Doug Watkins scores a touchdown for the Attacking Jaguars against Temecula.(photo by Roger Herzler)
Mighty Mites
On Saturday, the Mighty Jaguars traveled to Wildomar to take on the Tigers, and after falling behind early, nearly came back in a 24–19 loss.
The Jags were trailing 24–13 late in the fourth quarter when K.J. Mazzetti hooked up with Oliver Delano for a 50-yard touchdown reception to make the score 24–19 with 29 seconds remaining.
The ensuing onside kick was recovered by Oliver Delano of the Jags. The Jags reached the 20-yard line but finally ran out of time and fell to the Tigers 24–19.
Other offensive standouts were Jake Meyers, who had a 45-yard touchdown run; Sid Weddington with a 40-yard reception; Gianni Pinamonti, who made three receptions and a 30-yard punt return; and great blocking by Peyton Rutherford and the rest of the Jags’ offensive line.
Defensively, Eddie Imgrund was all over the field making tackles, as were Rutherford, Sebastin Roman, Hayden Patstone, and Jack Shaffer.
Junior Midgets
Valley Center's Junior Midget Jaguars hosted the Escondido Charging Wolves in their division's semifinal match up, and the Jags scored early and often in a 28–0 win to advance to the finals to face Fallbrook.
A dominating Jaguar defense set the tone early by stopping Escondido on their first possession, forcing them to punt. Dalton Larrabee caught the punt and nearly returned it to the endzone, pushed out of bounds by Escondido's last defender at the 25-yard line.
A few plays later, quarterback Buddy Hall scrambled to his right and threw to Nico Manriquez along the sideline, who then outran the Wolves' defense for the first score of the game. Kicker Ryan Semon converted the extra point attempt.
Later in the first quarter, the Jaguar defense forced another punt by Escondido and this time, Larrabee could not be stopped as he made several cuts to avoid tacklers before finding the endzone for 50-yard touchdown punt return.
On the last play of the half, Manriquez took a reverse handoff from Larrabee, found the right sideline wide open, and again outran the Wolves' defense as time expired for a 70-yard touchdown run. Semon converted the kick, making the halftime score 22–0 Jaguars.
Forced to the air in the second half, Escondido's quarterback was intercepted by Kamara Johnson on a deep pass over the middle. Several Jaguar plays later, Hall completed a deep pass to receiver Anthony Bobadilla who raced down the left sideline for a touchdown.
Eric Gordon intercepted Escondido two more times and Shaye Miller put a stop to the Wolves' offensive drives.
Next Saturday's championship game between Valley Center and Fallbrook will be played at a neutral site and time to be announced.
Pee Wee
The VC Attacking Jaguars faced the only team that had defeated them this season, the Temecula Bruins, on Saturday at Valley Center High School.
The Temecula Bruins came prepared and ready for a tough game, but the Jaguars held on for a 16–12 win.
The Bruins struck first on the opening drive of the game with a long run from scrimmage.
The Jaguars answered with an impressive drive with a touchdown pass to Doug Watkins. The drive was capped with a two–point conversion kick by Santiago Vasquez.
Andrew Navarro scored in the third quarter with a direct snap from the shotgun to go up by eight points. The Jaguars went for two and were successful.
Temecula fought hard and put six more points on the scoreboard, but could not convert on a fourth and long as Gabe De Paulo intercepted a pass on the four yard line to give the ball back to the Jags with just over two minutes to play.
The Jaguars played a complete game on both offense and defense and came away with a good win over a very good opponent.
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