Cypress Woods 34, Cypress Falls 29: Dumbest Win Ever

2020 Record: 2-1, 1-0 in District 16-6A

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Alright, that... was not pretty. Five turnovers. Twelve penalties. Jaylan Walker essentially constituting the entire Cy Falls offense. A goal-line stand at the end just to preserve the lead. And in the end, the Cypress Woods Wildcats somehow managed to overcome their countless miscues and escaped with a 34-29 victory over the Cypress Falls Golden Eagles to open District 16-6A play. Outgaining the opponent by 340 yards and yet only a five-point win to show for it. Football... what a dumb game. Gotta love it!

Yes, a win is a win and whatnot. But my takeaway from Saturday is that Woods is definitely going to get demolished by Bridgeland if they commit five turnovers on Friday. 609 yards of offense is great and that suggests that the offense is executing and playing the way they want to play, but committing five turnovers is simply indefensible. Even if they committed two or three turnovers (still not great, but a lot better than committing five), they probably would have won this game in a rout. After the Kingwood game, I wrote that the Wildcats would probably have to learn how to win ugly this season and this game certainly meets the criteria for an "ugly" game. To my relief/amazement/total confusion, they somehow won this ugly game.

Honestly, this game was annoying. I'm supposed to be happy that they won, and trust me, I am, but I know they can play infinitely better than how they played against Cy Falls. There wasn't a lack of effort; the kids played hard and took the fight to Falls. However, they were simply too sloppy and they should be extremely fortunate that they didn't lose this game.

This was truly the stupidest and most hilarious Cy Woods football game I have ever seen. In terms of sheer entertainment value, the only games that could surpass this one in that regard are the 74-73 game against Jersey Village and when they ran Ranch off the field in 2011 and 2013.

Side note: Let's keep Falls running back/linebacker John Pollard in our thoughts. He was stretchered off the field after a pretty serious leg injury during a kickoff in the third quarter.

On to Bridgeland. 

What Happened

Michael Fernandez's 35-yard field goal was the only scoring play of the first quarter.

End of 1st Quarter: Woods 3, Falls 0

Jorge Gonzalez hit a 29-yard field goal to tie the game with less than two minutes left in the first half, but Dylan Cormier found Trayse Holmes for a 15-yard touchdown pass just before halftime to put the Wildcats back in front.

Halftime: Woods 10, Falls 3

Fernandez capped off Woods' first drive of the second half by nailing a 34-yard field goal to give the Wildcats a 13-3 lead with 9:52 left in the third quarter. After this point, the game completely departed reality. 

The Eagles muffed the ensuing kickoff and then on their first play of the second half, it looked as though disaster would strike, thanks to a bad pitch. However, Jaylan Walker picked up the loose ball, ran all the way to the other side of the field, and somehow scored on a 74-yard run. For the second straight week, Woods decided that they weren't going to field a kickoff, so the Eagles ended up getting another possession and they took the lead on their next drive via an eight-yard touchdown run by J.P. Martin. Cy Woods regained the lead on a 23-yard touchdown pass from Cormier to Myles Johnson. After Woods turned the ball over on downs, Walker struck again with a 52-yard touchdown run right before the end of the third quarter.

End of 3rd Quarter: Falls 23, Woods 20

Johnson scored on a 59-yard pass, his second touchdown of the night, on a double pass from Trey Craft, who found Terrance Green (A defensive lineman! Who was a receiver on the freshman B-team last year!!!) in the end zone for two more points. And then Jaylan Walker returned the ensuing kickoff 94 yards for a Falls touchdown. Super cool. Woods turned the ball over on downs on their next drive, but the defense sent the Falls offense packing after three plays. Woods regained the lead on their next series thanks to another double pass by Craft to Johnson; this touchdown went for 54 yards. The Eagles had 3:30 left to win the game. A 34-yard pass from Caleb Pollard to Javion Davis on fourth down put the Eagles in the red zone (ugh) and then a personal foul after a second-down incomplete pass (UGH!!!!!) got Falls all the way down to the Cy Woods seven-yard line. Fortunately, the Wildcat defense got the stop it absolutely needed to have and as a result, Cy Woods escaped with quite possibly the dumbest victory in program history.

Final: Woods 34, Falls 29

Ground

Four lost fumbles for the offense?

Nice to see Trayse Holmes bounce back from getting shackled by Katy by posting his second 100-yard game of the season. Charlie Bain had a few nice runs on pitch plays. The A-backs accounted for 147 of the 290 rushing yards that the Wildcats recorded in this game, a very encouraging development for a group that needs to step up.

Air

The Wildcats got very little from the A-backs in non-district play, so opening up the playbook with the double passes was a nice way to get some contributions. I said that the "loser" of the quarterback battle entering the season would probably still receive plenty of playing time and Trey Craft has provided a spark for a group that's really trying to get themselves going. They certainly made a mark in the passing game as Craft, Phillip White, Charlie Bain, and J.J. Williams combined to make eight catches. They aren't burners, but they're shifty in the open field and maybe passing the ball to them might be what gets them going. It can certainly lighten Trayse Holmes' load, too.

Defense

Aside from Jaylan Walker gashing them for two long touchdown runs for a total of 126 yards, that was a nice showing from the Woods defense against what's really an inept Falls offense. But, given the offense's inability to protect the ball, the defense found themselves in a precarious position all evening because they were coming out trying not to give up the lead. To allow Falls to score only three points off of five Wildcat turnovers demonstrated that the defense did its job by not allowing the Eagles to capitalize on the offense's mistakes, and they finished the job by stopping the Eagles inside the ten-yard line with a minute to go in the game.

Seventeen Wildcats recorded at least one tackle in this game and Dylan Rogers finished in first place this week with seven. Dylan also had a sack in the second quarter on the possession following a Woods muffed punt; that sack proved to be crucial as Falls was forced to settle for a field goal. Riley Redgrave had five tackles and forced two fumbles. Brenton Frizell intercepted Caleb Pollard on the second play of the game.

Special Teams

Michael Fernandez hit both of his field goals and all four of his extra-point attempts, giving him ten points on the night. He also, unfortunately, sent five, maybe six kickoffs out of bounds. 

Even special teams partook in the buffoonery. A muffed punt led to Falls' field goal. It took three tries for Woods to successfully execute the opening kickoff; the first one went out of bounds and they were called for offsides on the second attempt.

The game officially began at 7:01 PM. At 7:04, the game clock still read 11:57. So basically, it took three real-world minutes to play three seconds of this game because Woods couldn't get the opening kickoff done correctly. 

Game Summary from Varsity Wires

Behold the sheer stupidity of this box score. Amazingly, Cy Falls only scored three points off of Woods' five turnovers. I can't believe that that isn't a typo.

Man of the Match: Myles Johnson and Trey Craft

In a group that's struggled to find consistency in the early part of this season, Trey Craft has been one of the standouts at A-back for the Wildcats. 

Three catches, three touchdowns for Myles Johnson. He was expected to make three plays and he made three plays. 

Sub-Varsity Results

Cy Falls 28, Freshman Gold (1-2) 14

Cy Falls 19, Freshman Cardinal (1-2) 0

JV Gold (1-0) 8, Cy Falls 6

JV Cardinal (1-0) 44, Cy Falls 14

Looking Ahead

The Cypress Woods Wildcats will take on the Bridgeland Bears on Friday, October 16 at 7:00 PM. Cy Woods will be the away team in this game.