LOS GATOS – Los Gatos’ offense took a giant likelihood on the opening drive of its residence sport Friday evening in opposition to Liberty-Brentwood.
Going through a fourth-and-two state of affairs by itself 40-yard line, the Wildcats went for it. Emiliano Mejia ran for 3 yards and the Wildcats didn’t look again, continuing to attain the primary of 4 offensive touchdowns within the sport in a 31-0 victory.
“We struggled final week on the offensive aspect,” mentioned Los Gatos coach Mark Krail in regards to the Wildcats 28-14 loss to visiting Corona del Mar-Newport Seaside of their opener, when Los Gatos’ offense accounted for just one landing. “We had a very good week of follow, truly, cleaned some issues up, and simply felt like let’s go for this. Let’s attempt to set the tone and see if we will get some momentum.”
Proper after Mejia’s fourth-down run, Los Gatos quarterback Jake Boyd discovered Wil Brennan for a 32-yard move and the Wildcats (1-1) ultimately scored on a four-yard run by Jaylen Thomas. On its second drive, Los Gatos additionally reached the tip zone on a 52-yard move from Boyd to Henry Wong on the primary play of the second quarter.
Boyd accomplished 10 of his 11 passes within the first half for 167 yards. His solely incompletion that half was on the final play of the second quarter, an interception by Liberty’s Kyle Cook dinner on an extended throw. Boyd completed with 14 completions on 18 makes an attempt for 219 yards. Thomas had a game-high eight catches for 96 yards.
“I assumed we made some powerful, contested catches,” mentioned Krail, who additionally credited his offensive line’s move safety. “And Jake, if he has time to throw, he’s going to place it the place it must be.”
The Wildcats went up by three touchdowns within the second quarter on a one-yard run by Boyd. Within the second half, Los Gatos scored its remaining landing within the third quarter on a 66-yard run by Mejia, who completed with a game-high 89 yards dashing. The Wildcats’ Sam Pearman capped the scoring with a 32-yard subject objective with 6:57 left within the sport.
Defensively, Los Gatos restricted Liberty (1-1) to 88 yards dashing and 132 yards passing. Nate Bell accounted for all of these passing yards and likewise rushed for a team-high 45 yards.
The Wildcats obtained a fourth-quarter interception from Landon Heard within the win.
“Our protection performed nice. They’re so enjoyable to teach,” Krail mentioned. “They simply fly round they usually’re quick and bodily they usually feed off of one another.”
Liberty coach Mike Cable got here away impressed by each side of Los Gatos’ workforce.
“They have been prepared. They got here out with an depth, they executed very properly. They have been very ready, they at all times are,” Cable mentioned. “I knew coming in it was an awesome check for us. And we struggled. The place they executed, we didn’t.”
