Too Close for Comfort
-Josh Wilson

Rainy weather plus Friday night lights equals a very entertaining football game. Well it was, as the Gaels took on the Mt. Diablo Red Devils. The Gaels came out a little sluggish, but ended up with the W. The final score would end up being 14-16 Dublin. Dublin’s Frankie Davillier had another good game with 101 rushing yards and a touchdown.

The Gael’s offense came out real sloppy, and just didn’t have it. They had tons of penalties that just kept moving them back. The Gael’s offense couldn’t get anything started in the first half. They were just held to 33 total yards in the first half. “You can tell they were just really frustrated, and trying to do too much,” says one fan.

Dublin’s defense didn’t take long to get into a groove and be dominant, but they still gave up the big plays. On what seemed to be a broken play, Mt. D’s QB Owo Mobio took off on a QB sneak, and ran it for a 50-yard td run. However, after that, it was all business and Dublin didn’t let anything up.

Dublin came out firing in the second half. On their first series they drove down the field and scored on a 4-yard run by Chris Hakimi. They would end up getting the ball back on the very next kickoff by a pooch kick from kicker Joseph Tanguay. Momentum had definitely shifted towards the Gaels. Dublin’s punt block would put a lot of pressure and it caused a bad snap which would end up being a safety.

Mt. Diablo would end up scoring late in the 4th quarter to make a comeback. On the next play they would try an offside kick and the got it back, but there was a flag on the play, so Dublin got a second chance. The red devils would try again to get the ball back, but Dublin would recover the ball which pretty much secured the game.

This week the Gaels are looking to improve their record to 4-3 on the road against Concord high and it looks like its going to be another great game.