Friday, September 28, 2012

Nordhoff rolls over Royals

The Nordhoff Rangers improved to 6-0 on the season after steamrolling the San Marcos Royals tonight, 55-7. Nordhoff came into the game nursing some injuries and played without leading rusher Tayler Livingston. However, the Rangers got a huge game from junior running back Matt Woodcock, who scored four touchdowns on the night.

Quarterback Tanner Workman also played well, throwing three touchdown passes in the game to Jake Boyd, Austin Wolcott and Taylor Brown. Nordhoff's other touchdown was scored by Jake Kundle.

With the win, Rangers complete their non-league schedule perfect on the season and they will enjoy their bye week before heading into Tri-Valley League play when they face Oak Park. For more information on Nordhoff's big win over San Marcos, see Wednesday's ONV

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Rangers score upset over Thousand Oaks

Friday night was a night Nordhoff football fans will not soon forget. The Rangers took on the Thousand Oaks Lancers and came away with a 29-21 victory. NHS jumped out to a 7-0 lead after Tanner Workman connected with Eric Lara on a 16-yard scoring play. The Lancers tied the game at 7-7, but then the Rangers posted another score late in the first half when Tayler Livingston scored on a short run with 11 seconds to play in the half.

In the second half, Thousand Oaks tied the game and then went ahead 21-14. Trailing for the first time all season, the Rangers came right back when Workman connected with Lara for a second time, this time from 69-yards out. Head coach Tony Henney decided to go for two and it paid off when Workman found Austin Wolcott in the end zone to give the Rangers the 22-21 lead.

Nordhoff put the game away late in the fourth quarter when Livingston broke through the line on a third and one play and scampered 59 yards for the score to give the Rangers the 29-21 win.

For more details, stats and quotes on Nordhoff's huge win, see Wednesday's OVN.

Friday, September 14, 2012

Nordhoff thumps Nipomo

Special teams, solid defense and big plays on offense helped propel the Nordhoff Rangers to a lopsided 56-13 win over the Nipomo Titans tonight. Tayler Livingston rushed for three touchdowns and quarterback Tanner Workman threw touchdown passes to Brad Sloan, Eric Lara and Austin Wolcott. The Rangers got after the Titans on special teams and recorded several massive hits on the night, one resulted in fumble that Brandon Wadsworth scooped up and ran back for a touchdown. Daniel Cornejo added a late touchdown to cap the scoring on the night.

With the win, the Rangers improve to 4-0 on the season as they head into a huge game against Thousand Oaks on Friday night. See Wednesday's OVN for more detail and stats on Nordhoff's latest win.

Friday, September 07, 2012

Rangers take out Lancers, 48-7

On a night where Nordhoff High School inducted 10 new members to their Athletic Hall of Fame, the Nordhoff football team hammered an outmanned Grace Brethren team, 48-7. The Rangers jumped out to a 27-0 first quarter lead and then extended that lead to 41-0 at the half. Junior quarterback Tanner Workman had his best game of the season, throwing for four touchdowns. Workman connected with Jake Boyd and Eric Lara twice on scoring plays during the game. Tayler Livingston scored two touchdowns on the ground and Matt Woodcock added a score to end the night for the Rangers. With the win, the Rangers advance to 3-0 on the season.

See Wednesday's OVN for more details on Nordhoff's third win of the season.