Bay Area high school football fans, especially those around Acalanes (Lafayette, Calif.) keep trying to convince Tyler Winkles to pursue the sport at the next level.
Perhaps after Winkles’ performance Friday in a stunning 70-54 win at heavily-favored Pittsburg, the speedy, athletic quarterback with a baseball scholarship to Washington State secured will change his mind.
According to David Kiefer of the Bay Area News Group, the 5-foot-11, 180-pound senior accounted for 607 yards and eight touchdowns as the seventh-seeded Dons (10-1) advanced in the North Coast Section Division 1 playoffs…