The OHYLF Pee Wee Lynx team beat Burlington 25-6 to secure their place in next weekend's North Cascade Youth Football League Super Bowl. The Lynx will be playing Anacortes at Mt. Vernon HS, with time and date to be determined.
Earlier in the season, the Lynx lost to this same Burlington team, and were looking to redeem themselves. Things looked bad at first, as the Lynx fumbled the ball on the first play of the game and Burlington recovered. The OH defense held, tackling the Burlington runner on a 4th & 10 run attempt. The two teams went back and forth for the remainder of the first quarter, which ended 0-0.
Early in the 2nd quarter, the Lynx were looking at a 3rd & 17 at the Burlington 18, and the QB was completed a pass and the receiver was able to run it down to the Burlington 1, giving the Lynx a 1st & goal. At that point the fumble bug bit again, and on the 1st down play, Burlington recovered the OH fumble. The Tigers were only able to move the ball to the 22 before the Lynx defense stopped the 4th down run. After moving the ball back down to the Tiger 4 yard line, a fumble and two tackles for loss now had OH with a 4th & goal at the 11, and the 4th down pass attempt fell short.
Burlington then got a drive going, moving from their own 11 into Oak Harbor territory, but the Lynx defense stiffened and stopped the Tigers on a 4th down attempt at the OH 41. On the final possession of the first half, the Lynx could drive only to the Burlington 31 before time expired in the half, with still no score on the board.
Burlington got the ball first in the 2nd half, and the Oak Harbor defense held the Tigers to 3-and-out, with a great play to break up a 4th down pass attempt.
With a first down in Tiger territory on the 43, the Lynx offense got into gear. A run to the right went to the 35, then an offside penalty gave OH a first down at the 30. The next Lynx play was a run to the 19, then another run put the Lynx into the end zone. The PAT was good, giving 7-0 lead to the Lynx with 6:18 left in the 3rd.
Oak Harbor downed the kickoff at the Burlington 42, and the defense again forced a 3-and-out for Burlington, including a great read of a Burlington reverse that was stopped for a 3 yard gain.
On their next possession, OH was flagged twice in a row for holding, one of which brought back a 48-yard TD run, and on the 3rd play the team fumbled the ball to Burlington at the OH 46. However, Burlington ran only 3 plays before fumbling back to Oak Harbor at the Tiger 47 with 2:51 to go in the 3rd. 7 plays later, and with only 2 seconds on the clock, the Lynx scored again from 8 yards out. The PAT failed, but the score was OH 13, Burlington 0.
On the kickoff, Oak Harbor attempted an onside kick, but the ball went only 3 yards before it was touched by a Lynx player, drawing a flag for illegal touching.
Burlington also got the ball moving in the 2nd half, taking the ball from the OH 43 down to the 7. An offside flag on OH moved the ball half the distance, to the 3. The Lynx defense played hard, but Burlington was able to burst through the line on a 4th down play from the 1 for a touchdown. The PAT failed, and the score with 5:36 left in the game was Lynx 13, Tigers 6.
Oak Harbor took the kickoff at the OH 48, and worked the ball towards the Burlington end zone, using 11 plays to score, and more importantly, taking 4 minutes off the clock. The Lynx PAT failed again, leaving the Lynx up 19-6 with 1:30 left in the game.
Now under pressure from the clock, Burlington resorted to a passing game. On 2nd down, the Tiger dropped back to pass, and under pressure by two Lynx linemen, threw the ball short, and it was intercepted at the OH 38 and returned all the way to the end zone with just 15 seconds left in the game to seal the win for the Oak Harbor Lynx, 25-6.
The Lynx next play Anacortes at Mt. Vernon HS on a date and time to be determined.
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