Tehachapi at Stockdale (Bakersfield)
Friday, September 21, 2007
Warrior quarterback Ehren Ochsenrider makes a hand off to Adam Mullen while Dominic Chavarria, #54,
and Leigh Stone, #8, block at the line of scrimmage. The Warriors went on to defeat the Mustangs 35-28
Friday night in Bakersfield. Photo my Mike Duffy, The Tehachapi News
Posted by thswarriors.com on Sep. 21, 2007 Warriors Top Stockdale in Bakersfield, 35-28
Finish at 4-1 in Non-League Play
BAKERSFIELD - On a cool rainy evening, the visiting Tehachapi Warriors finished their non-league schedule at 4-1 by soundly defeating Stockdale High School, 35-28. The Warriors will have a bye next week, and then begin league play at Shafter on October 5. Stockdale drops to 1-3 for the season.
The Warriors led by a 7-0 count after one quarter, 21-7 by the half, and 28-7 after three quarters. Tehachapi led 35-14 late in the game when Stockdale scored two touchdowns, one at the 1:50 mark and the other with 8 seconds remaining in the game.
Warrior coach Steve Denman was quoted by the Bakersfield Californian as saying, “We were just happy to come down here and play a little better than we did last week as far as execution on defense. We forced some turnovers tonight and kind of got them out of their rhythm.”
Forcing five turnovers, the Warrior defense was led by Garrett Coontz and Alek Taliulu with 9 tackles each. Derek Lange, Josh Schulgen, Jeff Waldren, and Frank Rodrigues each collected an interception. Coontz also had a key fumble recovery to set up a TD for the Warriors late in the 1st half.
Once again the Warriors used their famed Wing-T offense to ground out nearly 300 yards rushing behind the dynamic trio of Kelly Lorenz (130 yds. rushing), Josh Strauss (97 yds. rushing), and Adam Mullen (63 yds. rushing). The Warrior offense also sprinkled in a few key passes with QB Ehren Ochsenrider connecting on three passes (in nine attempts) for 54 yards. JJ Balkar hauled in one of those passes for 40 yds.
Stockdale quarterback K.C. Hobson completed 14 of 33 passes for 112 yards passing, but he also surrended those four costly interceptions to the Warrior secondary. Tyler Hernandez led the Mustangs with 79 yards in 10 carries, scoring 1 TD.
The Warriors continued their dominance over the much larger Bakersfield school, winning for the 7th time in 10 games since the series began in 1992.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Tehachapi 7 14 7 7 35 Stockdale 0 7 0 21 28
The Scoring:
First Quarter:
Teh - Kelly Lorenz, 28 yd. run (Ochsenrider - PAT Kick Good)
Second Quarter:
Stock - Wesley Nichols, 35 yd. run (Hugey - PAT Kick Good)
Teh - Ehren Ochsenrider, 1 yd. run (Ochsenrider - PAT Kick Failed)
Teh - Kelly Lorenz, 2 yd. run (Ochsenrider-to-Rodriguez PAT Good)
Third Quarter:
Teh - Josh Strauss, 10 yd. run (Ochsenrider - PAT Kick Good)
Fourth Quarter:
Stock - Sing, 6 yd. run (Hugey - PAT Kick Good)
Teh - Kelly Lorenz, 10 yd. run (Ochsenrider - PAT Good)
Stock - Tyler Hernandez, 5 yd. run (Hugey - PAT Kick Good)
Stock - Emmanuel Ossai, 15 yd. pass (Hugey - PAT Kick Good)
Tehachapi vs Stockdale STATS
THS SHS First Downs 12 17 Rushes-Yards 46-295 36-182 Passing Yards 54 121 Comp-Att-Int 3-9-0 14-33-4 Total Yards 349 303 Punts 5 - N/A 3- N/A Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 Penalties 4-42 4-20
Individual Statistics:
RUSHING - Tehachapi, Lorenz 14-130, Strauss 16-97, Mullen 11-63; Stockdale, Hernandez 10-79.
PASSING - Tehachapi, Ochsenrider 3-9-0-54, Stockdale, Hobson 14-33-4-112
RECEIVING - Tehachapi, Balkar 1-40, Strauss 1-11, Rodriguez 1-3; Stockdale, N/A
Non-League Records: Tehachapi 4-1, Stockdale 1-3
JV — Tehachapi 8, Stockdale 42
Frosh – Tehachapi 14, Stockdale 17
Week 4 SSL Scoreboard:
Morro Bay 40, Wasco 0
Corcoran 29, Shafter 9
Arvin 14, South Bakersfield 7
Bakersfield Christian 35, Roosevelt 12
Taft had a bye
