Jonathan Pierce

SportStar Of The Week | Freedom-Oakley | Football | Senior • In one the best back-and-forth games of the season in the East Bay, Pierce helped keep the Falcons’ perfect season in tact by leading them to a 41-38 victory at previously-unbeaten Pittsburg. Pierce’s 34-yard touchdown pass to Giles Jackson was the game-winning score with 1:35 left in the contest. It was Pierce’s sixth completion of the night that went for 30 yards or more. He finished with 220 yards passing, with the one touchdown and one interception (just his second of the season). However, he also reached the end zone twice himself. He caught a touchdown pass from running back Ronnie Rivers for the first score of the game, and then rushed for a 12-yard score late in the first half. While Rivers has certainly grabbed most of the headlines with his 1,600 rushing yards and 27 total TDs through nine games, Pierce has been an underrated weapon for the team that’s already clinched at least a share of the Bay Valley Athletic League crown. Through nine games, Pierce has completed 60 percent of his passes for 1,709 yards and 26 TDs. He’s also rushed for three scores. 

Honorable Mentions:

   BENNETT WILLIAMS:  The St. Francis-Mountain View defensive back set his school’s career interception record at 17 with his sixth pick of the season in a gritty 13-10 overtime win over Valley Christian-San Jose on Oct. 28.

St Francis High School players Bennett Williams, and Cyrus Habibi-Likio, after football practices on Wednesday, August 17, 2016. ( Norbert von der Groeben / SportStars )

   CEYENNA TILLMAN: Christian Brothers-Sacramento volleyball’s senior libero anchored the Falcons’ defense en route to an undefeated Capital Athletic League season. CBS finished the regular season with a 23-5 record that included just one loss to a Sac-Joaquin Section foe, and earned the No. 1 seed in the SJS Div. III playoffs.