Special to the Folsom Telegraph
The Folsom Jr. Bulldogs Peewee football team defeated the American River Jr. Raiders 14-7 on Saturday.
The Jr. Bulldogs won the game in the trenches, where the offensive line blocked well throughout the game. Defensively, the team gave up its first touchdown of the season.
The scoring started in the second quarter behind the running of Cole Thompson and Josiah Deguara that drove the Bulldogs down the field and set up a 13-yard touchdown by Tyler Crandall with a great block from Tim Bonnington at the point of attack. Bryan Weldy’s extra point gave the Bulldogs an 8-0 lead after halftime.
The Raiders came out of half and scored quickly making it 8-7, but the Bulldogs kept their heads up and the defense of Mark Quinn, Matt Jimison, Wayde Luddy, Sam Whittingham, Nick Brown, Tristan Botts, Regan Allgier and EJ Turner responded and shut the Raiders down the rest of the game.
The offense controlled the ball and scored on a 19-yard pass from Deguara to Bonnington with great blocking on the line by Kyle Markus and Logan Oreno.
The Peewee’s finish the regular season on Saturday at Livermore Field at 2 p.m. against Woodcreek.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
Josiah Hands It Off to Make Boys Dream Come True
Just a short time ago, Connor Ellison believed he would never play tackle football. On Saturday, Ellison scored his first touchdown.
Ellison, 10, has a liver condition known as congenital hepatic fibrosis, which means there’s scar tissue throughout his liver, causing, among other things, an enlarged liver and spleen. Any blunt force trauma to his abdomen and Ellison would likely be in serious condition.
Ellison didn’t pass his physical to play football, but doctors said he could participate so long as he’s not in any hitting and/or tackling drills.
Folsom Jr. Bulldogs President Monica Camous sent a letter out to the other 15 teams in the Sierra Youth Football and Cheer organization explaining Ellison’s condition and how the organization would like to get him a touchdown, some how, some way. Every organization said they’d be glad to be apart of it.
Folsom coach Curt Crandall spoke with the referees and with Antelope’s coach before the game, setting up the situation.
Crandall called a timeout early in the first quarter of Folsom’s game with Antelope, made eye contact with the referee and opposing coach, and sent Ellison out on the field. The play, technically called “37 reverse” is also known as the “Ellison Special.”
Ellison, who knows he’s not allowed to be tackled, didn’t hesitate when he was called onto the field. The team had worked on the play during practice throughout the week.
“I heard the play called and ran out onto the field,” Ellison said. “On the play I run toward the quarterback, take the handoff and follow my blocks up the left side of the field.”
While Ellison couldn’t have been bothered about getting the ball, quarterback Josiah Deguara was.
“Josiah got all excited and said ‘coach, he can’t get hit,’” Crandall said. “I just told him it was OK.”
On the play, Deguara handed Ellison the ball and Ellison did the rest, following his blocks down the near sideline and into the end zone for a 17-yard touchdown run.
“It went perfectly,” Crandall said. “Antelope was great too. They didn’t just fall over, they pursued him.”
“I really didn’t know what was happening,” Ellison said. “I didn’t stop and think about it. I just had fun and was really happy when I scored. My team was cheering me on.”
After the play, with tears in his eyes, Ellison told him mom, ‘I just ran as hard as I could.’
“It was one of those moments,” Tiffany said. “It was pretty special. He was so happy.
“It probably took more than 100 people to make this dream come true. Our family is extremely grateful for this community.”
Ellison, 10, has a liver condition known as congenital hepatic fibrosis, which means there’s scar tissue throughout his liver, causing, among other things, an enlarged liver and spleen. Any blunt force trauma to his abdomen and Ellison would likely be in serious condition.
Ellison didn’t pass his physical to play football, but doctors said he could participate so long as he’s not in any hitting and/or tackling drills.
Folsom Jr. Bulldogs President Monica Camous sent a letter out to the other 15 teams in the Sierra Youth Football and Cheer organization explaining Ellison’s condition and how the organization would like to get him a touchdown, some how, some way. Every organization said they’d be glad to be apart of it.
