Central Section high school football scores and your pick for top Fresno-area QB
Friday night high school football was back and in full effect around the Fresno area.
Despite kicking off seven months later than its usual fall start due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, many schools around the Central Section elected to participate in football in the spring.
And the first full slate of Friday night games finally got underway, following last week’s action when Central Valley Christian defeated Mission Oak 35-12 in the first Central Section game of the season and Thursday’s contest when Central rallied for a 35-31 win over Clovis at Lamonica Stadium.
Here’s a look at the scores around the Valley, as well as next week’s schedule:
Thursday
Tri-River Athletic Conference
Central 35, Clovis 31
Friday
Tri-River Athletic Conference
Buchanan 38, Clovis West 6
Clovis East 7, Clovis North 6
East Yosemite League
Tulare Western 36, Mission Oak 24
North Sequoia League
Kerman at Chowchilla, canceled
Liberty-Madera Ranchos 54, Yosemite 7
Central Sequoia League
Kingsburg 21, Central Valley Christian 14
West Sequoia League
Caruthers 15, Orosi 14
East Sequoia League
Farmersville at Lindsay, canceled
Mountain
St. Joseph 44, Paso Robles 0
Ocean
Santa Maria 21, Morro Bay 7
Arroyo Grande 33, Atascadero 21
Nonleague
Garces 43, Tulare 6
Madera 49, Hoover 0
Templeton 39, Wasco 22
Dos Palos 29, Golden Valley-Merced 27
Saturday
Ocean
Nipomo at Mission Prep, 1 p.m.
NEXT WEEK
Thursday
Non-league
Central Valley Christian at Bakersfield Christian, 7:30 p.m.
Wasco at Tulare Union, 6 p.m.
Friday
Tri-River
Buchanan at Central, 6:30 p.m.
Clovis North vs. Clovis at Veterans Memorial Stadium, 6:45 p.m.
Clovis West vs. Clovis East at Lamonica Stadium
North Yosemite
Fresno at Reedley, 6 p.m.
Roosevelt at Sunnyside, 7:45 p.m.
North Sequoia
Chowchilla at Washington Union, 7 p.m.
Kerman at Yosemite, 7 p.m.
West Sequoia
Fowler at Orange Cove, 7:30 p.m.
Minarets at Caruthers, 7:30 p.m.
Riverdale at Orosi, 7:30 p.m.
West Sierra
Avenal vs. Coalinga
Tranquillity at Firebaugh, 6 p.m.
East Sequoia
Farmersville at Corcoran, 6 p.m.
High Desert
Desert at Rosamond, 7 p.m.
Mountain
Righetti at Templeton, 7 p.m.
St. Joseph at Arroyo Grande, 7 p.m.
Ocean
Atascadero at Mission Prep, 6 p.m.
Morro Bay at Pioneer Valley, 7 p.m.
South Sequoia
Shafter at Arvin, 7:30 p.m.
Southeast Yosemite
North at Highland, 7:30 p.m.
Southwest Yosemite
Bakersfield at Centennial, 7 p.m.
Ridgeview at Liberty-Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m.
Stockdale at Frontier, 7:30 p.m.
Non-league
Palma-Salinas at San Joaquin Memorial, 7 p.m.
Bullard at Selma
Kingsburg at Sanger, 7 p.m.
Tulare Western at Dinuba, 7 p.m.
East Bakersfield at West
Foothill at Golden Valley
Kern Valley at Mira Monte
South at Independence
Saturday
Mountain
Paso Robles at San Luis Obispo, 2 p.m.
Ocean
Santa Maria at Nipomo, 7 p.m.
Non-league
St. Francis-La Canada at Garces
Fresno-region’s top QB poll
DJ Stevenson of Central won The Bee’s Best voting poll for the fans’ choice as the Fresno-region’s top quarterback. Stevenson finished with 52.7% of the vote, Bryce Weiner of Bullard had 33.3%, Dayton Tafoya of Clovis West had 10.1% and Nate Johnson of Clovis had 2.3%.
Stevenson led the Grizzlies to an opening 35-31 win over Clovis on Thursday.
Stevenson found Marquise Green for a 41-yard with 24.3 seconds remaining for the win.
He completed 9 of 16 for 169 yards and two touchdowns. Stevenson also had 16 carries for 93 yards and two touchdowns.
This story was originally published March 19, 2021 at 5:41 PM.
