Varsity Football 2011-09-16 vs Shorewood

The scoreboard operator was busy Friday night putting up a total of 13 touchdowns during the Wildcats' game against the Shorewood Thunderbirds.

Shorewood got on the board first with a nice-looking 61-yard drive in 6 plays. The kick failed giving the T-birds a 6-0 lead.

Oak Harbor struck back quickly, starting with Isaiah Trower's 42-yard kickoff return. 7 plays later Brent Ryan powered in from a yard out to make it 7-6.

The Wildcat defense adjusted quickly, forcing a Shorewood punt after only 3 plays and 4 plays later Peter Franssen ran 13 yards to put OH up 14-6.

Franssen played a big role during the next Shorewood possession, intercepting the ball at the OH 26, then just 2 plays later Trower scampered for 61 yards to make it 21-6.

Shorewood was forced to punt again. OH started on their own 18 yards line but a 45-yard run up Ryan set up a Ian Kolste to Trower pass from 20 yards out. With 7:39 left in the first half, Oak Harbor led 28-6.

Shorewood returned the OK kickoff 58 yards but 3 plays later fumbled with OH recovering. The next drive was the first time OH was not able to score. They went for it on 4th and 9 but came up less than a yard short of a first down. Shorewood took over at their own 34 yard line and took 12 plays to get to the Wildcat 7 yard line before scoring on a 7-yard pass with 19 seconds left in the half. The 2-point run conversion failed, leaving the score 28-12 at the half.

The Wildcats struck first in the second half, receiving the opening kickoff then scoring just over a minute later when Josiah Miller ran 28 yards to up the OH lead to 23 points, 35-12.

The Wildcats forced a T-bird punt on their first possession of the half, but OH fumbled the ball back and Shorewood completed a 21-yard TD pass to cut the OH lead to 35-20. Shorewood then got another turnover, this one an interception of a tipped ball at the OH 29 then scored from 2 yards out to cut the OH lead to just 9 points, 35-26 with 9:01 left in the game.

Oak Harbor wasn't about to let the recent Shorewood success continue. After the T-bird kickoff, the Wildcats used just 40 seconds and 2 plays to put Franssen back into the end zone after a 43-yard run and 10 seconds later Miller intercepted a Shorewood pass at the 30 yard line and ran it in for another score. The two TDs put OH back up by 23 points, 49-26.

Late in the game, Jack Richter scored on a 1-yard run with 4:29 left and Shorewood responded with a 3 yard run with 28 seconds left.

Final score: OH 56, Shorewood 33.

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Video highlights are posted HERE.