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MHS - Football / November 4, 2021 By Kasey McDowell
The Mulvane varsity football team opened up their 2021 4A State run against Ulysses on Friday, October 29th at Lyle Couch Stadium. This is the 6th meeting with the Tigers since 2007 and Ulysses had the edge 3-2 in wins over Mulvane. This did not deter the Cats as they were prepared for the Tigers and confident coming off a 6 game win streak. The Cats struck first with a 2-yard TD run by Mason Ellis at the 6:45 mark in the first quarter. Ellis broke free again at the 2:21 mark with a 51-yard sprint to the endzone and the Cats went into the second quarter up 14-0.
The Cats had a monster second quarter, scoring 26 points. Ellis hit the endzone for 1-yard TD run at the 10:00 mark and Julien Myers found the endzone at the 7:27 mark with a 5-yard TD run. Maurice Fuller got in on the action with a 1-yard TD run at the 5:02 mark and Ellis broke free again for a 57-yard TD run at the 1:18 mark as the Cats went into halftime up 40-0. The Cats defense did not allow the Tigers much offense at all in the first half.
The second half started with turnover on down force by the Cats defense and Julien Myers broke free for a 26-yard TD run to go up 46-0, which triggered the running clock for the rest of the game. The Tigers were able to get a couple of 4th quarter scores but the Cats won easily 46-14.
The Wildcats offense racked up 359 total yards with 77 passing and 282 rushing. On the ground, Ellis led the charge with 152 yards on 8 attempts and 4 touchdowns. Julien Myers finished with 122 yards on 13 attempts and 2 touchdowns. Maurice Fuller finished with 8 yards on 3 carries with 1 touchdown. Ellis finished with 69 yards passing with 5 out of 10 completed. Hunter Seier led the Cats in receiving yards with 47 yards on 3 receptions. Ethan Kasparek finished with 15 yards receiving on 1 catch, Brayden Tatum with 8 yards on 1 catch, and Ian Comer with 7 yards on 1 reception.
VAR 1 2 3 4 Final
UHS 0 0 0 14 14
MHS 14 26 6 0 46
The defense was led by Trent Moses who finished with 7.5 tackles (6 solo - 3 assist) and 1 sack and 1 tackle for loss. Trenton Davis finished with 6.0 tackles (5-2) and 1 tackle for loss. Josh Phillips finished with 5.0 tackles (5-0) with 2 tackles for loss. Chase Dieker finished with 4.5 tackles (4-1), and Mason Ellis finished with 4.0 tackles (3-2) and 1 interception. Maurice Fuller had an interception in the game as well.
Defense Cont: Mason Cooper 4.0 (4-0), Maurice Fuller 2.5 (2-1), Hunter Seier 2.0 (1-2), Kaiden Abasolo 2.0 (2-0), Garrett Olson 2.0 (1-2), Jackson Shields 2.0 (1-2), Tyke Creekmore 1.5 (1-1), Eli Hensley 1.5 (1-1), Keaton Herd 1.5 (1-1), Ethan Irvine 1.5 (1-1), Shannon Fuller 1.0 (1-0), Gaelin Mason-Schmidt 1.0 (1-0), Ian Comer 1.0 (0-2), Julien Myers 1.0 (1-0), Creighton Mason-Schmidt 1.0 (1-0), Zach Lanzrath 1.0 (1-0), Josh Lien 1.0 (1-0), Tucker Hargrove 1.0 (1-0).
Complete game stats can be found here.
The Cats are now 3-3 against Ulysses with the Tigers winning the first three contests and the Cats winning the last three.
2007 - L 17-20
2014 - L 29-36
2015 - L 31-34
2016 - W 28-14
2017 - W 40-14
2021 - W 46-14
The Cats will face McPherson in the regional game of 4A state at home on Friday, November 5th at 7:00 PM. Live stats for Friday's game can be found here.
