Rookie Head Coach Bob Loncar got his first win and the West Wendover Wolverines took their first homecoming victory in eight years, Friday, in a 16-14 nail biter against Incline.
Suffering a slump through the season West Wendover pulled out all the stops last week for the biggest Homecoming Week ever in Wolverine history. Principal Craig Kylonen and the rest of WWHS staff not only enthused the school but also the entire community with special events both inside and outside the school.
Starting with a community barbecue hosted by WREC attended by over 1,000 people and capped off with a bon fire that could be seen for miles West Wendover was pumped for at least one shining moment on the grid iron that in the last ten years has not had many.
Yet even with standing room only in and around the stands it looked by the end of the first half that this homecoming would be like so many before a disappointment. Incline with a lead of 14-0 went off to the locker room confident that it would be the Lake Tahoe school’s first victory of the season rather than WWHS.
They were wrong.
In the third quart the Wolverines erased the goose egg with a touch down from Kylar sharp and then added a two point conversion. Then in the fourth the Wolverines tied the game with a touchdown from Zade Elton and took the lead with a two point conversion from Jimmy Rodriguez.
And the crowd went wild.
“It was a perfect ending to a great week,” Kylonen said.
WWHS QB Kylar Sharp threw a season record 135 yards and rushed for 29. In addition to scoring a touch down Kayden sharp rushed for 14 yards and caught for 60. Martin Dorado rushed for 91 yards. Rodriguez rushed for 35, caught for another 29 and also lead the team with six tackles.
