Armijo at Vacaville - Varsity 2016
Just minutes before Vacaville High School’s first Monticello Empire League duel of the season with Armijo, head football coach Mike Papadopoulos gathered his team together on the sideline.
“Don’t take your Friday Night’s for granted,” he told his team.
It would have been all too easy to overlook the Indians (1-5, 0-1 MEL), who have struggled this
year and are sitting in the basement of the Monticello Empire League standings halfway through the year.
But the Bulldogs listened to their coach’s pre-game message.
Powered by two special teams return scores and two interception return touchdowns,
Vacaville (4-2, 1-0 MEL) blasted visiting Armijo 57-6 Friday night at Tom Zunino Stadium in the MEL opener.
The Bulldogs went 3-2 in the five game pre-
MEL season with two of their losses coming to top-60 ranked teams in California. Armijo --
Papadopoulos’s alma mater--hasn’t been great this year, but the MEL games are the ones that determine who makes the playoffs and who doesn’t.
Follow the "Dogs season at http://www.vacavillefootball.com
++PHOTOS BY KIMMIE HAUCKES++
Read More“Don’t take your Friday Night’s for granted,” he told his team.
It would have been all too easy to overlook the Indians (1-5, 0-1 MEL), who have struggled this
year and are sitting in the basement of the Monticello Empire League standings halfway through the year.
But the Bulldogs listened to their coach’s pre-game message.
Powered by two special teams return scores and two interception return touchdowns,
Vacaville (4-2, 1-0 MEL) blasted visiting Armijo 57-6 Friday night at Tom Zunino Stadium in the MEL opener.
The Bulldogs went 3-2 in the five game pre-
MEL season with two of their losses coming to top-60 ranked teams in California. Armijo --
Papadopoulos’s alma mater--hasn’t been great this year, but the MEL games are the ones that determine who makes the playoffs and who doesn’t.
Follow the "Dogs season at http://www.vacavillefootball.com
++PHOTOS BY KIMMIE HAUCKES++
