Football
In the Rangers previous game against A&M Conso
lidated the Rangers prevailed 31-24.
With this win they are moving on to the state semifinals where they will be playing Brownsville Veterans Memorial. This game will be the first time the Rangers have been to the playoffs since 2008, 15 years ago. The game will be on Dec. 8 at buccaneer stadium at 7 p.m.
On the offensive side of the ball the rangers dominated in the run game having a total of 299 rushing yards and 2 rushing touchdowns. Passing the ball was minimal for the rangers only having a total of 39 passing yards. Even though the Tigers had more total yards the rangers still managed to make a comeback over the tigers when they were down 17-0 towards the end of the second quarter.
Defensively the Rangers held Consolidated to 239 passing yards and had a pick six by senior WR/DB Jackson Duffey at the end of the first half. The ranger defense took down A&M consolidated behind the line of scrimmage fifteen times with two sacks from sophomore Hudson Woods and junior Caleb Sosa and the defense accumulated 13 tackles for losses.
The Ranger offense put up their first points towards the end of the first half with a 13 yard rushing touchdown by junior running back Brad Sowersby. Shortly after the defense scored a pick six by senior WR/DB Jackson Duffey with only 54 seconds left in the second quarter.
Late in the third Clayton Amaya scored a 28 yard field goal. Late in the fourth the rangers scored two rushing touchdowns. One of them was by junior running back/Lb Cade Spradling who ran it in from three yards away with 6:28 seconds left, and the second was by Sowersby who ran it in from nine yards out with 3:19 seconds left in the fourth.
Junior running back Brad Sowersby dominated the run game against A&M Consolidated. He averaged 8.2 yards per carry with 30 attempts and a total of 245 yards. Against College Station he averaged 5.9 yards per carry with 20 attempts and a total of 118 yards. Sowersby has had back to back 100 yard rushing games with 2 touchdowns in each game. His performance gave the rangers the lead in the final minutes against A&M Consolidated which secured them the win.
Basketball
This past week girls basketball played in the Jimmy Classics tournament at Canyon highschool from Nov. 30th- Dec. 2nd. They went 2-2 overall losing to Antonian [41-57] and San Marcos [44-68]. Their wins were against Liberty Christian [46-43] and Leander [60-48]. Their next game will be this Friday against New Braunfles at 6:30 p.m. and District play starts next Friday at Seguin at 6:30 p.m.
Also in this past week boys basketball competed in the Jack Frost Invitational tournament going 1-3 overall. Their first game they won against Churchill [54-53] and lost to Johnson [61-71] Episcopal [69-72], and Rouse [46-64]. Their next game will be against MacArthur this Thursday at 6:00 p.m.
Swim
Swim recently competed in the NEISD tournament this past Saturday. Here are the results for top 10 paces.
Men 200 Yard IM- 10th place Aidan Fox
Women 50 Yard Breaststroke- 6th place Finley Harroff
Men 500 Yard Freestyle- 8th place Konner Schneider
Men 100 Yard Breaststroke- 4th place Aidan Fox
Women 200 Yard IM- 10th place Finley Harroff
Women 100 Yard Freestlye- Ava Schneider
Men 200 Yard Breaststroke- 2nd place Aidan Fox
Men 100 Yard IM- 7th place Aidan Fox