As we head into the first of hopefully many playoff games, this Friday at home vs the 9-1 Concord Minutemen, let’s take a moment and dive more deeply into our Dons’ own 9-1 regular season.

Before we look at the season numbers, let’s first share the MaxPreps Players of the Week from last week’s victory over the Northgate Broncos.

MAXPREP PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Overall: Ethan Torres

• Played great on both sides of the ball
• 9 Receptions for 128 yards
• 2 Receiving TDs
• 1 Fumble recovery
• Had 4 tackles and .5 TFL (tackle for loss)

Offensive: Ellis Burger

• 21 Rushes for 85 yards and 2 TDs
• Props to the O-Line: LT Marcus Julian, LG Tyler Murphy, C Miller Smith, RG Victor Nicolacakis, RT Trevor Carrillo opening up holes for Ellis

Defensive:  Jack Giorgianni

• 20 Tackles, 1.0 TFL (tackle for loss)
• Flew all over the place making plays

Special Teams:  Colin Malmquist

• 4 Total Tackles (2 from Kickoffs)
• Also played well at Will LB

Now let’s move on to the DAL Foothill Regular Season numbers

DAL FOOTHILL Offensive Passing:

• #3 Sully Bailey: 1,661 yds – 56% completion – 16 TDs – 4 Interceptions
• #4 Jake Boselli: 931 yds – 62% completion – 12 TDs – 4 Interceptions
• Note: Combined they finish #2 in yds and TDs

DAL FOOTHILL Offensive Rushing:

• #1 Ellis Burger: 634 yds – 55 yd longest – 12 TDs
• Props to Ellis and the O-line LT Marcus Julian, LG Tyler Murphy, C Miller Smith, RG Victor Nicolacakis, RT Trevor Carrillo, for delivering the leading rushing effort in one of the toughest leagues to run the ball in all of Northern California

DAL FOOTHILL Offensive Receiving:

• #2 Trevor Rogers: 924 yds – 18.86 yds per reception – 95 yd longest – 14 TDs
• #3 Ethan Torres: 711 yds – 19.75 yds per reception – 81 yd longest – 9 TDs
• Combined they were the #1 duo with 1,635 yds and 23 TDs

DAL FOOTHILL Defensive Tackles

• #1 Jack Giorgianni: 76 tackles – 29 solo – 47 assists – 2.5 TFLs
• #6 George Churchill: 59 tackles – 19 solo – 40 assists – 6.5 TFLs

DAL FOOTHILL Defensive Sacks

• #1 Justin Zegarowski: 8.5 sacks – 58 yds lost – 6 hurries
• #2 Nathan Bennett: 8 sacks – 53 yds lost – 5 hurries

DAL FOOTHILL Defensive Interceptions

• #1 Ethan Torres: 4 interceptions – 103 return yds