In a football game that was the centerpiece of the school's centennial celebration, Nordhoff defeated Villanova, 47-7, Saturday afternoon. It was Nordhoff's third straight victory.

Northern Division

St. Bonaventure 42, Los Angeles Jordan 21: Meyer leads Seraphs by David Lassen in Los Angeles.
Moorpark 31, Ventura 7: Rohach singled out for Moorpark by Loren Ledin in Moorpark.
Channel Islands 28, Santa Clara 7: CI uses sizeable advantage by Derry Eads in Oxnard.
Oxnard 30, San Luis Obispo 14: Oxnard rallies by staff reports

Northwest Division

Oaks Christian 28, Skyline (Wash.) 25: Oaks wins battle by Mason Kelly, Seattle Times
Fillmore 27, Bishop Diego 25: Big plays lift Fillmore by Barry Punzal in Santa Barbara
Nordhoff 14, Santa Ynez 12: Nordhoff hangs on by Ted Cotti in Ojai

Some news, notes and highlights from Friday night's games:

Oaks Christian 28, Skyline 25: The Lions took a big step toward a bowl berth by passing their toughest test of the season on the road in Washington. Oaks (3-0) jumped out to an early 14-0 lead, and managed to hold off a late Skyline charge. Malcolm Jones (19 carries, 133 yards) scored the game-winning touchdown on a 48-yard run in the fourth quarter, and Max Napolitano clinched the win with an interception in the waning seconds. Playing in the state he will soon reside full time, Oaks quarterback Nick Montana, a University of Washington commit, completed 21 of 32 passes for 258 yards and three touchdowns to hand Skyline QB Jake Heaps his first high school loss. But the most pressing question of the night might have been how many times ESPNU showed Joe Montana and his wife on the split screen. Can you say overkill?

Moorpark 31, Ventura 7: Moorpark (3-0) employed a single-QB offense with Brody Rohach taking all the snaps and Brian Blechen being used as a receiver and defensive back. Rohach passed for 177 yards and touchdowns of 50, 42 and 23 yards. Should we expect this to continue? Ever-coy Moorpark coach Tim Lins wasn't telling. Ventura (0-2) cut down on its turnovers, but its offense couldn't generate much against Moorpark's strong defense.

Channel Islands 28, Santa Clara 7: Raise your hand if you had Channel Islands and Hueneme both starting the season 3-0. Didn't think so. But CI used its passing attack to improve to 3-0 for the first time in 19 years. QB Bobby Diaz was 13 of 20 for 209 yards and one touchdown. Santa Clara committed four turnovers to fall to 0-2.

Nordhoff 14, Santa Ynez 12: Nordhoff held off the Santa Ynez comeback when Logan Crow intercepted a pass with 40 seconds remaining. The Rangers led 14-0 behind touchdowns from Cody Burgess (117 yards rushing) and Crow. Santa Ynez failed on a two-point conversion to tie the game on its second score with 7:38 to play. Nordhoff QB Skyler Logsdon was 10 of 20 for 133 yards.

St. Bonaventure 42, L.A. Jordan 21: Friday night lights was Friday afternoon sunlight for the Seraphs (3-0) as they played a day game. Senior QB Logan Meyer had his best statistical performance of the season, completing 18 for 25 for 312 yards and three touchdowns in just three quarters. Meyer started 7 for 7 for 187 yards and two touchdowns.

Fillmore 27, Bishop Diego 25:  The Flashes rallied for their first win when Zach Golson caught a pass from Corey Cole on 3rd-and 11 and sprinted 85 yards down the right sideline for the game-winning touchdown. Bishop Diego opened the game by scoring a touchdown on the very first play from scrimmage - a 72-yard scamper by Brandon Gonzalez - and led 13-0 at one point.

Oxnard 30, San Luis Obispo 14: That long bus ride was much more pleasurable thanks to those 20 points Oxnard scored in the fourth quarter to rally for the win. The Yellowjackets trailed 14-10 entering the final quarter, but Henry Fernandez ran for three touchdowns. Fernandez compiled 103 of his 166 yards rushing in the fourth quarter. Alex Gavin had 103 yards rushing.

