The Greyhound varsity football squad ran its season record to a
perfect 3-0 on Friday with a 35-0 rout of host Oakland High
School.
The game was a final pre-season tune-up for Healdsburg, which
opens the Sonoma County League campaign this Friday, Sept. 29
against visiting Sonoma at Recreation Park.
Led by all-league linebacker Mitch Arreguin, the Hounds turned
in another stellar defensive outing, and benefited from the
addition of several key starters who had sat out the team¹s first
two games for disciplinary reasons. Healdsburg suited up a
season-high 24 players on Friday.
³It was nice to have all of our players back this week and
although I can¹t say we¹re a deep team with 24 guys, we¹ve got a
lot of players that aren¹t that far behind our starters,² said head
coach Gale Bach. ³I thought our offensive line played real well
this week.²
Healdsburg¹s vaunted O-line, consisting of center Chris Bach,
guards Daniel Erdman and Noah Van der Zee and tackles Tobin Cameron
and Cody Manning played together for the first time this season and
dominated the line of scrimmage.
Healdsburg got a great performance from talented junior
quarterback Corey Harms, who recorded one of the all-time school
best efforts against Oakland. The talented Harms had a brilliant
night, completing 15 of 19 passes for a career-high 331 yards and
three touchdowns.
The Hounds came out focused and ready on Friday at Oakland,
mounting two first-quarter scoring drives that culminated in a pair
of one-yard touchdown dives by running back Mitch Arreguin. Harms
hooked up with receiver Jared Garcia for an 11-yard touchdown
strike in the second quarter to grab a decisive 21-0 lead at the
break.
The play of the game occurred early in the fourth quarter, when
Harms used his exceptional poise and athleticism to produce the
team¹s fourth touchdown. Avoiding a blitzing linebacker, Harms
found receiver Ronnie Arowcavage on a 93-yard scoring pass, putting
the Hounds up 28-0.
³TK (off. coordinator Tom Kirkpatrick) called an audible on the
play,² explained Bach. ³Corey avoided a linebacker that had an arm
around his waist, rolled right and hit Ronnie about 40 yards
up-field, and he went the rest of the way after the catch. It was a
great play.²
The touchdown reception was also the longest in school history,
shattering the all-time record of 84 yards by Jeff Burchett on a
pass from Aaron Bugarske in 1991.
The Hounds added another 17-yard scoring pass from Harms to
Garcia for the eventual 35-0 win.
In addition to Harms¹ heroics, the Greyhounds got outstanding
offensive performances from running backs Arreguin (5-26 yards
rushing, 2 TDs), David Balestrieri (9-77 yards rushing), Garcia
(5-141 yards receiving, 2 TDs) and Arowcavage (4-133 yards
receiving, TD).
Defensive contributors were: Arreguin (11 tackles, 7 assists),
Chris Saulter (10 tackles, 2 assists), Connor Collins (7 tackles, 5
assists), Andrew Baroni (6 tackles, 3 assists, FR), Van der Zee (4
tackles, 3 assists), Nick Fore (2 tackles, 2 assists), Garcia (2
tackles, 2 assists), AJ Quiroga (3 tackles, assist), Andrew (2
tackles, 2 assists), Jon Cattalini (2 tackles, 2 assists), Tom
Cochran ( tackle, 3 assists), Uly Espinosa (2 tackles, assist),
Manning (2 tackles), Tim Weidemier (tackle, assist) and an assist
from Nicholas Vuilliomenet, Justin Brandt and Peter Everson.
Injury notes: Sophomore running back David Balestrieri returned
to action after missing a pair of games due to a concussion. Tackle
Curtis Allegra sat out his second straight game on Friday with a
hand injury.
JV post win
The Greyhound JV squad beat Oakland on Friday, running its
record to 3-0. Leading the offense was Kyle Mancini (18-112 yards
rushing, 2 TDs) and Paul Wilson (16-142 yards rushing, 2 TDs).
Healdsburg churned up a total of 301 yards on the ground.
The Greyhound defense was led by Placido Lopez (10 tackles),
Carlos Basurto (8 tackles), Mancini (6 tackles, 2 sacks) and
Anthony Barnes (3 tackles, sack).
