Gilroy 35, Woodside 8
Preseason Record
2-0
Up next
vs. Watsonville
Sept. 16, 7:30pm
Garcia-Elder Field
Player of the Game
Jay Raven
The senior cornerback had two interceptions, one of which made a bad night for Woodside worse. With under a minute to play and the Wildcats at the 1-yard line poised to score a game-ending (and pride-saving) touchdown, Raven picked off quarterback Matt Pelesasa’s pass intended for Jim Moors, then scampered 99 yards for Gilroy’s final TD.
TCAL roundup
Salinas 38, watsonville 6
Salinas QB Skyler Crawford runs 57 yards for TD in second quarter, throws 35-yard TD pass to Mark Laughton; Cowboys lead 24-0 at halftime
LIVE OAK 35, AlVAREZ 18
Dustin Muhn, Kevin Abbott rush for 90 yards apiece as the Acorns two-headed running attack continues to build up steam in the preseason; Muhn also runs a nifty fake punt for a first down.
SAN BENITO 28, SAN LORENZO VALLEY 21
Cougars score two TDs in three minutes to open game, but Haybalers dominate the rest of the way, as Dru Blake boots three FGs in fourth, including a 42-yarder; Jeff Weltz scores two TDs for Hollister.
HIT of the Game
In the second quarter, 5-foot-6 Gilroy linebacker Vince Giacalone put every inch of muscle into a solo tackle of a much taller Woodside receiver, Josh Strause, at midfield after a reception. The play kept the Wildcats short of a first down and brought up fourth down.
Stat of the Game
1,875 In Attendance
For Friday night’s first-ever high school football game at the Garcia-Elder Sports Complex field
Quote of the Game
‘The (new) field is very nice. However, when you fall, your arms get scraped up. The best is when you get turf all over your face.’
– Bobby best senior OL/DL
GILROY 35, WOODSIDE 8
BOX SCORE
1 2 3 4 TOTAL
Woodside (0-1) 0 0 8 0 8
Live Oak (2-0) 14 7 7 7 35
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
GIL – 7:52, Sweeney 22-yard run (Martin kick), GIL 7-0
GIL – 3:02, Sweeney 18-yard run (Martin kick), GIL 14-0
2nd Quarter
GIL – 11:54, Quistian 19-yard pass from Tovar (Martin kick), GIL 21-0
3rd Quarter
GIL – 2:01, Gonzales 17-yard run (Martin kick), GIL 28-0
WOOD – 1:09, Simmons 75-yard pass and run from Moors (Moors pass from Pelesasa), GIL 28-8
4th Quarter
GIL – :45.9, Raven interception, 99-yard run (Martin kick), GIL 35-8
Team Stats
WOODSIDE
Rushing: 72
Passing: 168
Total: 241
GILROY
Rushing: 341
Passing: 24
Total: 365
Individual Stats
WOODSIDE
Passing
ATT CMP YDS
Matt Pelesasa 21 12 83
Jim Moors 1 1 85
Rushing
ATT YDS
Matt Pelesasa 9 20
Jim Moors 8 38
Justin Warren 7 14
GILROY
Passing
ATT CMP YDS
Nick Tovar 9 3 24
Rushing
ATT YDS
Justin Sweeney 21 176
Stefon McCrimon 10 91
Paul Gonzalez 6 28
Defense
INT TD
Jay Raven 2 1
Justin Sweeney 1 0
Kicking
FGA FG XPA XP
Neil Martin 0 0 5 5
