LOS GATOS – Los Gatos misplaced fairly a bit on offense from final yr’s Central Coast Part and NorCal championship workforce. However many of the protection is again for an encore.
In Friday’s dwelling opener, the Los Gatos protection shut down Liberty’s excellent operating again Jaxon Bell and compelled the Lions to the air.
The Wildcats bought their offense going, jumped out to an early lead and stored the strain on in a 38-21 non-league victory.
Bell, who rushed for 1,537 yards and 25 touchdowns final season as a sophomore and was coming off a 187-yard recreation in Liberty’s season-opening 24-7 win over a workforce from Bakersfield, managed solely 17 yards on 10 carries.
“We preached all week about not letting him be the one to beat us,” Los Gatos coach Mark Krail mentioned. “We preached that one man was not going to deliver him down. He’s so robust from the waist down. We did an excellent job of corralling him and conserving him throughout the confines of our entrance seven, entrance eight.”
Los Gatos jumped out to a 17-0 lead and Liberty was pressured to attempt to play catch up, abandoning the run which managed simply 41 yards for the sport..QB Sage Robertson threw 45 passes, finishing 28 for 320 yards. Bell caught 9 passes for 101 yards. Chris Joe had 5 catches for 121 yards and two touchdowns.
“Hats off to them for having the ability to take away our energy and drive us to play from behind all night time,” Liberty coach Mike Cable mentioned. “They put strain on us. What we are able to be taught from it’s that if we wish to be thought-about among the best groups, then we’ve got to play like the perfect groups. Los Gatos gave us that instance, examined us tonight, and we all know we’ve got to enhance in a whole lot of areas as a way to meet that customary.”
Los Gatos, coming off a 14-7 win over Soquel, rushed for 151 yards and handed for 179. Scotty Brennan and Callum Schweitzer cut up time at quarterback, Brennan taking part in the primary and third quarters, Schweitzer the second and fourth. Brennan accomplished 9 of 14 passes for 60 yards. Schweitzer was 7 of 9 for 119 yards and one landing, a 37-yarder to Max Thomas, who caught seven balls for 99 yards.
“I believed they each had moments, did some very nice issues,” Krail mentioned. “We’re fairly fortunate as a result of both of them may lead our workforce to achieve success. It’s a relentless analysis. I’m guessing proper now we’ll most likely proceed taking part in each of them, see the place it goes. They’re each great children, good athletes. They know they’re in a contest, which is nice.”
Brennan, a left-handed senior, is the son of Arizona head coach Brent Brennan. Schweitzer, a right-handed junior, is the third Schweitzer brother to play at Los Gatos. His brother Will went on to Notre Dame earlier than retiring from soccer.
“It’s nice,” Brennan mentioned. “Folks all the time attempt to make it Scotty versus Callum. However actually me and Callum work properly collectively. I’ll get my drives, I’ll come to the sideline and inform him what’s up. We assist one another out, give one another little ideas as the sport goes on. He’s a extremely gifted participant so it’s actually enjoyable to have somebody like that to speak with. It makes each of us higher.”.
Los Gatos scored 4 touchdowns on the bottom, two by Grayson Doslak (11 carries, 95 yards) and two by Braden Smith (9 carries, 31 yards).
“Been doing this a very long time, we’re a run-first, play-action go workforce,” Krail mentioned. “It’s old style. You attempt to cease the run. We did a fairly good job with (Bell). And then you definitely run the ball.”
