A massive high school football playoff upset in the Bay Area was punctuated by one of the most incredible individual performances in Northern California history.
In the North Coast Section (NCS) Division 1 quarterfinals, No. 6 seed Acalanes pulled off the shocking win over No. 3 Pittsburg, winning 70-54 in a video game-like shootout. The game featured a ridiculous 1,200-plus yards of total offense and 18 touchdowns, but it’s Dons quarterback Tyler Winkles’ performance that will be the talk of the weekend.
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Winkles’ final stat-line included 607 total yards – 471 passing yards and 136 rush yards — and eight touchdowns. He also threw for two 2-point conversions. The 607 total yards is a North Coast Section record for most yards by a quarterback who also rushed for 100 yards in the same game, according to Cal-Hi Sports’ Mark Tennis.
Winkles, who is a senior, has no football scholarship offers and as a result, has committed to play baseball at Washington State, according to Bay Area News Group.
“The baffling part is every college in the nation not offering him,” Acalanes head coach Joel Isaac told Bay Area News Group. “I don’t know what people are doing. Best athlete on the field every night.”
Winkles’ record performance is all the more impressive when you take into account that he did it against a Pittsburg defense that features multiple D-I college prospects, notably edge rusher Terrance Murphy, who is committed to Fresno State, and safety Jeremiah Edwards, who’s weighing offers from Cal, Oregon State, Washington State and Arizona.
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“All the other people are going to think it’s an upset, but we knew,” Winkles told Bay Area News Group after the game. “We were confident going into this game, I promise you that. This game made history for our school, but it’s not over. We’re still writing the chapters to our story.”
For Pittsburg, the loss ends the program’s five-year reign as NCS Division I champions. It’s also the Pirates’ first playoff loss to a program not named De La Salle since 2016.
Acalanes advances to the Division I semifinals for the second consecutive year, and will face No. 4-seeded San Ramon Valley next Friday.
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This article originally published at A player’s 8-touchdown night fuels big upset in Bay Area HS football playoffs.
