If we would have won, I would have felt pretty ashamed because we didn’t deserve it.”ĭe La Salle had punted only once in its first two games this season, blowout victories over St. It’s not like one of those, ‘Well, we should have … ‘ No, they beat us. “They’re a great team, and they beat us tonight. You give him lanes, and he’s going to take it. “Their offensive was able to punch us in the mouth and we let that runner cut back the whole night,” Alumbaugh said. Francis, presumably for excessive celebrating.īacked up 15 yards, the Lancers still reached the end zone. The senior finished with 213 yards in 24 carries.īut the officials threw a flag on St. Then Dougherty connected with Adkinson, which seemed to set the stage for Teu to cap off his big night with the decisive touchdown from the 1. Francis, ran for 27 yards to get the Lancers into De La Salle territory on the final series. Viliami Teu, whose hard running began on the first offensive play of the night for St. The head coach played for his father, Ron Calcagno, in the 1980s and now coaches in a stadium named after his dad, who was in attendance Friday. We practice it every couple of days.”Ĭalcagno, like defensive coordinator Matt Scharrenberg, is a St. Francis coach Greg Calcagno said he told the sideline after DLS scored. “We’ve got two timeouts, we’ve got to get a touchdown,” St. Francis, which has won more championships in its section than any other program, was not going to be denied. Trailing 24-7 after Matthew Karic’s short field goal early in the third quarter, the Spartans answered with two touchdowns and took the lead on AJ Bianchina’s 6-yard run with 1:38 left.īut St. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)ĭe La Salle nearly spoiled the party. Francis does what no other Northern California team has been able to do for 30 years - defeat De La Salle, Friday, Sept. They were the better team tonight.” Ernesto Sanchez celebrates with teammates on the sideline as St. They showed up prepared and fired up and physical. “I give them all the credit in the world. There were close calls over the 30 years, but not until Friday had the mountain been scaled.ĭe La Salle coach Justin Alumbaugh said St. Over the next 318 games against Northern California opponents, De La Salle was 316-0-2, the ties coming against Clayton Valley Charter and Palma in 2004. The last team from this region to defeat De La Salle was Pittsburg, in a North Coast Section championship game on Dec.

23 Amador Valley holds off Dublin in defensive battle featuring 1 TD 12 Bellarmine blasts San Leandro, alum Brad Bowers 9 California’s offense hums along, with 70 points, but larger challenges await 3 Pittsburg quiets Valley Christian’s stars just enough to earn its first win Francis assistant, months after his cancer remission, celebrates victory over DLS Francis ends DLS’s 30-year unbeaten streak vs. Roundup: Best of the high school football action in Week 3.

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“We were just trying to break the streak. “I love my team,” said Andrighetto, the last of several brothers to play for St. But an unsportsmanlike penalty moved the ball back to the 16. Francis had reached the 1 on Andrew Adkison’s 33-yard reception.

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