Wildcats Roll "Wheel" Back to Wilson
(Hacienda Heights) – In the 42nd meeting for “The Wheel” Wilson dialed up Josh Morales and the reserve quarterback accounted for five touchdowns in the Wildcats 33-10 victory over rival Los Altos on Friday night.
“It’s not their time,” Wilson HC Brian Zavala exhorted his troops after the game. “This is our time!”
And the moment belonged to the Wildcats and Morales, who was playing for injured starter Brandon Schreiman.
On the third play of the game’s first series Morales converted a third and six by hitting Josh Nelson for a 25-yard gain. On the next play he did even better going 57-yards to Michael Soto and before you could say “ride-a-painted-pony-let-the-spinning-wheel-spin” Wilson was up 7-0.
“I saw the safety roll over on you,” Morales said to his slot receiver George Czarnick. “And I went to him (Soto).”
“No, no,” said Czarnick back to Morales. “That was good stuff.”
By the two minute mark of the second quarter the Wildcats led 20-0 thanks to 19-yard scoring pass from Morales to Moses Vega on a wheel route and an 81-yard long ball to Czarnick, who made catch in traffic, shook off defenders, then sprinted to paydirt.
Los Altos rotated quarterback Shane Virnala in midway through the second quarter to help spark a Conqueror drive. Going 51-yards in nine plays, Virnala dotted the I with a key fourth and six with a 19-yard scramble and then crossed the T with a 12-yard strike to Marcos Tarula to get his team on the board before the break.
Down 20-7 in the third, Los Altos used a short field after Giovanni Martinez’s return took them to the Wilson 39. Three key runs by Scott Tibbs (20-114 yards) carried them to 13, but the drive stalled and Juan Sanchez, recently acquired from the school’s soccer team, banged in a 27-yard field goal to cut the lead to 10.
The Conquerors were able to move the ball on the ground against the Wildcats, and use large stretches of time, but they turned the ball over on downs at midfield after a four minute run. Later in the third they would turn it over on downs after moving the chains and never seriously threatened again. Zavala’s “Darkside” defense got key efforts out of linebackers Gus Garcia and Raymond Sierra. Keith Hawk and Josh Nelson were solid in the secondary.
Morales, who accounted for 394 yards of total offense, scored on a 5-yard run in the third. In the fourth he added a 4-yard touchdown to close the scoring out. Through the air Morales was 12 of 15 for 324 yards, three touchdowns and one interception. Rushing he scored twice on 12 attempts for 70-yards.
Los Altos, now 0-3, hosts Ayala next week while Wilson, 1-1, faces La Puente.
History of “The Wheel” Los Altos-Wilson
Los Altos leads series 31-10-1
1969: Los Altos 14 Wilson 0
1970: Los Altos 10 Wilson 0
1971: Wilson 7 Los Altos 0
1972: 6-6 Tie
1973: Los Altos 33 Wilson 0
1974: Los Altos 30 Wilson 7
1975: Los Altos 21 Wilson 13
1976: Los Altos 33 Wilson 7
1977: Los Altos 14 Wilson 0
1978: Wilson 21 Los Altos 7
1979: Los Altos 27 Wilson 0
1980: Los Altos 28 Wilson 7
1981: Los Altos 17 Wilson 14
1982: Los Altos 17 Wilson 16
1983: Wilson 38 Los Altos 17
1984: Los Altos 21 Wilson 9
1985: Los Altos 7 Wilson 0
1986: Los Altos 10 Wilson 7
1987: Los Altos 23 Wilson 6
1988: Wilson 7 Los Altos 0
1989: Wilson 17 Los Altos 16
1990: Wilson 14 Los Altos 10
1991: Los Altos 30 Wilson 12
1992: Los Altos 35 Wilson 8
1993: Los Altos 40 Wilson 7
1994: Los Altos 14 Wilson 7
1995: Los Altos 24 Wilson 13
1996: Wilson 22 Los Altos 20
1997: Wilson 31 Los Altos 14
1998: Los Altos 35 Wilson 14
1999: Los Altos 31 Wilson 21
2000: Los Altos 32 Wilson 10
2001: Los Altos 40 Wilson 7
2002: Los Altos 25 Wilson 0
2003: Los Altos 35 Wilson 14
2004: Los Altos 35 Wilson 18
2005: Los Altos 35 Wilson 27
2006: Los Altos 38 Wilson 18
2007: Wilson 42 Los Altos 36
2008: Los Altos 38 Wilson 14
2009: Los Altos 54 Wilson 17
2010: Wilson 33 Los Altos 10
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