{"id":7279,"date":"2026-09-28T19:05:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T19:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=7279"},"modified":"2026-09-28T19:05:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T19:05:53","slug":"varsity-jv-mustangs-keep-on-rolling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=7279","title":{"rendered":"Varsity, JV Mustangs keep on rolling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Week 4 of high school season produces a few surprises for county teams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brian Sumpter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lake County Sports on Facebook<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LAKE COUNTY >> After spotting Kelseyville a 13-0 lead a week earlier, the Middletown Mustangs wanted to get off to a better start Friday night at home against the Upper Lake Cougars. It took only 15 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upper Lake kicked off to Middletown and the Mustangs started at their own 39-yard-line. On first down, Tyler Galamay angled his way toward the Upper Lake sideline and scored on a 61-yard run, 11:45 remaining in the first quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Galamay went on to score three more touchdowns \u2013 on runs of 38, 10 and 10 yards \u2013 and finished with 150 yards in Middletown\u2019s 48-6 win, the Mustangs\u2019 third straight win and the third straight week they\u2019ve score 40-plus points. It\u2019s also worth nothing that Galamay, a junior, didn\u2019t carry the ball in the second half as Middletown took a 42-0 lead into halftime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Week 4 finals had St. Helena rallying from 24-13 down to beat Kelseyville 27-24, and Willits knocking off Lower Lake 44-14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking ahead to Week 5 games this weekend, Upper Lake (1-3) celebrates its homecoming against St. Helena (2-2), Kelseyville (1-3) entertains Lower Lake (1-2) in another homecoming game, and Middletown (3-1) hits the road to play St. Patrick\/St. Vincent (1-4) in non-league action at Vallejo, a varsity-only game that kicks off at 7 p.m. St. Patrick-St. Vincent replaces the hole Clear Lake left in Middletown\u2019s schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following is a look back at the highlights and lowlights from Week 4 action:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rushing \u2013<\/strong> The aforementioned Tyler Galamay had 10 carries for 150 yards and four touchdowns against Upper Lake. Case Pivniska of Kelseyville finished with 107 yards on 10 carries and two TDs while backfield mate Bryce Keener carried the ball 14 times for 95 yards and a TD against St. Helena. Middletown\u2019s John Finney collected 94 yards on 12 carries with two touchdowns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Passing \u2013<\/strong> Lower Lake\u2019s Brody Shield completed nine of 26 passes for 157 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions against Willits. Kelseyville\u2019s Kimo Brown went 5-for-10 for 116 yards, one touchdown and one interception against St. Helena. Middletown\u2019s Jamisen Jackson went 4-for-8 for 92 yards, and Upper Lake\u2019s Corbyn Woolley was 5-for-13 for 83 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Receiving \u2013<\/strong> Kelseyville\u2019s JD Smart caught a 66-yard touchdown pass against St. Helena. Upper Lake\u2019s Jordan Reyes took a 65-yard screen pass into the end zone for a score against Middletown. Middletown\u2019s Colton Karp had two receptions for 58 yards. Lower Lake receiving statistics were not reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special teams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mix and match \u2013<\/strong> Middletown placekicker Jamisen Jackson went 4-for-6 on his extra-point tries. He also passed for a two-point conversion after the Mustangs lined up for a kick following their first touchdown against Upper Lake. He took a direct snap from center, a designed play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0-for-4 \u2013<\/strong> Kelseyville came away empty on its four conversions \u2013 either kicks or two-point tries \u2013 against St. Helena, which figured prominently in a three-point loss at St. Helena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defense<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shut down \u2013<\/strong> Middletown\u2019s defense held Upper Lake without a first down in the first half. The Cougars punted five times and turned the ball over on downs during their six first-half possessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quick six \u2013<\/strong> Lower Lake\u2019s Brody Shields returned a fumble 38 yards for a touchdown against Willits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miscellaneous<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ate their Wheaties \u2013<\/strong> After scoring a total of 12 points in their first three games, all losses, the Willits Wolverines have scored 85 in their last two games, both wins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Streaks \u2013<\/strong> Middletown has won three in a row, Upper Lake has lost three in a row. Middletown\u2019s JVs haven\u2019t lost a game since the 2023 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undefeated \u2013<\/strong> Clear Lake\u2019s JV improved to 4-0-1 with an 18-14 win over a modified Stuart Hall varsity team. Clear Lake isn\u2019t fielding a varsity squad this season and Stuart Hall, the newest member of the North Central League I, doesn\u2019t have a JV club this year, so the Knights accommodated the Cardinals by putting together a team for the Clear Lake JVs to play. Stuart Hall claimed a 2-0 forfeit win over Clear Lake as far as varsity results go. Middletown\u2019s JVs are now 4-0 after beating a previously undefeated Upper Lake (2-1-1) squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Homecoming \u2013<\/strong> Lower Lake went through the ordeal last week. This week it\u2019s Kelseyville\u2019s and Upper Lake\u2019s turn. Football coaches by and large aren\u2019t huge fans of homecoming week because of its many distractions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

League play \u2013<\/strong> NCL I North (Kelseyville, Clear Lake, Fort Bragg, Upper Lake and Willits) and NCL I South (Middletown, Lower Lake, St. Helena, Stuart Hall, Cloverdale) play opens for some teams the weekend of Oct. 9-10. In the North, Willits hosts Upper Lake. In the South, Middletown hosts St. Helena while Lower Lake visits Stuart Hall on Oct. 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Props to Kelseyville and Middletown \u2013<\/strong> All of their fall varsity sports coaches report results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NFL officiating \u2013<\/strong> When your team gets robbed by the officials, it\u2019s topic No. 1. When it happens to another team, the other guy is just crying. So don\u2019t take Rams fans too seriously this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big Tuesday \u2013<\/strong> Middletown (2-0) and Cloverdale (2-0) collide in an NCL I South varsity volleyball battle Tuesday at Cloverdale. Lower Lake (5-0) hosts Clear Lake (3-2) in NCL I girls soccer action, a game the Cardinals need to stay in the league race since both Lower Lake and Kelseyville are off to 5-0 starts. Kelseyville hosts Lower Lake on Thursday to close out the first half of league play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll be missed \u2013 <\/strong>Going to miss Mike Krukow on San Francisco Giants broadcasts. Thanks for all the great memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always \u2013<\/strong> Thanks to all those submitting photos and videos to Lake County Sports. The athletes love that stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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