{"id":4622,"date":"2025-11-05T23:31:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T23:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=4622"},"modified":"2025-11-05T23:31:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T23:31:23","slug":"jv-trojans-bow-out-in-27-24-semifinal-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=4622","title":{"rendered":"JV Trojans bow out in 27-24 semifinal loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Lower Lake falls to Westshore in semifinals of league playoffs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lake County Sports on Facebook<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LAKEPORT &gt;&gt; In a game that went back and forth until the final minutes, the junior varsity Lower Lake Trojans fell 27-24 to the Westshore Cardinals in the semifinal round of the Mendo-Lake Empire Junior League Football playoffs on Saturday at Clear Lake High School in Lakeport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LaDontea Sellers led Lower Lake (7-4) with 155 rushing yards and three of the team\u2019s four touchdowns. Brian Patrick had the other rushing score. Quentynn Conner added 75 yards on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patrick, Tucker Heywood and Fredrick Jeffries led the Trojans in tackles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2025 season was a remarkable turnaround for the JV team, which finished 1-6-1 in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWatching these boys grow from the start of the season to the final whistle has been nothing short of amazing,\u201d Lower Lake coach Chris Jeffries said. \u201cTheir dedication, teamwork and love for the game shone brightest in that last game against Westshore. I\u2019m so proud of the heart and effort they gave every single time they stepped on the field.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Added Jeffries, \u201cWith strong leadership, determination and a season full of progress, the JV Trojans have set the bar higher for seasons to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Westshore (10-1) advances to the championship game to play Middletown (11-0) on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. in Cloverdale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lower Lake falls to Westshore in semifinals of league playoffs Lake County Sports on Facebook LAKEPORT &gt;&gt; In a game that went back and forth until the final minutes, the junior varsity Lower Lake Trojans fell 27-24 to the Westshore Cardinals in the semifinal round of the Mendo-Lake Empire Junior League Football playoffs on Saturday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,38,46,36],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4622"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4624,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4622\/revisions\/4624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}