RANGEL COMES UP BIG TORNADOES GO HOME WITH BELL HOOVER 22, GLENDALE 15.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News GLENDALE -- It was a drive Jonathan Rangel had waited the entire season for, even if it took more than 39 quarters to materialize ma·te·ri·al·ize v. ma·te·ri·al·ized, ma·te·ri·al·iz·ing, ma·te·ri·al·iz·es v.tr. 1. To cause to become real or actual: By building the house, we materialized a dream. . Hoover High of Glendale's senior quarterback scored two touchdowns in Thursday night's Pacific League football showdown with rival Glendale. But it was the Tornadoes' final series, one that came up five yards short of the end zone, that was perhaps the defining drive of Rangel's career. With Hoover protecting a seven-point lead, Rangel and running backs Jonathan Mai and Vladimir Akopian Vladimir Akopian (Russian: Владимир Акопян); born December 7, 1971 in Baku) is a leading Armenian chess Grandmaster. orchestrated or·ches·trate tr.v. or·ches·trat·ed, or·ches·trat·ing, or·ches·trates 1. To compose or arrange (music) for performance by an orchestra. 2. a 16-play, 63-yard drive that ran off the final 7 minutes, 13 seconds of the contest, as the Tornadoes recorded a 22-15 victory in the annual Battle for the Victory Bell in front of a crowd of about 6,000 at Moyse Field. ``It feels great. I promised these guys the bell was coming home and now it's right here where it belongs at Hoover,'' said Rangel, who helped the Tornadoes improve to 32-44-2 all-time against Glendale (0-7, 0-10). ``I'm so proud of these guys for continuing to play hard and they showed a lot of heart. We just wanted to move the ball and stay focused and play hard until the final whistle A simple whistle is a woodwind instrument which produces sound from a stream of forced air. Many types exist, from small police and sports whistles (also called pea whistles), to much larger train whistles, which are steam whistles specifically designed for use on .'' Hoover (1-9, 1-6), which snapped a 14-game losing streak, trailed 8-6 entering the final quarter. But a bobbled snap on a Glendale punt attempt was recovered by Steve Wheeler and advanced to the Nitros' 2-yard line. Rangel, who gave Hoover a 6-0 lead on a 7-yard run in the first quarter, scored his second touchdown from 1 yard out to help the Tornadoes regain the lead. ``We needed a big special teams play and we hadn't gotten one all year,'' said Hoover coach Dennis Hughes, whose team had scored a combined 26 points in its first nine games. ``But we got one then.'' The Tornadoes recovered an onside kick onside kick n. Football A kickoff in which the ball carries just far enough, at least ten yards, to be recovered legally by the kicking team. and Mai (20 carries, 126 yards) scored with 8:05 remaining and added the 2-point conversion to increase the lead to 22-8. Glendale's Victor Anaya (three catches, 106 yards) caught an 82-yard touchdown pass from Smiley See emoticon. smiley - emoticon Martinez -- his second of the game -- less than a minute later to cut Hoover's deficit. But Rangel helped the Tornadoes convert three fourth downs on the ensuing en·sue intr.v. en·sued, en·su·ing, en·sues 1. To follow as a consequence or result. See Synonyms at follow. 2. To take place subsequently. drive to run out the clock. ``That's a kid with a lot of guts gut n. 1. a. The alimentary canal or a portion thereof, especially the intestine or stomach. b. The embryonic digestive tube, consisting of the foregut, the midgut, and the hindgut. 2. at quarterback,'' Hughes said. erik.boal@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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