Juan Ramirez back to punt for the Bears standing at his own 5 yard line. Here is the snap. Ramirez gets a high spiral off, wow, what a kick. Gary Milsap retreats to the 25 where he makes an over the shoulder catch. Milsap turns upfield. Blocking is there, he turns the corner and is going down the right sideline. 30, 35, 40, cuts back to his left 45, 50, 45, 40 and if finally dragged down from behind by David Jones of Merced at the Merced 37 yard line. What a great punt by Ramiriz, but he outkicked his coverage with a 55 yard punt!! Milsap had a great return with huge blocks by Junior Hendricks, Bud Messick, Ray Milsap, Manual Ruiz, and Manley Higgins. Jones saved the day for Merced.
1st and 10 for Raymond at the Merced 37. Great field position for the Bulldogs. Les Hendricks leads the Bulldogs at Quarterback. His brother, Junior is the center. Merle Hendricks and Gary Milsap are split in the backfield and Junior Cates is the slotback. Proset. Hendricks takes the snap, Gary Milsap up the middle, across the 35 down to the 30 and fights for yardage to the 24 yard line. 1st down Raymond!! And the Raymond offensive line of Bud and Jack Messick, Manley Higgins, Junior Hendricks and Don Cain opened a huge hole for Milsap to run through. 1st down at the 24 for Raymond.
Here come the Bulldogs. Les Hendricks takes the snap and runs a sweep around left end. He's at the 20, fighting for yardage and finally hit and dropped by Jones at the 18. 2nd and 4 Raymond at the Merced 18 yard line.
Center Junior Hendricks over the ball. Les Hendricks takes the snap and runs behind his brother Junior right up the middle. Huge hole but it closed quickly and Hendricks is stopped at the 12 yard line but not before he picked up another 1st down. The Bulldogs are definitely controlling the line of scrimmage early.
1st and 10 at the 12. Here's the snap, Hendricks starts around right end, and whoa, he hands off to Junior Cates who is nailed behind the line for a loss of a yard by linebacker Tyler Davis of Merced. The crowd roars as they like the stand by the Merced defense. 2nd and 11 from the 13 for Raymond.
I formation for Raymond. Quarterback Les Hendricks takes the snap fakes the handoff to Merle Hendricks diving into the left side of the line, and Hendricks keeps it around left end. Oh my, there is a crushing block by Mike Smith and Les Hendricks is at the 10, 5, Touchdown Raymond!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
With 5 minutes left to play in the first quarter Raymond 7 - Merced 0.
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