Alma College

 
KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Alma College football program got major contributions from all three phases of the game and scored five first half touchdowns to clobber the Kalamazoo Hornets in the road finale, 48-14.
 
The Basics:

• Score
  • Alma – 48
  • Kalamazoo – 14

• Records
  • Alma (3-6, 3-3 Michigan)
  • Kalamazoo (3-6, 2-4 Michigan)

• Location
  • Kalamazoo, Michigan – Angell Field

• Series History
  • Scots Lead 66-45-5 (59.1%)

• Winning Streak
  • Scots (W8) / Hornets' Last Win: October 20, 2018 (17-10)

 
How It Happened:
The first play of the contest set the tone for the Scots' dominance on Saturday as Patrick Sterrett popped the pigskin free on the opening kickoff and Drake Koepke recovered it on the Hornets' 23 to give the visitors the ball on the edge of the redzone immediately. The next two plays went, Jason Boge to Brayden Sullivan for 19 yards then Boge kept the ball and ran back up the gut for a four-yard touchdown to provide the early statement. Kalamazoo responded admirably however, putting together a five-minute, 75-yard touchdown drive on a one-yard plunge by Kyler Maiorana to tie the score at seven. Back-to-back punts by both offenses commenced in the next two minutes before Alma really started to take firm control. Next possession for AC, produced a touchdown from Boge to TJ Seiler (12 yards) and then the opportunistic defense took its fourth interception back to the house on KZoo's following drive with Emilio Riley doing the honors, racing 50 yards to paydirt to give the Scots a 21-7 edge after one.
 
The visitors from Alma took its fourth drive of the day into the second quarter and promptly found the end zone again, Boge to Ethan Hull for 32 yards and a three-score lead (28-7). For most of the period, punts reigned supreme as neither team could get their offense untracked, but the Scots perfectly executed its two-minute offense after receiving the ball at 1:55 and went 59 yards in ten plays, capped by another Boge to Hull connection (two yards) to signal the rout was on at 35-7 during halftime.
 
AC picked up right where they left off in the second half, scoring its sixth touchdown of the afternoon from Boge to Sullivan (24 yards) to start the final 30 minutes with a bang. When it rains, it pours for the Hornets as the next possession saw the Scots pick off their second pass of the game, this time by the ball hawk in the secondary, Andrew Bradley.
 
Alma capitalized with a pair of Will Soulliere field goals (37 and 42 yards) while KC recorded a garbage time touchdown two-thirds of the way through the fourth (Brayden Ledin to Aaron Zekman for three yards) to reach the final score of 48-14, Alma College.
 
Scots' Top Performers:
Boge had a breakout performance as a signal caller, completing 75% (21-of-28) of his passes for 257 yards and four scores through the air plus an additional 39 yards plus a touchdown on the ground, all career-highs. Hull hauled in two of his four receptions for touchdowns, his second multi-score game in his debut year at Alma while Sullivan topped the receivers with five catches for 89 yards (plus a TD) and Seiler also notched five balls for 43 yards and a TD. Easton Hood averaged 9.3 yards per tote and Braylon McDonald fronted the rushing attack at 46 yards.
 
Riley made his first career INT count for six points on top of breaking up a pass and Bradley's pick gives him three in 2026, the only player with more than one. Jett King wore the tackling crown per usual for the Maroon and Teal with eight whereas he also accounted for 1.5 tackles for loss. Nathan Raison and Parker Shuman both got to the quarterback for sacks, the former dropping the ballcarrier 12 yards behind the line of scrimmage for a massive momentum swing.
 
Tryce Tokar made an impact by returning a punt 45 yards and Alfonso Gray III brought three kickoffs back a combined 96 yards including a 44-yarder. Soulliere was perfect as a placekicker, splitting the uprights twice on field goals and cashing in all six of his extra points along with three touchbacks on nine kickoffs. Jacob Kluk downed the opposition inside its own red zone once, doing so at least one time in eight of the nine matchups.
 
Next:
Alma will look to spoil Calvin University's bid for an undefeated regular season on Senior Day Saturday at 1 p.m. with the Knights having already secured the MIAA's automatic berth to the NCAA Playoffs.
 

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