MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: OSCAR REYES, QB, TULARE UNION He completed 65 percent of his throws, tossed 34 touchdown passes, was intercepted just five times and, he gets to come back to the Redskins next season since he was only a junior this past year, and already has two varsity seasons on his resume. Reyes will [...]

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: DEONTAY GREENBERRY, WR, WASHINGTON UNION When you lead the entire central section in all three main categories for your position, than it becomes hard to be passed up for most valuable player in the Fresno County. The future Norte Dame wide receiver led the central valley in receptions (105), yards (2,108) and [...]

In the last two days, the world involving Fresno State football seemed mixed with emotions when the name Tim DeRuyter was spread around. There was former Bulldog Lorenzo Neal blasting the search committee involved in the new coaching search for not pursuing former Bulldogs. Internet message boards were also often filled with rants about the [...]

Central head football coach Casey Quinn has resigned from his position, according to Central Unified School District Athletic Director James Gambrell on Wednesday. Quinn began his Central tenure with a 1-9 record. But his next three seasons saw the Grizzlies reach the 7-8 win plateau, and his best season was this past year. The Grizzlies [...]

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: DEVAUGHN GAINES, QB, CHOWCHILLA One of the top dual-threat quarterbacks in the valley, Gaines (photo) did it all for his team in terms of running and throwing. He threw for 906 yards and tossed 11 touchdown passes. When on the run, he scored 13 more times and accumulated 1,069 yards. He’s also [...]

Statistically, Bullard running back Demetrius Warren had a huge night, with 23 carries and 116 yards versus a very fast and athletic Bakersfield defense. But physically, the Drillers eliminated any big runs Warren tried to break off, and also took the Fighting Knights out of the game quickly. Bakersfield dominated throughout the night with their [...]

In 2009, it was a Bray at quarterback who guided Kingsburg to the central section championship. Last season, it was a Steele who did a majority of the work as the Vikings repeated, this time at the Division-III level. This time around, Kingsburg discovered that they needed both a Bray, and a Steele, to lead [...]

One legendary head coach, Tim Simons, helped launch the Clovis North football program just three seasons ago. On this night, down in Garces, Cory Hall helped catapult the Broncos to newer heights. Hall, the former NFL safety and Ex-Bulldog standout, took over as varsity head football coach and in his first season at the highest [...]

Wasco did have the right game plan set up going against Washington Union’s star wide receiver Deontay Greenberry: having two defenders follow his every move, especially when going deep. However, even when passes were thrown in Greenberry’s way and he was doubled covered, the 6-foot-3 tall target still came down with the ball, because he [...]

–As reported by scout.com , San Joaquin Memorial running back Chris Brown will play PAC-12 football and head for the Beaver Dam. Brown committed to Oregon State Monday and spurns the likes of Oregon, Utah, Washington and Missouri in the process. Fresno State also offered the high-octane senior standout running back. Not surprised by this at all. [...]

FROM: RED ZONE FRENZY (Special to FNF Podcast)   The Josephine Theater inside the Duncan Building normally has a scene of a half-empty room with only around 20 people on any given Monday, with photographers, camera men, and reporters getting ready to ask Pat Hill about the state of Fresno State football for the upcoming [...]

It seemed like for the last three seasons, the face of Hanford Bullpup football was their three-year varsity starter, versatile all-purpose threat Brayden Sanchez. And with his stats, you could tell that Hanford made this guy the first option on offense. In his three year career, Sanchez scored no less than 11 touchdowns in all [...]

DIVISION VI MENDOTA 41 FARMERSVILLE 20 We now know one unbeaten team who finished off the year without a single loss, and it’s the first-time champion Mendota Aztecs. After an Anthony Azevedo 36 yard touchdown catch from Sam Metcalf put Farmersville up first, Mendota ignited themselves by going on a 41-7 run, including overcoming a [...]

Demetrius Warren of Bullard is a small, 5-foot-7, 170 pound running back who, when you see out on the field, is never really the biggest guy out there. This sounds all too familiar with Fresno State’s Robbie Rouse, another 5-foot-7 running back for the Bulldogs. Yet, other than size, there’s so many other similarities that [...]

The same man that brought pirate talk and “fat little girlfriends” to the masses became the popular choice among central valley residents for whomever potentially replaces Pat Hill, assuming if Fresno State were to go a different direction after their dismal 2011 season. However, it appears that Mike Leach decided that middle-of-nowhere Pullman,…[Read more]

This week is championship Friday, where we see who moves on to their valley title game, and who from Division-VI and D-V gets to hoist the valley title. However, after looking at these matchups, most of these games are rematches from epic, climatic contests during the regular season that either went down to the wire [...]

It may be time for Madera South to start game-planning for Ridgeview’s newest addition to their active roster–the Wolf Pack’s original starting quarterback. Tyler Ferguson, who broke his collarbone back on Oct. 24, has been cleared to play this Friday versus the Stallions according to Annabel Stephan of Fox Sports’ scout.com . After suffering…[Read more]

Been gone for a little bit. Took a much needed vacation to the central coast. But now that family time and carbohydrates time is over, its time to share some thoughts on what was passed along my way on the central valley while I was gone: –The Fresno Bee not only reported Tim Murphy’s resignation on [...]

D-III RESULTS KINGSBURG 39 SOUTH BAKERSFIELD 0 For a team seeking to defend their two valley championships in the Division-III circuit, the Vikings have turned to their defense and the results have been real one-sided. Defensive tackles Andrew Rios and massive 6-foot-2, 280 pound Ryan Steele punished the South Bakersfield trenches who couldn’t…[Read more]

D-I RESULTS: CENTENNIAL 63 CLOVIS WEST 49 In a rare home playoff game for Clovis West at Clovis High’s Lamonica Stadium, there was one more rare thing that occurred on this night, the Golden Eagles enduring a first round exit. Centennial used a 28-point second quarter to get ahead 35-28 at halftime, and defense wasn’t [...]