FB 2011-10-27 at Meadowdale

For their final regular season game of the year, the 9-0 Oak Harbor Wildcats traveled to Edmonds Stadium to take on the 9-0 Meadowdale Mavericks. The game was billed as the immoveable object (the Meadowdale defense) vs the irresistible force (the OH offense).

In this case, the defense won.

The game started out well for Oak Harbor when Josh McVey recovered a fumble caused by Casey Ferguson during a sack, the Josiah Miller ran in from 21 yards out with 5:56 left in the first quarter to put OH ahead 7-0.

Meadowdale responded with an 8-play drive, ending with a 12 yard run with 2:03 left to tie the score.

After trading punts, Oak Harbor took the lead again on a 30-yard field goal by Peter Franssen with 5:23 left until halftime. It's now OH 10, Meadowdale 7.

After punts but both teams, Meadowdale recaptured the lead, 14-10 on a 5-yard run with 2:34 left. Oak Harbor came right back and scored with 4 seconds left when Ian Kolste found Mike Washington in the corner of the end zone to give OH the lead at halftime, 17-14.

Oak Harbor received the 2nd half kickoff but punted after 6 plays, Meadowdale slowly moved upfield, and it looked like the OH defense had the Mavs stopped, but the QB found an open receiver downfield for a 44-yard TD strike with 5:13 to go in the 3rd.

On their next possession the Wildcats were facing a 4th-and-long, and opting to use a play that had worked several times earlier in the season, punter Josiah Miller got the go-ahead to attempt the fake, but Meadowdale was ready and caught Miller for a 9-yard loss, setting up a 1-yard Meadowdale run to make it 28-17 with 2:46 left.

The Wildcat's next offensive series ended with a Meadowdale interception at their own 21 but the Mavs were forced to punt it away after 4 plays.

The next OH drive started at their own 46 and 9 plays later were down to the Meadowdale 24, but a 4th down attempt was unsuccessful, giving Meadowdale the ball. Seven plays later a 12-yard run made it Meadowdale 34, Oak Harbor 17, and that score would be the final.

Next up for the Wildcats is a home play-in game vs Eastside Catholic. The winner goes to the state playoffs, the loser is done for the year. The game will be Friday night, November 4th at 7pm at Wildcat Memorial Stadium.


40 photos are posted HERE.

Video clips are HERE.