STARTS NOW. ALL RIGHT. THERE THEY ARE. MEAN. ONLY ONE THING. WELCOME TO KCRA 3’S HIGH SCHOOL PLAYBOOK SHOW. I’M DEL RODGERS TONIGHT. ARE THE SEMIFINALS IN THE SAC-JOAQUIN SECTION PLAYOFFS WITH A WINNER PUNCHING THEIR TICKET TO THE SECTION FINALS. WE START IN HOUSTON AS THE UNDEFEATED HOUSTON HUSKIES HOST THE UNION MINE DIAMONDBACKS FROM EL DORADO. BUT THE D-BACKS, THEY HAD A TOUGH TIME TONIGHT. AIDEN GRIGG, THOUGH, WAS ABLE TO BRUISE HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE FROM THREE YARDS OUT TO PUT UNION MINE ON THE SCOREBOARD, BUT HOUSTON WOULD NOT BE DENIED A CHANCE AT A THIRD STRAIGHT SECTION TITLE. ELI WILBANKS TAKES A HANDOFF, GOES AIRBORNE, FLYING INTO THE ZONE FOR A HUSKIES TOUCHDOWN. HOUSTON GETS THE WIN IN THE RAIN 22 TO 8, AND THE HUSKIES WILL PLAY FOR THEIR THIRD CONSECUTIVE SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP. NOW TO A DIVISION THREE SEMIFINAL BATTLE. THE MANDAN VIKINGS MAKE THE TRIP FROM FAIRFIELD TO ROSEVILLE TO TAKE ON THE WEST PARK PANTHERS. KCRA 3 MICHELLE DAPPER HAS THE ACTION. A DIVISION THREE SECTION FINAL GAME FEATURING WEST PARK AND VAN BAND TRYING TO STAY DRY WHILE THE PANTHERS FIND THEMSELVES IN THE SEMIS FOR A THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR. WHILE THE VIKINGS WON THE TITLE BACK IN 2022. THIRD QUARTER. VAN ARDEN UP 14. NOTHING AND DRIVING BUT THEY’RE PICKED OFF HERE BY GUY FRESNO AND HE’S TAKEN DOWN AT THE 11 YARD LINE THAT PICK PUTS THE PANTHERS IN BUSINESS. BEN OSBY WITH A TWO YARD TOUCHDOWN. THEY PULL WITHIN 714 SEVEN TO KERN PANTHERS FINAL MINUTE OF REGULATION. WEST PARK DRIVING FOR THE TIE TO FORCE OVERTIME FACING FOURTH AND EIGHT. BUT THE VAN DEFENSE HOLDS STRONG. THEY ADVANCE TO THE DIVISION THREE SECTION FINALS NEXT SATURDAY, 14 TO 7. TEO TAKE OVER NOW. THEY’RE AMAZING AND I TRUST THEM WITH EVERYTHING YOU KNOW. THEY SAY DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS AND THAT’S WHAT THEY DID. VERY DISCIPLINED ON DEFENSE. HOW’S IT FEEL? ON TO THE SECTION FINALS. I’M GLAD. FEELS GOOD. FIRST TIME IN THE SECTIONS. YOU KNOW IT WAS VERY BIG FOR ME LOSING TO THIS TEAM LAST YEAR IN THE PLAYOFFS. AND WE’LL SEE WHAT. SO YOU KNOW IT FEELS GOOD TO COME BACK AND WIN. IT FEELS GREAT. FINALLY YOU KNOW DID IT WITH THE LAST YEAR WE DIDN’T MAKE IT. IT FEELS FEELS GREAT. WHAT WAS IT LIKE PLAYING IN THIS WEATHER FOR ME IT WAS REAL FUN PLAYING IN THE WEATHER. YOU KNOW, RAINY WEATHER IS THE BEST WEATHER FOR REAL. AND, YOU KNOW, WE’RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE ON TO WIN SECTION AND GO TO STATE. IT’S HARD. YOU KNOW, THIS IS HARSH CONDITIONS BUT YOU JUST GOT TO GET THROUGH IT. WE PRACTICE IN IT AND THAT’S WHAT WE PRACTICE FOR. SO UP NEXT FOR THE VAN DEN VIKINGS TOP SEEDED OAKDALE NEXT SATURDAY AT HUGHES STADIUM IN THE DIVISION THREE SECTION FINALS IN ROSEVILLE. MICHELLE DAPPER HIGH SCHOOL PLAYBOOK. THANK YOU MICHELLE. GOOD STUFF TONIGHT IN OAKDALE THE EIGHT AND THREE MUSTANGS HOSTING THE NINE AND THREE DESTINY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY