Oak Harbor Youth Football results for Sept 12th.

6 of the 7 OHYFL teams were in action on September 12th.

The Senior team, the Wildcats, were at LaConner, and no score was provided.

The PeeWee Bobcats were in Mt. Vernon and beat the Bulldogs 33-0

The other 4 OH teams, the Cougars, Panthers, Jaguars and Pumas were all in Arlington starting at 9am.

First up was the Cougars playing the Arlington Blue team. It was all Cougars from the start as they built a 26-0 halftime lead, scoring with 4:20 and 1:35 left in the 1st period and then with 8:44 and 5:04 remaining in the 2nd quarter. There was only 1 OH score in the 3rd, at the 1:17 mark to increase the lead to 32-0. It was a very long first half, as there was a lot of penalty flags thrown and complaining by the Arlington coaches about the Cougar style of play.

Arlington finally scored with just over 2 minutes left in the game against the OH 2nd and 3rd string players, and failed to convert, making the final 32-6.

93 photos from the game are posted HERE.

As a result of the long first game, the 2nd game, featuring the Pumas against Arlington Gold started nearly a half-hour after the scheduled 11am kickoff time.

This game was closer, but still dominated by Oak Harbor. The Pumas got on the board first by sniffing out an Arlington reverse and tackling the runner in the end zone for a safety at 3:09 in the first quarter. The Pumas scored on offense with 8:16 remaining to increase their lead to 9-0, and scored once more in the 3rd quarter to make it 15-0. The team could have scored again, but let time run out with just a yard short of another touchdown.

Photos from this game, 63 total, are posted HERE.

Scheduled to start at 1pm, but not getting going until after 1:30, the Jaguars took on Arlington White. This game was a high-powered offensive show, with a total of 87 points scored between the two teams.

There was only 1 score in the first quarter, a Jaguar touchdown with just 21 seconds on the clock. This touchdown was a 99-yard run after the Jags recovered an Arlington fumble on the OH 1 yard line. The second Jag TD was also a 1-play drive after another fumble recovery, this score just 1:15 into the 2nd quarter. The Jag scored twice more in the 2nd while allowing a single Arlington TD to make the score 27-6 at halftime.

The 3rd quarter saw a total of 5 touchdowns, 3 by the Jaguars, the final one with just 9 seconds left, leaving the score to start the 4th 46-20. In the 4th, the Jag allowed to Arlington scores, but scored once themselves to end the game with a 52-35 win.

The heat and sun were starting to take their toll. Not on the players, but on the referees. The game started with 4 officials, who were to call all 4 games. In the 3rd quarter of the Jaguar game, one of the refs went down with severe legs cramps and was out for the rest of the day.

57 Jaguar photos are posted HERE.

Finally, starting almost an hour behind schedule, the Panthers took the field against Arlington's Gold midget team.

Arlington drew first blood, scoring with just under 2 minutes left in the 1st quarter and adding another at the 5:12 mark in the 2nd. Oak Harbor fought back, scoring a TD with 4:50 left at half, and the 12-6 Arlington lead held until halftime.

Another ref was lost after halftime due to heat exhaustion, so the remainder of the game was played with only 2 officials.

The Panthers tied the game about halfway through the 3rd quarter on a punt return for a TD, but just 30 seconds later the Eagles scored and kicked a 2-point PAT to put them ahead 20-12. Arlington scored once more, in the 4th, to win the game 28-12.

54 pictures of the Panther game are posted HERE.

Next Saturday, 9/19, there will be 4 OHYFL games at the Ft. Nugent complex. First up at 9am is the Jaguars vs Burlington Gold, followed by the Pumas vs LaConner at 11am, the Bobcats vs Darrington at 1pm, and finally the Lynx vs Arlington Gold at 3pm. The Wildcats will play at Anacortes starting at 9am, while the two midget teams will be in Burlington. The Panthers play Burlington Blue at 9am and the Cougars go against Burlington Gold at 5pm.