MHS - Football / September 15, 2021 By Kasey McDowell
The Mulvane Varsity football team hosted their first home game of the 2021 season against the AVCTL D4 opponent Andale Indians. The Indians got on the scoreboard first with a 2-yard rushing TD by Wyatt Spexarth, followed by a 2 point conversion. Andale scored again in the second quarter on a 12 yard run by Logan Spexarth with 2:18 left in the half to bring the score to 0-16 at halftime. The Cats had a couple of good drives in the first half but just could not convert to points. That changed in the second half as senior quarterback Mason Ellis broke a few tackles and scampered down the sideline for a 30 yard TD run (the 2-point conversion failed). That was the last point the Cats could find as most of the game was a defensive battle. The Indians scored a couple of late 4th quarter touchdowns but the score does not reflect how close the game was.
Var 1 2 3 4 Final
AHS 8 8 0 16 32
MHS 0 0 6 0 6
The Wildcats held the Indians to 279 yards total offense, far below Andale's standard for most games, and the Cats finished with 186 yards total offense. Penalties played a big part in the game on both sides as there were 24 penalties total for 190 yards, 9 penalties for 80 yards for Andale, and 15 penalties for 110 yards for Mulvane.
The Cats were led by Mason Ellis (Sr.) who finished the game 15 - 24 with 136 passing yards and 1 rushing touchdown. Julien Myers (Jr.) finished with 44 yards rushing on 7 carries and also led the team in receptions with 6 for 61 yards. Hunter Seier (Sr.) finished with 5 receptions for 44 yards, Ian Comer (Sr.) with 3 receptions for 24 yards, and Chase Dieker (Jr.) with 1 reception for 7 yards.
The Defense was led by Trent Moses (Sr.) who finished with 7.5 tackles (4 solo - 7 assist) while Mason Ellis finished with 6.5 (4-5), Trenton Davis (Jr.) with 4.5 (1-7), Keaton Herd (Sr.) with 4.5 (2-5), Kaiden Abasolo (So.) with 4.5 (3-3). as the top 5 tacklers.
Defense Cont: Josh Phillips 4.0 (3-2), Hunter Seier 3.5 (2-3), Chase Dieker 3.0 (2-2), Ian Comer 3.0 (0-6), Zach Lanzrath 2.0 (1-2), Jackson Shields 2.0 (2-0), Julien Myers 1.5 (1-1), Andrew Huynh 1.5 (0-3), Noah West 1.0 (1-0), Mason Cooper 1.0 (1-0), Garrett Olson 0.5 (0-1), Tyke Creekmore 0.5 (0-1).
The complete game stats can be found here.
The C-team traveled to Andale on Monday and struggled to find the endzone as they fell 0-36.
The varsity team will travel to Clearwater this Friday for another AVCTL D4 league match up with the kickoff starting at 7:00 PM.
Photo Creds: Greg Proctor Photos
