Tigers season ends on sad note as Bullpups take Milk Can 27-0 in Tiger Stadium
Lemoore fell to (2-8, 2-4) and will not participate in the Division II Central Section playoffs. Over the previous four years the Tigers went 35-13 with three WYL championships. Almost a year ago the Tigers crushed an unbeaten Hanford squad in the league finale and then lost to Ridgeview in the Division II Central Section playoffs.
Hanford, it’s only blemish, a 42-7 loss to the Tigers, went on to win the Central Section Division II title and a state championship in 2015.
The Bullpups, while not quite the team they were a year ago, finished at 4-2 in the demanding WYL and will begin play next week in the Division III Central Section playoffs.
Thanks to Friday night’s Milk Can win, Hanford improved to 38-32-2 over the Tigers in the long history of this rivalry.
It was all Hanford Friday night. Theron Dutra’s nine-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter to Mitchell Hunt gave the Bullpups a lead they weren’t about to relinquish. With about two minutes left in the first quarter, Leonard Glass scored on a two-yard touchdown run for a 14-0 lead.
Former Tiger and current Bullpup Jordan Perryman, who last year helped to defeat Hanford in the season finale, played a huge role in beating his former team this year, rushing for nearly 100 yards and scoring twice. He scored from five yards out in the second quarter and then, with 7:49 left in the fourth, scored on a 60-yard touchdown run.
Penalties and turnovers hit the Tigers hard, including a second-quarter fumble that handed the ball over to Hanford at the Tigers 26-yard line to set up Perryman’s first TD.
The Tigers best shot at a score came early in the third period when they mounted a drive that started at their own 23-yard line. Lemoore’s Angel Solis turned in some impressive runs, including bruising runs up the middle that got the Tigers to the Hanford 38-yard line.
Lemoore’s Damion Charleston’s rushing efforts got the Tigers close, - to the 11-yard line before unfortunate penalties set them back. Solis banged his way to the goal line but another penalty pushed them back, and on a fourth down play, the Tigers turned the ball over.
Athletics
- Lemoore High School's talented baseball center-fielder, Dominick Najar, recruited by Cal State East Bay
- Lemoore High School varsity baseball team continues winning streak after coming from behind to defeat Tulare Union
- Local talented female boxer, Lexus Ramirez, takes yet another step towards competing in 2024 Paris Olympic Games
- Lemoore High School's Demel Turner named West Yosemite League's Player of the Year in basketball as the Tigers were undefeated at 10-0 in league
- No. 1 Tigers fall in Central Section opener against Sunnyside, Tiger ladies fall at Porterville to end season
- Lady Tigers hoopsters outdistance Morro Bay in Division III playoff opener in Lemoore. Tigers take on No. 2 Porterville Thursday, Feb. 16