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Willow Glen, Pioneer set for league openers
By Dick Sparrer
Prospect and Willow Glen were on opposite ends of the spectrum in football games last week. The Panthers were rolling to a 36-6 victory over Cupertino, while the Rams were getting rolled 63-0 by powerful Oak Grove.
That was last week. But this week it's a whole new ballgame. The Panthers and Rams will square off in the first game of the season in the Santa Teresa Division of the Blossom Valley Athletic League.
Willow Glen enters the game as one of the division title favorites, despite the outcome against Oak Grove last Friday night, but it's Prospect who enters the game with a perfect 3-0 nonleague record.
The Rams, who will host the Panthers on Oct. 1, 3:30 p.m., opened the season with tight wins over Lincoln and Silver Creek before falling to the Eagles. The Panthers, meanwhile, have beaten Fremont, Mt. Pleasant and Cupertino.
Senior quarterback David Macchi will lead the Rams into the Friday afternoon game. The talented quarterback is supported in the backfield by hard-charging senior running back Leon Thomas.
Heading up the Prospect assault is senior quarterback Jordan Williams, who likes to throw to senior wide out Andrew Heling. Saladin Washington leads the running attack for the Panthers.
In other division openers on Friday, Del Mar hosts Piedmonts Hills at 3:30 p.m. and Pioneer will visit Westmont at 7 p.m.
Westmont, 0-3, will gun for its first win of the young season when the Warriors host Pioneer. Pioneer is coming off of a 49-0 victory over James Lick. The Mustangs are 1-2 in the preseason.
Senior quarterback Tony Oka will lead Westmont into the league opener, working behind an offensive line that features senior Jon Lowe (6-feet-3, 220 pounds) and junior Jason Lucas (6-feet-2, 220 pounds).
Working behind Oka in the backfield are Perez and solid junior tailback Mike Hilbert.
The Pioneer offense is led by talented senior running back Mike Wiens and junior quarterback Tim Scheffer. Favorite targets for Scheffer are wide receiver Brian Davis and tight end Travis Murdock.
Davis and Wiens starred in Pioneer's 49-0 win over Lick last Saturday.
Davis hauled in a 6-yard TD toss from Scheffer early in the game, then came back with a 79-yard punt return for a score and added a touchdown on a 38-yard interception return.
Wiens shot in for a 6-yard touchdown run in the second quarter and later returned the second-half kickoff 84 yards for a Pioneer touchdown.
Sean Hallihan ran back a pass interception 22 yards for a touchdown in the first half, and sophomore running back Jacob French went 27 yards for Pioneer's final TD.
Kyle Terry kicked five extra points in the win, and Scheffer tossed a two-point conversion pass to French.
Scheffer hooked up on six of nine passes for 81 yards, hitting Davis four times for 51 yards, Murdock once for nine and French once for 22. Wiens finished the day with 61 yards on 11 carries and French added 43 yards on just five tries.
Kris Hallihan led all Pioneer defenders with six tackles and S. Hallihan, Davis, Landers Niven and Sal Baglione were in on five each.
Girls Volleyball
Amie Pfeiffer and Lyndsey Caton ripped six kills apiece to lead the Presentation girls volleyball team to a 15-10, 15-7, 15-4 victory over Valley Christian in the Mt. Hamilton Division of the BVAL last week.
The Panthers are now 12-0 for the year and 1-0 in division play.
Willow Glen, meanwhile, lost its opener in the BVAL's Santa Teresa Division, falling 15-7, 11-15, 15-10, 13-15, 15-13 to Piedmont Hills.
Girls Water Polo
Whitney Gregg pitched in two goals and Tracy Harding and Alicia Barreto added one apiece, but the Willow Glen girls water polo team dropped a 5-4 heartbreaker to Lynbrook last weekend in tournament play.
Gregg, Barreto and Courtney Livak had fired home two goals each to lead the Rams to an 11-0 win over Carmel in the same tourney.
Presentation lost twice in the same tournament, falling 5-3 to Valley Christian and 4-1 to Gunn.
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