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The Weimar Wildcats picked up their first district win of the season over Danbury on Friday, Oct. 9.
The Wildcats won the game with a final score of 45-14 to improve their district record to 1-2 on the season.
The Wildcats started this game strong and opened the scoring with a rushing touchdown to go up 6-0 early in the game. They followed that up with another rushing touchdown to give themselves a 12-0 lead. The PAT was good, and the Wildcats had a 13-0 lead in the first quarter.
The Wildcats rushing attack continued to push and scored once more before the first quarter ended to give themselves a 20-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Wildcats found then end zone again on a punt return to extend their lead to 26-0, which held up going into halftime.
Coming out of halftime, the Wildcats rushing attack again came up big as they scored another touchdown on the ground to make their lead 33-0. The Wildcats carried that lead into the fourth quarter and continued to add to their lead.
In the fourth quarter, the Wildcats scored another rushing touchdown to take a 39-0 lead. Then Danbury responded with a rushing touchdown of their own to cut the Wildcats lead to 39-6.
The Wildcats responded with a rushing touchdown of their own to take a 45-6 lead. Danbury then scored the final touchdown of the game and converted on the two-point try to arrive at the final score of 45-14.
This was the Wildcats first district win, and they will try to build on that momentum in their next district game.
The Wildcats will enjoy a bye week before getting back to their home field on Friday, Oct. 23, for their homecoming game against Bloomington at Weimar High School.