Thacher 52, Cuyama Valley 6: QB Austin Krause threw for 143 yards and three touchdowns for the Toads in an eight-man road victory.   
  

CIF-SS Division II playoffs, first round

Cypress 11, Buena 10

CIF-SS Division IV playoffs, first round

St. Bonaventure 6, San Marino 5: Strikeouts by Nolan Rodarte left the bases loaded in the sixth and seventh innings as the senior recorded his school-record 10th save of the season and guided the Seraphs into the second round for the fifth straight season. Senior J.J. Lasalle picked up the win in relief to improve to 6-2. Senior catcher Mike Marrietta was 3 for 4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. St. Bonaventure faces La Quinta Tuesday.

St. Paul 2, Oaks Christian 1 (8 inn.): Nick Pann went 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI, Drew Hacker scored a run and had a stolen base and Travis Radke pitched seven innings, allowing two earned runs with three strikeouts, for the Lions (12-9).

Palm Desert 6, Oak Park 0

CIF-SS Division VI playoffs, first round

Santa Paula 6, Rio Hondo 0: Allen Gwynn went 2 for 3 with two runs scored, a home run, double and an RBI for the Cardinals (20-8). Gwynn also threw a shutout with 12 strikeouts. C.J. Castaneda went 3 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored. Justin Macias had two RBIs, a run scored, a double and a hit.

Nordhoff 9, Kern Valley 1: Tom Quackenbush went 3 for 3, including a two-run double that was part of a five-run second inning, and Dan Stoner scattered nine hits while allowing just one run in a complete-game effort. Nordoff (9-10) picked up its eighth win in 10 games.

Poly/Pasadena 8, Grace Brethren 4

Santa Paula, Grace Brethren and Nordhoff finished the Frontier League baseball season tied for first place with 6-2 records.

All matches first round.


Division I

Newbury Park 1, Los Alamitos 0: Steven Trujillo scored the game¹s only goal in the
77th minute off an assist by Julian Laria. Nick Harrison had a key pass to
set up Laria¹s assist.

Division II

Ventura 3, Palos Verdes 2: Adrew Creightion,James Greider and Able Tadeo scored.

Division IV

No. 1 Channel Islands 5, Burbank 2: Jesus Landeros and David Torres had a goal and an assist apiece.  Miguel Rico, Salvador Mendoza and Josh Vasquez rounded out the scoring.
Rio Mesa 3, Pasadena 1: Jerry Ponce scored in the 16th and 75th minutes and Javier Marquez scored the game winner, off an assist from Dustin Figueroa, in the 60th minute.
North Torrance 3, Oxnard 1: Hugo Rosales scored in the first half off an assist by
Edson Flores. North Torrance scored all of its goals in the second half.

Division VI

Nordhoff 3, Shalhevet 0: Moustafa Ismail scored two goals and Keiko David had
two assists. Bruce Vargas scored a goal and Jorge Reyes had an assist.

Division I-AA
Long Beach Wilson 65, Oxnard 49

Division I-A
No. 5 Ventura 73, Hawthorne 47
Ventura will visit No. 12 Los Osos, 66-43 winners over California, Friday
Lancaster 63, Pacifica 49

Division II-AA
No. 1 Thousand Oaks 69, Canyon Country-Canyon 41
Buena 61, Walnut 59
Thousand Oaks will host Buena Friday

Division II-A
No. 6 Simi Valley 66, Compton 62
Simi Valley will visit Rowland, 50-41 winner over No. 11 Sunny Hills, Friday night
Mayfair 64, Camarillo 39
No. 16 Santa Barbara 58, Westlake 52

Division III-AA
Arroyo Grande 69, No. 7 Agoura 58
St. John Bosco 63, Rio Mesa 55
No. 6 North Torrance 102, Moorpark 56

Division IV-A
No. 5 Oaks Christian 75, Morro Bay 62
Oaks Christian will play Banning, 51-43 winners over Fairmont Prep, Friday
No. 6 Santa Clara 80, Santa Ynez 43
Santa Clara will play No. 11 Cerritos Valley Christian, 64-52 winners over Costa Mesa, Friday
Fillmore 59, Carpinteria 53
Fillmore will host No. 2 Price,  73-45 winners over Whittier Christian, Friday
Crespi 70, Nordhoff 45

Division IV-AA
St. Francis 57, Santa Paula 41

Division V-A
No. 14 Pilibos 41, Thacher 38

Division VI-AA
No. 13 Newbury Park Adventist 66, Cuyama Valley 44
Newbury Park Adventist  will play Hesperia Christian, 57-31 winners over Desert Chapel, Friday.

