{"id":7582,"date":"2026-10-31T19:22:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T19:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=7582"},"modified":"2026-10-31T19:22:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T19:22:35","slug":"knights-tune-up-for-ncl-i-north-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=7582","title":{"rendered":"Knights tune up for NCL I North showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kelseyville shuts out Fort Bragg to improve to 2-0 in league standings; 2-0 Willits up next<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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KELSEYVILLE >> While the 2026 season has had some crazy ups and downs for the Kelseyville varsity football team and first-year head coach Logan Barrick, the Knights had a relatively relaxing Friday night against Fort Bragg, winning 31-0 in North Central League I North action at Kelseyville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelseyville (2-0 North, 5-4 overall) will play at Willits (2-0, 4-5) next Friday with the undisputed league championship up for grabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was a lot less stressful than a lot of our games have been this season,\u201d Barrick said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three of the Knights\u2019 four losses this season have been one-score affairs \u2013 all winnable games that got away from them for a variety of reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was a good job all the way around tonight,\u201d Barrick of his team\u2019s first shutout win of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The night couldn\u2019t have started any better for Kelseyville as Brayton Thomas returned the opening kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown, part of a 17-point Knights first quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jorge Gonzalez, who made all four of his extra-point kicks on the night, added a 25-yard field goal a short time later to make it 10-0, and Case Pivniska\u2019s 22-yard touchdown run capped the quarter scoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To its credit, Fort Bragg (0-3, 1-8) didn\u2019t let the Knights completely run away with the game, controlling the ball and taking huge chunks of time off the clock, but the Timberwolves were ultimately unable to score after getting close to the end zone, the Kelseyville defense holding firm each time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After one such Fort Bragg drive, the Knights got the ball back and scored their final points of the first half, cashing in on a 38-yard pass from Kimo Brown to Jayden Fabisch for a 24-0 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFort Bragg had the ball for most of the second quarter \u2026 we didn\u2019t get our hands on the ball very much, so that touchdown by Fabish was big,\u201d Barrick said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Timberwolves were driving again right before halftime until a Pivniska sack ended that scoring opportunity. Pivniska, in addition to rushing for 85 yards on nine carries, was among the Knights\u2019 tackle leaders with eight, including two sacks and two tackles for loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Bragg opened the second half with another long and time-consuming march only to be denied again. After taking over on downs at their own 20-yard-line, Pivniska rushed for 12 yards on first down before wide receiver JD Smart broke loose on a 68-yard touchdown run, the first carry of his high school football career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Timberwolves threatened one final time in the fourth quarter before Kelseyville took over on downs and ran out the clock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was senior night for the Knights and Barrick said all of the team\u2019s seniors played at least one down, including Bryce Keener, who is still on the mend from an injury. He suited up and took the field late as Kelseyville kneeled on the ball to end the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll my seniors saw the field,\u201d Barrick said. \u201cIt was a good night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brown, another of the team\u2019s senior, finished is night 5-for-10 passing for 107 yards, including the touchdown to Fabisch as well as a 26-yard completion to Gordon Astrup and a 22-yard pass to Hugh O\u2019Boyle. Fabisch had three catches on the night for 59 yards along with 29 yards rushing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelseyville had 188 yards rushing overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hayden Brown\u2019s 10 tackles led Kelseyville followed by Pivniska with eight, Smart and Weech Pasalo with seven apiece, Fabish with six, including a tackle for loss, Ethan Wheeler with five, including a sack, and Astrup, Deake Lyndall and Angel Ruiz with four each, all with a tackle for loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA lot of guys got an opportunity on defense and were flying around having fun,\u201d Barrick said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelseyville also won the junior varsity game 12-6, improving to 2-0 in the North and 4-5 overall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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