Boze plays volleyball at University of Jamestown

JAMESTOWN, N.D. – Joshua Boze of Murrieta will play with the University of Jamestown men’s volleyball team this spring. The team’s first game is at home Friday, Jan. 27, against Kansas Wesleyan University.

Boze is in his fourth year with the team, wears jersey No. 20 and plays middle blocker for the Jimmies.

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The University of Jamestown was established in 1883 and is ranked as a top tier regional school in US News and World Report and a top Midwestern school in The Princeton Review. The school features development of the whole person through its distinctive

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University starts

Valley-Wide is all about – good sportsmanship.”

San Jacinto Education Foundation President Jerry Peebles told the players, “There have been 888 games played at the high school and this is the greatest season in the history of San Jacinto; I congratulate you for it.”

Assistant Principal Bill Powell served as the Tigers’ football coach for 20 years, 17 of them as Head Coach. He said it is very special to see the team go this far. He was able to attend their final game and said it was a great experience.

“This is a special group of kids who showed their mettle on several occasions in close games,” he said. “A very mature group who exhibited great poise. They were great representatives of our school.”

Powell said Coach Galliano and his staff should be commended for their tireless work this season with an outstanding group of young men. He noted that Galliano was also named Inland Empire Sports Network Coach of the Year, Inland Sports Coach of the Year, CIF Division 6 Coach of the Year and Mountain Pass Coach of the Year.

“He did a great job of pushing all the right buttons to keep the team focused on the task at hand. He works extremely hard and really cares about these kids,” Powell said. “This was a very selfless group of kids who cared about each other and not about their own accomplishments. I was appreciative of the opportunity to be around them as much as I was.”

Coach Galliano has been at San Jacinto High for 10 years as a teacher and coach. He coached under Powell for two years before taking over in 2015. He’s been head coach for eight seasons. In prior years under his leadership, the team reached the finals in 2018 and in 2019 they made it to the semifinals.

“This season the kids all believed in our vision and expectations we put forth at the start of summer football,” he said. “We were stronger on offense; we led the state No. 38 nationally in scoring with 701 total points scored.”

At the rally he said he was humbled to be there “to continue the legacy that Coach Powell put forth and to have the honor to take over for him and lead this program and be able to do what we were able to do this year. I couldn’t have done it without him and his support, as well as our administration and the stability of our coaching staff.”

San Jacinto High School

Principal Kristi Coulter, who emceed the rally, addressed the 60+ players in her closing remarks. “When you become champions, you become leaders on campus and people are watching you. I want to commend you guys for being the gentlemen you are,” she said.

After the team’s championship win at their home stadium on Dec. 2, they traveled to Sacramento to face Grant High School on their turf Dec. 10. It was a community effort to help the team make the successful trip up north and Coach Galliano said the district did a phenomenal job coordinating everything.

Amanda Galliano said, “The best part of the season, on a professional note, was seeing the overall growth of the team and coaches. I think what we forget sometimes is it’s not always easy winning games, especially by large margins. In fact, it is often harder to remain focused and keep the work ethic and intensity at the level it is required to be at to continue to prepare for the more difficult postseason games.”

This year’s Tigers played 16 football games, which is one less than what an NFL team would play in a regular season. Amanda said, “I have the unique perspective to see just how much our student athletes, their families, our coaching staff and their families have sacrificed to do what they did this year. Along with that, the San Jacinto Unified School District, Soboba Foundation, alumni and community support was like no other and I am extremely proud to have been a part of the experience as their current Athletic Director.”

CIF made contributions as well as the Soboba Foundation and Hemet Sportsman’s Club. Families pitched in for snacks and drinks for players for the final game.

“When we first found out the team was going to State, I reached out to other members of the Foundation to see what we could do to help. I’m happy we were able to contribute,” Dondi Silvas said.

Pyle said the district was able to use some discretionary funds to help pay expenses for the trip. “The Soboba Foundation’s generous donation made a huge difference. We wouldn’t have been able to do things at the same level we did without the support of Soboba,” he said.

The San Jacinto Tiger Varsity Football fall roster, which includes 28 seniors, alphabetically: Marty Acebedo, Ahlijah Afemata, Luis Aguilar, Victor Alvarez, Elijah Arrellano, Ervin Barnes, Jayden Brown, Jeremiah Brown, Malachi Brown, Denton Capell, Dejon Carter, Jayden Cruz, Josue Cubarrubias, Erik Cuevas, Dereun Dortch, PJ Enosa, David Enriquez, Ryan Esqueda-Long, James Felio, Noah Frazier, Jason Geffrard, Erik Gonzalez, Sean Gordon, Tashawn Greene, Dillon Gresham, Hayden Grigsby, Ryan Guilford, Jonathon Hollins, Vincent Holmes, Bryan Jackson, Angel Jones, Deyton Kersey, Kiu (Q) Kupu, Solomon Kupu, Daylen Love, Noe Mares, Ralphy Martinez, Kartell MatuuMalepeai, London Miguel, David Myers, Jayden Nelson, Nehemiah Norwood, Troy Oloa, Pule Onosa, Ramiro Orozco, Joshua Orta,

Roger Ortero, Dylan Prieto, Jomini Ransom, Andrew Rocha, Austin Rosales, Martin Sanchez, Malakhy Siitia, Ryan Sims, Aiden Stinnett, Christopher Tautolo, Andre Taylor, Diego Teo, Julian Thomas, James Tolliver, Tevita Tukunga, Josiah Vaifanua, James Walker, Hajani Washington, Sebastion Wood, Enoch Woods, Andrew Zepeda and Nathan Zunner.

For more information, www. nfhsnetwork.com/schools/sanjacinto-high-school-san-jacintoca/football or #fearthepaw.