Bishop Diego's defense caused four turnovers and held St. Genevieve to a season-low in scoring on Saturday night, resulting in a 33-22 non-league victory for the visiting Cardinals.More painful than the season-low in scoring was that it was the Valiants' first loss of the season after five victories. St. Genevieve's previous season low was 48 points.The Cardinals defense limited St. Genevieve's Mark Chin and Anthony Blue, who had 11 rushing touchdowns between them entering the game. As … [Read more...]
Gonzalez has big night in Bishop’s rout over Santa Paula
Saturday, September 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It was like old times for Bishop Diego senior running back Brandon Gonzalez.Used to carrying the offensive load, Gonzalez is now part of a more diversified attack for the Cardinals. But on Friday night against Santa Paula, Gonzalez was the featured guy and he picked up the biggest numbers on offense, rushing for 162 yards and scoring two touchdowns in a 42-14 romp at the Ventura College Sportsplex.Gonzalez’s biggest play of the night was an exciting 76-yard touchdown run in the third … [Read more...]
Kwock plays huge, ignites Bishop Diego to 33-14 win
Friday, September 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The smallest player on the field made all the difference for Bishop Diego High on Friday night as the Cardinals downed Mission Prep 33-14 in their home football debut at La Playa Stadium.Sam Kwock returned the opening kickoff 82 yards for a touchdown, rushed twice for 45 yards, recovered a pooch kickoff and ran back a punt 42 yards in the waning minutes.He’s listed as 5-foot-6, 145 pounds but his impact was immeasurable.Bishop, ranked No. 8 in the CIF East Valley Division, … [Read more...]
Welker hits Foss for game-winning TD to beat Bishop
Friday, September 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
At 5-foot-9 and 145 pounds, Zach Foss seemed an unlikely candidate to pick an entire football team up on his shoulders. But that’s what it took and that’s what Foss did Friday night to carry Santa Ynez High to a 23-22 comeback win over visiting Bishop Diego in the season opener for both teams at Santa YnezFoss re-energized a somewhat stunned Pirates team with a weaving, tackle-busting kickoff return of 50 yards and then scored the winning touchdown on a 16-yard pass from Ryan Welker … [Read more...]
Football preview: Bishop Diego has makings of a title contender
Thursday, September 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
With an experienced and talented senior class and an athletic group of underclassmen, Bishop Diego has the right ingredients to be a serious contender for a championship this year.“We’ve got a talented club,” coach Tom Crawford said. “It’s young, and that’s the interesting thing for us. Out of the 29 to 30 players we’re carrying on the varsity, we’re dealing with 11 sophomores that will play at the varsity level. So, while they’re athletic, there’s going to be the growing … [Read more...]
Bishop Diego gets it done in the first half
Friday, October 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A strong first-half performance was enough for Bishop Diego to take care of Santa Clara in a Frontier League football game Friday night.Quarterback Nolan Tisdale ran for a touchdown and passed for one, and Mike Morando kicked a school-record 49-yard field goal in the first half to lead the Cardinals to a 17-6 victory at La Playa Stadium.The third straight victory sets up a first-place showdown next Saturday against Grace Brethren at La Playa.Coming off back-to-back blowout wins, … [Read more...]
Bishop can’t quite fold the other Cards, 19-12
Sunday, September 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Bishop Diego came up eight yards short of victory at La Playa Stadium on Saturday night, failing to connect on three passes to the end zone in the final 12 seconds as Santa Paula held on to win a battle of two teams with the same mascot, 19-12.Santa Paula running back Esteban Magaña scored his third touchdown just six seconds into the fourth quarter to end the night's scoring, and Bishop's defense came up big twice from that point forward. The hosts made a goal-line stand at the one with … [Read more...]
FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Bishop comeback falls short
Friday, September 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Bishop Diego staged a furious fourth-quarter rally, but Santa Ynez got a huge play in the last two minutes to beat the Cardinals 25-16 in a wild football season opener for both teams at La Playa Stadium on Friday night.Trailing 19-6 with 10:35 to go in the game, Bishop came roaring back behind quarterback Nolan Tisdale. He threw a 38-yard touchdown pass to Nick Mon and 3 1/2 minutes later hit Vince Figueroa for a 14-yard score. A two-point conversion pass to Paul Garcia after the second … [Read more...]
