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MHS - Football / October 6, 2021 By Kasey McDowell
The Mulvane varsity football team was back at home last Friday, October 1st for a non-league game against the Golden Tornadoes and to celebrate the 2021 fall homecoming festivities. The Wildcats had a monster first quarter as they scored three times. The first was a 9-yard TD pass from Mason Ellis to Hunter Seier at the 7:48 mark. The second TD was Julien Myers on a 1-yard run at the 4:08 mark, and the third was another TD pass from Ellis to Seier for a 2-yard pass in the closing seconds of the first quarter.
The Cats had a great second quarter as well, starting with a 55-yard punt return for a touchdown by Ellis at the 11:03 mark. Ellis scored again at the 2:59 mark with a 3-yard TD run. The Cats scored one more time in the second quarter with a 6-yard pass from Ellis to Comer with 5 seconds left to go up 42-0 at halftime.
Much of the varsity roster got some rest in the second half and lots of players got some playing time. The Cats scored 3 points in the third quarter with a 35-yard field goal by Chase Dieker, his first field goal of the season. The Cats scored one last time in the game with an interception return for a TD by Garrett Olson at the start of the 4th quarter.
On the ground, Ellis led the charge with 62 yards on 8 attempts and 1 touchdown. Myers finished with 37 yards on 11 attempts and 1 touchdown. Ellis finished with 142 yards passing with 11 out of 13 completed and 3 touchdown passes. Myers led the Cats in receiving yards with 51 yards on 3 receptions and Seier finished with 34 yards on 4 receptions and 2 touchdowns. Comer finished with 26 yards on 2 receptions and 1 touchdown.
VAR 1 2 3 4 Final
FKHS 0 0 0 6 6
MHS 21 21 3 6 51
The Wildcats defense was dominant all game and held the Golden Tornadoes to just 41 yards passing and -61 yards rushing for a net total of -20 yards total. The defense was led by Trenton Davis who finished with 4.0 tackles (3 solo - 2 assist) while Ian Comer finished with 2.5 (1-3) and 1.5 tackles for loss, Andrew Huynh with 2.0 (0-4) with 0.5 tackles for loss, and Ethan Irvine with 1.5 (1-1) and 1.0 tackles for loss as the top 5 tacklers. Julien Myers and Garrett Olson both had interceptions for the Wildcats, Olson's was a return for a touchdown.
Defense Cont: Shannon Fuller 1.0 (1-0), Mason Ellis 1.0 (1-0), Noah West 1.0 (1-0), Zach Lanzrath 1.0 (1-0), Mason Cooper 1.0 (1-0), Maurice Fuller 1.0 (1-0), Kaiden Abasolo 1.0 (1-0), Jackson Shields 1.0 (1-0), Tyke Creekmore 1.0 (1-0), Creighton Mason-Schmidt 1.0 (1-0), Gavin Clinesmith 1.0 (1-0), Hunter Seier 0.5 (0-1), Keaton Herd 0.5 (0-1), Trent Moses 0.5 (0-1), Jordan Coe 0.5 (0-1).
Complete game stats can be found here.
The c-team faced Kapaun Mt-Carmel on Monday and the Wildcats struggled with some turnovers early in the game as they fell 10-35 against the Crusaders.
The varsity will host the Rose Hill Rockets tomorrow for an AVCTL D4 game starting at 7:00 PM.
