11th Annual Blackout Game

11th Annual Blackout Game September 6 VS. Wyoming

Student Section

With a full student section, the Wildcats showed their pride all night cheering on the varsity football team while also showing their support to "blackout" pediatric cancer.

Pictured left to right: #11 junior Joey Dochod, #53 junior Carter Anderson, and #33 junior Colin Carter stand on the sideline during the first half. The game tied 21-21 going into halftime.

(Left) #5 sophomore Kyler VanderJagt stands on the sideline watching his teammates on the field in the second quarter. VanderJagt scored two touchdowns for the Wildcats. (Right) #34 junior Gavin Jones talks to his teammate during the first half of the game. Jones scored a touchdown in the second half of the game.

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The team stands with their backs towards the stands as the names on the back of the jerseys are being announced. The jerseys were sponsored by loved ones and the donations went to the Pediatric Oncology Resource Team (PORT).

The football team about to run through the banner right before kick-off. The roster for this game consisted of five sophomores, 24 juniors, and 20 seniors.

It's certainly good to win two games, but what i'm really proud of is the fact we have almost 100 kids participating in football," varsity football coach Trip Gallery said.

Top and bottom right photo: The cheerleaders stand on the track watching the football game. The middle school cheerleaders are invited to cheer for the first half of the game every year. Bottom left photo: The cheerleaders huddle before starting to cheer on the Wildcats.

Two senior girls had posters to cheer on #13 senior Kolbe Vandenberg and #84 senior Carter Smith.

#21 senior Ja'Kaurie Kirkland standing on the field at the Blackout Game. After being named MLive's player of the week, Kirkland made four out of the seven touchdowns for the Wildcats. Photo Courtesy of Tom Reynolds.

We're not friends, teammates or classmates. We're brothers and I wouldn't want to play for anyone else," kirkland said.

Kirkland's Interview with MLive

(Left) The high school marching band and some of Crossroads Middle School eighth grade band students playing next to the student section during the game. Every year, the eighth grade band is invited to come perform pregame and in the stands at Blackout. (Right) The band performs Wyoming's fight song during pregame before performing the Wildcat fight song.

By proving MLive's prediction score wrong of 30-37, the Wildcat's pulled off a win 49-21 against the Wolves. This is the first 2-0 start they've had since 2011. Photo courtesy of Tom Reynolds.

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Tom Reynolds and Olivia Austin