Folsom coach Curt Crandall spoke with the referees and with Antelope’s coach before the game, setting up the situation.
Crandall called a timeout early in the first quarter of Folsom’s game with Antelope, made eye contact with the referee and opposing coach, and sent Ellison out on the field. The play, technically called “37 reverse” is also known as the “Ellison Special.”
Ellison, who knows he’s not allowed to be tackled, didn’t hesitate when he was called onto the field. The team had worked on the play during practice throughout the week.
“I heard the play called and ran out onto the field,” Ellison said. “On the play I run toward the quarterback, take the handoff and follow my blocks up the left side of the field.”
While Ellison couldn’t have been bothered about getting the ball, quarterback Josiah Deguara was.
“Josiah got all excited and said ‘coach, he can’t get hit,’” Crandall said. “I just told him it was OK.”
On the play, Deguara handed Ellison the ball and Ellison did the rest, following his blocks down the near sideline and into the end zone for a 17-yard touchdown run.
“It went perfectly,” Crandall said. “Antelope was great too. They didn’t just fall over, they pursued him.”
“I really didn’t know what was happening,” Ellison said. “I didn’t stop and think about it. I just had fun and was really happy when I scored. My team was cheering me on.”
After the play, with tears in his eyes, Ellison told him mom, ‘I just ran as hard as I could.’
“It was one of those moments,” Tiffany said. “It was pretty special. He was so happy.
“It probably took more than 100 people to make this dream come true. Our family is extremely grateful for this community.”
Friday, September 12, 2008
Folsom Pee Wee Jr. Bulldogs 2-0
The Folsom peewee team improved to 2-0 with 24-0 win over Granite Bay.
For the second consecutive week the defense posted a shutout. After an opening 28-0 win over Natomas, the Peewee’s came out against the Jr. Grizzlies and had four interceptions, by Mark Quinn, EJ Turner, Josiah Deguara and Tyler Crandall. Crandall’s pick, on the last play of the game, went for a 49-yard touchdown.
Deguara scored the first touchdown behind the blocking of Logan Oreno, Jack Fondale and Bryan Weldy. While Turner scored on a 41-yard run, with key blocks by Sam Whittingham, Tim Bonnington and Jeffrey Smith. The third offensive touchdown was a 26-yard pass from Deguara to Matt Huddlestun.
For the second consecutive week the defense posted a shutout. After an opening 28-0 win over Natomas, the Peewee’s came out against the Jr. Grizzlies and had four interceptions, by Mark Quinn, EJ Turner, Josiah Deguara and Tyler Crandall. Crandall’s pick, on the last play of the game, went for a 49-yard touchdown.
Deguara scored the first touchdown behind the blocking of Logan Oreno, Jack Fondale and Bryan Weldy. While Turner scored on a 41-yard run, with key blocks by Sam Whittingham, Tim Bonnington and Jeffrey Smith. The third offensive touchdown was a 26-yard pass from Deguara to Matt Huddlestun.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Josiah & Mariah Get Ready for Football & Soccer
and defend at Strong Safety defending a perfect 14-0 season in 2007.
Mariah was chosen to be on one of two Folsom Select U9 Teams: The Crossfire
These girls can play!
Monday, July 21, 2008
Josiah Delivers a Strikeout in the All Star Tourney
We had a rough All Star Tournament this year, but Josiah had a great year winning 1/3 of the teams victories on the mound...12 Appearances, 6-0, 27 innings pitched, 3.33 ERA and lead the team in strikeouts with 55! Here he is in the All Star Tourney striking out a batter
We Went to Disneyland!
And had lots of fun! We had a chance to visit our cousins who live in Hollywood! 
We ate YUMMI SUSHI!
We were the first ones there...almost!
Time to shop!
Mariah gave mom some pointers on how to drive.
Mariah takes a snapshot of us at the Electric Parade!
I had to get creative! I couldn't turn around. We spent 3 days at Disneyland the only way to do it! A little each day, we hit all the big rides, lines were short, and we didn't run ourselves down. We had a great time!
Saturday, April 26, 2008
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