Paced by four touchdowns and over 200 yards on the ground from senior Cody Christopher, Mariposa's Grizzlies handily dispatched the Lindhurst Blazers, 34-0, Friday night in the Gold Bowl. It was a first round clash of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division V football playoffs that ended 180 degrees different than last season when the Blazers eliminated Mariposa in the same game.

The Grizzlies scored in every quarter and dominated the contest before a shamefully small hometown crowd under a fairly constant light rain.

Mariposa will now travel to Sacramento next Friday to take on top-seeded Capital Christian while Le Grand hosts Highlands in its playoff match. In the other first round battle, Denair fell to Highlands, 24-21.

Look for complete game details, and a preview of the Capital Christian challenge in the next edition of the Mariposa Gazette.