McFarland Football Team Preview

General Information

Team Name

McFarland (CA)

Mascot

Cougars

School Colors

Red, White, Black

2025 - 2026 Coach Name

Norm Brown

2025 - 2026 League Record

0-1-0

2025 - 2026 Overall Record

6-5-0

National Rank

9056

State Rank

745

Section Rank

84

Section Division Rank

12

2026 - 2027 Preview Information

Coach Name

Strengths
Senior leadership
Offense
Defense
Good solid core returning


Returning
#5 QB/FS Senior Malachi Davis Three year returning varsity starter. Top returning passer & top rusher in D6 (2025 top 10 total yards in State all divisions ) lead the Central section in Interceptions (6) as a junior.
#21 FB/MLB Senior Michael Sigala finished top 5 tackler in D6 in 2025. Three year returning starter. Strong leader.
#75 OL/DL Senior Rolando Gutierrez returning two way starter upfront. Strong leader, Team Captain, D5 Valley Heavy weight Champion in wrestling in 2025.
#23 TE/OLB Junior Giovanni Rivera is a 3 year returning starter on varsity. 2025 Third leading receiver, and 3rd in QB Sacks.
#51 OL/DE Senior Rodrigo Hernandez Galvan is a returning two year starter. Solid leader, Team Captain.
#50 OL/DL Senior Joshua Nunez two year starter, solid leader upfront on both sides of the ball.
#41 RB/LB Senior Kelvin Haviland started in 2 games at LB in 2025. Looks to make an impact
#0 RB/SS Sophomore Ivan Salazar returning starter and leading ball carrier

Newcomers
Junior Center #70 Jose Castaneda
Junior WR/DB #10 Abel Lopez
sophomore SB/DB #37 Izaiah Ortega
Sophomore OL/DL #74 Miguel Diaz

Team Wins

Date	Opponent	Result
8/22/2025	Farmersville (CA)	30-26
8/29/2025	Tranquillity (CA)	36-8
9/5/2025	Granite Hills (Porterville, CA)	50-42
9/11/2025	Del Oro (Bakersfield, CA)	25-21
10/3/2025	Sierra (Tollhouse, CA)	40-6
10/10/2025	Parlier (CA)	21-14

Freelance Teams

Team Name
McFarland (CA)
Yosemite (Oakhurst, CA)

Year-by-Year Results

Year	Coach Name	Record	Achievements
2026		0-0-0
2025	N. Brown	6-5-0	NotableTeam
2024	N. Brown	4-7-0
2023	N. Brown	2-8-0
2022	M. Munoz	2-7-0

Notable Alumni

• Matthew Fisher 1996

  1st team all league LB Played at Fresno state 2years

• Geno Barajas 2003

  Played 4 years of varsity football 2003 team MVP Also League defensive MVP Currently plays for semi pro law enforcement team Bakersfield Falcons.

• Joel Venegas 2003

  1st team Defensive line Played at Bakersfield College 2 years Offered to play New Mexico state. Currently plays semi pro law enforcement team Bakersfield Falcons.

• Richard Perez 2005

  School record for receiving yards 1000 1st team all league WR

• Steven nored 2005

  School record for passing yards 1800 1st team all league QB

• Javier Garcia  2016

  Cougar of the year award 1st player in school history to win league MVP Honors Overall Received a full scholarship to Redlands University Hometown all star 198 yds. Rushing single game

• Ribaldo Hernandez  2016

  56 receptions for 1002 yards. 10 TDs Game high 178yds. Receiving 2 interceptions 90nyard kick return 75 yard pass reception for a TD ESL 2 time 1st team all league honors Hometown sports 2 time award winner Hometown all star WR of the year Hometown play of the week.

• Manny Murillo 2024

  Manny led the team in receptions at TE with 23 and 385 yards and was all conference and hometown sports all star team. Manny is now playing TE for the College of Sequoias.

• Daniel Ramos 2025

  #55 MLB / Center Daniel Ramos team captain, recorded 125 totals tackles ranking him in the top 3 all time tacklers in McFarland Cougars History and leading his Cougars to the first winning season in over 21 years.

• Julian Brarajas  2025

  #1 WR/DB Julian Barajas had 50 receptions for 1,099 yards ranking him first in School History in receiving yards.

• Victor Rodriguez 2025

  #2 Slot Back Victor Rodriguez finished with 60 catches in one season putting him at the top in receptions for a season in McFarland Cougars School History. He almost 70 yards receiving.