Cate senior Will Bouma threw three touchdown passes and rushed for two more in a highlight reel performance to lead a 30-21 victory over Chadwick on Saturday.
The Rams, now 3-0 and ranked No. 1 in CIF-SS 8-man Division I, solidified that ranking with the victory over No. 2 Chadwick.
Down 15-12 with 7:49 left in the game, Bouma scored on a quarterback sneak to put the Rams up 18-15. After a Dolphins score and failed conversion gave them a 21-15 lead, Bouma connected on a 49-yard strike to senior Mason Oetgen for the pair’s second touchdown.
The two-point conversion failed and the Rams held on to a 24-21 lead. Cate could not manage any extra-point conversions on the day.
With 2:26 left to go, Will Bouma sealed the game with a 49-yard run that provided the final score.
“A back and forth contest — that kept the Homecoming crowd cheering all the way to the end,” Cate coach Ben Soto said. “Senior Matty Holmes turned in a solid game on both sides of the ball, as did junior Jack Whelan, sophomore Kristian Scurtis, senior Ben Meyer, and senior Ethan Ligon.
“Outstanding team performance to battle all the way to the end.”
Bouma, Soto said, “is something special. He has worked extremely hard to get to where he is and play to the level that he is playing.”