Tehachapi at Garces Rams
September 14, 2018
A host of Warrior defenders close in on a Garces High running back Friday night at Sam Tobias Field in Bakersfield. The Warriors gave up the Ogilvie Trophy
in a 35-7 Loss To The Rams. The Warriors have a "bye" this week and then open up league play at home against Independence on Sep. 28.
(Photo by Braeden Searl, The Tehachapi News.)
Posted by Corey Costelloe, The Tehachapi News, on September 15, 2018. Warriors Give Up Ogilvie Trophy
In 35-7 Loss To The Rams
The Tehachapi Warriors surrendered a pair of touchdowns in the first quarter and struggled moving the football offensively as they lost their preseason finale 35-7 Friday night to the Garces Rams at Sam Tobias Field.
The win for the Rams meant the return of the Ogilvie Trophy to Garces in the annual rivalry game. The Warriors had claimed the trophy, named after longtime Tehachapi and Garces coach Gary Ogilvie, last season with an overtime win in Tehachapi. This year neither the drama, nor the results, were there for Tehachapi.
“Our kids played hard tonight, and we had a lot of improvement from last week, but we were just not consistent on the offensive side of the ball,” said Tehachapi head coach Doug DeGeer. “We put the defense on the field too many times and it really hurt us. We are starting to clean things up and hopefully we’ll get healthy going into league play.”
Tehachapi, playing with a limited roster thanks to a host of injuries, fell behind early when Garces scored just two minutes into the game on a 15-yard touchdown pass from Joseph Campbell to Jack Hatten. The Warriors went three and out on their first two offensive drives before Garces scored with just 1:41 left in the first quarter on a two-yard touchdown run by Jalen Smith.
The second quarter didn’t see much reprieve for the Warriors defense as Garces scored on their first possession of the frame after a 45-yard scramble by Campbell set up a 10-yard touchdown pass to Nicolas Lopez to give the Rams a 21-0 lead. Tehachapi would keep Garces off the scoreboard for the remainder of the half, but their own drive stalled late when THS quarterback Chris Garcia went down with a brief injury. Garcia did return for the second half.
Tehachapi’s first drive of the second half resulted in a punt but the Warriors would score on defense on Garces’ first possession as Trent Adams recovered a fumble and ran it in from 10 yards out to pull Tehachapi within 21-7 with 9:51 left in the third quarter. The Warriors, however, would give up another touchdown on the following Garces drive as Smith punched in a four-yard touchdown run for the Rams.
Tehachapi played without several starting players including offensive tackle Logan Smith and running back Hayden Palmer. Tanner Love, who had been injured in week one but returned last week against Highland, played only the first half for Tehachapi.
The Warriors will have a week off from game action before returning home to host Independence to start South Yosemite League play. The Falcons are 3-2 following a 33-24 win over Frontier Friday night. Independence will also have a bye this coming week.
For the Warriors, they are 1-4 for the third-straight season following their non-league schedule. DeGeer not only hopes for similar turnarounds like the previous seasons that led to SYL championships, but also healthy recoveries for several guys nursing injuries following non-league play.
“Bye week will be big for us,” DeGeer said. “We are hopeful that a couple of our running backs and receivers will be back come league.”
Junior Varsity
Tehachapi fell to 1-4 with a 31-0 loss at Garces in the early game Friday evening. The Braves will be off next week before hosting Independence at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28 at Coy Burnett Stadium.
Freshmen
The freshmen Indians struggled on offense falling 27-0 on Thursday at Garces. The Indians (0-5), look for their first win on Thursday, Sept. 27, when they host Independence at 5 p.m.
Posted by Peter Castillo, The Bakersfield Californian, on September 14, 2018. Garces Rolls Over Warriors, 35-7
Garces quarterback Joseph Campbell threw for 145 yards and three scores as the Rams rolled over Tehachapi 35-7.
It was the first win of season for the Rams, who allowed the Warriors (1-4) just 55 yards of total offense.
Campbell connected with Isaac Bowers for two of the TD passes, the longest a 50-yarder. Campbell also ran for 61 yards.
Nick Tobias led the Rams in rushing with 90 yards on 21 carries. Jalen Smith also ran for 56 yards and two scores.
Tehachapi’s Trent Adams scored the Warriors lone touchdown when he picked up a fumble and ran it back from 10 yards out.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Tehachapi 0 0 7 0 07 Garces 14 7 14 0 35
The Scoring:
First Quarter:
GHS - 15 yd. TD pass Cambell to Mosely (Delis PAT kick good)
GHS - 2 yd. TD run by Smith (Delis PAT kick good)
Second Quarter
GHS - 10 yd. TD run by Lopez (Delis PAT kick good)
Third Quarter:
THS - 10 yd. TD fumble return by Adams (Galloway PAT kick good)
GHS - 4 yd. TD run by Smith (Delis PAT kick good)
GHS - 50 yd. TD pass Campbell to Bowers (Delis PAT kick good)
Tehachapi vs Garces Stats
THS GHS First Downs 5 16 Rushes-Yards 35-26 35-218 Passing Yards 21 145 Comp-Att-Int 6-11-0 10-18-0 Total Yards 47 363 Punts 9-35.0 2-15.0 Penalties 5-30 4-40
Individual Statistics:
RUSHING—Tehachapi: Finklea 11-3, Garcia 9-(-3), King 7-15, Love 6-9, Smith 2-2.
Garces: N. Tobias 21-90, Smith 6-56, Campbell 5-61, Rankin 1-1, Delis 1-5, D. Tobias 1-5.
PASSING—Tehachapi: Garcia 6-11-0-17. Garces: Campbell 10-18-0-145.
RECEIVING—Tehachapi: Adams 3-15, Finklea 1-6, Jaster 1-1, Morales 1-(-1). Garces: Rankin 3-29, Bowers 2-60, Rankin 1-29, Moseley 1-18, D. Tobias 1-16, Hatten 1-8, Smith 1-2.
Varsity Records: Tehachapi 1-4. Garces Rams 1-4.
Braves 00 Garces JV's 31
Indians 00 Garces Frosh 27
