Notre Dame, which finishes 5-5 and 1-4 in league, will have to hope for an at-large berth to next week’s playoffs.īishop Amat sophomore RB Ryan Salcedo following his best game of the season, rushing for 164 yards and 3 TDs in their playoff clinching 34-23 win over Notre Dame /fMZpa7913y Trailing the whole game, Amat took the lead for good minutes into the fourth quarter when Villalbazo threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Talen O’Dell to push them ahead, 27-23, with 10:23 left. It’s a great feeling (tonight), but next weekend we’re hoping for the best.”īishop Amat quarterback Frankie Villalbazo was solid too, throwing for 140 yards and two touchdowns. “This was good, but we’re coming for next week. “We’re just going week by week,” Salcedo said. Salcedo, with his expression never changing, looked to be on a mission. That we’re resilient and we’ve been kicked around but we’re strong and finishing right and he’s (Salcedo) definitely an example of that.” “I tell the kids we’re like a golf ball that has al these dimples and we just keep getting hit and hit, but actually the dimples make the balls go further and that’s kind of like how we’re feeling.

“He’s an example like a lot of the kids,” Hagerty said. Hagerty then looked toward Salcedo to hammer home another point. “He won’t tell you but he’s had turf toe and that will last for three and four weeks and he’s been out there like a warrior playing hard every day and working through it,” Hagerty said of Salcedo. Lancers sophomore running back Ryan Salcedo had his best game of the season, rushing for 164 yards and three touchdowns, providing the game-clinching score on a 32-yard touchdown run with 2:25 left. Their value is that they show up every day and bust their but and represent our school amazingly, that’s the story.” But I just feel people chip on them (players), and tell them you’re not good enough and they got to understand their value isn’t related to a victory. “This is our second week of playoffs, that’s how we described it and next week will be Week 3. “I really feel like if there is any lesson to be learned or value in high school football, it’s that these kids are learning when stuff don’t go your way, you have to figure out a way to get things done and these guys exhibit that and I’m proud of them and happy for them,” Hagerty said. Hagerty was just getting going, wanting to drive his point home. “At least self imposed right, the pressure, and hearing things and I think what’s overlooked sometimes is they show up every Monday and come back to work, and they keep working and things don’t go there way and they show up and keep coming back to work.” “The topic of conversation out to be that it’s been a rough year, and the kids have taken a lot of heat,” Hagerty said. But Amat coach Steve Hagerty said they dug down and did just the opposite.īishop Amat coach Steve Hagerty with fiery, inspiring words after their 34-23 victory over Notre Dame punched their ticket to the playoffs /MIgWO9CTOa The CIF-SS playoffs pairings will be announced Sunday at 10 a.m.Īfter Bishop Amat had been blown out by Sierra Canyon and Serra to fall to 2-6, it would have been easy to throw in the towel. LA PUENTE – It hasn’t been the football season Bishop Amat envisioned by any stretch, but it was the finish it had to have.īishop Amat had to win its final two games to guarantee its ticket to next week’s CIF Southern Section playoffs, and the Lancers did just that, rallying in the fourth quarter to do it.Īmat followed a gutsy win over Chaminade last week with a 34-23 victory over Notre Dame in the league finale on Friday, scoring two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to pull it out.īishop Amat is 4-6 overall, but finishes 3-2 in the Mission League to finish in third place to grab the league’s final playoff spot.

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