Red Hawks overwhelm Rio Vista 62-6 in playoff opener

Calaveras football beat Rio Vista 62-6 in the opening round of the D7 playoffs on Friday night in San Andreas. Guy Dossi/Calaveras Enterprise If there was ever a debate about whether the Calaveras High School football team deserved the No. 1 seed in the Division VII playoffs, the Red Hawks made a convincing statement Friday night. In the opening game of the playoffs, Calaveras scored nine touchdowns, totaled 579 yards of offense, forced multiple turnovers and, for the eighth consecutive game, held an opponent to fewer than 10 points. Calaveras led from the opening play and never looked back, beating No. 8 Rio Vista 62-6 in the opening round of the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division VII playoffs at Frank Meyer Field in San Andreas. “We know during the playoffs that it’s a whole new season,” Calaveras senior fullback/linebacker Colton Ray said. “I would consider us 0-0. It’s win or go home, and that was our mentality this entire week. And on our home field, man, I don’t want to lose.

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