How to resolve AdBlock issue? Boyd earns academic honors
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- Published: Friday, 26 June 2020 08:52
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Former Nordhoff Ranger and current Baylor Bear pitcher, Luke Boyd, recently earned a spot on the Academic All Big 12 team. This is the second time Boyd has earned this recognition in his time at Baylor. In order to be eligible, student athletes must earn a 3.2 grade point average or better. At the time the NCAA baseball season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Boyd was having a terrific season and was tied for the national lead in saves with 6. He also posted an impressive earned run average of 0.83 through 9 appearances.
Sundowner golf hits the midway point of season
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- Published: Friday, 26 June 2020 08:48
The first half of the Sundowner golf league season wrapped up June 23 at Soule Park Golf Course. Team Bogeymen were able to fend off a furious charge by the team of Shut The Putt Up to hang on to the title of the highest-scoring team in the first half.
Remember when?
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- Published: Friday, 26 June 2020 08:48
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Very few local football players saw the kind of success former Villanova Preparatory School star Raegan Mang did during his four-year varsity career. Mang started at quarterback as a freshman, and then eventually made the transition to running back and wide receiver later in his career and put up some of the most impressive stats in Ventura County history. The former Wildcat was best known for his productivity on offense, but he was also a force for VPS on defense and special teams.
CIF to determine fate of fall sports by July 20
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- Published: Friday, 19 June 2020 10:15
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Schools like Nordhoff High School hope to open athletic facilities in anticipation of fall sports getting underway. The CIF recently announced it hopes to make a decision on fall sports by July 20, but uncertainty around COVID-19 continues to slow the decision-making process.
Mike Miller, Ojai Valley News sports editor
As high school athletes, coaches and fans across the country eagerly await word on whether or not fall sports will kick off as planned, the California Interscholastic Federation recently released a statement about its timeline to make a decision.
Celebrating Ojai's seniors
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- Published: Friday, 19 June 2020 10:13
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This week we celebrate Nordhoff High School standouts Carla Rodas and Korey Stevens. Rodas was a star track and field athlete and she was also a force on the soccer field for the Rangers as well.
Davis' albatross highlights Sundowner golf league play
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- Published: Friday, 19 June 2020 10:10
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Scotty Davis stands on the 5th green at Soule Park after his double-eagle albatross on the par five hole.
Scotty Davis stole the show in week five Sundowner play by hitting one of the most memorable shots in recent league memory. Davis, of Bob Martin's Leftovers, was able to jar a five-iron from nearly 200 yards away on the par-5 fifth hole at Soule Park to record an extremely rare double-eagle. The gross score of 2 is referred to as an "albatross" and is one of only a handful that have occurred over the course of the league's 30-year history.
Nordhoff Ranger cheer squad to be led by Avila
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- Published: Friday, 12 June 2020 11:02
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Paola Avila was recently named head coach of the Nordhoff High School cheer team.
Mike Miller, Ojai Valley News sports editor
Paola Avila joined the Nordhoff High School cheer team as a freshman and was a member of the squad all four years of her high school career, now the 2017 graduate will serve as the program’s head coach.
Teams jockey for position in Sundowner standings
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- Published: Friday, 12 June 2020 11:00
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Matt Buck of the Scramblers hits his tee shot on the first hole in recent Sundowner golf action.
The Scramblers team exploded for 71 total points June 4 as part of the Sundowner Golf League week three play. The 71-point total is the highest team total in recent memory, and helped the team jump from tenth place all the way into the top spot for the week.
Starlight dancers get creative
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- Published: Friday, 12 June 2020 10:58
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As sports activities in the Ojai Valley slowly start making a comeback, the Starlight Dance Academy recently began offering outdoor dance classes in the parking lot of its studio.
Remember When?
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- Published: Friday, 12 June 2020 10:56
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One of the best defensive players in Nordhoff High School football history was 2011 graduate Keegan Shirck (No. 31). Shirck was an undersized linebacker but what he lacked in size, he more than made up for with tenacity and nose for the football.
Nash takes over Nordhoff girls' basketball
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- Published: Thursday, 04 June 2020 15:31
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Scott Nash was recently named head coach of the Nordhoff High girls’ basketball program after the retirement of former head coach Ted Cotti.
Mike Miller, Ojai Valley News sports editor
A lifelong love and passion for the game of basketball has resulted in Scott Nash getting his dream job. Nash recently accepted the head coaching job for girls’ basketball at Nordhoff High School, a position he is thrilled to take on.
Celebrating Ojai's seniors
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- Published: Thursday, 04 June 2020 15:25
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Jasmine Ramirez was one of the most promising distance runners to come out of Nordhoff High School in recent years. Ramirez was looking to rewrite the NHS record books before COVID-19 halted the spring track and field season. Local track and field fans have not heard the last of Ramirez, as she will compete for Ventura College next season.
Casitas rowing team to offer free camps to local youth
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- Published: Thursday, 04 June 2020 15:23
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Members of the Lake Casitas rowing team take to the water in a recent training session. The team is now offering free summer camps for area youth.
Mike Miller, Ojai Valley News sports editor
As sports slowly begin the process of reopening, the Casitas rowing team recently announced they will be offering all summer campus free of charge for local youth. The free camps were made possible by a grant from the LA84 Foundation in Los Angeles.
Coaching legend Henney on Nordhoff High football: 'I Remember...'
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- Published: Thursday, 04 June 2020 15:20
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The 1992 Nordhoff Rangers celebrate their league championship.
This is the eighth in a series of reflections during this COVID-19 shutdown on some of the people and stories that have graced the pages of the Ojai Valley News. Tony Henney played football for the Rangers and then became a coaching legend, leading the Rangers to their first-ever CIF title.
LEGENDARY COACH AND FORMER NORDHOFF RANGER TONY HENNEY:
'I remember the chants and the plays. I remember that, all of sudden, wearing a Nordhoff football shirt in town or at school was cool. I remember that if you wrote in a yearbook to 'keep the tradition alive,' you were now talking about winning. I remember seeing the kids looking through the fence and then watching them become Rangers.
I remember that every groomsman in my wedding was a Nordhoff Ranger, I remember ... '
Tony Henney, Special to the Ojai Valley News
I remember Nordhoff High School football in the 1980s like it was yesterday. When I was 7 years old, I got to be a ball boy, but there were lots of losses. In fact, Nordhoff football lost more games than any other team in Ventura County during that decade. However, there was a glimmer of hope in 1986. NHS had won six games and just beat a very good Agoura team. But, because of a paperwork mistake, the Rangers forfeited all of their wins and finished 1-9 to further extend their losing tradition.
Celebrating Ojai's seniors
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- Published: Thursday, 04 June 2020 14:56
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Villanova Prep senior Kadin Mouderres was a standout soccer, tennis and water polo player for the Wildcats. Mouderres was the co-captain of this year’s tennis team, although soccer was his favorite sport while at VPS.
Strong coaching tradition propels Ranger football
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- Published: Friday, 29 May 2020 09:56
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Cliff Farrar is joined by his family before a game in 2007. Farrar won 150 games as the head coach for the Nordhoff Rangers.
This is the seventh in a series of reflections during this COVID-19 shutdown on some of the people and stories that have graced the pages of the Ojai Valley News.
Mike Miller, Ojai Valley News sports editor
When Lenny Roberts hired me in the summer of 2006 to cover the upcoming Nordhoff High School football season for the Ojai Valley News, he gave me a few bits of advice (the best was to keep my day job) and one phone number. That phone number belonged to head football coach Cliff Farrar.