Dixon Youth Football Squares Off Against Healdsburg on Road to Playoffs

Special to Dixon Patch

With the regular season winding down, the Rams came out ready for football and saw the first four games of the day against the Healdsburg Bulldogs with huge wins.

The Mitey Mites beat Healdsburg 34 to 6. The Jr. PeeWees shout out the Bulldogs with a huge 18 to 0 win. The next game saw the PeeWees improve their record to 8–1, beating the Healdsburg Bulldogs 20 to 0.

Quarterback Mitchell Moniz was 7 for 15 in passing for a total of 132 yards, including a 36-yard touchdown pass to Spencer Webb and 15-yard touchdown pass to Kyle McMullen.  Kyle McMullen caught 5 passes for a total of 79 yards and Jake Giardino caught one pass for 17 yards.

Jesse Camarillo rushed for a total of 46 yards on 5 carries including a 25-yard touchdown.  Jake Giardino rushed for a total of 62 yards on 7 carries.  Jerick Maghoney rushed for a total of 34 yards on 8 carries and Moniz rushed for 8 yards on 1 carry.

The defense played an excellent game, keeping the Bulldogs from reaching the end zone and recording their second shutout of the year. Spencer Webb sacked the Bulldogs’ quarterback two times and Davonte Haywood recorded one sack.  Terry Bruce led the Rams’ defense with 8 tackles and Jerick Maghoney had 6 tackles.

Defensively the Rams got to the ball carrier very quickly and used sure tackles to bring them down.

As far as special teams, Jeremy Cristobal recovered an onside kick and Moniz was 1 for 2, kicking PATs. 

The Jr. Midget Bulldogs came to Dixon ready but so were the Rams. The Rams posted a 32 to 0 game, then the score board was turned off and the game went into scrimmage mode.

The defense played well and the offense executed as the Rams clinched their third play off spot three years in a row.

Head Coach Holtemann stated, "We usually go into this as a number one seed but this year the loss to Santa Rosa cost the Rams.  The name of the game is to make the play-offs and then it’s a two game season. The good thing is that the first round will have to go through Dixon.  Hopefully, our boys will be ready to go.”

The Midgets took to the field for the last game of the day and the Rams quickly found themselves down by 12 points, but they continued to fight. The defense held the Bulldogs to only one more touchdown in the first half and the offense was able to come back to within one touchdown.

The Rams fought hard the second half, but the Bulldogs won with a score of 24 to 16. The defense was led in tackles by Bryan Bunch, Ethan Rogers and Micah Gomez. Bryan Bunch also tackled the quarterback for a safety and two sacks late in the game to give momentum to the trailing Rams. Offense was led by Armani Jones with 170 yards, Antwan Whitley with 67 yards and Micah Gomez with 20 yards.

The Rams' Pee Wee team and Jr. Midget team will enter into the playoffs at home on Nov. 5.