Varsity football goes 4-0 after homecoming domination of NA-J

by William Belson

In front of a large homecoming crowd and in front of the newly crowned king and queen, Jake Johns and Franny Marino, the varsity went to 4-0 this week, crushing the Rams 34-0.

The Wildcats started off strongly by scoring 21 points in the first quarter behind the legs and arm of junior QB Garet Lee. Lee scampered for a TD on the first drive, then threw TD passes to seniors Jacob Gier and Zack Vanlerberg. Junior Zach Broughman can be saluted for his tremendous catch he had in the first half that led to another Wildcat touchdown a few plays later, a powerful run by senior RB Chase Weber. At the end of the half the score was 28-0.

In the second half the Big Blue offense did not slow down scoring six more points on a TD pass from Lee to junior RB Taylor Hatfield. Offense is not the only thing that can be credited for Friday night’s success; the Wildcat defense had six tackles in the backfield and forced NA-J to punt several times. The kickoff team also did fairly well by picking up a fumble dropped by the Rams’ kick return team. Junior Cody Krasny had an outstanding run for 30 yards caused from a great wedge block from the O-line, but what helped Cody the most on Friday night was “(being) fired up from homecoming stuff and ready to beat up on the Rams.” But the varsity’s outstanding record can’t be credited to only one person; there is plenty of credit to go around. “Good blocking, hard running and a solid defense,” is where senior Clark Pelham thinks the credit goes. The varsity team finally goes on the road, to Bellevue. Will the varsity boys be victorious in their first away game? We’ll all find out in a week.