The Twentynine Palms High School Wildcats Junior varsity football team took a trip to Banning High School to face the Broncos. On the opening kickoff, Antwone Wilson returned the kick for a touchdown putting the cats up 8-0. The broncos played tough and put up 20 unanswered points making it 8-20 at halftime. The wildcats continued to fight, and with 8 minutes left in the 3rd quarter Ayden O’Gilvie returned an interception 85 yards for a touchdown making it 14-20. Though the junior varsity team lost, they played hard all night long.
The Varsity Wildcat Football team played great, but lost 6-20 to the Banning Broncos. The offense shined and played well. In his first start as a varsity Quarterback, freshman Bubba Corney led his offense up and down the field. Seniors Dylan Todd and Makahi Gardener ran the ball well setting up the wildcats offense with good field positioning. Though the Cats only found the end zone once, Coach Kole Green said their offense played great team football moving the ball and not giving up. On the defensive side of the ball, the Cats played tough causing 3 turnovers. A big turnover was an interception by senior Lucas moody returning it all the way to the opponent’s 10 yard line.
The Wildcats ultimately lost, but they fought all night long.
