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Alcoriza, Byrd lead varsity Warriors over River City in shut out
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Photo by Paige Lampson
Abram Piggee hustles down the field Friday. Piggee had a touchdown reception for Galt.
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By Kerensa Uyeta-Buckley
Herald Sports
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If the varsity Warriors had experienced any hesitation on the field in their first two games, Friday’s game against River City did not show any of it.
Smooth, simple carries and confident passing by quarterback Bobby Byrd led the Warriors past River City 40-0 at Warrior Stadium for Galt’s first win.
Trevor Alcoriza set the example for a solid first half of offense, scoring three of the Warriors’ four first half touchdowns and leading Galt down the field for numerous plays.
Alcoriza rushed for 164 yards, scored four touchdowns, and made six tackles in his best game this season.
“Our linemen did great,” Alcoriza said on what he thought contributed to Galt’s shut out. “We had a good week of practice and we just came together,” Alcoriza said, citing teamwork as a key.
River City’s defense looked unprepared for the Warriors’ offensive drives, leaving gaps that were quickly passed through by Galt’s ground offense during what would turn out to be scoring possessions.
The Warriors’ defense did its job in the first half, making enough tackles to prevent key first downs and to stop River City on one play that could have resulted in a touchdown.
“We knew that they would be relying on their ground game which provided our defense with some great work on defending the run,” Galt head coach Warren Schroeder said. “Defensively, they presented us with many different looks providing our offense with some great work against a variety of fronts.”
The Warriors scored first on a 13-yard touchdown run by Alcoriza with 6:40 left in the first quarter.
Alcoriza scored again on a seven-yard touchdown run to give the Warriors a 12-0 lead with 10:52 left in the half after a scoring drive that lasted approximately five and a half minutes.
Byrd then threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Abram Piggee and Anthony Trejo scored the two-point conversion for a 20-0 lead.
On the last possession of the half passes from Byrd to Brandon Cox and Piggee and runs by Trejo and Alcoriza brought the ball to the three-yard line.
Alcoriza then ran the ball in and Cody Klucznik kicked the extra point for a 27-0 halftime lead.
The Warriors continued to elude River City’s defense in the second half, while preventing any serious drives by the Raiders.
Alcoriza ran for a 61-yard touchdown and Klucznik kicked the extra point for Galt’s 34-0 lead with 3:25 left in the quarter.
Jerren Crisologo later scored on a 15-yard touchdown run with 4:14 left in the fourth quarter to bring the Warriors’ lead to 40.
Byrd rushed for 50 yards and completed five of nine passes for 71 yards and a touchdown in addition to four tackles on defense.
Crisologo rushed for 33 yards, including his touchdown run.
Trejo had two rushes for 25 yards and scored a two-point conversion.
Piggee had 43 receiving yards, three tackles, two punt returns for 50 yards and one touchdown reception.
Joey Ruiz led with seven tackles and Alex Ochoa and Eric Toscano both had five tackles for the Warriors.
P.J. Lowe had one fumble recovery and a 13-yard kickoff return and David Da Rosa had a sack for the Warriors.
“This was a great confidence builder for us, and an important victory for us going into our first league game against a well-coached opponent in Vista Del Lago,” Schroeder said.
Galt, which now has a 1-2 record, will host Vista del Lago Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the first game of the Sierra Valley Conference.
Vista del Lago is 0-3 and tied for last place with Oak Ridge.
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