Welcome to the Coaches Corner, this is a blog about the Nordhoff Football program. Varsity, JV and Soph/Frosh will be represented in the blog. Pre-game, post-game and practice analogies will be give during these weeks.
Blitz Night!!!!
Has we finish up the Summer schedule, tonight we will be having our blitz night! If you see our players out and about the community. Please say hi and if you are so inclined, purchase one of the blitz cards. Its a discount card for local companies in the Ojai Valley and it’s a great fundraiser for the program. Please Help! we still need funds for uniforms and equipment! Thank you for your support.
July 9th
If you don’t have anything going on this weekend both the Varsity and JV teams will be at tournaments Saturday. The JV team with the Hogs will be at Ventura High School starting at 9:00 AM.
The Varsity team with Hogs will be at Rio Mesa High School starting at 9:00 AM. We look forward to seeing you out there supporting our players. GO RANGERS!
Summer War of 2016
The coaching staff and I declared WAR on the players Thursday…A classic Water Balloon fight ensued! see it here using your computer. The file is way to big for your phone or mobile devise.
Coach Wigg
Weekend review
Pictured Above Joey C, Zack Floyd, Michael Trejo, Brook Meier, John Riggs “AKA Terminator”, Austen Muelder, Nick Stringer “AKA Stinger”
Yeh I know it’s Wednesday but we’ve been very busy on the field! Both JV and Varsity are having the best week of practice since becoming head coach! We have talent on both teams. Last Saturday we went to the JV Westlake Tournament. We played Pacifica, Thousand Oaks, Canyon, Santa Barbara and Westlake B. As good as it was to see some old friends, and coaches that have mentored me through the years, it was awesome to see our players progress throughout the day.
Brook Meier really got in his groove in the last game against Westlake. Meier hooked up with Joey Canchola AKA “Joey C”, and Running back William Wiggins AKA “Curls” for two touchdowns a piece. Zack Floyd and Wiggins both had interceptions in the game as well. Overall the team made adjustments and look good at the end of the day.
This week they’ve been on FIRE! It looks like this is going to be a great group and we look forward to coaching them.
Varsity has been off from competition for a week and it’s been a good thing for us. I shared a story with the team about being open-minded to change. I think is set well, rather, it did set well. On Tuesday we ripped off 16 plays in 6 minutes and 23 secs. That means we ran a play spotted the ball and ran another play every 23 secs…BTW that’s pretty good ;0)
We are going to be off Friday July 2nd through July 4th. I hope you all have a great weekend and enjoy your family and friends over this holiday weekend. We have a Passing league at Ventura High School on July 5th starting at 4PM both JV and Varsity.
Summer Heat Wave & JV Passing Tournament
This week has been full of 112°F to 83°F within a day of each other. As always we will take precaution during practice to make sure the players are hydrated and safety is our highest priority. On another note we have the JV Westlake Tournament this weekend at Westlake High School. The schedules look like this:
9:20 am Nordhoff vs Thousand Oaks
10:40 am Nordhoff vs Canyon
11:20 am Nordhoff vs Chaminade
12:40 pm Nordhoff vs Pacifica
2:00 pm Westlake B vs Nordhoff
Come out and support your RANGERS!
Coach Wigg
Summer Football
Summer football is upon us and we’re jumping in head first. After Fridays orientation and practice the Varsity team goes to Westlake for the Conejo Classic. Here;s the schedule:
8:00 am Westlake Vs. Calabasas, Nordhoff Vs. Agoura
8:45am Westlake Vs. Canyon, Agoura Vs, Village Christian
9:30 am Calabasas Vs. Canyon , Nordhoff Vs. Village Chiristian
10:15am Westlake Vs. Nordhoff , Calabasas Vs. Agoura
11:00am Village Christian Vs. Canyon
After the pool play we get entered into the tournament, there are three locations, Westlake, Newbury Park and Thousand Oaks High Schools. This should be a fun event for our guys and fans.
Next week June 21st we’ll be in Fillmore at 430pm. Ranger football is in full swing for the summer, come out and support the team during practice and say hello, We start practice between 4:30 pm and 5:00 pm.
Go RANGERS!
Coach Wigg
Spring Game
The Nordhoff Ranger Football Spring game was a big success. I thought our players did a great job of competing for positions and worked very hard to impress the coaching staff and Fans attending. The blue team won the game 25-13. Both teams had some highlights. From the Blue Team Brendon Looker and Jesse Diaz have emerged as the go to receivers. Both Looker and Diaz have good speed and catch anything in sight. Looker played well on defense intercepting a ball and returning it 79 yards for a Defensive TD. The blue teams offensive was lead by RB Jake Perry who ripped of runs down the side line all night.
From the Gold Team Tanner Garnsey, Bryan Garcia, Scott Barron, Austin Cansler, Braydon Rogers and Jared Skaggs had good games. Scott Barron and Braydon Rogers combined int the back field for a 192 yard rushing night, Jerad Skaggs had the one of the longest pass completions when he hooked up With Torrey Nicholson for 50 yards. Austin Cansler and Bryan Garcia had some great blocking up front for the Gold team. Tanner Garnsey was virtually unstoppable for the Gold Defense. Tanner ended the night as the Games MVP and it was well deserved.
The Rangers Summer practices will begin June 17th, looking forward to the incoming Freshman and a new start to our Rangers Football Program!
Coach Wigg
Lift-A-Thon
Week 1 Coming to a Close
As week one is coming to a close I wanted to share how presently surprised I am with our TEAM. They have been working hard in and out of the GYM and the Field. They are picking up the terminology quickly and are starting to find their rhythm. We have a long way to go but the start is a good one. I would like to share some advise for those players still on the fence about playing this year. Whatever decision you make, don’t regret it. I am okay with whatever you decide you want to do. I will always encourage you to play sports and enjoy your high school career, trust me…Work will wait for you and forty years from now it’ll still be there.
Lastly we’ve had some outstanding support from our community. Today I would like to acknowledge David Skaggs and the JJ’s family for his donation to the program! Thank you Dave!
SPRING Football is coming!!!!!
Well after four months in the works our Spring football is almost here! Starting May 9th NHS Ranger football will kick off its 2016 season. Your coaching staff has been working hard to set schedules and work around to be apart of this historical program! I think I can speak for my staff, we are ALL looking forward to this upcoming year! I encourage all alumni to come by and say hello, donate to the program and support it in any way. Our Golf tournament is May 21st, if you haven’t signed up yet you better hurry, we are almost at FULL!!! If you’d like to donate raffle prizes you can contact Mike Dawkins at 805- 340- 1057.
Our Spring practice will go from May 9th thru June 3rd from 5-7:30 at NHS, either on the back field or the main field, come by and support your Ranger Football Players! Also check out the webpage and become a member for special deals and posts from the program. We want to thank Westside Electric for their uniform sponsorship! We are $2500 away from completing our goals for new home and away uniforms! Any way you can help would be great!
Lastly, I want to recognize some players for their community service over the last weekend, all of your coaches and your community are very PROUD of you!
Mr Anderson, Carlos Bautista, Nick Cansler, Max Chandler, Kyle Clark, Tim Hilmer-Wiggins, Trevor Lightner, Christian Messoline, Torry Nicholson, Braydon “bubs” Rogers, Cade Sauer, Jared Skaggs, Trevor Stout, Chris Stringer, Jackson “tuna” Tayler, Jesse Vasquez, Parker Johnsen, Bruno Bahena, GO RANGERS!!!!
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