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While the Cy-Fair area was largely spared from Tropical Storm Imelda's wrath, the district decided to postpone this game, which was originally scheduled for Thursday, to Saturday afternoon. As a result, the Cypress Woods Wildcats got up bright and early and dispatched the Langham Creek Lobos 31-14 on Saturday afternoon. Nothing like an unexpected day game.
Coming in, I had a feeling that the Cats might come out flat in the beginning because of the rescheduling. After all, this game was supposed to take place on Thursday, but they had to come in on Saturday afternoon to play due to a situation beyond their control. I felt like they handled this situation well enough, even though they appeared listless on offense in the first half. I'll be honest: the Cats were far from their best in this one.
Fortunately, this wasn't the Langham Creek of old that they were going up against. The defense handled their business against a Lobo offense that featured six sophomores and the offense did enough to earn the win. Not all victories can be pretty, 55-0 blowouts. Winning ugly isn't ideal, especially against a team that is starting a rebuilding phase. It's infinitely better than losing, though!
On to Bridgeland, and it's going to be imperative for the Cats to be much better than what they showed on Saturday.
What Happened
When a team has the ball for 34 out of a possible 48 minutes, they definitely wanted to get this game over with. I can't say I blame the Cats because again, they weren't supposed to be playing on Saturday afternoon.
After eleven minutes and thirty-five seconds in the first quarter elapsed without points, Konner Sabrsula finally opened the scoring when he caught a 14-yard pass from Jackson Jones on Cy Woods' second offensive possession of the game. On their first drive, they went 60 yards in eleven plays, took over six minutes off the clock and got to Langham's three-yard line, but the Lobo defense ended up turning them away.
End of 1st Quarter: Cy Woods 7, Langham Creek 0
Woods got a relatively short field following a Langham punt early in the second quarter and they slowly but surely made their way downfield and Jackson capped off the drive by finding Cam Sowell for a 21-yard scoring pass.
Halftime: Cy Woods 14, Langham Creek 0
Langham Creek pinned the Cats at their end zone, forced a three-and-out, and got a short field to work with. They'd get on the board on their next series thanks to Jayden Landry's 33-yard run on a fourth down. Woods responded near the end of the third with a 19-yard scoring run from Rudy Mejia.
End of 3rd Quarter: Cy Woods 21, Langham Creek 7
Mejia's score appeared to snap the Cats out of their stupor as they marched right back down the field after turning the Lobos over on downs and capped it off with Jeshurun Williams' two-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter. Gavin Snow picked off Seth Johnson but they couldn't convert the miscue into points as Michael Fernandez sent a 33-yard field goal wide left. He got another chance after Michael Akita intercepted another pass from Johnson and hit from 42. The Lobos capped off the scoring when Jordan Shields bulled his way into the end zone with a ten-yard run with just over 1:30 left.
Final: Cy Woods 31, Langham Creek 14
Ground
The Cats ran for over 200 yards for the second consecutive week, but they needed 57 attempts to gain their 204 yards. Trayse Holmes busted loose for a 38-yard run, the Cats' longest run of the year. He came up grabbing his shoulder after the play, but he shook it off. Langham looked intent on keeping the Cats from burning them on the edges.
Eleven players recorded a rushing attempt in this game. It's nice when everyone gets a chance to appear in a game.
All statistics from Varsity Wires.
Jackson Jones: 16 rush, 43 yards
Trayse Holmes: 10 rush, 60 yards
Christian Scott: 8 rush, 48 yards
Rudy Mejia: 6 rush, 21 yards, TD
Dylan Cormier: 5 rush, 24 yards
Jeshurun Williams: 4 rush, 19 yards, TD
Victor Benavides: 2 rush, 3 yards
Team: 2 rush, -25 yards (bad snap in 2nd quarter, botched pitch in 3rd quarter)
Cameron Sowell: 1 rush, 5 yards
JaVarian Stewart: 1 rush, 3 yards
Aaron Recio: 1 rush, 3 yards
Konner Sabrsula: 1 rush, 0 yards
Air
Jackson Jones had his best game of the season in terms of passing accuracy, which is certainly a welcome sign. He also went interception-free, also another good sign. Jackson was also battling a little illness in the build-up to this game, so hopefully, he can get over that bug as soon as possible. Dylan Cormier handled the offense well in his one series at the helm.
Jackson Jones: 10-17, 136 yards, 2 TD
Dylan Cormier: 1-1, 9 yards
Christian Scott: 3 rec, 47 yards
Cameron Sowell: 2 rec, 44 yards, TD
Amari McDonald: 2 rec, 24 yards
Trayse Holmes: 2 rec, 11 yards
Konner Sabrsula: 1 rec, 14 yards, TD
Ryan Faulk: 1 rec, 5 yards
Defense
Langham Creek did not have a drive longer than six plays and their longest drive, which ended in a punt, lasted 2:20. The Cats defense took care of business against this young Lobo offense. They're going to have to step up in a huge way next week, that's for sure.
Sixteen Wildcats recorded a tackle and Colton Morris was the runaway leader with seven. Chris Agnew finished in second place with three. Jason Christenson and Jakob Jones teamed up to sack Langham quarterback Seth Johnson early in the second quarter.
Interceptions
Gavin Snow - 1, returned 8 yards
Michael Akita - 1, returned 9 yards
Special Teams
Michael Fernandez missed a 33-yard field goal midway through the fourth quarter but when he got another chance for a field goal, he made a 42-yarder about three minutes later. He also hit all four of his extra-point attempts.
Michael Fernandez: 1-2 FG (made 42, missed 33), 4-4 XP
Trajan Armstrong: 2 punts, 52 yards (26 yards per punt), long of 35; one punt blocked
Chase Richter had another nice return to set the Cats up with good field position, but unfortunately, the offense could not capitalize. After Langham scored their first touchdown of the day, JaVarian Stewart fielded a kickoff and had some action on his mind after returning one for a touchdown against Tomball Memorial, but his legs wound up betraying him as he slipped and fell.
Chase Richter: 3 punt returns, 42 yards, long of 26
JaVarian Stewart: 1 kick return, 8 yards
Some lapses in kickoff coverage allowed Langham Creek's Naisiah Jacobs to bust off a couple of long returns, the second of which was an 80-yarder that Jacobs actually fumbled, but the ball was recovered inside the Cats' five-yard line and set up the Lobos' second score.
Man of the Match
No real standout performances on either side of the ball, but Colton Morris and Jackson Jones get the nod for this game.
Sub-Varsity Results
Freshman Gold (2-1) 7, Cy Falls 6
Freshman Cardinal (4-0) 43, Langham Creek 8
Langham Creek 34, JV Gold (2-1) 20
Langham Creek 38, JV Cardinal (2-2) 36
Looking Ahead
The Cypress Woods Wildcats will take on the Bridgeland Bears at Cy-Fair FCU Stadium on Friday, September 27, at 7:00 PM. Cy Woods will be the home team in this game.
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