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Warriors shine at scrimmage

By ERIC LUCERO
Express sports

The Winters Warriors had their first test from the northern section last Saturday, Aug. 21, as they participated in the Sutter scrimmage.
The Winters varsity team went up against two division one teams and Sutter who is at the top of division two and did very well against all three of them.
“I think the scrimmage went great,” said coach Daniel Ward. “We knew we would face much tougher competition than last year’s scrimmage in Colusa, but that is what we wanted to do.”
The Warriors started out against Red Bluff and pretty much handled them on both sides of the ball. The second team they faced was Pleasant Valley High School from Chico who is ranked third in the northern section in all divisions. Winters tied them on the board with two scores each but were able to control them as well. In their third round, the Warriors faced Sutter and out-scored the Huskies three scores to two.
“We really stepped up today,” Ward said. “I don’t think Sutter had all their starters in, so I don’t know how much of a difference that will make at game time.
Either way, I think we played very well. The best thing is that we have worked our tails off for the last two weeks and it is paying off.
“Our offensive line did a great job up front.
Jacob (Lucero) ran all over everybody. Our
defense was solid, led by Thomas (Boswell) who ran through everybody. Probably the biggest standout was Nick Mariani at quarterback. I didn’t realize until I watched the film, but he completed 17 of 19 passes, threw five touchdown passes and ran for another.”
The JV scrimmage went a little differently for the Warriors as they struggled just to put players on the field. For
numerous reasons, the Warriors took just 16 players and competed against a tough Sutter team and a tough team from Pleasant Valley High School.
“It was very hard to measure anything we did today,” said coach Tyson Allen. “We were using linemen at linebacker and linebackers at defensive back positions. When we have everybody back, we will be a pretty good team.”