Gorman 42, Ranger 21

RANGER -- Blake Guthery rushed for 188 yards and scored three touchdowns as Gorman doubled up Ranger 42-21 here Friday night.

The win was the seventh in eight tries for Gorman overall and keeps the Panthers on top of the District 14-A standings at 5-0. Ranger dropped back in the playoff chase at 5-3 and 3-2.

Gorman led 21-14 at halftime but two third-quarter touchdowns provided breathing room for the Panthers. Guthery scored his third TD on a short run and Cody Foster, who started the game's scoring with a touchdown pass, ran 6 yards for another. Each team scored in the final quarter.

Foster's 27-yard pass to Robert Seaton put Gorman ahead to stay at the 9:16 mark in the first quarter. Ranger answered by Chris Hughes' TD pass to Travis Clfiton for the same distance but missed the extra point and never caught up.

Guthery then scored on runs of 7 and 13 yards to put Gorman ahead 21-6 but Ranger made it game again with 29 second to go in the first half on John Rutledge's 2-yard run.

Gorman had 447 total yards to 265 for Ranger. There was only one turnover in the high-scoring game that produced 37 first downs between the two teams.

Gorman 14 7 14 7--42

Ranger 6 8 0 7--21

SCORING SUMMARY

G -- Robert Seaton 27 pass from Cody Foster (Richard kick)

R -- Travis Clifton 27 pass from Chris Hughes (kick failed)

G -- Blake Guthery 7 run (Richard kick)

G -- Guthery 13 run (Richard kick)

R -- John Rutledge 2 run (Jose Martinez pass from Hughes)

G -- Guthery 1 run (kick failed)

G -- Foster 6 run (David Seaton run)

R -- Hughes 2 run (Martinez kick)

G -- Margarito Sanchez 12 run (Richard kick)

Gorm Rangr

First downs 22 15

Rushes-yards 49-368 51-219

Passing yards 79 46

Comp-Att-Int 2-5-0 4-13-0

Punts 1-29 3-41

Fumbles-lost 1-0 3-1

Penalties-yards 6-39 9-55