From the opening drive of the game on Friday, October 7th, the PCM football team dominated Chariton en route to a 42-7 victory and our #7 spot on the countdown of the top 10 sports moments this past school year.

The Mustangs opened the game with a 40-yard run from Adrian Robbins that set up an eventual 19-yard touchdown on a screen pass from Gavin Van Gorp to Gabe Hobbs. After a fumble by the Chargers on their first offensive snap of the game, PCM immediately took advantage with a 2-yard touchdown run by Augie Stock with 8:49 left in the first quarter. From there, PCM blocked three punts to setup a pair of Stock rushing touchdowns from 10 and 13 yards out midway through the first quarter. 

PCM’s rapid scoring pace slowed down from that point, as the next score came with 4:07 left in the second quarter with Robbins finding the endzone from five yards out. With running clock in effect, PCM’s next score came at the 6:53 mark of the fourth quarter. Van Gorp connected with Gavin Fenton for a toe-tapping touchdown pass from 16 yards out to finish off the scoring for the Mustangs. Chariton avoided the shutout with a garbage time touchdown run with two and half minutes left in the game, but PCM would run out the clock to take the game 42-7.

The Mustangs went on to take second place in Class 2A District 7 and earned a home postseason game. PCM fell in that first round playoff game 28-27 to Clear Lake to finish the season with a 5-4 record.