PCM football scores 50 in win over Sigourney/Keota

SIGOURNEY — The PCM varsity football team ran only 28 offensive plays against Sigourney/Keota on Friday. But it equaled 47 points and the Mustangs cruised past the Cobras, 54-14, in the season opener for both teams.

Gavin Van Gorp threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more, Adrien Robbins added three scores and Riley Graber caught two TD passes in the victory.

Trenner Van Dyke dominated on defense, leading PCM with 12 tackles, three sacks and four tackles for loss.

PCM led 14-0 after one quarter following a 1-yard TD run by Van Gorp and a 44-yard scoring run from Robbins.

Sigourney/Keota (0-1) answered with a 17-yard TD run by Issac Bruns early in the second, but the Mustangs finished the half with three straight scoring drives.

Van Gorp extended PCM’s lead with a 27-yard TD run and then hooked up with Graber for a 23-yard TD. Robbins scored from 6 yards out with 55 seconds to play until halftime.

A 13-0 advantage in the third put PCM (1-0) in front 47-7 after three. The quarter featured a 65-yard TD pass from Van Gorp to Graber and a 36-yard TD pass from Van Gorp to Robbins.

Easton Morris contributed to the scoring with an 8-yard TD run in the fourth. That came after the Cobras got a 55-yard TD pass from Jacob Libe to Ayden Galindo.

All three Van Gorp completions went for touchdowns. He was 3-of-5 through the air for 124 yards and three scores. He gained 108 yards and scored two TDs on seven carries.

Robbins rushed for 118 yards and two scores on 14 carries and his only catch went for a 36-yard TD.

Morris gained 32 yards on eight carries and Chase Wagaman was 1-of-2 through the air for 12 yards and also rushed for 11 yards on his only carry.

Graber grabbed two passes for 88 yards and two TDs and Cutler VandeLune hauled in one pass for 12 yards.

Gavin DeRaad finished with 6.5 tackles and two tackles for loss for the PCM defense, while Finn Wilson had 6.5 tackles and Wagaman snagged an interception.

Brevin DeRaad tallied 4.5 tackles, Keegan Fenton contributed 3.5 tackles and Danson Drake made three tackles in his varsity debut.

Evan Jones returned his only kickoff for 46 yards and Gavin Steenhoek also had a 40-yard kickoff return. Dominic Witt had seven touchbacks on his nine kickoff attempts.

Bruns led Sigourney/Keota with 84 yards and one TD on 20 carries. Brady Clark had 53 yards on 10 carries and Ike Molyneux gained 29 yards on six carries and caught one pass for 11 yards. Galindo’s only catch went for a 55-yard TD.

Jace Chalupa led the Cobras’ defense with 4.5 tackles and Caden Clarahan had four tackles.