In Thursday's non-league game, the Watsonville Wildcatz (Watsonville, CA) football team edged the host Santa Cruz Cardinals (Santa Cruz, CA), by a tally of 27-21.

In their next game, the Wildcatz face the Aptos Mariners (Aptos, CA) in a non-league game, on Friday, September 5. Watsonville will attempt to better on its 1-0 season record. The Mariners enter the game with a 0-1 record after their 35-0 non-league loss to King's Academy (Sunnyvale, CA).

The Cardinals (0-1) will now prepare for their outing against Scotts Valley (Scotts Valley, CA). The Falcons come into the non-league outing with a 1-0 record. In their last outing, Scotts Valley edged Gonzales (Gonzales, CA), 38-0, in a non-league outing.