UPDATED, 10:30 p.m.: Sorry for the update drought, but there was really not much to say. More Tyler Bray, more London Lacy (that's Bray's backup), continuing to torch the Taft secondary. Kingsburg wins it 39-0 and will go on to the semifinals to play either Arvin at home or Visalia-Central Valley Christian on the road. For the record, I was extremely impressed with the Vikings, who could quite easily be your Division IV champion coming from a No. 4 seed.
Taft coach Steve Sprague was disappointed after the game, more with getting shut out and missing some opportunities than with losing itself. I think he knew his team was up against a pretty good test tonight. But the Wildcats are young, and they returned just seven starters from last year's 12-1 Division IV championship team. They'll be back, you can be sure of that.
Happy Thanksgiving everybody. Check back for a podcast, and we'll talk more football Friday.

UPDATED, 8:21 p.m.: Not good news for the folks who drove up north from Taft tonight. Kingsburg leads 26-0 at halftime behind a phenomenal first half from Tyler Bray. The Vikings quarterback is 17-of-26 passing for 223 yards and three touchdowns and has 41 rushing yards and another score on the ground. He's completed passes to nine different receivers.
Kingsburg has exactly 300 yards of total offense; Taft has 51. Funny thing is, I'm not sure Kingsburg is that much better than Taft. But the Vikings have run 42 plays to Taft's 19. They've consistently moved the chains on offense and come up with big plays when they needed them on D. I can't say Taft has much hope here, but there's still time on the clock, so we'll see what the defending D-IV champs can do.

UPDATED, 7:52 p.m.: The Tyler Bray show continues. The junior escapes pressure, rolls out and finds tight end Jason Linman wide open for a 24-yard touchdown to make it 19-0 with about four minutes to play in the first half. Taft has had the ball in the red zone both times it's had the ball, but the Wildcats have missed a field goal and failed on a fourth-down attempt. It's an uphill climb now with a running offense, but Taft is driving again.

UPDATED, 7:34 p.m.: Kingsburg's passing game hasn't been slowed by the steady downpour here, as Tyler Bray has moved the Vikings easily down the field twice, scoring once with his arm and again with his feet. He already has 97 yards passing and 29 rushing early in the second quarter. Kingsburg leads 13-0, but as I type, Taft has driven inside the Kingsburg 20. Important series here.

ORIGINAL POST, 7:12 p.m.: Greetings from rainy Kingsburg, where it's a good thing that (a) the school district here installed artificial turf on its new field a few years back and (b) they have a press box with a roof so I'm not electrocuted while blogging.
Probably not so pleasant for those in the stands or down on the pitch (that's a soccer term, for the uncultured).
Anyway, should be a good battle here tonight. Kingsburg took the opening kickoff and marched inside the Taft 10 and now faces a third-and-goal from the 6. And it's a touchdown pass from Tyler Bray to Caleb Fink for an early 7-0 lead. Bray was 5-of-7 for 60 yards to four different receivers on that drive, so Taft at least knows what it has to fix.
I'll update here as much as possible, but we have early deadlines due to Thanksgiving, so forgive me if I'm busy writing the story instead. Happy Thanksgiving to everybody, by the way.