Amador Valley defeats Monte Vista behind barrage of big plays

PLEASANTON Amador Valley began its season behind the eight ball Fresh off winning the first North Coast Section title in school history Amador Valley entered the year without five senior skill position players running back Ismael Duenas dislocated elbow tight end Kade Robertson season-ending torn knee ligament and wide receivers Anthony Harrington ankle Aidan Foley and McKay Kenitzer hamstring With injuries up and down their roster the Dons - - endured four straight losses to start their season Their average margin of defeat was roughly eight points a sign of this squad s ability to compete despite not being at full strength With a decisive - win over Monte Vista on Halloween Amador Valley is looking spooky at just the right time We never lost faith announced head coach Danny Jones If we look at the scores of games we re battling our butts off We knew the football unit that we were and what we were capable of and it s wonderful to be able to put it together and to see it for four quarters on both sides of the ball We have one meeting left in the season If we win we re in the playoffs I feel so good about whatever bracket they want to put us in whether that s the D or the D bracket I feel like the schedule we ve played all year long we re hardened and we re battle-tested and we re a physical football association On a night where Duenas and UNLV commit Cole Goldsworthy returned from injury the Dons three-touchdown supremacy was a non-stop exhibition dynamic play after dynamic play Duenas and Nehemia Nemo Fungula each had an interception Ian Simpson recovered a muffed punt return by Monte Vista that led to a touchdown The defense forced two fumbles and blocked a field goal attempt that led to another touchdown The other side of the ball was equally dynamic Harrington totaled receiving yards on eight receptions with two touchdowns of and yards Sophomore quarterback Nicco Kovacs threw for three touchdowns Senior Vincent Maiorana and junior Tommy Vespi each had rushing touchdowns while senior Tyson Jetter had a receiving touchdown Special Jones declared of Harrington Four-year varsity competitor going to Idaho State next year Just a baller right He invariably wants the ball in his hands and we want to give it to him because he s an incredible football competitor He s a YAC monster he catches the ball and he breaks tackles and he can go Next week Jones expects Foley and Kenitzer to suit up as Amador Valley finishes the regular season against California which was blown out - by De La Salle on Thursday We started off the season a little slow Harrington disclosed We had a lot of injuries but we knew when we had everybody back we were going to be dangerous We indicated that tonight We re ready to take on any crew that s in front of us and now that we re healthy we re fresh off our bye week we re feeling good and ready to go Related Articles Acalanes wraps up DAL Foothill Division with commanding win over Clayton Valley High school football Friday s Week scores Saturday s schedule Prep spotlight Former Mitty star Aaron Gordon takes championship to must-watch level even at a youth soccer practice Early knockout Los Gatos scores TDs on its first two plays routs M-A High school football Thursday s Week scores weekend schedule Monte Vista - - by contrast located itself on the wrong of those momentum plays the dagger being when its defense let up two explosive touchdowns on the first play of back-to-back drives in the second half Senior quarterback Ian Ondricek was responsible for both of the Mustangs touchdowns totaling one with his legs and one with his arm to junior Grant Mania I just think we shot ourselves in the foot whether it was missed assignments or turnovers revealed Monte Vista head coach Joe Wingert The biggest thing was the after curriculars whether it was poor attitude personal foul penalties and stuff like that are killing drives or giving them automatic first downs I think that was the part that was really frustrating Fumbles are going to happen those are physical mistakes Missed blocks are going to happen those are physical mistake As long as we re mentally doing the right thing and playing hard I ll be okay with that But this was not the kind of football we want to play