Seniors photo by CLIX
The Wildcats hosted Circle on Senior Night for last home game of the season. Cats fall to Thunderbirds in league game.

MHS - Football / October 25, 2022 By Kasey McDowell

The Mulvane varsity football team celebrated senior night and hosted Circle in week 8 for a league matchup against the Thunderbirds. The Birds had a big 19 point second quarter to springboard them to a 40-14 win over the Wildcats. The Cats were able to break into the endzone twice with 14-yard TD pass from Lucas Sorensen to Shannon Fuller and a 7-yard TD pass from Sorensen to Chase Dieker.

The Wildcat offense finished the game with 181 total yards on 57 plays with -1 net yards rushing and 182 yards passing. Lucas Sorensen (Jr.) finished with 173 yards on 16 completions and 2 passing TDs. Fisher Dye (So.) led the Cats on the ground with 28 yards rushing on 9 attempts. Julien Myers (Sr.) finished with 63 yards receiving on 6 receptions, Shannon Fuller (Jr.) finished with 47 yards on 4 receptions and 1 TD reception. Chase Dieker (Sr.) finished with 43 yards receiving on 6 receptions and 1 TD reception.

The defense was led by Ethan Irvine with 4.5 tackles (1 solo - 7 assist), 1.0 sacks, and 1.5 tackles for loss, Tyke Creekmore (Sr.) with 4.5 tackles (3-3), Maurice Fuller with 4.0 tackles (3-2), Julien Myers with 3.5 tackles (2-3), Garrett Olson with 2.5 tackles (0-5) and 1 INT, Trenton Davis with 2.5 tackles (2-1), and Kaiden Abasolo with 2.5 tackles (1-3) and 0.5 tackles for loss.

Defense (Tackles): Dieker 2.0 (0-4), Hargrove 1.5 (1-1), West 1.5 (0-3), Holinde 1.5 (1-1), Richardson 1.5 (0-3), S. Fuller 1.0 (1-0), Sorensen 1.0 (1-0), Huynh 1.0 (1-0), Tatum 0.5 (0-1), C. Mason-Schmidt 0.5 (0-1).

Complete game stats can be found here.

VAR  1  2  3  4  Final
MHS  0  7  7  0  14
CHS  7 19  7  7  40

Scoring Plays:

• CHS (1) - 04:09 - #21 Cooper Caldwell pass complete to #1 Ty Smith for 34 yards.
  • PAT: No Good.
• CHS (2) - 08:53 - #21 Cooper Caldwell runs for 1 yard.
  • PAT: No Good.
• CHS (2) - 06:29 - #1 Ty Smith punt return for 65 yards.
  • PAT: No Good.
• MHS (2) - 04:27 - #7 Lucas Sorensen pass complete to #1 Shannon Fuller for 14 yards.
  •  PAT: Kick Good.
• CHS (2) - 00:34 - #33 Westin Rose runs for 2 yards. 
  • PAT: Kick Good.
• CHS (3) - 06:16 - #21 Cooper Caldwell pass complete to #11 Bonner Jeffries for 8 yards.
  • PAT: Kick Good
• MHS (3) - 00:34 - #7 Lucas Sorensen pass complete to #11 Chase Dieker for 7 yards.
  • PAT: Kick Good.
• CHS (4) - 08:02 - #21 Cooper Caldwell pass complete to #4 Cole Glaves for 14 yards.
  • PAT: Kick Good.

The Freshman / Sophomore team traveled to Circle on Monday, October 24th, and the Cats wasted no time in getting on top with a 38 point first half. The Wildcats were able to coast to the 50-24 win in the second half. Myers, Caruthers, Kasparek, and Vanderhoof all reached the endzone for the Cats, including a blocked punt by Rock Heersche that Vanderhoof recovered in the endzone for the defensive TD. The Freshman/Sophomore team had a great season, finishing up with a 6-2 record.

• MHS (1) - 10-yd run by Kurtis Caruthers
  • PAT: No Good
• MHS (1) - 1-yd run by Manny Myers
  • PAT: No Good
• CHS (1) - 30-yd run
  • PAT: Run Good - 2 pt
• MHS (2) - 87-yd run by Kurtis Caruthers
  • PAT: No Good
• MHS (2) - 62-yd run by Manny Myers
  • PAT: Manny Myers to Reed Hackleman - 2 pt
• CHS (2) - 51-yard run
  • PAT: Run Good - 2 pt
• MHS (2) - 2-yd pass from Aiden Heckathorn to Levi Kasparek
  • PAT: Pass good from Heckathorn to Nelson - 2 pt
• MHS (2) - 14-yd run by Aiden Heckathorn
  • PAT: No Good
• MHS (3) - 30-yd pass from Manny Myers to Levi Kasparek
  • PAT: No Good
• CHS (4) - 51-yd pass
  • PAT: Run Good - 2 pt
• MHS (4) - Blocked punt by Rocky Heersche, recovered by Hunter Vanderhoof
  • PAT: No Good

The varsity will travel to McPherson again for a rematch against the Bullpups for the first round of 4A State this Friday.

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