West Seattle Wildcats overpower the Rainier Beach Vikings 28-8
Fri, 10/07/2011
The Rainier Beach Vikings played host to the West Seattle Wildcats, fresh off a 35 - 0 win last week against Cleveland and they didn't skip a beat.
The first touchdown was set up on a nice pass play by quarterback Isaac Johnson and receiver Joe Ylagan. Mikko Em punched the ball in from the 2 yard line for the first six points and Isaac Johnson kicks the PAT.
Ylagan scored again with the second touchdown on a 48 pass play thrown by Isaac Johnson.
With 10:30 on the clock in the second quarter West Seattle had a 20 yard catch and 52 run by George Edwards who scored the third West Seattle touchdown, Bringing the score 20 - 0 with the kick by number 10 Isaac Johnson.
DiAndre Jackson picked up 12 yards on a run and then a 17 yard pass play to George Edwards and the Wildcats moved the ball down the field in the second quarter with 6 minutes left in the half.
The Wildcats, moved the ball and got down into scoring range but turned it over on downs.
In a key defensive play, Nate Ve’e sacked the Vikings quarterback and on the very next play George Edwards intercepted the ball on the 22nd yard line and ran it back 26 yds with 48 seconds left in the half.
The Vikings fought back with a sack of Isaac Johnson by Carlos James for a Wildcat loss of 8 yards but West Seattle then passed to number 12 Joe Ylagan for a first down and 30 yd gain putting the surging Cats on the 35 yd line. With no time showing on the clock Rainier Beach intercepted a pass and ran it back to the 50 yd line to end the half.
In the third quarter the Vikings Jilani Kidd scored 6 and they ran a two point conversion to make it 8 to 20.
DiAndre Jackson ran back 15 yards on the kickoff after the touchdown, then Dan Sullivan gained 4 yds. The next play was big. A 30 yard pass to George Edwards put the Wildcats on about the 28 yard line with 6:03 on the clock.
A 5 yard penalty set them back but Isaac Johnson found George Edwards on the low left side the end zone to put another 6 on the score board and with the conversion scored by DiAndre Jackson the score was 28 -8.
Vikings drove it down the field but did not score and time ran out, preserving the Wildcat victory.
Thanks to Kimberly DePew for the game summary