La Reina High's Mary Kate Jankowski grabbed a school-record 27 rebounds in a 44-32 loss to Nordhoff on Thursday night.

Jankowski bettered the old record by one rebound. Michelle Reuss pulled down 26 rebounds in a game against St. Bonaventure in the 1983-84 season.

Jankowski's 27 rebounds ties her for 7th with four others on the county single-game rebounding list. Royal's Julie Lendl is first with 35 rebounds against Newbury Park in 1975.

Ashley White scored four goals as the Rio Mesa High women's water polo team (20-5) improved to 6-0 in the Pacific View League with a 14-0 win over Camarillo.

Searra Silverberg scored six goals while teammates Sophie Balate, Gianna Date and Miranda Bard scored three each as the Malibu High girls water polo team improve to 5-0 in the Tri-Valley League with a 18-1 win over Nordhoff (4-11, 2-4).

Oaks Christian and Nordhoff opened Tri-Valley League play with girls' basketball wins Tuesday night

Crystal Owusu had 13 points and  nine rebounds, Katie Brooks had 12 points, eight rebounds and four blocks and Brianna Barrett added 12 points and six steals as Oaks Christian School  opened with a 52-32 win at Villanova, which was led by 12 points from Hannah Kolbeck.

Carmen Cotsis had 11 points and four steals and Nicole Bergmann had seven points and nine rebounds as Nordhoff scored 15 of the first 17 points along the way to a 53-28 win over La Reina.

It was unusual enough that Nordhoff High tried to convert on fourth down on every one of its possessions in Friday's 62-8 loss to Oaks Christian.
But it was even more unusual because of where those fourth-down attempts were coming -- usually deep in Ranger territory.
Here's a list of the fourth-down plays (correcting my story, Nordhoff was 3 of 11, not 3 of 12):
First quarter
4th and 2, Nordhoff 33: Parker Johnsen run for 1 yard. (Oaks scored in five plays)
4th and 18, Nordhoff 12: Drew Rodriguez pass intercepted by Brian Owusu, returned for touchdown.
4th and 13, Nordhoff 43: Incomplete pass. (Oaks did not score on ensuing possession.)
4th and 11, Nordhoff 28: First down on pass interference penalty.
Second quarter
4th and 18, Nordhoff 40: Incomplete pass. (Oaks did not score on ensuing possession.)
4th and 10, Nordhoff 23: Incomplete pass. (Oaks scored in three plays).
4th and 6, Nordhoff 24: First down on pass interference penalty.
Third quarter
4th and 7, Nordhoff 23: Incomplete pass. (Oaks scored in four plays.)
Fourth quarter
4th and 11, Nordhoff 18: Incomplete pass (Oaks scored in four plays.)
4th and 5, Oaks 43: First down on Rodriguez pass to Justin Burgess.
4th and 7, Oaks 16: Rodriguez sacked for 10-yard loss. (Oaks runs out clock and game)
A couple of other elements which contributed to the bizarre nature of the game: After Nordhoff scored its touchdown on a Johnsen run late in the fourth quarter, the entire team came off the bench to congratulate him. And trailing 62-8 with less than five minutes remaining, Nordhoff executed a successful onside kick, which led to the last of those fourth-down attempts.

Jim Benkert of Westlake and Cliff Farrar of Buena moved up one spot on the Ventura County all-time wins list for coaches.

Ted Cotti recaps Nordhoff's 49-18 win over Villanova in the Battle of Ojai on HomeFieldSports.com's Friday Football Final on KVTA AM 1520:

And here's Richie Wohlers' recap of the Royal High football team's 41-0 win over Calabasas:

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After two tough years in the Tri-Valley League, Grace Brethren and Nordhoff have become Division IV-A girls' volleyball powers this fall as members of the Frontier League.