Redwood’s varsity football traveled to Bakersfield on Friday, August 22nd, to battle with the Centennial Golden Hawks, and left with a dominant 41 – 20 win.

By Fabian Anguiano

Redwood dominated on both sides of the ball, with the running game having a total of 185 rushing yards, star senior running back Jimmie Burk, ’26, led with having 128 rushing yards on just 12 carries, with his longest run of the day coming in at a whopping 58 yards, and not to forget the three rushing touchdowns he claimed.

Senior quarterback Jordan Arreola, ’26, also had a pretty good opening day with 167 passing yards, two passing touchdowns, snatched by receivers Drayton Hall, ’27, and Zephaniah Sesay, ’26. Arreola had a 62 percent completion rate and an overall 118.6 passer rating. Sesay led the Rangers in receiving yards with 50. 

Coach Allen and Redwood football at 2025 EYL Media Day. Photo: F.Anguiano/Gigantea.

Let’s not forget about the defense, the Rangers picked off Centennial quarterback Jet Santiago, ’26, a whopping 6 times, two of those coming from Brody Presindorf, ’26, and one of the others picked by London Butler, ’27, who took it all the way to the house for a touchdown.

Now, on the tackling side of things, it was a tackling frenzy. Senior middle linebacker Enrique Segura, ’26, had 7 total tackles, along with outside linebacker Presindorf, with also 7, followed by outside linebacker Michael White, ’26, who tallied up 5 tackles, with a total of 19 tackles just between the three.

Redwood has home turf this Thursday and Friday when they face off against Clovis North, Freshman, on Thursday at 6. Junior varsity at 5 PM on Friday, and Redwood’s main event varsity, will kick off at 7.30 pm. Will this new era of Redwood Football turn out to be a memorable one? Show up to find out! 

Fabian Anguiano
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Fabian Anguiano '28,is a VERY passionate sportswriter and editor for the Redwood Gigantea. He is entering his third year with the Gigantea, and he likes motivating others and being involved in everything sports related. If you would like to reach him, just email him at [email protected]

 

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