Sept.4 , 1999 - The JPW Red team started the season out with a resounding 47-0 win vs the West Austin Corsairs. Lake Travis chalked up 259 yards on the ground and 39 in the air for 298 total yards vs 14 yards total offense for the Corsairs. Max Minor and Fred Robinson led the way rushing with Minor taking 4 carries for 74 yards, 1 TD and 1EP and Robinson taking 3 carries for 69 yards and 3 TD's. Chance Ruffin scored once on a 2 yard dive. QB Thomas Loth rushed 3 times for 30 yards and 2 EP's and threw a 33 yd. TD pass to Dean Pele. QB Harris Davee ran in a 10 yd. TD and threw for two EP's to Brandon Holt and Minor. Defensively the Cat's were spectacular allowing only 14 yards total offense for the Corsairs. Leading tacklers were Adam Smith (8), Harrison Doll (3), Minor (3) and Lawson (2). Tyler Williams, Corey West, Ruffin and Ben Taylor all had fumble recoveries for the LT defense. The # 1 ranked JPW Wildcats travel to LCP next Sat. to face the 1-0 Leander Leopards.

Sept. 11, 1999 - The Defending Central Texas Pop Warner Football Champion Junior PeeWee Red Wildcats outplayed the tough Leander/Cedar Park Leopards 26-0 in Lake Travis' second shutout in as many games to go 2-0 and remain unscored upon in the season. After an atypical penalty laden first quarter (TB) Fred Robinson finally swept in a 10 yard TD run with (QB) Thomas Loth hitting (WB) Max Minor on the extra point. Lake Travis nursed a 7-0 lead into the half. "At the half we reviewed our stats and realized we were getting stopped on anything going outside, even misdirection, but were grinding out 6-12 yards per carry between the ends, " said Offensive Coordinator John Loth.

In the second half Lake Travis pounded the ball up the middle on the first series until (TB) Hunter Graul broke a dive play for 51 yards and a TD, Loth provided the PAT with a pass option keeper. On Lake Travis' next series (FB) Tyler Williams carried 4 times finishing with a 9 yard TD run, PAT failed. After halting the Leopards on consecutive drives (TB) Max Minor iced the game with a 10 yard reverse TD. Coach Bill Taylor offered praise all around. "This was a great Leander team, my hat's off to our Offensive Line Coach David Davee and his offensive line Shawn Lawson, Josh Hicks, Pete Rimkus, Josh Brown, Corey West, Chris Tobias, Dustin Williams, Matt McAllister, Ross Thomson and Dean Pele. We beat them physically up front between the ends and that was the difference in the game.
Offensively (TB) Fred Robinson carried 8 times for 73 yards and a TD, (TB/WB) Max Minor had 8 carries for 76 yards and a TD, (QB) Thomas Loth was 4 carries for 8 and 3 of 6 passing for 38 yards and a an EP. But (TB/LB) Hunter Graul stole the show with 6 carries for 82 yards a TD, and 3 tackles and an interception defensively. Leading tacklers were Adam Smith (5), Fred Robinson (4), Brandon Holt (4) and 2 big hits of the day. (DE) Tyler Williams also had a big day with 3 tackles, 1 big hit, 1 fumble recovery and a sack. 2-0 Lake Travis has it's first home game this Saturday at noon here at the LTMS at noon vs the Westlake Chaps.

