WOODSIDE — With an 18-play opening touchdown drive, Half Moon Bay sent a message to undefeated Woodside: Game on.

But Woodside shifted the momentum in the second half and emerged with a 28-14 comeback victory Friday to stay atop the Peninsula Athletic League Ocean Division standings.

It turned out that Half Moon Bay’s 9-minute 80-yard touchdown drive was the peak for the Cougar offense, which managed 92 yards the rest of the game.

At 7-0 (and 2-0 in the PAL Ocean), Woodside continues its best start since 2004, when the Wildcats went 13-0 to win the Central Coast Section Medium Schools title with Julian Edelman at quarterback.

The Wildcats are averaging 42 points a game, but it was the defense that kept them in the game until the offense found its groove and wore out Half Moon Bay (4-3,

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