Bonus video: Valley Center vs Del Norte football

Here's a bonus video of the altercation between the Jaguars and the Nighthawks in last week's football game. Keep an eye on No. 21 in blue as he hits No. 9, John Watkins, after the whistle, which sparks the brawl.

My official reaction: this kind of thing has no place in sports, and everyone involved should be ashamed of himself.

My unofficial reaction: FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!!! (I also enjoy Stehly Reden calmly wading into the fray and tossing guys off the pile with one hand. It must be fun to be that big sometimes.)

Anyway, here's the video, courtesy of Brandon Usher:

Videos: Valley Center at Del Norte football

Here are some video highlights from Valley Center's football game at Del Norte on Friday:

video by Kelly Kidder

Beau Reilly hits Taylor Oshinski with a quick pass for a good gain early in the game:


Reilly finds TE Jean-Marc Brierre down the seam, and the big tight end runs over and through the defense for the touchdown:


Travis Bernard battles through a tackle and falls backward into the endzone for his first touchdown of the night:


David Last catches a nice pass from Reilly on the post pattern and gets into the endzone for the touchdown:


The Nighthawks try to run a screen pass to the running back, but the Valley Center defense is all over the play for a big loss:


Mike Rodriguez gets a short gain, but keep an eye on WR John Watkins (No. 9) and on Del Norte defender David Belcher (No. 21), who runs into Watkins after the whistle. The two players got into a shoving match, and both were penalized for the extra-curricular activities:


Reilly connects with Last, who gets hit out of bounds after the whistle. The Nighthawks were penalized for this late hit, but the overly-physical style of play did not seem to change throughout the remainder of the game:


Bernard has a nice run, looks for the goal line, but has the ball knocked away. Del Norte recovered the fumble in the endzone for a touchback:


Reilly hits Last again, and he fights through a tackle to get in for the touchdown:


Reilly hits Watkins for a good gain along the sideline. The Valley Center sideline wanted a late hit flag on Del Norte, but there was no penalty called on the play. Should there have been? Post a comment to share your thoughts:


Reilly fakes the handoff, runs right and hurdles a defender at the goal line to score his second rushing touchdown of the game:


Backup QB Watkins finds OL/TE Stehly Reden in the open, and heshakes off a defender on his way into the endzone:

Lady Jaguars win big on senior night, ranked No. 4 in CIF Div. III playoffs

Valley Center’s varsity volleyball team sent off its seniors in style with a big 3–0 win over Del Norte on senior night at VCHS on Thursday.
The Lady Jaguars held on through a tough first game to dominate the final two for final game scores of 25–22, 25–17, 25–13.
Both teams traded points for the majority of the first game, with Del Norte finally taking a two-point lead at 9–7. But the Lady Jags came right back and took a two-point lead at 12–10, then built on the lead until they were up 17–13 on an ace by Laura Glennie. The Lady Nighthawks couldn’t make up any more ground and lost the game by three.
Valley Center came out on fire to start the second game, taking the first three points, but Del Norte responded and tied the game at six. Sidney Reilly got a spike that put the Lady Jags back in front, and they did not relinquish the lead in taking the game by eight points.
Del Norte jumped ahead early in the third game, putting Valley Center behind 7–1, but the Lady Jags stormed back to tie the score at nine. The teams battled to a tie at 11, but the Lady Jaguars went on an eight-point run to put the game out of reach and take the game by 12 points.
The big win puts the Lady Jaguars (17–12) in the No. 4 slot of the CIF Division III rankings, which means they will play tonight (Wednesday) at home against Olympian at 7 p.m.
The winner of tonight’s match will play again on Saturday at 5 p.m. in the second round.