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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALLWood bridgeJarden Grove#4a t Poomcu.•*£-fp pMO. Tgj s; £'• Jigk ■». Li^os Heza Ramos left* ^•9ITawn Hiextra yardage as he is brought down by Garden Grove’s Ricky p, right, in Garden Grove on Friday.By Scott J. FrenchComtjrptmdent■garden grove » Garden Grove opened its newly renovated stadium Friday■ wnight with an emotional tribute to a real hero.That had the Argonauts fired up when the game delaved 40 minutes b\ the.. . ^ CT-V . WFceremony honoring fallenNavv SI At, Michael AwMonsoor, a posthumous Medal of Honor recipientwho starred for the team nearly two decades ago -finallv kicked offA quick, six-plav drive had them ahead just 2V minutes in.Woodbridge answered almost as quickly, stopped Garden Grove cold on its next possession, then puttogether a methodicaldrive to take command en route to an emphatic 28-7 triumph that dampenedthe Argos’ festivities.Nick Nash completed ll-of-18 passes for 160 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 98 yards and two more scores as the Warriors (1-2). with receiver Jacob Nash and running back Nikos Reza returning from injury, putspolligliltheir first offensive points of the season on the scoreboard. Defensively, thev limited Garden Grove (1-2) to just two first dow nsand 55 vards between thatw '; ^ •opening drive and the final play of the third quarter.“I think emotionallyw(Garden Grove) came outready to do some good things Woodbridge Coach Rick Gibson said. “Our defense did a greatjob. This game was going to be won on both sides of the line, and it was. We hadn’t scored offensively,and vou know w hat? ThevWworked hard this week (Nash) took them out. and the? did a lot of extra work, and that showed tonight “Garden Grove running back Dominik Sanchez. who had 147 yards and two TDs on four carries in last week's loss at Westminster, ran for 29 of his 79 yards on the game's first play, and quarterback Jakob Zazueta did the rest.He went 19 on third-and-10 to the Warriors 17 and then sprinted the final 14 two plays later toprovide the lead.Woodbridge drove 75 yards when it got the ball. 40 on a Nick Nash scramble to the Argonauts’ 20. Reza. who rushed for 77vards, took the ball to•DjF .the 2 three plays later, and Nash plowed in from there to tie the score The next drive, 56 yards in 15 plays, took 6H minutes, with Nash going the final yard on fourth down.w. Wak.his third try from that distanceNash hit Will Serio for a I3-vard score after Chance Rainev returned the second-half kick-off to the Argonauts 42to make it 21-7, and connected with Jacob Nash, his brother, on a 46-yard bomb with 8:15 to go,“We came in off of eight scoreless quarters the past two weeks, and our line, those holes were huge. Nick Nash said. “Our line was doing greattoday.- HIS • ...And something cameout of our defense. Our defense had been scored on points , but we just came out wanting to win. We're over losing
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