Sept. 18, 1999 - The Lake Travis JPW Pop Warner Red Wildcats made it three in a row Saturday by defeating the Westlake Chaps 34-0. Team Captains were Jordan Baker, Tim Beavers, Harrison Doll and Fred Robinson. Lake Travis scored on their first play with a 35 yard TD pass from QB Thomas Loth to WB Max Minor. PAT was converted by air from Loth to WB Robinson. After the following kickoff the Chaps were pushed back on consecutive plays to their own one yard line where NG Ben Taylor covered the QB for the Cat's first safety of the year. On the next series the Cats scored on a Robinson 52 yard TD run. After four and out for the Chaps, QB Loth ran a rollout pass option 43 yards for the third Cat TD. PAT was again converted with a pass from Loth to Minor. The half ended 22-0. In the second half the Cat's began substituting freely in the backfield. The Cav's drove down on the first series of the half and scored on a 1 yard run by TB Hunter Graul, EP failed. The Cat's completed their scoring with a 47 yard Minor reverse, PAT failed. Rushing the Cats totaled 252 yards on 20 carries. Passing, Loth was 4 of 6 for 63 yards 1 TD and 2 EP's and QB Harris Davee was 1 for three for 6 yards. Minor led the rushers with 3 carries for 106 yards, followed by Robinson with 3 carries for 80 yards. DT Nate Baker also carried 2 times for 14 yards. Defensively the Cat's were led by LB/NG Jordan Baker's team high 10 solo tackles, followed by SAM LB Adam Smith (8), FS Minor (7), CB Harrison Doll (5) and DT Nate Baker (4). CB Brandon Holt had an interception in the second half. The Lake Travis defense remains unscored-upon after three divisional games. Special Teams Coach James Minor's crew did a great job with negative return yards for the Chaps on all 7 Lake Travis kickoffs. The defending Central Texas Pop Warner Champion JPW Red Wildcats will host the South Austin Cowboys this Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Lake Travis Middle School.

Sept 25, 1999 - The JPW Red Football Cats (4-0) continued their journey to defend their Central Texas Pop Warner Championship by beating the (1-3) South Austin Cowboys 40-0. The Cat's scored 33 unanswered points in the first half, then switched to their 2nd team offense and put in 7 more points to finish the game with 383 yards total offense. Leading rushers were (QB) Thomas Loth with 4 carries for 121 yards, 2 TD's/1 EP, Max Minor with 4 carries for 95 yards and 1 TD and Fred Robinson 3 carries for 42 yards and 2 TD's. Loth was 2 of 4 for 9 yards and an EP passing. Once again Coach David Davee's offensive line of Shawn Lawson, Chase Butschek, Corey Landrum, Peter Rimkus, Josh Hicks, Josh Brown, Corey West, Chris Tobias, Matt McAllister, Dustin Williams, Ross Thomson, Jordan Baker and Dean Pele graded A+ in making room for the Cat running backs. The Cat offense has powered for 147 unanswered points in 4 games this season. Defensively the Cats remain unscored upon despite giving up a season high 57 yards to the Cowboys. Leading tacklers were Adam Smith (5), Brandon Holt (5) with 2 TD saving plays, Robinson (4), Minor (4) and Tim Beavers with 3 tackles and a fumble recovery. Nate Baker also forced and fell on a fumble for the Cats. "Defensively our inside out play is excellent as nobody has been able to sweep sucessfully against us yet" said Def. Line Coach Alan Williams, "our corners are turning plays in and our linebackers are pursuing agressively". Our defensive middle front 3 are the smallest kids on the team but they're doing a good job of filling gaps and generally jamming up the middle." Lake Travis will have it's season determined in the next two weeks with games at (4-0) Round Rock next week and home again vs. the (3-1) North West Austin Longhorns the following week. " We certainly don't want to take anything for granted, but if we can see our way through these next two weeks we should be in good shape to play for the Championship", said Def. Backs Coach John Graul. The Cats are 4 games into a nine game regular season with a midweek semi-final and Saturday championship game tacked on. From there the winning Central Texas team goes to Houston then Dallas for the SW USA Regional Championship and on to Orlando, FL. for the Pop Warner National Championship.

