WINFIELD – The Montezuma Braves dominated Winfield-Mt. Union physically and rolled to a 55-14 non-district football win in what some had predicted would be a close game.
The game was played in perfect early fall weather on Friday, Sept. 20.
The Wolves are using a new offense this year and it was throttled by the larger Braves going into halftime.
Winfield-Mt.Union mixes passing and running, but the Braves seriously limited their opponent’s ground game and took a 35-14 lead into halftime. The Wolves rushed 23 times for a net of 18 yards. They netted 138 yards and 15 completed passes.
The Braves extended their lead to 49-14 after three quarters to initiate a continuous clock.
One rankings service had called Montezuma just a three-point favorite coming in to this contest.
Braves running backs Broox Stockman and Brett Plants ran into gaps up front created by Montezuma’s offensive line. The Braves generated 460 yards of total offense, including 383 on the ground.
Montezuma averaged 8.0 yards per rushing attempt.
Broox Stockman gained 121 yards on 13 rushes including 3 touchdowns. Boulton had 118 yards on 13 carries, one for a score, and fullback Brett Plants had 91 yards on 15 carries, one for a touchdown.
Boulton was 6-for-11 through the air for 77 yards and two touchdowns.
On defense, linebacker Brett Plants led with 7.0 tackles, 5 of them solo, and had 3.5 tackles for loss.
As a team, the Braves registered 10 tackles for loss.
Montezuma took its record out to 4-1
Winfield-Mt. Union, 11-1 last year, is 2-2.
NEXT WEEK – The Braves resume district play at BGM.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Montezuma 14 21 14 6 – 55
W-MU 6 8 0 0 – 14
Braves stats vs. W-MU
Passing – Brady Boulton 6-11 for 77 yards, two touchdowns.
Rushing – Broox Stockman 13-121, 3 touchdowns; Brady Boulton 13-118, one touchdown; Brett Plants, 15-91, one touchdown; Dane Strong 4-32; Rett Pargeon 3-36, one touchdown. TOTAL – 48-383, 6 touchdowns, 8.0 avg.
Receiving – Carter Michalek 3-43; David Rose 2-30, one touchdown; Kohen Holland, 1-4, one touchdown.
Total offense – 460 yards.
Tackles – Brett Plants, 7.0 with (5) solo and 3.0 tackles for loss; Brady Boulton 1.5 (1), 1.0 TFL; Carter Michalek 2.5 (2), 0.5 TFL; Easton Hudnut 1.5 (1); Dane Strong 3.0 (2); David Rose 2.0 (1) and 1.0 TFL; Luke Brennan 3.5 (3); Ethan DesRochers 1.0; Beau Young 1.0; Luke Erselius 2.0; Broox Stockman 3.0 (2); Rett Pargeon 3.0; Alex Becerril 1.0 (1); Wylie Walters 1.0; Lars Taylor 2.5 (2); Braxton Plants 2.0 and 1.5 TFL; Houston Van Roekel 1.5 (1) with 1.5 TFL; Briar Simpson 4.0 (2), with 1.5 TFL. Note: Team total 10 tackles for loss.
Interceptions – Luke Brennan 1-40.
Kickoff returns – Brady Boulton 1-30; Luke Brennan 1-6.
Kicking – Luke Erselius 3 kickoffs for 94 yards; Alex Becerril 6 kickoffs for 266 yards, 7-8 on PATs.
Punts – none.
Two-point conversions – none.