Wildcats take league road win over Peetz; move to 4-1

The Fleming Wildcats came back in full force last weekend with a league win over the Peetz Bulldogs. After game forfeits and cancellations followed by an 8-man loss to Haxtun, the Wildcats returned to 6-man action last Saturday.

With just two contests under their belt in the sixth week of the season, the Wildcats own a 4-1 overall record with an undefeated league record of 2-0. Fleming sent North Park and Idalia packing to open the season in weeks one and two. A Granada forfeit and cancellation in weeks three and four kept them off the field.

They returned to action at Haxtun last week, where they suffered their first loss of the year on an 8-man field and finally returned to their 6-man forté on Saturday.

The Wildcats opened with just six points in the first quarter, but found their groove in the second to go up 38-0 by the half.

The home team added their first and only points of the contest in the third quarter, but gave up another 12 to the visiting Wildcats to put the score at 50-6 heading into the final 10 minutes of play.

The addition of seven Wildcat points left the final score at 57-6, Fleming, and gave them their fourth victory of the season.

Fleming's ground game dominated in the contest. As team, the Wildcats rushed for 305 yards total.

Senior Nolan Japp led the group with 103 rushing yards on four carries. Senior Blake Feather followed with 99 yards on five carries. Picking up some offensive yardage in his debut season, freshman Wyatt Sonnenberg rushed for 72 yards in the game. Sophomore Travis Johnson added the remaining 32 yards.

Junior Wyatt Cochran led the Wildcats in receiving yards with 39 on the lone two receptions of the contest. He found the endzone on both catches.

Those two passes, off the arm of senior Braylen Feather, were two of three total pass attempts. He threw a long of 30 yards - both passes resulting in Cochran touchdowns.

Defensively, seniors Kolten Houser and Blake Feather hit double digits in tackles. Houser led with 14 - split at four solo and 10 assisted; Feather brought down 11 - three and eight, respectively.

The Wildcats are set to return to their own home field on Friday, Oct. 7. They're scheduled to host the Weldon Valley Warriors for league action that night beginning at 7 p.m. MaxPreps lists the Warriors at 2-4 overall and 0-2 in the league with league losses to North Park and Prairie.