It was a big week for high school football

Published: Sept. 26, 2011 Updated: 11:10 p.m.
By TIM BURT / The Orange County Register
It was a big week for high school football in Irvine as four of five squads posted victories.

Northwood, Irvine, Woodbridge and University all captured nonleague wins.
Nick Greenberg of Woodbridge intercepts a pass and returns in 85 yards for a touchdown against Segerstrom Friday night. Greenberg was one of the stars of the week. But the return was not a school record, according to Coach Rick Gibson. Gibson said another Warrior player intercepted a pass in an end zone and returned it for a TD.

Warrior football team pulls off stunning upset

Published: Sept. 22, 2011 Updated: 10:48 p.m. By TIM BURT / The Orange County Register
Kyle Kelley PHOTO KEVIN SULLIVAN< THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Warrior football team pulls off
stunning upset

After a 38-0 loss to Brea Olinda in the second week of the season, Woodbridge football coach Rick Gibson didn't panic.
All he did was to try and regroup his squad for another tough game.
Kyle Kelley had four sacks to lead Woodbridge in an upset over Garden Grove Friday night.
The Warriors responded with a 21-10 upset of Garden Grove, the defending Southern Division champion and at the time, the top-ranked team in the division last week.
"The win was important as we try to improve weekly and this helps reiterate that fact," Gibson said.
The defensive standouts were Kyle Kelley, who had four sacks and caused a fumble, Phillip Hong, David McCutchan and Nick Greenberg.
"Our offensive line of David Patterson, Zack Rusick, Mubashir Syed, Alex Hernandez and Jae Enyart controlled the line of scrimmage," Gibson said. "Derek Calderon ran hard and the quarterbacks managed the game well."
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Football: Woodbridge bounces back in a big way with upset win

Football: Woodbridge bounces back in a big way with upset win

September 20th, 2011, 11:41 pm · posted by Tim Burt
After suffering a 38-0 loss to Brea Olinda in week one, Woodbridge’s football team bounced back Friday night with a 21-10 upset of Garden Grove, the defending CIF-SS Southern Division champion.
Garden Grove (1-1) was ranked No. 1 in the division last week.
“Anytime you beat the No. 1 team in the division it’s a nice win,” said Woodbridge Coach Rick Gibson. “The kids had a great week of practice. I thought defensively we had a good plan and executed it well.”
The defensive standouts were Kyle Kelley, who had four sacks and caused a fumble, Phillip Hong, David McCutchan and Nick Greenberg, Gibson said.
“Our offensive line of David Patterson, Zack Rusick, Mubashir Syed, Alex Hernandez and Jae Enyart controlled the line of scrimmage,” Gibson said. “Derek Calderon ran hard and the quarterbacks managed the game well.”
Woodbridge, ranked No. 9 in this week’s Southern Division poll, is back in action Friday, hosting Segerstrom at 7 p.m. at Irvine.
The Warriors enter the game 1-2. Segerstrom (2-1) is coming off a 34-0 victory over Magnolia.

Brea Olinda makes it a long night for Woodbridge football team

Brea Olinda makes it a long night for Woodbridge football team
Wildcats dominate from the start to win, 38-0. By TIM BURT / The Orange County Register

Photos by PAUL BERSEBACH, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
It was one of those nights for Woodbridge’s football team Thursday at Irvine Stadium.
The Warriors were dominated from the start by a talented Brea Olinda team and lost, 38-0, falling to 0-2 on the season.
Woodbridge High's Nick Greenberg (23) tries to get past Brea Olinda High School players during their game at Irvine High School on Thursday.
“Believe it or not, there were some decent things that came out of it,” Woodbridge Coach Rick Gibson said. “We had a horrible week of practice and it showed. Brea Olinda is a good football team but we made them look a whole lot better.

“My hats off to their staff. They had them prepared. We gave up too many big plays tonight. I thought offensively, we had some long drives, but we just couldn’t put the ball in the end zone and that’s what you got to do.”
Woodbridge was unable to stop Brea Olinda junior Josh Vizcaya, who rushed for 203 yards on 20 carries and scored four touchdowns. Vizcaya capped his big night with an 84-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter to make it 38-0.
The remainder of the game was played with a running clock under a new CIF rule that keeps it moving when the margin is 35 points or more.
“You like to look at something positive, we’ll look at the video and see what we can do, but we’ve got to get better,” Gibson said.
Derek Calderon led Woodbridge, rushing for 72 yards on 18 carries.
Woodbridge again rotated two quarterbacks with Matt Callahan and Brendan Beresford combining for 23 yards.
It marked the second win out of the gate for Brea Olinda.
“It was wonderful, it’s a great group of kids,” said Coach Robb Perrance. I’m extremely happy for them. They’ve gone through a lot of adversity the last couple of years and they’re banding together. Every day, we’re getting stronger as a team. I’m just super proud of them. They’re working hard every day. They’re fun to coach and fun to be around.”

The Wildcats wasted little time scoring in the first quarter when quarterback Nick Ceja connected with Lorenzo Marks on a 59-yard touchdown with 5:43 left in the first quarter. Vizcaya then had touchdown runs of 3 and 2 yards and Adam Williams connected on a 25-yard field goal on the final play of the first half to make it 24-0 at halftime. Woodbridge will try to get into the win column Friday when it plays at Garden Grove against the defending CIF-SS Southern Division champions.

Fryer on football: Brea Olinda vs. Woodbridge

Fryer on football: Brea Olinda vs. Woodbridge

September 7th, 2011, 5:22 pm · posted by Steve Fryer
BREA OLINDA (1-0) VS. WOODBRIDGE (0-1) Where, when: Irvine High, Thursday, 7 p.m.
Outlook: We heard murmurs during the summer that Brea Olinda had its best team in several years. Well, the Wildcats made those predictions
appear accurate last week. They hammered Valencia, 45-13, and this week popped into our top 25, at No. 24, probably for the first time since we started a county football top 25 a few years ago. Valencia does have a history of being a slow starter, but that remains an impressive margin. Josh Vizcaya rushed for 103 yards and two touchdowns for Brea. Woodbridge lost to Aliso Niguel, 20-13, last week.
Aliso Niguel is in a higher division than Woodbridge, and is just a couple of years removed from South Coast League membership, so losing by a touchdown to Aliso is not a disaster for Woodbridge. If Brea wins this one, that will further raise the Wildcats’ profile.