Camarillo Stingers Game Day #2

Saturday, September 3, 2022

It was a HOT but still BEAUTIFUL day for American football at Camarillo High School's Carl Thompson Field.

What more could you ask for on the second weekend of the 2022 Gold Coast Youth Football League season?

Our GCYFL American Division Freshman game would start at high noon and the heat was a definite factor.

Oxnard Knights (0-1)

at 

Camarillo Stingers (1-0)

Our Stingers were warming up

on the Camarillo HS practice field

when I drove up to the stadium

 

Time to play, the walk into

Carl Thompson Field

Pre-game check of who is on

the Kickoff team

Because of the heat and the Oxnard Knights extremely small roster, the coaches and referees agreed to dispense with kickoffs today for the sake of safety.

Instead, the ball was placed at the offense's own 40 yard line to start each half and after a score.

The Camarillo Stingers

Freshman Cheerleaders

 

The Knights only had one substitute

Hats off the the courageous Knights who battled hard all game despite their 12 man roster.

Jacob #99 at Tight End on the right

At various times during the game Jacob showed off his versatility by playing Nose Tackle, Outside Linebacker, Free Safety, Tight End and Running Back.

Now Jacob is at Nose Tackle

slanting to his left

Rushing the Oxnard Punter

Those two kids on the left reminded

me that I could really go for a

Dos Equis beer right about now

Good get-off on his way to a block

At the end of the First Quarter, it was Camarillo in front 16-0.

Running around because he can

Shedding a blocker

Eyeballing a defender to block

Getting hectic in the Pit

At the Intermission, the Stingers had a comfortable 22-0 lead.

Getting in on the pile

Another blocking opportunity

from the Tight End position

Lining up at Outside Linebacker

Blitzing off the edge

The end of the Third Quarter saw the blue team extending their advantage to 28-0.

Goodness Gracious!

Old #99 was lined up at Right Halfback! 

I think he's getting the ball!

HE IS GETTING THE ROCK!

Now he has to block for the

Left Halfback

Another carry coming to an end

Jacob had two carries for about eight yards total.

That was both fun and a bit nerve wracking to watch.

Blocking again for the LHB's carry

Eyeballing the defender he

needs to kick out

This was Jacob's longest

carry of the day

 

Time to play some Free Safety

Getting in on a tackle

Patrolling the Deep Third

A good, solid win

Camarillo Stingers (2-0) 28

Oxnard Knights (0-2) 0

As I write this, no other scores from today's other two American Division games have been published on the GCYFL website.

Next weekend the Stingers (2-0) will host the LA City Ducks (1-0) who hosted the 805 Warhawks (0-1) today.

The Knights (0-2) will host the Fillmore Raiders (0-1) on Saturday. The Raiders hosted the Santa Barbara Saints (1-0) today.

Michael, a proud Dad with

a tired son, Jacob

I was pretty darn proud of Jacob's efforts again today.

As it turns out, American football can be a lot of fun if you just go hard at all times. 

GREAT JOB JACOB!