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The Wildcats exploded for 42 first half points Friday night to outdistance the Great Oak Wolf Pack for a successful Homecoming victory at Tom Nicoll stadium. The emotionally charged Wildcats scored on six of their first eight possessions of the game, cruising to an easy win over the favored Wolf pack. The Wildcats would take the opening kickoff and march 43 yards down to the Great Oak 20 yard line before being turned away on a interception in the end zone. This would prove to be the last defensive stop of the first quarter for the Wolf Pack. The Wildcats defense forced a quick punt and Montreal Harris broke several open field tackles and raced 56 yards down to the 10 yard line of Great Oak. It only took two plays for the Wildcats to punch it in as Senior Tailback Ron Hampton ran it over for the first score. The point after was blocked and the Cats led 6-0. The Wildcat defense would take the game over from this point on, as Junior Linebacker Jason Luke would break through the Wolf Pack line on the second play from scrimmage and sack Qb Darryl Mosely. The ball came lose on the big hit by Luke and was picked up by Junior lineman Floyd Pulu at the Great Oak 7. Two plays later Wildcat Qb Nico Matthews connected on a 7 yard pass to widout Montreal Harris for the Cats second score in a minute. Things would continue to go downhill for the Wolf Pack as the Wildcat defense continued to put tremendous pressure on the pass oriented offense of Great Oak. Floyd Pulu broke through the line on the second play of the series and deflected a pass, which was intercepted by Wildcat Sophomore Matt Kozel at the 45 yard line. Kozel would race nearly 40 yards on the interception return, giving the Cats another easy score at the 5 yard line. Nico Matthews ran a bootleg option run around the right end for the third score of the quarter. A failed two point conversion pass was just caught an inch out of the end zone and the Cats led 18-0. Senior Defensive end Doc Edick would be the next Wildcat to make some noise, as he sacked the Wolf Pack Qb on the 1 yard line following the kickoff. An errant snap out of the end zone would add two more points to the Wildcats first quarter blitz, and the score read 20-0 with 3:37 still to play in the first quarter. After the free kick the Wildcats took over at the at their own forty yard line and quickly drove 60 yards to pay dirt. The key play was a fourth down and 14 yard double pass play from Matthews to Edick to Harris for the 36 yard scoring strike. Nicco Matthews connected on a two point pass play to Drew Martinez who made a diving shoelace catch to make the score 28-0. The Wildcats held the Wolf pack out of the end zone early in the second quarter, but a punt downed at the 2 yard line would seem to have the cats in a dangerous hole. On third and long, the Wildcats were able to break out of Wolf Pack territory as Matthews scrambled and hit Senior fullback Kyle Candalaria on a nifty swing pass. Candalaria broke several tackles and raced down the sideline to the 40 yard line. The Cats would finish off the 98 yard drive 4 plays later as Matthews would hit Ron Hampton streaking down the sideline for another big pass play and a 35-0 lead. The Wolf Pack would finally get on the board with only 3:12 left in the second quarter. Great Oak marched 65 yards on 6 plays mostly on the ground after abandoning their run and shoot offense. The Wildcats would return the favor to end the 1st half as they would also march 65 yards in 6 plays as well. Two big runs by Hampton and Arsenio Jones would lead to a dazzling 25 yard Scramble by Matthews down to the Great Oak 10. Arsenio Jones carried 3 defenders to the one yard line. With 36 seconds left in the half, Matthews would finish off the drive on a one yard sneak and the 42-7 lead. Senior Free Safety Keenan O'conner intercepted the final pass of the half at the Wildcat 25 yard line. The Wolf pack would make some noise early in the fourth on a quick td, but the two teams would battle the final quarter out with only two field goals to show for the period.