‘I’m back’: In zany homecoming game, Irvington tops Washington-Fremont as coach returns from suspension
FREMONT — After waiting for his assistant coaches to address his team, Irvington coach Anthony Jackson bounded up to his players with trademark enthusiasm and uttered two simple words.
But as its coach returned from a two-game suspension on Thursday night against Washington-Fremont, what mattered most afterward was that Irvington had secured a 21-16 win over the Huskies, however it came about.
“Accept the challenge, right?” Jackson told his team after the game. “It don’t matter who shows up. When we on our game, we can beat anybody on our schedule.”
Irvington head coach Anthony Jackson speaks to his players during a timeout while playing Washington in the fourth quarter of their game at Washington High School in Fremont, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
It wasn’t pretty. And in the final minute, the game action defied belief.
But when the whistle sounded on the game’s final play, a desperation heave batted down by Irvington’s Gabriel Aruwah, the victory was just as sweet as the Vikings could have hoped for.
“We just pushed through adversity,” Aruwah said. “We had to do what we had to do to win.”
Irvington’s Ethan Insixiengmay (0) runs past Washington’s Giovanni Scilacci-Braziel (18) in the first quarter of their game at Washington High School in Fremont, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
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