Like Madera Coyotes football head coach Kenny Paolinelli told his team after a victory over Nipomo in the Div. III quarterfinals, “We’re four quarters away from playing for a ring.”
The second-seeded Coyotes dominated the second half of the Div. III quarterfinals against the 10th-seeded Titans to record a 35-21 victory in Memorial Stadium.
“This is a big win,” Paolinelli said. “It’s a huge win anytime you can get a playoff win. It’s awesome, and it’s a confidence builder. I don’t think we played our best football tonight, but coming off of the bye week, I thought we played well in spurts, offensively, in the first half and then, the defense dominated in the second half.”