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Just another 14-7 game featuring four field goals, a safety and a late touchdown to make it interesting, right?
Patrick Acosta, a week after kicking a 32-yard field goal to push Westview past Grant, kicked four field goals, including a 47-yarder in the third quarter, to score all of the points the sixth-ranked Wildcats needed to get past David Douglas 14-7 on Friday night at David Douglas High School.
"I really didn't have the best of warmups tonight," Acosta said.
No one counts warmups, anyway.
Acosta broke a scoreless first half with a 25-yard field goal as the second quarter expired.
A long punt return by Daniel Aguilar -- opened up by two stiff blocks -- set Westview (3-0) up at David Douglas' 34-yard line with 1:52 left in the half. After an incomplete pass, David Aguilar took a handoff from Josh Hill, started left, reversed field and picked up 20 yards. After a sack and a 13-yard completion from Hill to David Aguilar, Acosta ran onto the field and got Westview on the board.
In the third quarter, the Wildcats turned to their defense. Casey Kasai intercepted David Douglas quarterback Brian Teague's pass at the Scots' 44-yard line with 9:06 left in the third. The Wildcats couldn't do þanything with the ensuing possession but killed the punt at the 1-yard line.
The Wildcats' defense held, and Daniel Aguilar again took a punt deep into Scots territory, this time to the 29. That set up a 32-yard field goal by Acosta that made it 6-0 with 3:31 left in the third quarter.
Acosta forced a touchback on the ensuing kickoff, and two Scots penalties -- the second for intentional grounding -- moved David Douglas (1-2) back to its 2. On third and 28, Westview's Ricky Martin sacked Teague for a safety. That made it 8-0.
Westview took the kick and did almost nothing with it. The Wildcats picked up two yards. Then they brought on Acosta to kick a 47-yard field goal. He added a 26-yard field goal in the fourth quarter to make it 14-0.
"Our defense played well enough to win," David Douglas coach Dan Wood said. And he was happy with the energy, and the way the offense stuck together and kept plugging away.
The Scots finally put together a late drive. Dominique McCallister capped it with a four-yard touchdown run with 1:46 left. He finished with 33 yards rushing on 13 carries. Tyler Maes came in at quarterback for the Scots and completed 6 of 7 passes for 74 yards.
It wasn't quite enough. David Douglas finished the game with 101 more yards of total offense than Westview (203-102); Acosta was the difference.
"I'll give credit to David Douglas, they came at us hard," Westview coach Greg Fisher said. "Honestly, I think we were a little surprised. We've got some work to do."
-- Ryan White: 503-412-7024; ryanwhite@news.oregonian.com
