Football Recap: Nordhoff Rangers vs. Channel Islands Raiders
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Nordhoff). They blew past the Channel Islands Raiders, posting a 41-7 win. Considering the Rangers have won four matches by more than 32 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Nordhoff was led to victory by Jameson Moya and Michael Dennie. Moya gained 207 total yards and two touchdowns, while Dennie threw for 276 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.5 yards per attempt. Moya also punched in two rushing touchdowns, which is notable because Nordhoff is 6-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise. 90 of Dennie's passing yards were hauled in by Jeremy Kirchner.
Nordhoff didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kirchner and Uriel Covarrubias. Christopher Calderon was another major factor on D, forcing a fumble, making seven total tackles, and defending four passes.
Nordhoff is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. As for Channel Islands, they dropped their record down to 1-8 with the loss, which was their fourth straight at home.
Nordhoff will face off against Hamilton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hamilton is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29.7 points per game this season. Channel Islands does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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