Piedmont Hills wins CCS D-V title as Sobrato’s gusty play call falls short

SAN JOSE It all came down to a decision in overtime Do you kick a PAT to tie and send the championship to a second overtime Or do you go for broke go for two and win or lose depending on the outcome of the play Sobrato coach Joel Rueda chose the daring latter option After quarterback Braeden Hughes scored to shave Piedmont Hills lead to one in the Central Coast Section Division V championship contest at - Rueda called the kicking association back and sent the offense on the field And the call was to run the the majority basic play of all to run power to send -yard rusher Brady Lennon straight up the middle To go with what got them there Lennon s forward progress was halted a half-yard or so short of the goal line And that was a signal for the Piedmont Hills players and fans to let loose in celebration of the section title Saturday afternoon at MacDonald High Nothing against our kicker Rueda explained I thought we were the better organization put in the work in the offseason Just desired to do what got us here I was confident the whole way until they signaled he wasn t in John Palomo s -yard touchdown pass to Travis Linane with left in the fourth quarter brought Piedmont Hills even at - The Pirates had the ball first in overtime Starting at the in accordance with high school overtime rules Palomo passed to Linane for handed to Alijah Torres for a -yard gain then hit Diego Arias in the flat and Arias scored easily after the Sobrato defensive back slipped and fell Hughes threw incomplete on Sobrato s first play Lennon ripped off yards down to the and Hughes crossed the goal line on a keeper to set up the decision on the conversion Piedmont Hills celebrates winning against Ann Sobrato in the Central Coast Section Division V championship at MacDonald High School in San Jose Calif on Saturday Nov Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group The teams traded touchdowns early with Palomo passing to Linane on a -yard TD and Hughes connecting with Gabriel Yellohorse-Ruiz on a pass of yards to bring Sobrato even The Pirates had a - lead at halftime thanks to a -yard field goal by Cash Martinez Sobrato tied it on a -yard field goal by Kyle Gurney and took a - lead on a -yard pass from Hughes to Jacob Sorrentino This is the second CCS Division V championship in a row for Piedmont Hills coach Kelly King Jr who won the D-V title last year as the coach at Leland He learned a valuable lesson last year After his Leland company beat Sequoia - in the CCS final it got blown out in a NorCal championship at Moreau Catholic - We re not finished King mentioned I learned that last year with Leland when we were just happy to be there Now we want to play two more rounds of football win a NorCal title and a state title something that has never happened before at Piedmont Hills These guys are hungry and we re looking for a lot of success next week and the week after Piedmont Hills head coach Kelly King Jr celebrates winning against Ann Sobrato for the Central Coast Section Division V championship at MacDonald High School in San Jose Calif on Saturday Nov Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group King was required how this Piedmont Hills organization compares with his Leland gang from last year Both teams are very senior heavy King stated We do it a little different here we ve got more skill on the outside Last year we were a run-heavy band at Leland Here we throw the ball a little more Utilizing a short-passing tournament Palomo completed of passes for yards and four touchdowns Linane had nine catches for yards and two TDs Torres and Arias had five catches and one touchdown apiece Sobrato defeated Piedmont Hills - on Oct rushing for over yards This time the Piedmont Hills defense did a much better job against the run limiting the Bulldogs to yards on the ground Lennon who rushed for yards the first time the two teams played had yards on carries this time Piedmont Hills celebrates winning against Ann Sobrato in the Central Coast Section Division V championship at MacDonald High School in San Jose Calif on Saturday Nov Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group They kind of stuck it to us and we knew it so we put an emphasis on stopping Lennon and stuffing the box King mentioned Related Articles St Ignatius stuns SHC with Charlie Ball s pick-six Thomas McKeon s walk-off -yard field goal to win CCS D-II title Five in a row Pittsburg crushes Cardinal Newman to claim latest NCS D crown Prep football roundup El Cerrito beats Ukiah for NCS Division III title Monte Vista defeats Clayton Valley for NCS Division II championship Behind Malakai Taufoou s two picks two TDs Serra rallies to beat Los Gatos for CCS Division I title It was the first appearance in a section championship meeting for the Sobrato campaign In every sense of the word they earned it Rueda mentioned They set the standard for future generations of Sobrato players It was the second CCS football title for Piedmont Hills which won the Division I championship in We want to go all the way Linane revealed We want to go to state make it to L A Piedmont Hills' John Palomo throws the ball against Ann Sobrato in the fourth quarter during the Central Coast Section Division V championship at MacDonald High School in San Jose Calif on Saturday Nov Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group Piedmont Hills' Diego Arias scores a touchdown against Ann Sobrato in overtime during the Central Coast Section Division V championship at MacDonald High School in San Jose Calif on Saturday Nov Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group Ann Sobrato's Brayden Hughes scores a touchdown against Piedmont Hills' Travis Linane in overtime during the Central Coast Section Division V championship at MacDonald High School in San Jose Calif on Saturday Nov Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group Piedmont Hills celebrates winning against Ann Sobrato in the Central Coast Section Division V championship at MacDonald High School in San Jose Calif on Saturday Nov Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group Piedmont Hills celebrates winning against Ann Sobrato in the Central Coast Section Division V championship at MacDonald High School in San Jose Calif on Saturday Nov Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group Ann Sobrato's Nathan Hatzenpiler jumps over Piedmont Hills' Diego Arias and past Piedmont Hills' Ayden Hernandez in the fist quarter during the Central Coast Section Division V championship at MacDonald High School in San Jose Calif on Saturday Nov Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group Ann Sobrato's Gabriel YellowHorse Ruiz celebrates scoring a touchdown against Piedmont Hills in the first quarter during the Central Coast Section Division V championship at MacDonald High School in San Jose Calif on Saturday Nov Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group Piedmont Hills' Cash Martinez kicks a field goal against Ann Sobrato during the Central Coast Section Division V championship at MacDonald High School in San Jose Calif on Saturday Nov Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group