SAN FRANCISCO — Early in Friday evening’s recreation towards St. Ignatius, the high-powered Acalanes offense regarded to have discovered its match.
The Dons fell behind three scores within the second quarter because the Wildcats rattled off huge play after huge play to develop what appeared like an insurmountable benefit.
However for a workforce that prides itself on moving into the top zone, it was the protection that rose to the second for Acalanes. The Dons shut down St. Ignatius within the second half and paved the best way for a 42-35 comeback win in San Francisco.
“We just knew they weren’t going to be as good as they were in the first half,” mentioned defensive again Grant Condy, whose fourth-quarter interception sealed the sport for Acalanes. “We run gassers at practice and we knew we’d outlast them. We knew we were just going to get stops.”
Acalanes celebrates after profitable towards St. Ignatius at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
Acalanes intercepted three passes within the second half – returning one for a rating – to gas the comeback victory.
Quarterback Tyler Winkles accomplished 20-of-27 passes for 308 yards and two touchdowns. He additionally rushed for 2 touchdowns, one among which was the go-ahead rating late within the fourth quarter.
Acalanes broad receiver Finley Rivera caught 9 passes for 138 yards and two touchdowns. Condy, Grant Ricker and Illias Kaplanes-Jones every had an interception.
With a 14-point benefit at halftime, St. Ignatius had all of the momentum. Although Acalanes opened the second half with the ball, it felt as if the Wildcats have been only a cease and one other rating away from placing Acalanes away for good.
However every little thing modified within the third quarter.
On its first possession of the interval, Acalanes accomplished a nine-play, 81-yard drive that ended with Winkles discovering Rivera for a 34-yard catch-and-run to chop the St. Ignatius benefit to at least one rating.
On the following possession, Ricker picked off a St. Ignatius go and returned it 54 yards to the home to tie the sport at 28.
Acalanes celebrates after an interception towards St. Ignatius within the third quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
Following an interception from Kaplanes-Jones, Acalanes ended the quarter with Winkles discovering Rivera once more for a rating, this time from 22 yards out, to offer Acalanes its first lead of the sport.
“It was just about doing our job,” Acalanes coach Joel Isaac mentioned about his workforce’s three second-half takeaways. “If we do our job, good things happen. That’s what we saw in the second half.”
St. Ignatius made one final push late within the fourth quarter when the San Francisco faculty accomplished a seven-play drive that ended with junior working again Luke Tribolet discovering the top zone on a 12-yard rush to tie the sport.
However after Winkles scored once more later within the fourth on a one-yard rush to make the rating 42-35, Acalanes’ protection made one final clutch play to seal the win.
As St. Ignatius was marching down the sector, seemingly poised to tie the sport as soon as once more, Condy picked off a brief go with simply over a minute left to ice the sport.
“I knew it was coming,” Condy mentioned. “I saw the wide receiver was coming up and the quarterback took one step back, so I knew it was coming and I was just there to pick it off.”
Acalanes' Finley Rivera (13) lifts the ball within the air after pondering he scored a landing towards St. Ignatius' Brady Hughes (8) within the fourth quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
For St. Ignatius coach JaJuan Lawson, Friday’s loss was preventable.
“Too many penalties, missed assignments, just things we’ve talked about over and over and over, and against great teams like Acalanes … They make you pay for them,” Lawson mentioned.
Each groups scored on their opening drives, however the Wildcats’ offense regarded higher with every drive within the first half.
St. Ignatius took a two-score lead after it turned a Colten Stevenson interception right into a four-yard speeding rating from Elijah Farrah.
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On the Wildcats’ subsequent possession, Bobby Gomez discovered Zui Shelton on their lonesome for his second landing of the half, this time from 77 yards out.
Shelton was a standout for St. Ignatius, ending Friday’s recreation catching six passes for 116 yards.
Winkles scored a six-yard speeding rating earlier than the top of the second quarter to chop the house workforce’s result in 14 at halftime. The primary half ended considerably controversially when a wild lateral from Ty Hicks to Farrah was referred to as again after referees deemed the go to be ahead.
Acalanes (3-0) will journey to School Park subsequent week whereas St. Ignatius (1-2) will get a bye earlier than opening West Catholic Athletic League play towards Archbishop Mitty on Sept. 26.
Acalanes' River Lockwood (1) runs with the ball towards St. Ignatius' Shermar Noriega (37) within the second quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
Acalanes' Tyler Winkles (6) runs with the ball towards St. Ignatius within the fourth quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
Acalanes' Jackson Boselli (12) jumps for the ball towards St. Ignatius within the fourth quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
College students watch a recreation between Acalanes and St. Ignatius at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
Acalanes' Tyler Winkles (6) scores a landing towards St. Ignatius' Brady Hughes (8) within the fourth quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
Acalanes and St. Ignatius query the referees within the fourth quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
Acalanes' Tyler Winkles (6) runs with the ball towards St. Ignatius' Brady Hughes (8) within the third quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
Acalanes' Sean Tandler (87) runs with the ball towards St. Ignatius' Brendan Foss (13) and St. Ignatius' Shermar Noriega (37) within the third quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
Acalanes' Finley Rivera (13) runs with the ball towards St. Ignatius' Luke Van De Braak (2) within the third quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
St. Ignatius' Zui Shelton (3) runs with the ball towards Acalanes within the second quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
Acalanes' Josh Elerts (21) runs with the ball towards St. Ignatius' Brendan Foss (13) within the second quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
St. Ignatius' Ty Hicks (5) runs with the ball towards Acalanes within the second quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
St. Ignatius' Bobby Gomez (12) throws the ball towards Acalanes' Marco Giorgianni (8) within the second quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
Acalanes' Illias Kaplanes-jones (2) runs with the ball towards St. Ignatius' Brendan Foss (13) and St. Ignatius' John Sullivan (23) within the second quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
Acalanes' Sean Tandler (87) runs with the bake towards St. Ignatius' Charlie Ball (22) within the first quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
Acalanes' Jackson Boselli (12) runs with the ball towards St. Ignatius within the first quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
Acalanes' Finley Rivera (13) catches the ball towards St. Ignatius' Brady Hughes (8) within the first quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
Acalanes' Josh Elerts (21) celebrates scoring a landing towards St. Ignatius within the first quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
Acalanes' Tyler Winkles (6) runs with the ball towards St. Ignatius within the second quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
Acalanes celebrates after profitable towards St. Ignatius at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
St. Ignatius' Zui Shelton (3) runs with the ball towards Acalanes within the first quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
Acalanes' Jackson Boselli (12) catches the ball towards St. Ignatius' Cole Molinari (29) within the first quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
St. Ignatius' Zui Shelton (3) runs with the ball towards Acalanes' Tommy Terhar (3) within the first quarter at St. Ignatius in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
