Sunday, November 15, 2020

Cypress Woods 63, Cypress Springs 36: Happy Homecoming.

2020 Record: 5-3, 4-2 in District 16-6A

Photo courtesy: JoAnn Nowak, Phlox Photography/MaxPreps
Photo galleries for this week's games: VarsityJV CombinedFreshman A, Freshman B

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The Cypress Woods Wildcats clinched a berth in the 2020 playoffs with their 63-36 victory over the Cypress Springs Panthers on Homecoming. 

Well, you know, sometimes there's not really much to say. I guess part of that is because I'm so late in getting this post out. The Wildcats did what they were expected to do by putting up nearly 600 yards of offense while trouncing an inferior team and winning the Homecoming game. Don't ever lose this game.

On to Lakes.

What Happened

Trey Craft opened the scoring with a seven-yard run. Connor Morris scored on an eight-yard run and Dylan Cormier punched it in from a yard out near the end of the first quarter.

End of 1st Quarter: Cypress Woods 21, Cypress Springs 0

Trayse Holmes scored on a two-yard run and this game was on the verge of really turning ugly, but the Panthers showed a pulse by getting on the board courtesy of a 70-yard touchdown catch by Kristofer Dargin. Then on Woods' next drive, Trey Craft got stripped by Isaiah Keller, who ran 63 yards the other way for another Springs score. Suddenly, the Wildcats only had a two-score lead despite largely shutting down the Panthers. Woods responded by scoring the last 17 points of the quarter as Dylan Cormier threw touchdown passes to JaVarian Stewart and Connor Morris. Michael Fernandez added a 32-yard field goal to end the quarter. 

Halftime: Woods 44, Springs 14

Luis Medina-Avelar opened the scoring in the second half for the Panthers with a 41-yard field goal. The Wildcats played much of the second half with a mix of starters and backups; one of those backups, Brenden Cantu, scored on a ten-yard run. Terrill Curtis scored on a 22-yard catch for Springs.

End of 3rd Quarter: Woods 50, Springs 24

Woods and Springs both had two rushing touchdowns in the final period; Woods got a pair of one-yard touchdown runs from Zack Smolko while the Panthers got in with a six-yard run by Quazean Bou and a ten-yard run from Marc Bailey.

Final: Cypress Woods 63, Cypress Springs 36

Ground

For the second straight week, Cy Woods ran for over 400 yards. 28 of the 37 first downs they recorded in this game came via the ground. Amazingly, no one ran for 100 yards. 

Air

After struggling with the passing game the last two weeks, Dylan Cormier bounced back with a nice performance. He probably could have had three touchdown passes, but Myles Johnson got caught around the five-yard line.

Defense

Yes, the Wildcat defense gave up 29 points (the other seven was scored by the Panther defense), but there wasn't really any point in time during this game where you had the feeling that Woods was seriously threatened. The Wildcats took a 30-point lead into halftime and the backups played for much of the second half.

Parker Childers had an interception return for a touchdown wiped out by a block in the back. 

A season-high twenty Wildcats recorded at least one tackle in this game and we have a three-way tie at the top as Juan Rojas, Dylan Rogers (as usual), and Tyler Sherrill all finished with six apiece. Sherrill also had two sacks in this game. 

Special Teams

Cy Woods did not punt in this game. Michael Fernandez hit a 32-yard field goal but missed two extra points which denied him from finishing with a ten-point game.

Game Summary from Varsity Wires

All those rushing yards for Woods and they didn't even have a 100-yard rusher.
Another season high in rushing yards for the Wildcats!


Man of the Match: Everyone

Everyone played, the Wildcats won handily, job well done all around.

Sub-Varsity Results

JV (5-1 as a combined team) 28, Cypress Springs 6
Freshman Cardinal (1-5-1, 0-4-1) 28, Cypress Springs 28
Freshman Gold (3-4, 1-3) 34, Cypress Springs 24

Looking Ahead

The Cypress Woods Wildcats will wrap up the 2020 regular season on Thursday, November 19 as they take on the Cypress Lakes Spartans at Ken Pridgeon Stadium. Kickoff is set for 6:30 and the Wildcats will be the away team in this contest.

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