El Rancho vs Los Altos High School
2010 El Rancho Dons
The El Rancho Dons are set to open the 2010 Football season in quest for the first Del Rio League Championship since the 1997 Del Rio League Championship team. The Dons look to improve on their 2009 campaign which saw the Dons finish with a 5-6 record. The Dons advanced to the 2009 CIF Southeast Division playoffs where they stood toe to toe with the Almont Leauge Champion Schurr Spartans. Leading the way for the Dons will be SR QB Troy Campos who started in place of Josh Perea in a couple of games last season. The Dons also return one of the area's best ground games. SR RB Art Franco who rushed for 894 yards and 8 touchdowns returns to lead the way at RB for the Dons. Alongside Franco will be SR RB Chris Castro and JR RB's Ronnel Lone and Josh Lopez. At WR the Dons return SR WR Freddy Garcia who sparked the team during league play and in the 1st round of the playoffs vs Schurr.
On Defense the Dons look for SR LB Micah Robles and Jordan Barron to anchor the defense, along with Raymond Herrera filling out the other LB spot. DB's Jake Garcia, Daniel Moriel, and Chris Castro look to play huge roles in the Defensive backfield for the Dons. The Dons look for returning Defensive linemen Raul Orihuela to anchor the defensive line. El Rancho opens the season on September 3rd against the Jim Arellanes led Los Altos Conquerors.
Anthony Ayala and Joe Leonard take part in
605 All Star Football game
Josh Perea Signs Letter of Intent to play for
University of Minnesota at Crookston
The Golden Eagles play in Division II and also feature another former star in El Rancho alumnus Marcus Galan.
2009 All Del Rio League Awards
Most Valuable Players of the Year:
Most Valuable Player...Terris Jones
James Arriola..Defensive Player of the Year, California
Alex Gonzalez...Offensive Player of the Year,Whittier
Coach Of the Year...Jim Arnold,California
Offense 1st team:
Steven Del Villar......Pioneer - Quarterback
Travis Alexander.......California - Back
Kevin Attanasio........California - Back
Bryan Carrillo.........Whittier - Back
Anthony Ayala..........El Rancho - Receiver
Cameron Oliver.........Santa Fe - Receiver
Anthony Bolanos........Pioneer - Tight End
Thaddeus Glenn.........Whittier - Tight End
Richard Lopez..........California - Center
Taylor Beyer...........California - Line
James Arriola..........California - Line
Lucas Hernandez........Santa Fe - Line
Dago Gonzalez..........Whittier - Line
Tyler Hadden...........California - Punter
Defense 1st Team:
Josh Gamboa............California - Linebacker
Ben Siepak.............California - Linebacker
Tate Harshbarger.......El Rancho - Linebacker
Jake Houts.............La Serna - Linebacker
Daniel Garcia..........California - Defensive End
Eric Lugo..............California - Defensive End
Andrew Jackson.........Santa Fe - Defensive End
Kevin Medina...........Whittier - Defensive End
Kevin Attanasio........California - Secondary
Andrew Rosales.........La Serna - Secondary
Jessie Plaza...........Santa Fe - Secondary
James Fisher...........Whittier - Secondary
Rocky Ruiz.............California - Lineman
Joe Leonard............El Rancho - Lineman
Byran Gonzalez.........Santa Fe - Lineman
Peter Rodriguez........Santa Fe - Lineman
Isaiah Savage..........Whittier - Lineman
Tyler Hadden...........California - Kicker
Number of Players from School that made 1st Team:
California - 15
Whittier - 7
Santa Fe - 6
El Rancho - 3
Pioneer - 2
La Serna - 2