN RUN THE ROCK AS WELL. CHECK OUT QUINN DURAN. HE TAKES A HANDOFF AND JUST FLIES I MEAN FLIES WITH NO WINGS ALL THE WAY FOR A VIKINGS TOUCHDOWN. OAKMONT, BULLDOZES THE RAMS FINAL SCORE. 42 TO 13. NOW TO KCRA 3’S HIGH SCHOOL PLAYBOOK. AMERICAN FURNITURE GALLERIES GIRLS FLAG VARSITY FOOTBALL FEATURED GAME OF THE WEEK. THE CIF STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IS UP FOR GRABS THIS SEASON. PONDEROSA FROM SHINGLE SPRINGS. THEY PUT THEIR UNDEFEATED RECORD OF 23 AND ZERO ON THE LINE AGAINST THE 18 AND FOUR CHRISTIAN BROTHERS FALCONS WITH THE WINNER ADVANCING TO THE DIVISION TWO SECTION FINALS FOR CB FALCONS. TAYLOR JENSEN TAKES THE SNAP, ROLLS TO HER RIGHT, FIRES A 15 YARD TOUCHDOWN TO GABRIELLA DEVLIN FOR CHRISTIAN BROTHERS TOUCHDOWN. PONDEROSA, THOUGH, RANKED TOP TEN IN THE NATION, PLAYED LIKE IT ON THIS DAY. BROOKLYN NORQUIST AVOIDS THE SACK, THEN FINDS MOLLY MCFARLAND. MCFARLAND FOR A BRUINS TOUCHDOWN. PONDEROSA HAD CONTROL OF THIS SEMIFINAL GAME FROM START TO FINISH, AND THEY CONTINUE TO PUT THE PEDAL TO THE METAL. BROOKLYN NORQUIST FINDS ANOTHER OF HER TOP RECEIVERS, THIS TIME AS ROWAN THOMAS. SHE GOES 60 YARDS INTO THE END ZONE. PONDEROSA. THEY IMPROVED TO A PERFECT RECORD OF 24 AND ZERO. CLIPPING CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 46 TO 20. YEAH, IT’S BEEN A REMARKABLE SEASON FOR US. PLAYING FOR THE FIRST TIME AND NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS WERE, BUT WE SET OUR GOALS HIGH. OUR ULTIMATE GOAL WAS TO WIN A LEAGUE TITLE AND AND WIN A SECTION TITLE. AND HOPEFULLY WE PUT OURSELVES IN THAT POSITION AND SEE IF THAT HAPPENS ON SATURDAY. IT’S BIG. WE’RE A SMALL COMMUNITY. WE DON’T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GO TO OUR SCHOOL, AND WE JUST WE HAD TO PROVE SOMETHING TODAY AND WE STILL GOT SOMETHING TO PROVE TO SMALL SCHOOL. PLAYING BIG TIME BALL. NOW TO A DIVISION THREE SECTION. FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF GAME. PONDEROSA COMING DOWN THE HILL TO TAKE ON DESTINY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY. THE DENEEKA LIONS BROUGHT THE BOOM ALL NIGHT LONG, STARTING WITH THIS GREAT RUN BY MALACHI T, AND HE TAKES IT THE DISTANCE 43 YARDS FOR DESTINY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY. TOUCHDOWN! THEN BY AIR, DCA WOULD PUT UP MORE POINTS. DALLAS MUNN. YOU KNOW WHAT? I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH HIS DAD, MARTY MUNN YEAH, HE AIRS IT OUT TO ANTONIO JOHNSON. AND THIS 46 YARD SCORING PLAY WAS THE ICING ON THE CAKE. DESTINY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY WINS BIG POUNDING PONDEROSA 57 TO 7. THAT’S TRUE. HIS DAD IS MARTY MUNN. GOOGLE IT. ALL RIGHT. 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 THE 27 MEMBER VARSITY CHEERLEADERS FROM ELK GROVE HIGH SCHOOL. THERE THEY ARE RIGHT THERE. THE THUNDERING HERD 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 ELK GROVE 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 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HONDA DEALERS GAME OF THE WEEK, BUT FOR NOW, IT’S TIME TO MEET OUR GAME OF PICTURES OF THE WEEK. AND HERE THEY ARE, THE SIX PERSON VARSITY CREW. THEY HAVE AN ALTERNATE THERE JUST IN CASE SOMEONE GETS HURT DURING THE GAME. CREW CHIEF AND THE WHITE CAP IS GREG LARSON. GREG HAS REFEREED HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES FOR 20 YEARS. WHEN HE’S NOT THROWING HIS FLAG, GREG LARSON IS A REAL ESTATE AGENT WITH 45 YEARS OF