Youth football 2010-10-23

For the final week of regular season games this year, none of the OHYFL teams were at home.

Both peewee teams completed their season last week. The Lynx finished 3-3 and were in 5th place, one game out of the playoffs. This was a great improvement from last year's 0-6 season. The Bobcats finished 2-4 in 9th place.

In the midget division, the Panthers came in 5th place with a 5-3 record while the Cougars were 8th with a record of 4-4. The top 8 teams move on to the playoffs. Last Saturday the Cougars had little trouble handling the 0-7 Mt. Vernon Black team, winning 36-16, but in the Panther game against MV Green, it was a nail-biter until the very last second.

The Panthers found themselves down early 16-0 but fought back to make it 18-30 at halftime. With 8:41 left in the game, Oak Harbor was able to tie the game at 38, but 6 plays later MV was back ahead 46-38. Two plays later, the Panthers broke loose for a 60-yard touchdown run but the kick failed, leaving them down by 2, 44-46.

With 4:49 left in the game, the Panthers were able to recover the kickoff at the MV 44 yard line, then scored a touchdown on a 12-yard run to go ahead 50-46.

Mt. Vernon got the ball down to the OH 25 with 47 seconds left, then to the 21, then the 15 with 19 seconds left. The 1-10 play ran to the left and down to the 3 yard line but the runner was not able to get out of bounds. The MV team rushed back to quickly down the ball to stop the clock, but not everyone was set so flags flew with 1.4 seconds on the clock. After this penalty the clock would start with the referee's signal, not the snap. MV was lined up but could not get the snap off before time expired and the Panthers took the win 50-46. On average it took each team only 4 plays to score a touchdown during this game.

Highlight clips from the Cougars game are posted HERE.

Clips from the Panthers game are HERE.

In the final regular season game of the season, the Junior Pumas bead the Sedro Cubs 56-6 and the Jaguars lost to Sedro White 8-6. The Pumas finished the season in 3rd place with a 6-2 record while the Jaguars were in 6th with a 4-3 record. Both teams move on and play next week.

Finally, the Wildcats finished at 3-4. The won their final game 22-8 at Friday Harbor.