October 2, 1999 - The Lake Travis Junior PeeWee Red Wildcats (4-0) traveled to Round Rock to take on the undefeated (4-0) Round Rock 49ers and got away with a 26-14 win over the CTPW No. 1 ranked team. Lake Travis started the scoring on the first drive of the game, going 65 yards in 8 plays with (TB) Fred Robinson finishing with a 20 yard TD run. (QB) Thomas Loth to (WB) Max Minor PAT pass was complete (7-0). After stopping the 49ers on the next series, Lake Travis mounted another sustained drive with (FB) Tyler Williams carring the load and completing the drive with a 5 yard TD plunge. PAT failed (13-0). Lake Travis went into the half with a 13-0 lead, still unscored upon in Central Texas play. Round Rock ended the Cats thoughts of an unscored upon season as they scored on a 58 yard TD run on the third play of the second half and converted on the extra point (13-7). Lake Travis went back to work both offensively and defensively as they drove 65 yards on the next series and scored on a (FB) Williams 30 yard run up the middle. PAT (QB) Loth run (20-7). The Lake Travis defense held and Lake Travis again mounted a 70 yard drive capped with another Williams 3 yard TD run. PAT pass failed (26-7). With time running out Round Rock ran the next Lake Travis kickoff back for a TD and converted on the PAT pass (26-14). Never quitting Round Rock converted on the on-side kick attempt, and threw a 40 yard strike to the Lake Travis 5 yard line on their second play. From there the Lake Travis defense stiffened and held the 49er offense on 4 consecutive plays to end the game.
Leading rushers for Lake Travis were Robinson with 80 yards and 1 TD on 3 carries, Williams with 73 yards and 3 TD's on 10 carries, and Loth with 60 yards on 5 carries and an EP. (TB) Max Minor caught a Loth EP pass and rushed for 33 yards. Defensively Jordan Baker, Adam Smith, Brandon Holt and Minor all had 5 tackles, Dean Pele and Shawn Lawson 4 each. Lake Travis (5-0) will play the powerful Northwest Austin Longhorns (4-1) this Sat. at the Lake Travis Middle School at 4:00 PM. "Just like last year we were not expected to be 5-0 or beat Round Rock", said Coach Bill Taylor, "more than ever this was a TEAM win, everybody had a major role in this victory. We just hope we can carry this momentum into the Longhorn game. They beat us 19-0 in the regular season last year but we came back and beat them 27-19 in the CTPW semi-finals. They will come to Lake Travis this Saturday looking to take it to us." Lake Travis will host 5 consecutive games Saturday at the LTMS, with starting times from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

October 9, 1999 - Lake Travis held the (4-2) Northwest Austin Longhorns scoreless in a 33-0 win on Saturday to go 6-0 and co-lead the CTPW JPW Red Division with the Leander Cedar Park Bengals. LT started the scoring on their second drive with (QB) Thomas Loth passing 25 yards to (WB) Max Minor for a score, Loth ran in the PAT (7-0). Next (TB) Fred Robinson broke one up the middle for 38 yards and a TD, PAT run by (TB) Hunter Graul (14-0). The Lake Travis defense held the Longhorn defense scoreless in the first half. The second half started with an interception by Brandon Holt to stop a Longhorn drive. Holt then finished off the turnover with a 30 yard TD run, PAT failed (20-0). The next Longhorn drive was stopped by another interception by (CB) Dean Pele. Robinson took a sweep play 20 yards for another LT score, Loth to Robinson for the PAT pass (27-0). (LB) Hunter Graul then dropped on a fumble caused by a huge hit by (LB) Adam Smith for a third consecutive turnover. Backup QB Harris Davee then led the Cats down for their last score, a 45 yard TD scamper by Graul, PAT failed (33-0). (CB/QB) Davee then intercepted a third Longhorn pass with little time left. Davee kneeled on the ball 2 consecutive plays to end the game. Robinson had 6 carries for 59 yards and 2 TD's. Graul was 11 for 84 and 1TD/1EP. Max Minor (who played only the first half due to an injury) was 5 for 25 yards. Holt was 3 for 40 and a TD and (FB) Tyler Williams was 5 for 23. (QB) Thomas Loth was 2 of 6 for 28 yards with a TD and a PAT. Minor caught the 28 yard TD and Robinson caught the 3 yard PAT. Defensively the Cats forced 4 turnovers and were led by (LB) Adam Smith with a season high 9 solo tackles (5 for a loss), a caused fumble and a fumble recovery. (CB) Pele had his season best 8 solo tackles and an INT. Harrison Doll, Robinson, Loth, Holt, Williams and Tim Beavers all had 2 tackles each.

