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Jake Tesch shakes Cy Lakes' Adayvion Tutson on his way to the end zone
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The Cypress Woods Wildcats snapped their two-game losing streak with a 31-20 victory over the winless Cy Lakes Spartans on Saturday evening at Cy-Fair FCU Stadium. If I can be honest for a second here, I was only there to make sure I wasn't breaking anything at home during Game 7 of the ALCS.
This is the 50th win for Cy Woods in a district game in their 82nd such game; in an NBA season's worth of district games, the Wildcats are 50-32.
We can wallow over the previous two games, but that won't change their results. The Cats came back and took care of business against a team that they were probably expected to defeat and as a result, they've regained some momentum. The Cats only had 241 yards of offense on the evening, but they managed to string together consecutive scoring drives and followed those up with a defensive touchdown, courtesy of Jack Barrientez's pick-six.
Once again, the Wildcats will have the toughest closing schedule with Cy-Fair, Cy Creek, and Cy Ranch. Winning out will be a monumental order, but if they're even seriously thinking about the playoffs, then it will have to be done... which goes back to how they let the games against Langham Creek and Cy Falls slip away. If they had handled their business in either of those two games, they wouldn't be in this position to begin with.
Scoring Summary
Woods went three-and-out on the first drive of the game, but on the ensuing punt, Jordan Lamotte had a moment of utter insanity as he decided to field the ball off a high bounce... while being surrounded by about six Wildcats. If you were wondering... he didn't get the ball.
The Cats turned that blunder into a 34-yard field goal from Jared Swonke. Lakes responded with an 8-yard touchdown run from Ted Solomon, who also got the two-point conversion. Woods went back in front thanks to an 8-yard touchdown run from Jack Barrientez.
End of 1st Quarter: Woods 10, Lakes 8
The Spartans went on a little drive to end the first quarter and it took up the first couple of minutes of the second quarter... and then Jack jumped in front of a pass from Khaliq Abdul-Mateen and returned it 69 yards for a score. The pick-six was the only scoring play of the second quarter.
Halftime: Woods 17, Lakes 8
The lone scoring play of the third quarter belonged to Jake Tesch, who scored on a 21-yard run.
End of 3rd Quarter: Woods 24, Lakes 8
Solomon scored his second touchdown of the evening on a 1-yard run on fourth and goal. Cy Woods' one pass completion was a 53-yard touchdown pass from Jackson Jones to Jake Tesch. Spartans running back Courtney Mitchell had the final scoring play; he scored on a 50-yard run with a little under three minutes to go.
Final: Woods 31, Lakes 20
Ground
With the exception of Jake Tesch and a 22-yard run from Arkievrick Vitatoe (which does not rhyme with "potato," by the way), it felt as though the Cats were slogging through a 100-yard mud pit. Excluding three knees to end the game, they had 191 yards on the ground but also needed 46 rushing attempts to attain this number. That's a little over 4 yards per carry. Ideally, that figure should be around 5.
Jake Tesch: 4 carries, 69 yards, TD
Darion Morgan: 14 carries, 47 yards
Jackson Jones: 13 carries, 34 yards
Arkievrick Vitatoe: 5 carries, 22 yards
Jack Barrientez: 2 carries, 11 yards, TD
Quincy Boone: 3 carries, 10 yards
Jacob Kainer: 3 carries, 0 yards
Christian Scott: 1 carry, -3 yards
Team: 3 carries, -3 yards; Jackson kneeled three times to end the game
Air
It took a little over 43 minutes for the Wildcats to complete a pass in this game and Jake Tesch took it 53 yards to the house.
I don't think Yao Ming would have been able to catch Jackson Jones' first pass attempt of the night; that one sailed over Connor Faulk's head by at least 10 feet. I probably won't be feeling very well if the Wildcats are forced to pass more often, which is an odd thing to say considering the damage they've done through the air in the past.
Jackson Jones: 1-4, 53 yards, TD
Jacob Kainer: 0-1
Jake Tesch: 1 catch, 53 yards, TD
Defense
The defense gave up a couple of big plays from Courtney Mitchell and Robert Milam caught a pass and rumbled 30 yards to convert a third down. On the other hand, they picked off Abdul-Mateen twice and returned one of those picks for a touchdown. Mitchell's 50-yard touchdown run was the play that pushed the Spartans over the 300-yard mark for the game.
Jack nearly had a second interception in the fourth quarter, but it bounced in and out of his hands. Overall, the Wildcat defense turned in a solid evening on the defensive side of the ball.
Tackles
Jackson Hosemann - 10
Jack Barrientez, Colin Paterson, Jackson Turnbow, and Collin Fewox - 6
Austin Kennedy, Matt Roberts, and Jozef Taylor - 5
Tobi Orundami - 4
Max Sweet and Derrick Brooks - 3
Clancey Hall and Ty Lewis - 2
Interceptions
Jack Barrientez - 1, returned 69 yards for touchdown
Jackson Hosemann - 1, returned 2 yards
Fumbles recovered
Austin Kennedy - 1
Special Teams
Jared Swonke went 1-2 on his field goal attempts; the miss came from 50 yards; he had more than enough distance on that kick, but it ended up going just wide to the left. It would have been a school record and the first 50-yard field goal in Cy Woods' history. He hit all four of his extra points.
Jared Swonke: 1-2 FG (made 34, missed 50), 4-4 XP
Greg Blaser: 3 punts, 111 yards (37 yards per punt), long of 43, 1 punt inside 20
Quincy Boone: 1 punt, 44 yards
The Wildcats also recovered an onside kick near the end of the third quarter.
Jake Tesch: 2 punts returned, -2 yards
Jacob Kainer: 2 kicks returned, 20 yards
Men of the Match
Jack Barrientez is the first Wildcat to score on offense and defense in the same game. I don't think Bryce Callahan ever did this. I've seen many guys pass through this program and Jack might be one of the five toughest players to come through.
Jake Tesch is known to be one of the fastest players in the program and he showed off some impressive moves on his touchdown plays.
Jackson Hosemann put up double-digit tackles and sealed the game with an interception in his first start at the varsity level.
Looking Ahead
The Wildcats will take on the Cy-Fair Bobcats at Cy-Fair FCU Stadium on Saturday, October 28 at 1:00. Cy Woods will be the away team in this contest.
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