SPORTS: Football: Week Five Wrap Up

 

By Allen Bacon, BOSCO Fullerton

Photo: The Fullerton Titans 8U Pop Warner Team used a balanced attack to shutout Montebello in a game on Sat. Sept. 19 at Jack Hutcherson Park at Lion's Field. Photo by Allen Bacon

Week five of the young football season proved to be a successful one for most of the Fullerton teams.

In a game played at Sherbeck Field on Sat. Sept. 19, Wide Receiver Harlem Harris tied the Fullerton College Record for most touchdown receptions in a game as The Hornets handily beat East Los Angeles College 55-19.

Harris ended up the day with four touchdowns and six receptions totaling 202 yards. He shares the record with six others in School History.

The Hornets improved to 2-2 Overall and 1-0 in League.

For the second week in a row Troy High School of Fullerton shut out an opponent by the identical score of 42-0.  This week's victim was the Segerstrom Jaguars. The  game was played on Fri. Sept. 18 at the Fullerton Union High School District Stadium.

Troy Senior QB Mason Mayes threw for 262 yards and five touchdowns in the latest Warrior win.

The Warriors improved to 3-1 which includes wins against traditional cross town rivals Fullerton and Sunny Hills High Schools giving Troy the Fullerton City Series Championship for 2026.  

Troy closes out their pre-league schedule on the road against El Dorado High School at Valencia Stadium in Placentia on Fri. Sept. 25.  Kick off is at 7 PM.  The game is scheduled to stream on the NFHS Network.

Senior QB Sergio Andrade passed for 222 yards and scored two touchdowns and Senior RB Cyrus Aviles ran for 136 yards and two touchdowns as Fullerton High School concluded their pre-league part of the schedule on a winning note by defeating Rancho Buena Vista 34-28.  The game was played on Fri. Sept. 18 in Vista, CA

The Red Hawks finished the first half non-league portion with a 3-2 mark and a two game winning streak.  They start League play on Fri. Oct. 2 in the newly formed Kappa League at home at Fullerton Union High School Stadium. Kick off is at 7 PM.  The game is scheduled to stream on the NFHS Network.

The Fullerton Titans 8U Pop Warner Squad used a relentless ground and aerial attack combined with stellar defense to shut out the Montebello Indians 56-0.  The game was played at Jack Hutcherson Park at Lion's Field in Fullerton on Sat. Sept. 19.  

With the win. the 8U Titans improved to 4-0 on the season.

SPORTS: Volleyball: Lady Hawks Take Flight

By Allen Bacon, BOSCO Fullerton

Photo: The Fullerton High Girl's Volleyball Team in action at home on Tuesday Sept. 15 against the Segerstrom Jaguars.  Photo by Allen Bacon

Fullerton High Girl's Volleyball shutout the Segerstrom Jaguars 3-0 in Empire League action on Tues. Sept. 14.  

The game was played at the FUHS Gymnasium.

The Lady Hawks, led by Liz Pahl,  Audrey Schade, and Olivia Chung improved to 11-10 overall and 3-1 in the Empire League. The team is improving and seems to be more confident as the season progresses.  The Red Hawks are 4-3 over the last seven games.

The win evened the season series against Segerstrom (6-8, 0-4). The Lady Hawks fell to the Jaguars last month 2-1 in a non-league tournament matchup. The two teams will play two more times this season.  The next time will be at Segerstrom on Wed. Sept. 30.

The Lady Hawks next go on the road to play a non-league game against Oakwood High on Thurs. Sept. 17 at 4:30 PM.

The team returns to the friendly confines of the FUHS Gym for an important league match up with first place Kennedy High (4-0) on Tues. Sept. 22. Game time is 5:30 PM.  The Red Hawks fell 3-1 in the first game at Kennedy on Sept. 3. 

The game is scheduled to be televised on the NFHS Streaming platform.

Follow the 2026 Fullerton High Girl's Volleyball team through the links in the BOSCO Fullerton side bar.

SPORTS: Soccer: CSUF Home Openers

                              

By Allen Bacon, BOSCO Fullerton
Photo: Congestion in front of the net in the second half during the Oregon State-Cal State Fullerton soccer match on Sunday Aug 23.  Photo by Allen Bacon

The home openers for Cal State Fullerton's 2026 Soccer Teams produced two different results.  

Both games were played Sunday August 23 at Titan Stadium as a Men's-Women's Twi-night Double Header.

In the early women's match up against Loyola Marymount, Cassie Villanueva scored right before the end of the game in the 87th minute to secure the 2-1 win for the Lady Titans.

Sasha Amezcua opened the scoring for the Titans in the 54th Minute on a penalty kick.

The Lady Titans evened up their season record at 1-1.

