Wyoming-54 Taylor-12

In a game that was supposed to be a challenge for CHL supremacy, the Wyoming Cowboys (3-2) took all the expectations and trashtalk of the Taylor Yellow Jackets (4-1) and shoved it right back in their faces, pummeling the Yellow Jackets by 42 points on Homecoming night. This win ended Taylor's chance at a perfect season, and moves the Cowboys back above .500 to 3-2. It also moves Wyoming into first place in the league.

The Yellow Jackets came out of the gates hot, and after being held on their first possession capitalized off a tipped pass by Will Marty that was intercepted by Hunter Gillespie. Yellow Jackets QB Nick Koehne rushed for a 1 yard score, but a missed XP left the Cowboys down by six. Early on the ensuing drive, Cowboys QB Will Marty found WR Dominic Vamosi for a 35 yard TD strike up the middle to get up by 1. RB Terrell Dailey had his way on the field all night, switching fields with ease and beating tacklers to the sideline. He found the endzone twice, including a 15 yarder to close out the first quarter. He finished with 108 yards on 15 attempts.

In the second quarter, Taylor brought themselves back in striking distance, scoring a 7 yard pass into the back of the endzone on a broken play, but were unable to convert a two point try which left the score at 14-12 Cowboys. Wyoming scored twice on the ground before halftime, with Dailey weaving his way in from 9 yards out and Will Marty capitalizing from 8 yards. Marty finished the game with 150 yards on 13 attempts with 3 TDs through the air, as well as 63 yards on the ground.

The second half was where the Cowboys put their foot on the gas, scoring on two remarkably exciting plays. The first came on a fourth down from 20 yards out, with Marty evading tackles, rolling to his left, and throwing to the edge of the endzone. The ball was sent into double coverage, only where Dominic Vamosi could reach, where he pulled it down and tiptoed the endzone to put the 'Boys up 34-12. Then, after a whole night of defensive dominance, Griffin O'Gara picked up a Nick Koehne fumble and returned it 85 yards the other way for the TD. This was the icing on the cake for a Cowboys defense who outperformed the Taylor offense, and although they allowed 286 yards, forced three Yellow Jacket turnovers.

The fourth quarter saw two TDs from the best QB family since the Mannings, with a 65-yard pass to Junior Oliver Reinecke from Will Marty, as well as backup Andrew Marty's first varsity TD pass to Reinecke again for 17 yards. Wyoming finished the game with 386 yards of total offense and had a running dominant game plan, although being very efficient on passing plays, with 50% of their completions resulting in TDs.

The Cowboys will look to continue their success this week at Reading, as Taylor takes on Mariemont.