Rippin' Tigers!
Your Wildcats went on the road Friday to play the Ripon High School Tigers and came away with their third win in a row.
Prior to kickoff the team was invited to observe the Ripon College football team practice and the seniors spoke for a minute with Red Hawk's Coach Ron Ernst.
Once the game began, it took the Cats a few minutes to shake off the bus ride and Ripon drove the field and scored on the game's first possession. The Wildcats responded with a score of their own, a 7 yard run by QB Larry Williams (19 carries, 74 yards, 2 TD).
Ripon put together another drive and capped it with a 1 yard score and then scored again a short time later on a 15 yard run. The conversions on those two scores failed but the Tigers were up 19-7 after one quarter of play.
The Wildcats came roaring back though scoring twice in the second and twice in the fourth to take control of the game 35-19. A last minute Ripon touchdown cut the lead to 11 and when freshman Kyle Godlewski recovered the Tiger's onside kick attempt, the game was all but over.
Williams passed for 250 yards in the game and completed TD passes to Frank Lopez (2 catches for 49 yards, 1 TD; 9 carries for 61 yards) and Lashawn Goode (5 catches for 163 yards, 1 TD; 8 carries for 37 yards, 1 TD).