Tomorrow morning at Troy High, Warrensburg/Lake George and Stillwater will play each other for the second time this season all be it with a little more on the line this time in the form of a Section II Championship.

On October 14th Stillwater traveled north to meet the Wildcats and the home squad did what they’ve done to opponents all season long, dominate.  The outcome was a 50-7 decision for W/LG which roughly is how things have gone for the 9-0 Wildcats this entire campaign.

Warrensburg/Lake George averages 54 points per contest while allowing just a shade under seven points on the defensive side.  Quarterback Caden Allen has thrown for over 1200 yards on the season with 21 touchdowns, completing 75% of his throws. 

The Wildcats boast a trio of running back in Gavin McCabe, Ben Sheldon and Nick Jeckel who have combined for over 2500 rushing yards and 36 TD’s.

Stillwater (8-1), averages 32 points per outing and gives up 13 points defensively.

Offensively they lean heavily on seniors Lukas Lilac and Jaxson Mueller who have combined for just under 2000 rushing yards and 25 touchdowns this year averaging 6.5 yards per carry.

While W/LG won convincingly in the first meeting Mueller did not play due to injury, Lilac was limited as well, and their leading tackler Anthony Cocozzo was also out with a knee injury.

All three are back and had big games in the D semifinal with Lilac rushing for 165 yards, Meuller scoring three touchdowns and Cocozzo leading the way defensively with double digit tackles in Stillwater’s 35-14 victory over Canajoharie /Fort Plain. 

The two teams met each other last season in the Class C semifinals and with both squads dropping down the Class D this year it’s no surprise they’re matching up in the title game.  

W/LG has had their way with opponents in all nine outings this year and did so with Stillwater back in October, but it will be a healthy Stillwater squad that takes the field for the 11 a.m. kick knowing the Wildcats saw nothing close to their best back in week six.  

If Stillwater can control tempo and take the game into the final quarter with the decision in the balance, the outcome may be a Stillwater “W” the second time around.