As the BOHS varsity football team prepares for its Sept. 13 showdown against visiting Jurupa Hills, there is one area that doesn’t need much fine-tuning on the practice field: the Wildcat offense. 

With their 41-18 victory over Diamond Bar High School on Sept. 6, the Wildcat offense has amassed 149 points — 49.6 points per game — in their first three contests. 

The output is, according to running back Nathan Aceves (‘25), the result of “calling the right plays and a good game plan.”

Wide receiver Brandon Elder (‘25) added, “We’ve learned how to handle our attitude and learn from our mistakes.”

Leading the high-powered offense are quarterback Cullen Doyle (‘25); Aceves; receivers Elder, Isaak Rivas-Melendez (‘25), Ryan Nero (’26), and Gavyn Nicholson (’26); and kicker Colby Thuman (’26).

Against Diamond Bar, Doyle threw for 194 yards and a touchdown, one week after torching California High School for 330 yards and two scores in a 63-12 victory at Wildcat Stadium. Through his first three games, Doyle has 44 completions, 747 yards in the air, and four touchdown passes.

For the third straight game, Aceves cracked a hundred yards, with 122 against the Brahmas, including a fight to the goal line with three defenders attempting to drag him down to score his first touchdown of the game, and then another tough run when he broke multiple tackles and stiff-armed two defenders for a 59-yard score. The 122 yards lifted Aceves’s season total to 387 for 9.7 yards per carry. Aceves also leads the Wildcats with nine touchdowns, currently the seventh most in California. 

The receiving corps is also contributing big numbers. 

Elder grabbed six balls for a career high 116 yards and a touchdown against Diamond Bar. The senior also had a 68-yard completion to Nicholson, who scored on the play. Elder’s first career passing TD happened on a flea flicker, when Doyle pitched the ball backwards to Elder, who then passed the ball to a wide open Nicholson for the score. 

Rivas-Melendez was an all-purpose threat against the Brahmas. The senior wide receiver had 67 rushing yards and 68 yards receiving, plus a touchdown. The TD was the last touchdown of the game and it was a hard-earned one. Rivas-Melendez stiff-armed a defender, spun around a second defender, and juked yet another defender to find the back of the end zone.

Thuman was reliable once again, converting five of six extra points, giving him 18 (on 21 attempts) this season, which ranks tenth in California.

The Sept. 6 game also marked the third game in a row that the Wildcats scored on their opening drive.

These game-opening scores have been extra-motivating for the Wildcats defense, which has also been dominant this season, allowing only ten points per game, including a shutout of Sonora High School on Aug. 23.

Outside linebacker Joshua Patton (‘25) currently leads the Wildcats with 6.5 tackles per game, including a team-leading nine against Diamond Bar. He also had an electric touchdown in the game when he scooped up a live ball that linebacker Jake Brooks (‘25) had knocked down from a Brahmas punt, and ran it in for a touchdown. 

Also contributing on the defensive side is Nick Davis (‘27) who averages 5.7 tackles per game, and Jake Owens (’25) who is averaging 5.3 tackles per game. Brooks leads the team with 6.7 quarterback hurries, and has also contributed one interception and two sacks. 

Head coach Justin Villasenor acknowledged that the Wildcats’ defense is contributing to the lopsided victories. “They have done a great job at preventing other teams from scoring which has led us to these big wins against other teams,” Villasenor said.

However, as some players acknowledged this week, there is still plenty of room for improvement.

“We need to do a better job on lifting the team up and cheering for them when we’re on the sidelines,” Elder said.

BOHS hopes to continue its offensive onslaught — and extend its three-game win streak — when they face Jurupa Hills High School on Sept. 13 at Wildcat Stadium.

The 0-2 Spartans — who compete in San Bernardino’s Sunkist League — will be hungry for their first win after a 46-23 loss to Glendora High School on on Aug. 30, and a 38-6 loss to Central on Aug. 22.

“Despite [Jurupa Hills’] losing record, we can’t rely on stats to predict the game. We have to make the game go our way by our own actions,” Villasenor said.

Kickoff for the game is at 7 p.m. in Wildcat Stadium.