October 20, 2024

PCM football stays undefeated, routs IF-A

Mustangs dominate Cadets in regular-season finale

By Troy Hyde
Alex Wendt

PCM junior Evan Wendt tackles Iowa Falls-Alden's Karsen Kalous (14) as PCM senior Trenner Van Dyke closes in during the Mustangs' 48-0 road win on Friday. Class 2A No. 2 PCM takes an 8-0 record into the playoffs. (Photo by Corey Meints/Iowa Falls Times-Citizen)

IOWA FALLS — A fast start and 203 rushing yards propelled the Class 2A No. 2 PCM football team to a 48-0 win over Iowa Falls-Alden on Friday night.

PCM completed its first undefeated regular season since 2020 and its second in at least the past 17 seasons.

The Mustangs posted their first shutout of the season and outscored their eight opponents 400-57. They led 28-0 after one quarter and 48-0 at halftime.

Gavin Van Gorp threw for 190 yards and four scores and rushed for another touchdown and Adrien Robbins added 174 total yards and two TDs to lead the Mustangs.

Sawyer Bouwkamp

PCM senior Sawyer Bouwkamp looks for running room against Iowa Falls-Alden on Friday night. The Mustangs finalized their undefeated regular season with a 48-0 road win over the Cadets. (Corey Meints/Iowa Falls Times-Citizen)

PCM (8-0, 5-0 in the district) out-gained the Cadets 440-137. The Mustangs held Iowa Falls-Alden to 2.1 yards per carry in the win.

The Mustangs open postseason play against Des Moines Christian (4-4) at 7 p.m. on Oct. 25 in Monroe. The Lions are on a three-game losing streak.

Van Gorp opened the scoring with a 6-yard TD run with 10:15 to go in the first quarter. He added TD passes of 38 yards and 55 yards to Riley Graber and Robbins and Keegan Fenton scored from 4 yards out late in the first to make it 28-0.

Van Gorp connected with Graber one more time for a 35-yard TD pass and then completed a 34-yard touchdown strike to Gavin Steenhoek in the second.

Robbins capped the scoring with a 21-yard TD run. He finished with 119 yards and one touchdown on 15 carries and had the one catch for a 55-yard TD.

Robbins ranks second in 2A with 1,404 rushing yards. His 18 rushing TDs rank third and his 10.6 yards per carry average leads 2A.

Van Gorp finished 8-of-10 through the air for 190 yards and four scores. He also rushed for 57 yards and one TD on five carries.

Van Gorp is currently tied for the 2A-lead with 30 total touchdowns and ranks second with 21 passing TDs. His completion percentage of 79.3 leads the class.

Graber grabbed three catches for 77 yards and two scores, Steenhoek hauled in three catches for 43 yards and one TD and Trigg Steenhoek had one catch for 38 yards. Graber’s 10 receiving TDs rank second in 2A and Gavin Steenhoek’s seven receiving touchdowns are tied for fifth.

Brevin DeRaad

PCM senior Brevin DeRaad tackles Iowa Falls-Alden's Andrew Bartlett (12) during their district contest on Friday. DeRaad led the Mustangs with five tackles. (Corey Meints/Iowa Falls Times Citizen)

Jaxson Straight gained 30 yards on six carries, Harlan Shannon had one catch for 15 yards and Cutler VandeLune’s one catch went for nine yards. Chase Wagaman was 2-of-4 through the air for 47 yards.

Brevin DeRaad led the PCM defense with five tackles, while Fenton, VandeLune and Trenner Van Dyke contributed three tackles. Kaiden Valcore recovered a fumble.

Dominic Witt was 6-of-6 in PATs and booted four of his eight kickoffs for touchbacks. He leads 2A with 49 touchbacks.

Iowa Falls-Alden (2-6, 2-3) was led by Andrew Bartlett’s 51 passing yards, 32 rushing yards and 4.5 tackles and one sack on defense.

Karsen Kalous grabbed two passes for 46 yards and Trevor Bailey finished with 8.5 tackles and two tackles for loss.