NCS Division IV semifinal
No. 2 Acalanes 56, No. 3 Vallejo 20
Jack Miller rushed for three touchdowns and Sully Bailey threw a pair of TD passes for the Dons, who will play for their first NCS football title under coach Floyd Burnsed. Acalanes (8-4) will play San Marin (12-0) next Friday or Saturday at a site that had not been announced as of late Saturday morning.
Miller, despite being the Dons’ leading rusher, had only scored one touchdown all season prior to his TD runs of 4, 7 and 2 yards.
Bailey threw touchdown passes of 18 yards to Trevor Rogers and 47 yards to Paul Kuhner. Rogers, who will play at Cal in 2024, went over 1,000 yards in receptions for the season Friday night.
Acalanes scored the game’s first three touchdowns before Vallejo QB Jasier Smith connected with Sedrick Vaughn on a 56-yard touchdown to make it 21-7.
The Dons scored the next 35 points. That included running touchdowns by Niko White, Jack Giorgianni and Deonte Littlejohn.
The NCS title game will be the second meeting of the season for Acalanes and San Marin. San Marin beat the Dons 27-20 in what was the season-opener for both schools. Burnsed, who is in his eighth season at Acalanes, will be seeking his sixth NCS championship. He won five titles while coaching at Miramonte in the 1980’s and 90’s.