October 16, 1999 - The Lake Travis JPW Red Wildcats made it 7-0 on the season defeating the (3-4) Georgetown Eagles 34-0 and pitching their 6th shutout. LT started the scoring with a 25 yard pass by (QB) Thomas Loth to (WB) Max Minor, PAT Loth to Minor pass (7-0). LT stopped the Eagles in 4 plays on their own 35 and Loth ran the 3rd play of the 2nd drive 45 yards for a TD, Minor PAT (14-0). On Georgetowns next series (LB) Hunter Graul intercepted an Eagle pass and returned it 45 yards for a TD, Loth PAT (21-0). A stalled Georgetown drive ended the half. In the second half Fred Robinson recovered a perfectly executed Tyler Williams onside kick. LT drove down and converted on a 9 yard Minor run, Graul PAT (28-0). Georgetwon and Lake Travis swapped series, when LT took their 3rd posession down the field capped by a 1 yd. (FB) Tyler Williams run, PAT failed (34-0). Lake Travis then liberally substituted and ran out the clock after turning back another Eagles posession.
Leading rushers were Loth (4 for 67 yds.), Brandon Holt who also had 2 interceptions (4 for 41) and Robinson (4 for 38). QB Loth was a perfect 3 for 3 for 52 yards. Receiving Robinson was 1 for 19 and Minor was 3 for 52 yards. Leading tacklers were (SAM) Adam Smith (6), (DE) Williams (4), (CB) Harrison Doll (3), (DE) Shawn Lawson (3), (LB) Graul (3), and (LB) Jordan Baker (3). Lake Travis will play two more games to end the regular season, next Saturday at home vs the East Austin Falcons and the following Sat. vs the Pflugerville Panthers away.

October 23, 1999 - The (8-0) Lake Travis JPW Red Wildcats clinched a divisional title and a place in the 1999 CTPW Playoff grid by handling the East Austin Falcons last Saturday, 39-0. Lake Travis scored 4 times in the first half beginning with a 42 yard TD run by (TB) Fred Robinson, PAT (QB) Thomas Loth to Max Minor pass. After a short drive Minor ran a 6 yard TD, and ran in the PAT as well. (TB) Hunter Graul then pounded 34 yards up the middle for LT's 3rd score, PAT failed, then (FB) Tyler Williams took a short dive play 5 yards, PAT Loth to Robinson pass, for Lake Travis' last score of the half (27-0). The second half opened with a drive highlighted by (TB) Nate Baker's 12 yard scamper to the Falcon 1 yard line. (FB) Ben Taylor leaned in for the score, PAT failed. Minor completed the LT scoring with a 4th quarter 71 yard TD romp, LT kneeled down for the PAT (39-0). Minor led the way rushing (5 for 111), with Robinson (3 for 61), Graul (4 for 53) and Williams (5 for 36) helping out. Loth had a great day at QB going 5 for 5 for 58 yards and two PAT's. Receivers were Minor (3 for 21 and a PAT), (WR) Dean Pele (1 for 34) and Robinson (1 for 3 and a PAT). Lake Travis' offensive line (Shawn Lawson, Tim Beavers, Josh Hicks, Cory West, Corey Landrum, Chris Tobias, Josh Brown, Matt McAllister, Dustin Williams, Ross Thomson, Chase Butschek, Pete Rimkus, Chase Vasut, Dean Pele, Jordan Baker), Coached by David Davee, was dominating allowing 349 yards total offense, no sacks and only 3 plays for a loss. Defensively Lake Travis was in control. Minor led the way with 8 tackles followed by, Adam Smith (7), Jordan Baker (7) and an INT, Brandon Holt (5) and Dean Pele (4). Chance Ruffin recovered a fumble and Robinson jumped on a T. Williams on-side kick for the second game in a row. Lake Travis (8-0) travels to Pflugerville Saturday to play the (5-3) Panthers to end regular season play.

October 30, 1999 - The Lake Travis JPW Red Wildcats ended the Central Texas Pop Warner regular season with a perfect 8-0 mark by beating the Pflugerville Gold Panthers 40-0. Lake Travis outscored opponents 319 to 14 and pitched 8 shutouts. The Lake Travis defense allowed only 168 total yards (18.66 per game) during the season while the potent offense accounted for 3046 total yards (338 per game). SAM LB Adam Smith set a new JPW single season tackling record with 68 and wants to stay in the playoffs long enough to hit his goal of 100 in a season. CB Brandon Holt set a new single season interception mark with 5 picks in 9 games. Rushing behind the impressive LT offensive line were Max Minor (47 for 632), Fred Robinson (37 for 591), Hunter Graul (40 for 372), Thomas Loth (27 for 350), Tyler Williams (39 for 320) and Holt (25 for 293). "We have such depth in the skill positions, it's allowed us to spread the ball around alot. Minor has carried only 47 times as compared to over 100 last year", said Coach Bill Taylor. " That, paired with the great lead blocking of Williams and Holt, and the technical play of our offensive line, has kept our backfield fresh and relatively uninjured all season." The defense, coached by Alan Harris, Alan Williams, Bert Vasut and John Graul has been stellar holding Pflugerville to -38 yards in the final game. Lake Travis QB Thomas Loth has completed 23 of 38 for 290 yards, 4 TD's and 13 PAT's. Lake Travis enters the Central Texas Pop Warner playoffs as the defending champs and the No. 2 seed. The semi-final game will be held Weds. night (11/3) at 7:00 PM vs the Northwest Austin Longhorns, and the finals on Sat. (11/6) at 3:00 PM at Taylor High School Stadium.

