Stop No. 5! Stop No. 5!

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‘All week long, every practice it was stop No. 5! Stop No. 5!’

And on Friday that’s exactly what St. Francis did, stop No. 5, Bryce Mahmud-McBride (pictured right).

OK, the Golden Knights didn’t stop him entirely, but they contained him long enough to pull off a 35-21 upset victory over Los Altos.

Lineman Dan Scheper, author of the above quote, said St. Francis usually puts four or five guys on the defensive line but employed an extra lineman for this game.

‘That really helped us contain him because it didn’t let him [bounce to] the outside,’ Scheper said.

On top of keying on Mahmud-McBride during practice all week, I heard one of the St. Francis parents say that Bryce’s picture (maybe the one above?) was posted on the locker room wall for extra motivation.

- Jaime Cardenas