Friday Night Lights (Week 8 MHS vs. Atwater HS) Shock and Awe at Santa Fe Bowl XL: Atwater wins thriller with last-second touchdown!

Two Words... WE LOST

Here's the skinny on last nights game...The senior hauled in a 41-yard touchdown pass from Nathan Sanchez (my cousin) with 5 seconds left to help Atwater pull off a miracle 21-20 win over Merced on Friday night at Stadium '76. Atwater's win creates a logjam atop the Central California Conference with Atwater, Merced and Los Banos all tied at 3-1.

Atwater's chances of pulling out a victory didn't look very promising after Merced had scored on a big play of its own.
Merced took a 20-14 lead when quarterback Rudy Monteon hooked up with Juan Valenica (my nephew)for a 30-yard touchdown pass on a fourth down play.
A bad snap on the extra-point attempt kept the lead at six points with 1:37 left in the game.

The win snapped Merced's CCC winning streak at 21.
It was a game Merced let get away after jumping out to a 14-0 lead after two second-quarter touchdown runs by Eric DeAnda, who finished with 114 yards on 32 carries.

Merced had three second-half touchdowns called back!!!! (we were robbed of two of those) J. People returned his second interception of the game 63 yards, including a flip into the end zone only to have the score negated by a block in the back.
People again brought the Merced crowd to their feet early in the fourth quarter when he scooped up a fumble and ran 80 yards for another apparent score.

However, the referees blew an inadvertent whistle to blow the play dead.
Merced had to settle for the ball back at its own 36-yard line.

We have one game left in the CCC and its going to be just as important as this one was. Not giving up hope! Our boys played hard but it just wasn't our night...

*Merced Sun-Star

"Oh I Lust have you"

I'm loving this bag for the Winter! I have been going back and forth to this site stalking it and wondering if I can find a bag just like this for the "fraction" of its bite wrenching cost!

Its so classy and would look adorable with Jeans and boots too!

Show here on a 5'5" model. OK so I'm 5'2" (WORKS!)

A Be~Dazzle Pumpkin!

I was bloggin and ran across this awesome blog. I must do this for my little place I call home! Such the coolest DIY thus far~

Yankees WIN the pennant!!!

That is the BEST news I've heard since Friday (have to keep my excitement for my BEARS)! I'm so excited to see "my boys" go to THE SHOW!! First game starts Wednesday!

Gooo Yankees!

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Thanks to Bryn for introducing me to this! Here are my letters:

Friday Night Lights (Week 7 MHS vs. Golden Valley HS)

Quick scores keeps Mayor's Cup in Merced's hands

(#85 ~ That's my "G")

Nine seconds doesn't seem like much.
That's all the time our boys needed to put away Golden Valley on Friday evening.
We scored two touchdowns in a nine-second stretch late in the second quarter to open up a 15-point lead at halftime.

Our momentum never left the sideline as Merced scored the final 34 points on its way to a

55-20

victory to hoist the Mayor's Cup for the fourth straight year.

"It was a crazy few moments," said Merced coach Rob Scheidt, whose team sits all alone atop the Central California Conference at 3-0 and 3-4 overall.

(Our boys celebrating our win and Mayor's Cup trophy)

(#21 Eric Deanda -- "D-Train" Running that ball in for a TD)

(Can't nobody stop him!!)

Our boys will be meeting up with Atwater High School (2-1 CCC, 5-2 Overall) next week! Atwater HS has been the "Old School" rival ever since MHS was established and we will definitely be ready to WIN next week! This will be a tough, tough game!

Merced High School will also celebrate its Homecoming on Friday so it will be a "Fun-Filled Friday" for sure!

Jake Pavelka is the next Bachelor!!

Jake is officially the next love searcher on ABC's The Bachelor. Jake, a commercial pilot from Dallas, Texas will be looking for love among 25 beautiful women (poor baby). The shooting will begin in November and while no official premiere date has been set yet the new season will most likely air Mondays, as usual, in January 2010. He was by far my favorite on the previous season of the Bachelorette.

I am so excited and cant wait to see the new series next year! Something to look forward to ;0)

Friday Night Lights (Week 6 MHS vs. Buhach Colony HS)

Merced football keeps CCC streak alive AGAIN with win over Buhach Colony HS!

MHS 33-BC30

One of our amazing Running Backs E. Deanda "De-Train" set the school's single-game rushing record with 303 yards and scored 3 touchdowns at last nights game against Buhach Colony!! This record hasn't been broken since 2000~ We are all so proud of our boys!

2-0 CCC and 2-4 Overall

Our team has improved to 2-0 in the Central California Conference and 2-4 overall. We now won 20 consecutive league games!! Also on fourth-and-5, Rudy Monteon (QB) hooked up with Juan Valencia for a 35-yard touchdown pass to extend our lead to 33-22 early in the fourth quarter.
"After the 0-4 start, we just stayed together like a family," DeAnda said. "We kept our heads up. It's all about the love on this team."

Gooooo Bears!

Friday Night Lights (Week 5 MHS vs. Los Banos HS)

Merced football keeps CCC streak alive with win over Los Banos!!!

WE WIN!!!! Not a high scoring game but its a WIN!!

Eric DeAnda's 20th carry of the game would be his most important.
Facing a fourth and a little over a yard from the Los Banos 28-yard line, Merced needed just a first down to ice its 19th consecutive Central California Conference victory.
And everyone at Loftin Field knew the junior running back was getting the ball. As he had all second half, DeAnda delivered.
The Merced back took a pitch to the right, got behind his fullback and lowered his shoulder. He picked up the final three of his game-high 142 yards and sealed a hard-fought 6-3 victory over Los Banos.

This win means a lot, because it proves who we really are. We're not the team that went 0-4

Merced (1-0, 1-4) answered with some trickery on the first play of the fourth quarter.

It was a tough game and here are the qtr stats:

Merced 0 0 0 6 -- 6
Los Banos 0 0 3 0 -- 3

*Merced Sun-Star

We're in...and have internet!!

Finally! I will be able to post again. Ive missed posting and keeping up with my Friday Night Lights updates....so let's begin~