LIONS. THEY’RE OUT OF SACRAMENTO. IT WAS WET. WON THIS BATTLE IN THE RAIN WAS AN OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION FOR BOTH TEAMS. HERE’S A SCORE BY DENEEKA QUARTERBACK DALLAS MUND PUNCHING IT IN FROM ONE YARD. OUT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. HIM AND HIS DAD. HIM AND MYSELF AND HIS DAD. WE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER. NOW TO OAK RIDGE. THE OAKDALE MUSTANGS OFFENSE RICHARD FLORES GETS THEIR TRICKY HANDOFF TURNS ON 40 YARDS LATER. NUMBER TWO IS IN THE END ZONE FOR SIX POINTS FOR OAKDALE. BUT RICHARD FLORES WAS NOT DONE. SLICK RICK TAKES A HANDOFF, RUMBLES DOWN THE SIDELINE. 35 YARDS FOR OAKDALE OAKDALE MUSTANGS WIN AT HOME, 4935 OVER DESTINY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY. NOW TO A BATTLE OF STORIED PROGRAMS. THE SONORA WILDCATS MADE THE 127 MILE BUS RIDE FROM SONORA TO WOODLAN TO FACE THE DEFENDING SECTION AND DEFENDING STATE CHAMPS, THE WOODLAN CHRISTIAN CARDINALS SONORA. THEY CAME IN WITH A NINE AND TWO RECORD, WHILE THE DEFENDING STATE CHAMPS, TEN AND ONE AT KICKOFF. THE SONORA WILDCATS DEFENSE DOMINATED. THEY HAD TWO INTERCEPTIONS, INCLUDING THIS ONE SNAGGED BY DALLAS LATTIN TO SET UP A WILDCATS TOUCHDOWN. SHORTLY AFTER THAT TURNOVER, SONORA PUTS THE BALL IN THE HANDS OF TOMMY SUTTON. WATCH TOMMY SUTTON. MARCH 45TH YARDS TOUCHDOWN SONORA WILDCATS PUNCH THEIR TICKET TO THE SECTION TITLE GAME AFTER A WHIPPING OF WOODLAND CHRISTIAN, 28 TO NOTHING IS THE FINAL. AS WE DO EVERY WEEK, IT’S TIME TO SHOW OFF OUR HIGH SCHOOL PLAYBOOK. GREAT CLIPS CATCH OF THE WEEK FOR WEEK THREE OF THE PLAYOFFS. OUR GREAT CLIPS CATCH OF THE WEEK WAS TURNED IN BY BRADSHAW CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL. ETHAN RICKERT. HE LAYS IT UP FOR DEVIN MCDONNELL THE SECOND, AND DEVIN NOT ONLY ADJUSTS HIS BODY WHILE RUNNING FULL SPEED, BUT HE’S ABLE TO MAKE THE GREAT CATCH, BRINGING THE BALL DOWN TO THE THREE YARD LINE WHERE BRADSHAW, CHRISTIAN WOULD LATER SCORE. BUT DEVIN MCDONNELL, THE SECOND FROM BRADSHAW CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL, TURNS IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL PLAYBOOK. GREAT CLIPS CATCH OF THE WEEK 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 17 MEMBER VARSITY CHEERLEADERS FROM BRADSHAW CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS WET ONE TONIGHT. THE PRIDE. THEY SAY THEY LOVE TO MAKE THEIR FANS IN THE STANDS, STAND UP AND CHEER EVERY GAME AS THEY LOVE TO CONTROL THEIR EMOTIONS. AND THAT’S WHY THE VARSITY CHEER TEAM AT BRADSHAW CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL ARE OUR HIGH SCHOOL PLAYBOOK CHEER TEAM OF THE WEEK. ALL RIGHT, 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 OFFICIALS OF THE WEEK. THE SIX PERSON VARSITY CREW, CREW CHIEF AND THE WHITE CAP IS GARY SHERMAN. GARY HAS REFEREED HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES FOR 43 YEARS. HE’S NOT THROWING HIS FLAG. GARY SHERMAN IS AN IT EXPERT AT A WINERY I