In the night cap, despite a strong showing, the Men dropped their season opener to #19 Oregon State, 3-0 

The Titans dominated the possession time and had more quality opportunities than the Beavers through the entirety of the first half and well into the second half. OSU scored their first goal on a penalty kick in the 69th minute and then scored two late goals in the 84th and 89th minute which needed to go to Video Review.

BOOKS: David Jerome's America

David Jerome

iheartAmerica

An iPhone photographic tour of

the USA on her 250th birthday

Smack Books

Five Scoops of Bosco (out of five)

Reviewed by Allen Bacon, BOSCO Fullerton

One of the marks of a great photo centric "coffee table" book is when you can look through it multiple times and see something new, exciting,  and interesting every trip through.

Life-long Fullerton Resident Humorist, Author, Columnist, Photographer David Jerome has created that book. 

Jerome's second photographic (and seventh overall) book iheartAmerica An iPhone photographic tour of the USA on her 250th birthday was released the week of America's 250th Birthday. 

It's an absolute gem.

Jerome, who among other things, has written the popular newspaper column "Mr. Bucket List" where he experiences America first hand and writes about it has also documented with photos his many stops.  His wonderful photographic instincts are on par with his writing talent.  I declare a tie. 

To quote the prophet Rod Stewart, "Every picture tells a story, don't it?"

It's very hard to pick a favorite but Jerome's view from the stage at the Ryman Theater at the Grand Ole Opery (Nashville),  "Breaking Bad Santas" (Albuquerque),  "On Deck, Miller Park" (Milwaukee), "The Church of Fumigation" (Key West), "International UFO Museum" (Roswell),  "Night Cactus" (Scottsdale) is a snap shot of the wonderful blend of the humorous, quirky, and beautiful contained in the close to 150 photographs in this book.

The best thing you can do is experience America on your own. The next best thing is to flip through this book.

I dare you to look at this book just once.

Jerome's book is available in Fullerton at the Fullerton Museum Center gift store.  If purchased at the Fullerton Museum, all proceeds go to the Museum.

LIVE MUSIC: Jude Carter at the Night Owl

Jude Carter 

Night Owl Acoustic Showcase

Saturday July 25

Five scoops of Bosco 

Reviewed by Allen Bacon, BOSCO Fullerton

One week in front of the much anticipated release of his first album, "Running In Traffic" on July 31, Jude Carter delivered a wonderful set of eleven songs (ten originals and one cover) as part of the Night Owl Saturday Showcase.

It was a warm late July early evening so to the delight of the audience and because the vibe called for it, Carter made the last minute decision to go nearly unplugged.  Nine of the songs were accompanied by his acoustic guitar and the final two he performed on keyboards.

Carter has been establishing himself (to borrow a baseball term) as a five tool player.  He tells very interesting stories with his original lyrics,  accompanied by music that you love right from the first time you hear it.  This Showcase also demonstrated his talent as a singer and musician. In addition, he has a nice, fun, stage presence.

My personal favorites in this show were his originals "Back To You", "Sleeping In This Bed I Made", "'Beca at the Coffee Shop", and "All My Friends are on Drugs". Then half way through he surprised everybody with a wonderful acoustic take of Michael Jackson's PYT.

Can't wait to listen to his "Running In Traffic" album.  Due out this weekend on all the platforms.

FOOD: Kalaveras Fullerton Is Muy Bueno

Kalaveras

122 E. Commonwealth, Fullerton

Five Scoops of Bosco

Reviewed By Allen Bacon, BOSCO Fullerton

I have to admit, when I first passed the Mexican restaurant Kalaveras, I was a little intimidated by the El Dia De Muerto imagery.  

As a wanna be Graphic Artist, I was intrigued, but a little scared at the same time.  I think it is because when I was growing up, when you saw an image of a skull on anything, that was usually not a good thing.

That slight fear quickly went away the minute I stepped into Kalaveras.  This is because you are suddenly immersed in the festive vibrant colors, music, sights and sounds of celebration of the traditional El Dia De Muerto. 

That is all well and good, but would it pass the taste test?  

My wife and I have a very simple test when we eat at a Mexican Restaurant for the first time. We order a Molcajete and for dessert we order a flan with a coffee.

Don't let the fact that the folks at Kalaveras call their Molcajete a Parrillada and serve it on a flat cast iron skillet as opposed to a cast iron bowl throw you off.

Their take on the Parrillada (Molcajete) is a wonderful mix of marinated steak, chicken breast, shrimp, chorizo, quesso fresco, and Toreado Pepper seasoned to near perfection.

The flan we had for dessert was also very well done.  Great texture with caramel and strawberries, garnished with mint.  The coffee? Folgers Classic.

We can't wait to go back and try the rest of the food on the Kalaveras menu.