Sports for the week of September 2nd, 2010

THE BRAVES ganged up on this runner. Web Dunn grabbed the ball while Jeremy West came in from outside.

Modoc survives against Bears, 39-24

It wasn’t pretty, but Modoc’s Braves survived an opening game against Mt. Shasta’s Bears here Friday night, 39-24.
Modoc’s defense gave up 304 yards offense to the Bears, even though they had seven sacks in the game. Modoc’s pass defense gave up big plays on fourth downs, two for touchdowns and another setting up a touchdown.
“We’ll definitely be working on pass coverage this week,” said coach Shaun Wood. “I was pleased that we came back after getting down two scores in the first half. We did have some mental lapses, but our offense started moving the ball well in the second period. We see some places we can improve and we’ll make some adjustments.”

Modoc JVs open with strong showing

Modoc’s junior varsity football team took its first play from scrimmage for a touchdown Friday night against Mt. Shasta and they never looked back, getting a 25-0 win.
“I was very happy and proud of the team,” said coach Dominic Budmark. “During last week’s scrimmage it took nine plays to get one right. Friday night I asked them to get started early and they responded with a touchdown on the very first play.”
That first play was a 43-yard touchdown run by Alex Torres. Torres also scored the second touchdown on a 38 yard run. Drew Culp added the third TD on a 52-yard run and quarterback Cam Anderson scored from the three to round out the win.