FB 2014-10-20 JV vs Stanwood

Monday evening the Wildcat JV football team took to the field hoping to make it 2-0 vs Stanwood this season.

Things didn't go to well in the first quarter.  Both teams punted away their first possessions, with the Stanwood JV team playing inspired football after their varsity was drubbed 56-13 Friday night by the 'Cats.

Stanwood took their 2nd possession for a score, completing a long pass to get the ball deep into Wildcat territory, then finished the drive with a 15-yard pass for a score.  The PAT missed, making it Stanwood 6, Oak Harbor 0 at the 6:21 mark in the 1st quarter.

Oak Harbor's next possession was ended when the snap was fumbled and the next by an interception, but the Wildcat defense played tough and the 1quarter ended with Stanwood still leading 6-0.

Stanwood gave the ball back to OH when the second handoff on a double reverse play was dropped and recovered by D'Andre Bellamy at the Stanwood 10.  On the first play, the Spartans gave OH half the distance by jumping offside, then Ryan Valencia punched it in from 5 yards out.  The PAT went wide right, and the game was tied at 6.

Stanwood's final two possessions in the 1st half were both ended by takeaways.  Tyler Snavely recovered a fumble on a Stanwood pitch, then Cameron Rector intercepted a ball thrown just as the Stanwood QB was hit.  That turnover ended with Wildcat points.  As time ran out in the 1st half, Eric Jensen booted a 24-yard field goal to put the Wildcats up 9-6.

A wild play early in the 3rd resulted in an OH touchdown.  Taylor Kolste took the snap, scrambled right, then went back left.  When he went back left, the defender covering Josh Coe broke off, leaving Coe all alone at the 2 yard line.  He caught the perfectly placed Kolste pass and stepped in for a score.  Coe was so wide open, the nearest Spartan was 10 yards away.

With 8:39 left in the 3rd, OH led 16-6.

Oak Harbor didn't score again, punting once and fumbling twice, but a stout defense preserved the 16-6 win.

Stanwood got the ball 5 more times in the game, with 4 of the 5 drives ended by Oak Harbor takeaways.  The only drive that wasn't was a turnover on downs.  Fred Miller snagged an INT, Snavely caught two more, and Bellamy recovered another fumble, forced by Zoren Yabao.

The JV squad will finish the season on the road, traveling to Marysville Pilchuck next Monday, taking on a Tomahawks JV squad that's struggled a bit this year.


Video highlights are HERE.

Photos are HERE.


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