Mighty Mites

The Yreka Charger Mighty Mites had another great game; full of excitement both offensively and defensively. Offensively Antonio Fernandez had a great game doing his job to block and protect the ball. Travis Hedin and Titus Christy both had some good tackles, while Jai Case provided his team with a few assisted tackles. The highlight of the game was when running back Jake Peterson, lost one of his shoes. Peterson had his shoe tackled off but never slowed down while he proceeded to run for a 20 yard-plus touchdown with one cleat and his white sock.

Junior Pee Wees

This week the Yreka Chargers Junior Pee Wees played West Valley in a hard fought football game and won. The Junior Pee Wees started off the game with a 50-yard touchdown run by Quarterback Tyraye Bush in the first offensive series. Tyraye Bush also added two other touchdown runs in the game, giving him three total. This was all made possible by the entire offense doing a great job of blocking. It started in the middle with the offensive line of Delbert Hensen, Jarred Weiser, Anthony Sendejo, Dylan Frick, Payton Charlesworth and Cage Hubbard. Along with our offensive line our position players made great blocks and routes starting with tight end Dalton Lester and wide receivers Cale Cool, Devin Gomes, Jazzmen Wilson and Lucas West. At running back Jeremy Persing and Robert Giannini gained several yards running up the middle. Jeremy Persing had one run of about 15 yards were he broke about five tackles to stay on his feet and fight for the hard yards.

On defense the JPWs fought the entire game and only allowed two touchdowns. One of West Valley’s touchdowns was set up by a 70-yard run that got them to the 5-yard-line. Tyraye Bush chased the West Valley runner down and stopped the touchdown, but they eventually pushed in for the touchdown two plays later. During the game our defensive line of Lorenzo Martinez, Devin Gomes, Delbert Hensen, Bowen Christy, Jarred Weiser, Dalton Lester, Robert Giannini and Cage Hubbard kept pressure on the quarterback and helped stop the inside running game. Our linebackers of Cale Cool, Jeremy Persing and Payton Charlesworth helped stuff the middle running game and pursued all outside running plays. Our defensive backs of Tyler Robinson, Izaiah Martinez, Brandon Wessel, Kaleb Hammond, Anthony Sendejo and Tyraye Bush stopped almost all the outside runs.

The JPWs ended the none-league games with a record of 1-1-1 and are ready for the league games to start next week against Orland.

Pee Wee

This past Saturday saw the Yreka Charger Pee Wees take on the Division-1 power house West Valley Jr. Eagles. On the opening kick off, West Valley scampered for the only score of the game. From that point on, it was all defense, all the time. West Valley’s offense never got past the Chargers 45-yard-line. Safety Christian Martinez and Outside Linebackers Parker Sanders and Blake Batcherlor had sideline smashing hits, while Middle Linebacker Virisur Lantz and the defensive line of Evan Shinar, Dominic Villagomes, Tyler Hedin, Patrick Bigelow and Juan Cota denied the Jr. Eagles any positive yardage. Newcomers David Ruiz and Gabriel Hughes along with Yreka Chargers Veterans, Tyler “Tybo” O’Gorman, Conner “the Smurf” Lawe, Charles Lopez, Roman Vulyak and Hayz Lantz laid some very devastating hits to provide support for the starters. Offensive standouts were Brian “The Wall” Gutierrez, Raymand Deas, Tyler Wagy, Brandon Young and backup quarterback Lane Clark. The Pee Wees open up the regular season at the Orland Aztecs. Our next home game will be in two weeks. We hope to see everyone then.

Junior Midgets
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Midgets

The Yreka Chargers Midgets lost another tough one to the West Valley Jr. Eagles. Turnovers and miscues again spelled defeat for the Charger Midgets. The West Valley Jr. Eagles scored on three of their first four possessions to take command. Everyone on the Yreka side saw plenty of action in their final preparation for league play. Tevin Cadola, Tristan Howard and Quaid Blanchard shined for Yreka said coach Todd Hedin. Yreka travels to Orland next Saturday.