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Week 1 football roundup: Omondi’s INTs, Overbey’s FGS highlight Valley win over Plymouth

Val T.
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Caston falls despite G. Mollenkopf’s TD; Pioneer blanks Lewis Cass; Culver wins opener at Attica; Winamac falls at W. Central

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Football

Tippecanoe Valley 20, Plymouth 3 (Friday): Gage Overbey kicked a pair of 48-yard field goals, and Owen Omondi returned an interception for a touchdown as the visiting Vikings beat Plymouth in the first meeting between the teams Friday.

Overbey’s field goals were the two longest field goals in school history. He now has 16 career field goals.

Valley intercepted Plymouth quarterback Ben Shively four times. Omondi had two of the interceptions, one of which he returned 42 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter to give Valley a 13-3 lead. Hunter Paxton and Wes Parker also had interceptions.

Omondi was also Valley’s top receiver with two catches for 27 yards. Wes Parker had 19 carries for 123 yards, and he also had a 3-yard reception. Grady Moriarty ran 14 times for 79 yards.

Hunter Stage had nine carries for 52 yards, including a 73-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter to complete the scoring.

Valley outrushed Plymouth 248-111 and committed no turnovers.

Finn Holm had 17 carries for 77 yards for the Rockies. Carlos Carrillo kicked a 25-yard field goal in the second quarter.

Valley won their season opener for the fifth straight year.

Valley 20, Plymouth 3

Valley 0 3 10 7 – 20

Plymouth 0 3 0 0 – 3

First quarter

(no scoring)

Second quarter

PLY – Carlos Carrillo 25 FG

TV – Gage Overbey 48 FG

Third quarter

TV – Overbey 48 FG

TV – Owen Omondi 42 interception return (Overbey kick)

Fourth quarter

TV – Hunter Stage 73 run (Overbey kick)

Carroll (Flora) 41, Caston 6 (Friday): Gavin Mollenkopf ran 17 times for 113 yards and a touchdown in the fourth quarter, but the Class 1A, No. 6 Cougars beat host Caston Friday.

Ashton Bowyer added 11 carries for 30 yards, and Landen Rigney ran five times for 11 yards.

Mollenkopf also completed 3 of 10 passes for 30 yards and two interceptions. Logan Mollenkopf had two catches for 24 yards, and Bowyer had one catch for 6 yards.

Tucker Woolever led the defense with eight tackles. Bowyer added seven tackles, Logan Mollenkopf had five, and Rigney had four tackles, including two for loss.

Ashtyn Peters had an interception. Gavin Mollenkopf, Parker Zimpleman and Brayden Unger each had a sack.

Gage Minniear had a blocked kick.

Caston has not beaten Carroll since 2012. Caston has not won their season opener since 2021.

Pioneer 28, Lewis Cass 0 (Friday): Shiloh Rine ran for 103 yards and two touchdowns on six carries, and Micah Rans and Noah VanMeter also had touchdown runs for the Class 1A, No. 11 Panthers in a home win over Lewis Cass at the Panther Pit Friday.

Pioneer had seven tackles for loss and two sacks. Colten Long had two tackles for loss, and Mikaden Tolosa had 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack. Kit Gotshall also had a sack.

J.J. Soloano led with 11 tackles, Rine had 10, and Long had nine.

Lewis Cass, who averaged 33 points per game last year, was held to 77 yards of total offense.

Culver 26, Attica 7 (Friday): Isaiah Gonzalez ran for 110 yards and a touchdown, and Jonas McCuen ran for a touchdown and threw a touchdown pass for the visiting Cavaliers in a win over Attica Friday.

Jonas McCuen had 94 yards passing and 36 yards rushing. He threw a 66-yard touchdown pass to Braylon Jackson in the second quarter to give Culver a 20-0 lead.

Gonzalez had 17 carries, and John Carr ran 15 times for 78 yards. Caleb McCuen had a 42-yard touchdown run.

Culver had 276 yards rushing while holding Attica to -10 yards on the ground.

Each team had four turnovers.

Attica has lost 39 consecutive games dating back to 2020.

Culver 26, Attica 7

Culver 6 14 6 0 – 26

Attica 0 0 0 7 – 7

First quarter

CUL – Isaiah Gonzalez 4 run (two-point conversion failed)

Second quarter

CUL – Jonas McCuen 1 run (two-point conversion good)

CUL – Braylon Jackson 66 pass from McCuen (two-point conversion failed)

Third quarter

CUL – Caleb McCuen 42 run (two-point conversion failed)

Fourth quarter

ATT – Tristen Miller 15 pass from Hayden Elliot (Gabe Dreher kick)

West Central 24, Winamac 8 (Friday): Xavier Adriano threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to Ethan Burgess in the second quarter, but the host Trojans led wire-to-wire in earning a season-opening win over the Warriors Friday.

Tearson Wolford led Winamac with 48 yards rushing on 13 carries, and Adriano had 42 yards rushing on 15 carries. Burgess ran seven times for 25 yards.

Adriano also completed two of eight passes for 72 yards. Burgess had both receptions.

Wolford led the defense with 11 tackles and three assists. Ivan Cardenas and Cody Wheeler each recovered a fumble.

West Central outrushed Winamac 342-113.

West Central had lost 14 of its previous 15 meetings with Winamac prior to Friday.

West Central 24, Winamac 8

Winamac 0 8 0 0 – 8

West Central 16 0 8 0 – 24

First quarter

WC – Villarreal 2 run (Huber run)

WC – Huber 84 run (Villarreal run)

Second quarter

WIN – Ethan Burgess 32 pass from Xavier Adriano (Adriano run)