"Watch how we time the action in each play," Griff said to Caydance as the game film rolled. In the first play of the first possession, River Angelos threw a 30 yard pass down field to a place where -- as if by magic -- Baroni Nicoli Fiore (aka "The Baron") arrived at precisely the right time to catch it.

From a six pack that had been left on the cottage doorstep by an unidentified parent, there were several bottles of Corona beer on the table in the coach's cottage. Out the window the sun was setting; no lights in the cottage were turned on. The film rolled. "Here's where we set the pace for the game and force Sac Valley's defense to spread thinly across the field."

Two more rapidly executed deep passes, and Huygens was at the Sac Valley 20. "See those big men wearing gold and Green Bay Packers dark green? We'd like to avoid meeting these guys in the red zone."

River passed the ball to Cupertino transfer DeJuan Achebe. Achebe arrived at precisely the right time; caught the ball in the end zone.