Wildomar, CA — The Elsinore Tiger Frosh football team lost to the Bulldogs of Hemet High School on Wednesday, 3/24/21 by a score of 38-6. The Tigers showed positive signs on both sides of the ball, but critical mistakes and turnovers were far too frequent and too much to overcome on this day. On offense, the Tigers went to the air for their first touchdown pass of the season from quarterback Marco Rupp to Slotback Caden Maxfield, behind a great play action fake from slotback Giann Arteaga and good protection from the offensive line led by Lorenzo Perez and Micah Davis. Although the offense moved the ball well at times led by tailbacks Oscar Flores and Gavin Smith, they were haunted by turnovers all day, including two that were returned for touchdowns for the Bulldogs. Defensively, the Tigers were aided by the return of some familiar Sophomore faces. Justin White-McCarter took control of the defense at free safety, making coverage calls and flying up for numerous hard tackles. He was joined by Michael Celaya who had a sack along with several tackles all over the field. At linebacker, Michael Holguin had a big forced fumble that was recovered by Ryu-Ken Robinson. Up front, Ricky Dugan made an impact from his defensive end spot along with freshman defensive tackle Siupeli Tava, who proved to be dominant almost every snap he was on the field. We would like to give a special thanks to our chain crew Rob, Jason, and Willy, along with ball boys BriShawn and Andrew. The Tigers will get their next opportunity to compete at 3 pm Wednesday, 3/31/21 in a Home contest against the Aztecs of Palm Desert High School. We hope to see you there so we can be together and enjoy this wonderful opportunity to experience high school football, something that seemed that would surely be taken away from us not so long ago. Rest assured that although victory has elluded us thus far, these Tigers are overcoming many obstacles and are working hard toward excellence and integrity in everything they do. There is no doubt that the lessons they are learning will pay off both now and in the future, as well as both on and off the field.