Thunder Rock The Wildcats in Edmonton

The Regina Thunder rolled into Edmonton with redemption on their minds and they got
it, with a decisive win over the Wildcats 32 -14, avenging their loss at home last year
against the Cats.

The first quarter saw the Thunder jump out to a 7 – 0 lead after a 30 yard catch and run
play for a touchdown by Kolton Solomon from Reid Quest. The Thunder upped the score
to 9 – 0 after the Wildcats conceded a safety. Regina finished off the 1st Quarter with a
field goal to increase the lead to 12 -0.

The rough start continued for the Wildcats in the second as Reid Quest went to work
again on the Wildcats secondary tossing a 44 yard reception to Kolten Solomon for his
second TD of the game to send the visitors into half time up 19-0.

The Third quarter saw more of the same as the Wildcats could not get on track, while the
Thunder were firing on all cylinders completing an 8 play 62-yard drive ending in a 4
yard TD reception by Clay Cooke from Reid Quest for the Thunder’s 3rd major of the
contest, putting them up 25-0 after a blocked convert attempt ending the 3rd Quarter.
The Wildcats finally get on the board in the 4th Quarter as Adam Senuik put together a 4
play 46-yard drive ending in a 23yd TD run by Kendell Kennedy to cut the score to 25-7.
The Thunder answered right back though on the ensuing kickoff, as Kolten Solomon
returned the ball 105 yds for a TD and his 3rd of the game to widen the gap 32-7. The
Cats could only muster 1 more score in the 4th quarter with an 8 yard toss to Andrew
Johnson to cut the lead to 32-14 and close out the game, with the final score 32 -14 for
the Thunder.

On defense Kevin Hanson had a solid game, leading all defenders with 5 tackles, 2 assists
and 1 25 yard INT return for 18 defensive points. Mike Podloski and Steven Rae also had
solid efforts in the game picking up 11 and 10 points respectively.

The Wildcats put up only 225 yards of net offense with Adam Senuik completing 7 of 19
for 97 yards and 1 TD, while the ground game picked up 144 yards. The Thunder had 382
yards of net offense with Reid Quest completing 21 of 29 for 304 yards and 3 TD’s. The
Wildcats defense held the ground game to 105 yds with Mark Coons picking up all but
3yards of the Thunder’s total rushing yards with 102 yards on 20 carries.

Next game sees the Wildcats hosting their 2nd home game, as the Saskatoon Hilltops roll
into town Sunday August 29th 1:00pm at Clarke Park
All Edmonton Wildcat practices are at Rundle Park and the players take to the field at
around 7:30 pm nightly.

By Stuart Gibson – Media Coordinator EdmontonWildcats