JV football still searching for first W

by Dillon Cooper

Once again there is another depressing sequel to a story that always seems to end the same way…. with a loss.

The Pittsford Wildcats would travel yet again to a not-so-far away place. Their home away from home, Hillsdale College, is where they took on the Mustangs of Grand Rapids Northpointe Christian. In this battle the Wildcats defense played a key role, forcing GRNC into countless turnovers, many sacks and a lot of failed drives, but even that couldn’t stop the Mustangs from finally punching through the goal line with 4:30 left in the game. The Mustangs would try for two but failed as they were tackled in their own backfield. The score was 6-0 and that is how it would stay as the Wildcats would have two more attempts to drive it down and prove that they could prevail in the toughest of times and the most critical of times, too.

Earlier in the game the ‘Cats played tough and just couldn’t, like before, seem to cross that distant goal-line. It wasn’t until after halftime that the Wildcats would start doing some real work and punishing the Mustangs defense for what they had done in the first half. “We just told coach where they were lining up and we adjusted to it,” said sophomore offense tackle Nick Kik. Indeed the change that the offense made really seemed to work. On their first play the ‘Cats drove down for a tough 20 yard run. The runs just seemed to keep going. Pittsford would finally get it down into the red zone and then when it seemed that nothing could go wrong the Wildcats, they would throw a very disappointing interception which was returned for big yardage to set the Mustangs up for the drive that would eventually score the game’s only touchdown. Pittsford would get the ball back but just couldn’t get it going like they did earlier. That spark of life was now just a distant memory for the Wildcats.

The Pittsford Wildcats will travel to North Adams where they will take on the Rams. This is the last away game until the last game of the season.