Annual scrimmage tonight at Clear Lake High
LAKEPORT, Calif. – Like the Clear Lake team that hosts it, the annual Lake County Scrimmage tonight (6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Lakeport) has a leaner look than in previous years.
Varsity and JV teams from only three schools are participating – Clear Lake, Upper Lake and Middletown – because Kelseyville and Lower Lake dropped out to hold their own scrimmage last Friday at Kelseyville.
Admission to the 18th annual fundraiser for the Clear Lake athletic program is $3 – lower than in past years, but fans won’t get the meal that traditionally came with their ticket. Instead, the concession stand will be open.
Here’s how the teams will square off: Varsity offenses face the west end zone at Don Owens Stadium, JV offenses face the east end zone, with each offensive and defensive unit getting 15 minutes against opposing units.
Fort Bragg changes football coaches right before season opener
FORT BRAGG, Calif. – Ray Perkins, a former assistant coach under Timberwolves’ coaching legend Jack Moyer, became Fort Bragg’s new head football coach earlier this week – just days before tonight’s season opener at McKinleyville.
Perkins, formerly the head coach at Pierce High in Arbuckle (2005-2009), replaced Kevin Costello, who coached the Timberwolves last season but resigned earlier this month amid reports of dissension among his assistant coaches.
The Timbervolves’ assistants have been running the summer practice sessions.
Perkins, whose teams at Pierce compiled a 21-31 record over five seasons, left Arbuckle earlier this year to take a teaching job at Fort Bragg’s alternative high school.
A second NCL I team from Mendocino County opens the season tonight on the road – but Willits has a better shot at defeating Richmond High than Fort Bragg has against McKinleyville.
Richmond is an NCS Div. II team (compared to Willits’ Div. IV status), but the East Bay school went 1-9 last year and opens the season at the very bottom of 25-school Div. II section rankings.
The Wolverines (9-3), ranked ninth among Div. IV teams and expected to battle St. Helena and Middletown for the NCL I title, should open with a victory.
Fort Bragg and McKinleyville appear to be evenly matched Div. IV teams.
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