November 3 & 6, 1999 - The Lake Travis Pop Warner JPW Football Wildcats succesfully defended their 1998 Central Texas Pop Warner Championship to go (11-0) in CTPW play. Lake Travis had to play 2 games in 4 days to finish out the season. In the semi-finals, Lake Travis defeated the (8-1) Northwest Austin Longhorns at Lake Travis High School on Weds. 39-6, and then took the Championship Game 19-6 against the (10-0) Leander/Cedar Park Cubs at Taylor H.S. Saturday. At a post-game ceremony on the field, Central Texas Pop Warner President Donna Steffik and Vice President Shorty Mitchell presented Lake Travis with their 2nd Central Texas Championship Trophy and Medals in as many years. The Cat's would like to thank LTHS Coach Jim Shewmake and AD Jim Taylor for making available the H.S. field in a crunch for Weds. night's semi-finals game. According to Cats Coach Bill Taylor, "Jim Shewmake has been a tremendous supporter of our program, always asking what he can do to help and even taking time to attend our kids games. That's very special and exciting for these kids knowing the LT Coach is interested in their play". Lake Travis now continues into post season play as one of the 48 best JPW Pop Warner teams in the nation. The Cat's will proudly represent Lake Travis and Central Texas in the SW USA Regional Quarterfinals this Sat. at Taylor High School (3:00 PM) vs the (11-0) Houston Area Championship Team.

November 13, 1999 - The Lake Travis Pop Warner JPW Football Wildcats opened Southwest United States regional competition with a 32-6 win over the (11-0) Houston area champions, the Garden Villa Giants. This Southwest USA quarterfinal win places Lake Travis in a Regional semi-final contest Saturday 11/20 at Edgewood Stadium in San Antiono vs the (12-0) San Antonio area Champion Holy Family Eagles. Last Saturday Lake Travis struck quickly after taking the opening kickoff against Houston by scoring on their 2nd play from scrimmage, a 42 yard run by TB Fred Robinson, PAT run failed (6-0). The Wildcat defense held on Houston's next series, and in LT's next drive on 4th and 11, QB Thomas Loth connected with Max Minor on a 22 yard TD pass in the endzone, PAT pass Loth to Minor (13-0). The second quarter was scoreless with Houston forcing Lake Travis' second punt this year. In the second half the Lake Travis defense came up big, forcing 7 turnovers, the first ending in a Lake Travis FB Tyler Williams' 18 yard TD run, PAT run failed (19-0). The second Houston fumble resulted in a 20 yard Minor TD scamper, PAT run failed (25-0). Houston then put together a fine drive resulting in a 12 yard TD run, PAT run failed (25-6). On the next kickoff Lake Travis' Minor fell in behind a perfect kick return wedge, broke to daylight on the right side and ran untouched 60 yards for the game's final score, PAT pass Loth to Minor (32-6). The Lake Travis defense was led by LB Adam Smith with 14 tackles and a fumble recovery. Brandon Holt had 7 tackles, a sack, a caused fumble and his 9th interception of the season. Jordan Baker, Minor and Shawn Lawson had 5 tackles each. Fumbles were recovered by Smith, Holt, Williams, Chance Ruffin and Lawson. "Our goal was to win the Central Texas Championship" said Coach Bill Taylor, "I told the kids the rest was for fun, and they told me winning was alot more fun than losing. These boys are really excited about a chance (2 games away) to go to Orlando and compete for a National title. As for the Coaches (John Loth, Alan Williams, Alan Harris, David Davee, Bert Vasut, John Graul, James Minor and Paul Beavers), we're taking it one game at a time." Thanks go out to Greg (play monitor) and Veronika (Team Mom) Pele, and Chuck and Lynette Lawson for all their support during the season.

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