Cat's Stiffle Beavers 9-0 to Add Metro Win

The Cats continued Metro League action last night at home. It was a beautiful night for the Wildcat faithful and it was homecoming! The Fans and parents packed the house to see the team take on the always tough Beaverton Beavers who were coming off a big win over Southridge.

The Beaver's add former Jesuit Star Dillon Jackson into the mix this year and the boys dug in to shut him down. The linemen and linebacker core all played very well and held Jackson to just 54 yards on 14 carries. Upfront the D line looked great. Timote Pongi has to be the finest defensive tackle in the State. Michael Leunen, Dallen Larimer, and Martin Jackson all looked great as well and made the passing lanes very difficult to negotiate. Mike Saeks was his usual tough self as well.

Hayes Garrity, Beau Brooks, and Daniel Keel all looked great as well delivering some big blows. Ultimately the game turned into a defensive battle as the teams sea-sawed back and forth exchanging drives that went up and down mid field.

Junior Quarterback Phil Belding had another solid game and ran for over 100 yards and had a nifty TD run breaking off a run over the right side, finding a seam and scoring. The Cat's other points came form Colin Forman on a fantastic blocked punt that he recovered in the end zone for a Safety.

Garrity finished with 107 yards rushing and ran very hard all night. Michael Leunen has become quite a weapon as a big Tight End that catches the majority of his passes and runs hard after. He is a welcome weapon for the Wildcats.

The Cats are now 4-2 and move ahead into action next week in search of a share of the Metro League Title or hopefully a second place finish behind rival Jesuit!

Picture Albums for Fans and Players to Enjoy

Thanks to the hard work of our very own Dirk Knudsen, Alumni Dad and youth coach, who is a reporter for OregonPreps.com for these great picture albums of our games so far. Fans and Players are welcome to some and download the albums or any pictures you want for FREE!! There are some great ones in here:

Beaverton Game:



Jesuit Game:



Canby Game



David Douglas Game




Grant Game



Season Opener against Sam Barlow

Cats Take Crusaders to the Edge

Football is a game of inches. You don't have to tell the Cats that. In one of the most thrilling games of all time for the team the Cat's went into #2 Jesuits home turf and took the game to its final down.

Trailing most of the game the Cats rallied back late with tremendous defense and some nifty running by Hayes Garrity. Junior Quarterback Phillip Belding moved the ball with precision finding several targets along the way. The final drive had the Cats scoring on fourth-and-goal from the Jesuit 8-yard line when Belding zipped a touchdown pass to junior Arseniy Goldberg who made the catch in the back line of the end zone. This cut the lead to 24-23 with 27 seconds to play.

Not wanting to go into Overtime Coach Fisher and crew took their shot at a 2 point conversion and went for the win. Colin Forman took the ball behind his line and ran off the left side to the goal line. In a pile of bodies that pushed and pulled Forman the ball appeared to cross the goal line. In fact Forman ended up on his back with his waist and the ball over the line. The officials hesitated for about 30 seconds and seemed very uncertain before making the call that the attempt was no good.

Upon further review video shows the ball crossed the line and does not show Forman hitting the ground. This game belonged to the Cats but you can not expect a close play to go the way of a visiting team...especially not at Jesuit.

It was a great game and the Cats can move ahead with the knowledge that they can win the whole thing this year and that they are good enough to beat anyone. Hard nosed football all the way. One can not say enough about the effort of the Westview Line led by the two way play of Timote Pongi, Mike Saeks, and Michael Leunen.

The teams were also close in total yardage in the game as Westview gained 351 yards on 60 offensive plays while Jesuit had 344 yards on 54 plays.

Hayes Garrity rushed for 99 yards on 18 carries. Phillip Belding completed 16 of 30 passes for 171 yards while also rushing for 52 yards on eight carries. Alex Carey had six receptions for 61 yards.

This next week Westview will be home to face Beaverton in 7:30 p.m. Metro League games.


Read the articles below:

Oregonian

Tribune

2009 Pre-Season Recap: Cats 3 and 1

The 2009 Wildcats started off strong this season after a great Summer of hard work. Weight room and speed and agility work all Summer led to a successful Camp at Canby for the Cats.

The Pre-season games included an Opener on the road at Barlow and Grant and home games against David Douglas and Canby. The Cats showed they could score and defend as well. With a record of 3-1 after these games the team was playing well but still working towards the season opener against Jesuit is week 6 after a Bye in week 4.

The results of the preseason games were:

1: Westview @ Barlow: Westview wins 42-6

2: Westview @ Grant: Westview lost 27-32

3: David Douglas @ Westview: Westview wins 40-12

4: Canby @ Westview: Westview wins 21-14 in Overtime

Most memorable moment so far has been the rally and overtime win to beat #3 Canby in the Kansas Plan as the Cats powerhouse line and the running of Hayes Garrity pushed the ball in on three downs to win this thriller in front of a crowd of thousands at Wildcat Stadium.

The Cat's look ahead now to the Metro League Opener Against Jesuit on the road at Jesuit. The Crusader's are ranked #2 in the State loosing only to Skyline of Washington who are ranked #9 in the Nation.