Ranger football: The 2022 season

Nothing left on the table. That's how head coach Larry Hill described his football team’s performance in 2022, which included a quarterfinal appearance for the first time since 2015. “They got the most out of themselves,” HIll said. The 12-2-0 team not only went undefeated in District 12-5A play but dominated opponents 506-167. Of course, making the playoffs means the only way to...

Football, running in to the state quarterfinals for the first time since 2015, meets the College Station Cougars at 2 p.m. Saturday at The PField in Pflugerville.  The tension is high, but so is the energy.  “We’re always positive … nervous perhaps, since there’s so much at stake,” coach Larry Hill said. College Station went 11-2 as the second place time in district. This pas...

Football rides into Bastrop Friday to face the Manvel Mavericks in a 5A Division I matchup. The Rangers (10-1) extended their nine-game winning streak with a 30-7 victory over Cedar Park while Manvel defeated Waltrip on the road 42-3. Hours after the first real norther of the season blew into the Hill Country Nov. 11, senior quarterback Chase Senelick turned in a 93-yard performance on 10 comple...

With last week’s win over Seguin, the Rangers are undefeated district champions for the 2022 season. “It was one of our team goals set before the season,” head coach Larry Hill said. “To win it in an undefeated fashion made it even more satisfying.” Tonight, Friday Night Lights continue at Ranger Stadium. The team will take on Cedar Park at 7 p.m. “The cooler weather has put a...

Closing out the district season, Rangers defeated Seguin 56-17.  Collectively, QB Chase Senelick had 3 touchdowns of his own, while Kyler Clarke had 2 receiving touchdowns.  Freshman Quentin Sampson also scored with a receiving touchdown as well. Along with them  Brayden Bafidis, Isaiah Vivans, and Brad Sowersby added to the scoreboard with one touchdown of their own.  This brings it to the...

Colton Thomasson learned he had achieved one of his personal goals through a twitter DM.  The All-American Bowl invitation came through an inauspicious delivery on Oct. 13, but it did inform the Texas A&M commit he was invited to play at the 2023 All-American Bowl, featuring the best 100 high school players in the nation. The game will be Jan. 7 on NBC.  “I was in awe,” Thomasson sai...

Through the air and on the ground, football plowed through the MacArthur Brahmas 63-3 Friday at Heroes Stadium. Starting the game, Doug Lantz scored a 4-yard touchdown run with 5:07 seconds left in the first quarter with Clayton Amaya's kick good. Not two minutes later, senior Brayden Bafidis ran back a 61-yard punt return for another touchdown.  MacArthur responded with a 28-yard field goa...

Class. Discipline. Effort. Tradition. These four words, painted on the walls of the field house, are seen by hundreds of students every year, but they impacted senior Colton Thomasson the most. Now, in his fourth season of varsity football, and on track to graduate early, the school already feels the effects of his legacy. “He has a genuine care for others,” offensive line coa...

Senior T.J. Hunt pulled down three touchdown passes as football defeated Canyon 35-0 Sept. 23 at home. Early in the first quarter, Hunt scored on a 57-yard reception from Chase Senelick, followed by the PAT by Clayton Amaya. Senior Gavin Woods got his second sack of the season, with 6:15 left in the first quarter. Senior David Dehoyos carried the ball into field goal range, but the quarter closed...

Football took home its first district win of the season Friday at Rutledge Stadium against Wagner.  Rangers took the lead early with 6:02 left in the first quarter when senior Brayden Bafidis scored on a 28-yard reception. Clayton Amaya secured the extra point, opening the game 7-0. Senior Weston Ross scored another touchdown on a 6-yard reception from quarterback Chase Senelick (8-10 completion...

Ranger football danced with the Reagan Rattlers on the city's biggest stage at the KSAT Pigskin Classic Aug. 27 in the Alamodome and won 14-13. a During Saturday's game, the Rangers defense held down the Rattler offense to one score. Reagan had half of the Rangers total yardage and first downs, and senior safety David De Hoyos was voted the Jon Wayne Player of the Game.   Newcomer and hig...