September 23, 2024

Top-ranked PCM opens district play with rout of Jesup

Mustangs stay unbeaten after dominating win over J-Hawks

By Troy Hyde
Finn Wilson

PCM senior Finn Wilson, right, forces a fumble against Jesup during the Mustangs' 55-7 road win on Friday. PCM is outscoring its opponents 198-35 this season. (Photo by Jamie Steenhoek)

JESUP — Riley Graber had nearly 100 yards in the first two minutes of PCM’s football game against Jesup on Friday night.

He scored a pair of long touchdowns in the first quarter and the Mustangs never looked back during a 55-7 road win over the J-Hawks.

Class 2A No. 1 PCM led the 2A, District 6 opener for both teams 28-0 after one quarter and led 42-0 at halftime.

Riley Graber

PCM senior Riley Graber (6) makes a contested catch in traffic against Jesup on Friday night. Graber scored two long touchdowns in the first 2 minutes of the game and the Mustangs rolled to a 55-7 district victory. (Photo by Jamie Steenhoek)

The Mustangs are outscoring their opponents 198-35 this fall and have scored at least 50 points in three of their four wins. They’ve outscored Jesup 110-14 the past two seasons.

Graber grabbed a 64-yard touchdown pass from Gavin Van Gorp 11 seconds into the game and then added a 35-yard TD catch 96 seconds later.

Van Gorp and Evan Jones added TD runs of 2 and 14 yards, respectively, later in the first.

Van Gorp’s third TD pass of the game went for 8 yards to Gavin Steenhoek early in the second and Adrien Robbins scored from 1-yard out later in the frame.

The only points of the third came on a 5-yard TD run by Shay Burns. Sawyer Bouwkamp added a 6-yard TD run in the fourth.

The Mustangs had a 24-8 advantage in first downs and held the J-Hawks to 171 total yards. Jesup (2-2, 0-1 in the district) lost a fumble and threw one interception.

Kaden Lange’s 70-yard TD run broke the shutout for Jesup. He had 83 yards on eight carries in the loss.

Evan Jones

PCM junior Evan Jones gained 30 yards and scored one touchdown on three carries and had a team-best five tackles in the Mustangs' road win over Jesup on Friday. (Photo by Jamie Steenhoek)

Van Gorp finished with 182 yards and three touchdown passes and ran for one score. His eight rushing touchdowns rank tied for sixth in 2A, while his 15 total touchdowns are tied for second.

Robbins rushed for 63 yards and one TD on eight carries and caught one pass for 12 yards. He ranks fifth in 2A with 585 rushing yards and fourth with a 9.1 yards per carry average.

Burns rushed for 64 yards and one TD on nine carries, Easton Morris gained 41 yards on six carries and Jones and Bouwkamp both ran for 30 yards and one TD on three carries.

Chase Wagaman threw for 10 yards and rushed for 11 in the win. Graber finished with four catches for 107 yards and two scores, Steenhoek grabbed four passes for 49 yards and one TD and Harlan Shannon caught two passes for 14 yards.

Graber, who also had an interception on defense, ranks tied for fifth in 2A with four receiving touchdowns.

The Mustangs (4-0, 1-0) rushed for 248 yards and five TDs on 36 carries in the win. PCM totaled 440 total yards and the No. 1 offense ran only 27 plays.

Trenner Van Dyke led the defense with three tackles, three sacks, three tackles for loss and one fumble recovery.

Trenner Van Dyke

PCM senior Trenner Van Dyke (68) added three more sacks and three tackles for loss and recovered a fumble during the Mustangs' road win over Jesup on Friday. Van Dyke leads Class 2A in both sacks and tackles for loss so far this fall. (Photo by Jamie Steenhoek)

Van Dyke’s eight sacks rank first in 2A and his 12 tackles for loss are tied for the 2A lead.

Jones finished with five tackles, while Brevin DeRaad and Finn Wilson each collected 3.5 tackles and Tad Wilson registered three tackles. Finn Wilson also forced one fumble.

Dominic Witt booted eight of his nine kickoffs for touchbacks and finished 7-of-7 in extra points. His 26 touchbacks lead 2A.