Photo by Tom Dendy
Ryan Gilcrease and Tobi Orundami bring down Cy Creek QB Mateo Renteria
Preface: There was this sporting event called the World Series going on. You might have heard of it, and you might have heard that the Houston Astros won in seven games over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
I did not attend this game because the Astros' parade route got extended, which put my mom's restaurant right in the path and I was needed there to prevent absolute chaos.
How am I functioning?
As always, Tom Dendy has photographs. This week, the freshmen were featured. Click here to view all of his galleries from this week's action.
Right when I write the epitaph on the 2017 Cypress Woods Wildcats, they jolt back to life.
As awful as the Wildcats looked in the first half of the pummeling they suffered at the hands of Cy-Fair, they flipped the script and administered a beatdown of their own against Cy Creek in the first 24 minutes on Friday night and kept themselves alive in the playoff hunt with a 59-29 victory. Although this is not the most they've scored in a game against the Cougars, it is the largest margin of victory in the series.
The Bobcats did Cy Woods a favor and dispatched Cy Falls 42-14 on Saturday, which puts the Wildcats, Cougars, and Golden Eagles in a three-way tie at 4-4 in the fourth and final playoff spot heading into the final weekend of the regular season. Cy Woods can advance with a victory over Cy Ranch next Saturday and a Creek win over Falls on Friday. This is the only way in which the Wildcats can clinch a playoff berth.
However, if the Eagles win, the Wildcats will be eliminated regardless of the outcome of their game with Ranch. But again... you can't rely on others to do your work. And had the Cats taken care of *gets hit in face with flying chair*
*regains consciousness*
Oh, right. Where was I.
Scoring Summary
The Wildcats reached into the bag of tricks to begin the game and Jacob Kainer fired a 68-yard pass to Jack Barrientez, setting up a 3-yard touchdown run by Jackson Jones. Jackson scored on another 3-yard run about midway through the first quarter.
End of 1st Quarter: Woods 14, Creek 0
Jackson scored his third touchdown of the evening on a one-yard run to start the second quarter, then Jack found the end zone from 25 yards out. Jackson then took to the air in order to deal more damage, finding Jacob Kainer for a 23-yard touchdown and connecting with Connor Faulk for another score, this one from 45 yards. The Cougars spoiled the shutout right at halftime on a 2-yard touchdown pass from Mateo Renteria to Dawson Unruh.
Halftime: Woods 42, Creek 7
Woods opened the scoring in the second half as Jackson hit Jack Barrientez, who dashed 83 yards to the house. Jared Swonke hit a 36-yard field goal for the other Woods scoring play in the third quarter. Renteria connected with Jack Hook for a 70-yard touchdown pass.
End of 3rd Quarter: Woods 52, Creek 15
Dallas Caldwell scored the Cats' final points of the evening with a 19-yard run. Creek's second-string quarterback, Julian Brown, threw two touchdown passes to Hook and Geonardo Sutton to close out the evening.
Final: Woods 59, Creek 29
Ground
That's what you expect out of the option. The Cats have really put Jake Tesch's elusiveness to good use and he's broken off some really nice runs on the outside. The transition to a new offensive system has been a mixed bag at times, but that's probably expected. The youngsters will definitely be expected to have more success running this offense.
Cy Woods only had four running plays in which they did not gain a yard and two where they lost yardage.
Jackson Jones: 23 carries, 93 yards, 3 TD
Jack Barrientez: 13 carries, 90 yards, TD
Jake Tesch: 5 carries, 82 yards
Darion Morgan: 9 carries, 31 yards
Dallas Caldwell: 1 carry, 19 yards, TD
Bobby Dodson: 5 carries, 16 yards
Tylan Foster: 3 carries, 7 yards
Quincy Boone: 1 carry, 2 yards
Christian Scott: 1 carry, -2 yards
Air
The Cats only threw the ball five times, but three of those attempts resulted in touchdowns, which seems efficient.
Jackson Jones: 3-4, 151 yards, 3 TD
Jacob Kainer: 1-1, 68 yards
Jack Barrientez: 2 catches, 151 yards, TD
Connor Faulk: 1 catch, 45 yards, TD
Jacob Kainer: 1 catch, 23 yards, TD
Defense
The Cats didn't need to worry about the Cougars' anemic running game, but Creek did what they usually did in the passing game... most of which came in an extended garbage time. I'm fairly sure that the three interceptions is a single-game record.
Tobi Orundami imposed his will in the trenches. Tory Spears is finally healthy. Yeah, they gave up 29 points, but that didn't really matter because they were up 42-7 at halftime.
Tackles
Tobi Orundami and Austin Kennedy - 6 each
Matt Roberts - 5
Jackson Hosemann, Tory Spears, Collin Fewox, and Jake Johnson - 4 each
Zach Harris, Khari Keaton, and Ryan Gilcrease - 3 each
Chase Richter and Cam Sowell - 2 each
10 Wildcats with 1 each
Sacks
Zach Harris - 1, 8 yards lost
Austin Kennedy - 1, 5 yards lost
Tobi Orundami and Ryan Gilcrease - 0.5, 4 yards lost
Interceptions
Tory Spears - 1, returned 17 yards
Matt Roberts and Collin Fewox - 1, no return
Special Teams
Jared Swonke scored 11 points in this game with his 36-yard field goal and 8 extra points. It's the first time that a Wildcat kicker reached double figures in a game since Luis Reyes scored 10 against Cy Lakes in 2015.
Greg Blaser only had one punt for 22 yards. Dallas Caldwell only returned one kickoff for 17 yards.
Men of the Match
As the cliché goes, it was a total team win.
Looking Ahead
The Cypress Woods Wildcats will wrap up the 2017 season against the hated Cypress Ranch Mustangs on Saturday, November 11. Kickoff from Cy-Fair FCU Stadium is scheduled for 1:00 PM and the Wildcats will be the visitors in this contest.
Depending on the result of Friday's Falls/Creek game, this may either be the final football game for the Class of 2018.... or they'll get to make preparations for a bi-district playoff game. Still though, they'll have to beat Ranch.
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