Football Recap: Redwood Piles Up the Points Against El Diamante

Redwood extended their winning streak to six on Thursday, bumping them up to 7-2. They blew past the El Diamante Miners 61-14. Considering the Rangers have won four contests by more than 20 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Jimmie Burk

Rushing Touchdowns

10/23/25 @ El Diamante	4
10/17/25 @ Golden West	2
10/10/25 vs Monache	3
10/03/25 @ Porterville	3
09/12/25 vs Tulare Western	1
+ 3 more games

It was another big night for Jimmie Burk, who rushed for 344 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 15.0 yards per carry. Thanks to that big game, he is now up to 19 rushing touchdowns on the season. Another big playmaker for Redwood was Jairus Brooks, who returned a punt for a touchdown.

Redwood's run defense was locked in: El Diamante could only muster 2.6 yards per carry. The team can thank Enrique Segura for the heroic effort on defense: he. Redwood didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 12.

Special teams was a major factor in the game for Redwood, racking up 13 points in total. The biggest highlight from special teams (and perhaps the team as a whole) came courtesy of Brooks, who ran a punt back for a touchdown.

As for El Diamante, they are on a 12-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-9. While losing is never fun, they can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 713th, while Redwood is ranked 87th).

Nolan (Gauge) Rivas and Javier Gutierrez certainly did their best on Thursday to avoid the loss. Rivas threw for 146 yards and one TD, while Gutierrez picked up 107 receiving yards and one score.

We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Redwood is set to challenge their familiar foe Mt. Whitney at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, El Diamante will take on rival Golden West at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.