Kelseyville plays competitive first half against Saints; Knights JVs win 33-13
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KELSEYVIL0LE >> A wildly competitive first half during which Kelseyville held 16-13 and 23-19 leads gave way to St. Helena domination in the second half as the visiting Saints beat the Knights 53-23 in North Central League I varsity football action at Kelseyville.
Kelseyville (0-2 league, 0-3 overall) spotted St. Helena (3-0, 5-0) a 13-0 lead before answering with 16 straight points. The Saints moved back in front 19-16 before the Knights scored against for a 23-19 advantage. St. Helena went into halftime up 25-23 after scoring with 38 seconds left in the second quarter.
The Knights’ three first-half touchdowns were scored by quarterback Max Lee on a keeper, running back Andrew Souza on a 65-yard run, and a 44-yard touchdown pass from Lee to Hugh O’Boyle.
Lee rushed for 79 yards on 16 carries while Souza finished with 73 yards on 10 carries. Lee was 6-for-14 passing for 97 yards with a TD and three interceptions, two of them returned for touchdowns by the Saints.
The Knights also scored a safety when St. Helena snapped the ball out of the end zone on a punt attempt.
Adrian Garcia again anchored the Kelseyville defense with four solo tackles and seven assists while Milez Gambria added three solo tackles and six assists. Souza, and Logan Farfan-Boyles each had three tackle and three assists. Farfan-Boyles also forced a fumble recovered by Gambria.
Kelseyville entered play minus veteran running back Michael DeJohn, who is recovering from an injury, and came out of the game even more banged up as lineman Elijah Watkins sustained a knee injury.
The Knights remain home next Friday to play Cloverdale.
In the junior varsity game, Kelseyville defeated St. Helena 33-13 to improve to 1-0-1 in league play. Case Pivniska had a big game for the Knights, Pivniska rushing for two touchdowns and 64 yards overall, and returning an interception for another score. He also went 3-for-5 on his extra-point kicks.
Quarterback Deake Lyndall ran for another score and completed a 15-yard touchdown pass to Ethan Wheeler.
Carson Stone returned a kickoff 79 yards to the St. Helena 6-yard line late in the game, but the Knights took a knee to run out the clock.
Dutch Koschik, a freshman defensive lineman playing football for the first time, had a huge tackle for loss to stop St. Helena on a fourth-and-one play.
Pivniska, Lyndall and Angel Ruiz were among the team’s tackle leaders (exact numbers weren’t available).
