The James Logan Courier

By Andrew Alcazar, Courier Sports Writer

Logan's up and down varsity football season came to an end Saturday, as the team ran out of gas against Freedom of Oakley.

The No. 12 seed Logan (5-6) faced off against the No. 5 seed Freedom in the first round of the NCS playoffs. It looked to be a good game as Logan came in with the top defense in MVAL and Freedom came in with top offense in their league. At halftime, the game was close and it seemed it could go either way.

By Chris Winn, Courier Staff Writer
Note: Chris Winn is a member of the James Logan High School Varsity football team.

We're not done yet.

The James Logan Colts earned the 12th seed in the California Interscholastic Federation's North Coast Section playoffs with their dominating win Saturday night against the Irvington Vikings. Our offense finally showed up and put 40 points on the scoreboard.

And our defense blanked them, not allowing a single score.

By Andrew Alcazar, Courier Sports Writer

Logan got the big win they needed Saturday on the last game of the regular season to keep their postseason hopes alive.

Logan (5-5, 5-1) got the scoring going early against Irvington (4-6, 2-4) when Kyle Lopez took a handoff 18-yards for the score. On the next drive, quarterback Jonathon Willis turned a scramble into a 30-yard run that resulted in a touchdown. Nate Medhane got into the mix, when Willis him hit for a 27 –yard touchdown pass.

By Chris Winn, Courier Staff Writer
Note: Chris Winn is a member of the Colts' varsity football team.

4-5

With a win Saturday night over the Kennedy Titans, the Logan Colts improved their record to 4-5.

It was a very hard fought game and when the defense gave up a score with about 2 minutes left, I thought the game was over. That may be a little harsh to say, but our offense hasn’t proven they can score much let alone in a timely fashion.

But, boy, did they prove me wrong.

By Andrew Alcazar, Courier Staff Writer

James Logan's varsity football team (4-5, 4-1), coming off a heartbreaking loss against Washington last week, did not want to let up against Kennedy's team (4-5, 4-2), which has not put up the toughest games against Logan in the past.

By Chris Winn, Courier Staff Writer

Senior night…

Our senior’s last home game took place Friday against Washington. It was a very hard fought game, but we just couldn’t pull out a victory. Our offense was only able to score seven points, which would have been enough if our defense didn’t give up a touchdown and a two-point conversion in the 4th quarter. The final score was 14-7. It was very sad and frustrating knowing our season isbasically over now.

Andrew Alcazar, Courier Sports Writer

Until Friday, James Logan had not lost in the Mission Valley Athletic League in their last 18 games. The result: the Colts have not missed out on the Northern California Section playoffs since 1998.

Friday night they lost to Washington and most likely ended their NCS playoff chances for the year.

This was the biggest game of the year so far for Logan (3-5, 3-1) and Washington (5-4, 5-0) as they both entered the cold, rainy, Halloween night undefeated in league and with a chance to clinch a MVAL crown.