Pioneer high school football scores update, Sept. 25, 2022
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA (Sept. 25, 2022) — The first five weeks of high school football are in the books and there are two local schools, Concord and Northgate, with undefeated records.
At this same stage of the season, perennial powers De La Salle and Clayton Valley Charter have combined for four wins and five defeats.
Concord and Northgate are both 5-0 and are rewarded with byes this week before they start Diablo Athletic League play Oct 7.
The Minutemen won only one game in each of the past two seasons but will enter DAL Valley Division play as favorites to win the championship. Their opening league game against College Park (2-2) Oct. 7 may be the title decider. Northgate won the DAL Valley title a year ago and was then moved to the Foothill Division where the Broncos will face a daunting five-game schedule.
De La Salle (3-2) also has a bye this week, something both the players and coaching staff probably welcome. The Spartans lost for the third time in their past four games at Owen Owens Field and two of those losses are to Folsom (4-1). The Sacramento-area power scored the winning touchdown with 15 seconds left Friday night to hand DLS a 24-20 defeat. In the past 13 months De La Salle has lost four games by a combined 11 points to teams from Northern California after going 30 years from 1992-2021 without ever losing once to a school north of Fresno.
Mt. Diablo (1-3) ended a three-game losing streak to start the season when the Red Devils defeated San Lorenzo (0-3) 27-6 on Saturday.
Clayton Valley Charter (1-3) returns this Friday after a bye week to visit undefeated Jesuit (5-0) in Carmichael.
Week 5 – Sept. 23-24
Northgate (4-0) 28, College Park (2-1) 14
Concord (4-0) 28, Arroyo-San Lorenzo (1-3) 6
Folsom (3-1) 24, De La Salle (3-1) 20
Bradshaw Christian-Sacramento (3-0) 48, Ygnacio Valley (0-3) 0
Mt. Diablo (0-3) 27, San Lorenzo (0-2) 6
Clayton Valley Charter (1-3) bye
Week 6 – Sept. 30-Oct. 1
College Park (2-2) at Livermore (5-0)
Stone Ridge Christian-Merced (4-2) at Ygnacio Valley (0-4)
Mt. Diablo (1-3) at Richmond (0-4)
Sat. Oct. 1 – Clayton Valley Charter (1-3) at Jesuit-Carmichael (5-0)
Concord (5-0), De La Salle (3-2) and Northgate (5-0) byes
2022 Season Schedules
Clayton Valley Charter (Open Div./Div. 1) – 8/26 Salinas L 14-21, 9/2 Del Oro-Loomis L 27-31, 9/9 at Canyon Springs-North Las Vegas W 42-6, 9/16 Turlock L 35-37, 10/1 at Jesuit-Carmichael, 10/7 at Amador Valley-Pleasanton, 10/14 at San Ramon Valley-Danville, 10/21 California-San Ramon, 10/28 at Monte Vista-Danville, 11/4 De La Salle.
College Park (Div. 3) – 9/2 at Foothill-Pleasanton L 12-28, 9/9 Oakmont-Roseville W 21-13, 9/16 Hercules W 44-6, 9/23 at Northgate L 14-28, 9/30 at Livermore, 10/7 Concord, 10/15 at Berean Christian, 10/21 Ygnacio Valley, 10/28 Mt. Diablo, 11/4 at Alhambra.
Concord (Div. 4) – 8/26 Newark Memorial-Newark W 14-7, 9/2 Alameda W 30-8, 9/9 at San Lorenzo W 37-0, 9/16 at Richmond W 2-0, 9/23 Arroyo-San Lorenzo W 28-6, 10/7 at College Park, 10/14 Ygnacio Valley, 10/21 at Alhambra, 10/28 Berean Christian, 11/4 at Mt. Diablo.
De La Salle (Open Div./Div. 1) – 8/26 at Monterey Trail-Elk Grove W 36-20, 9/2 Serra-San Mateo L 21-24, 9/9 Saint Francis-Mountain View W 35-3, 9/16 at Cathedral Catholic-San Diego W 28-20, 9/23 Folsom L 20-24, 10/7 at St. Mary’s-Stockton, 10/14 at California-San Ramon, 10/21 Monte Vista–Danville, 10/28 at Amador Valley-Pleasanton, 11/4 at Clayton Valley Charter.
Mt. Diablo (Div. 4) – 8/26 Lathrop L 0-56, 9/9 at American-Fremont L 0-48, 9/17 at Arroyo-San Lorenzo L 0-28, 9/24 at San Lorenzo W 27-6, 9/30 at Richmond, 10/7 at Ygnacio Valley, 10/14 Alhambra, 10/21 Berean Christian, 10/28 at College Park, 11/4 Concord.
Northgate (Div. 3) – 8/26 Deer Valley W 29-8, 9/2 at Ukiah W 28-6, 9/9 Fremont-Oakland W 9-0, 9/16 at Bethel-Vallejo W 38-0, 9/23 College Park W 28-14, 10/7 Miramonte, 10/14 Las Lomas, 10/21 at Campolindo, 10/28 at Benicia, 11/4 Acalanes.
Ygnacio Valley (Div. 6) – 8/27 at Washington-San Francisco L 14-49, 9/9 Justin-Siena – Napa L 0-42, 9/16 at Kennedy-Fremont L 12-50, 9/23 Bradshaw Christian-Sacramento L 0-48, 9/30 Stone Ridge Christian-Merced, 10/7 Mt. Diablo, 10/14 at Concord, 10/21 at College Park, 10/28 Alhambra, 11/5 at Berean Christian.
Jay Bedecarré
Jay Bedecarré is a long-time resident and writer in Concord and Clayton. He began his newspaper writing career while still a senior at Mt. Diablo High School and he has been part of The Pioneer since its inception in 2003. Jay also operates Bay Area Festivals, presenting events around the San Francisco Bay Area including Bay Area KidFest annually in Downtown Concord.