RETURN GAME … Montpelier freshman Dom Guilford returns a kickoff last Friday at Mohawk.
PHOTOS BY JACOB KESSLER / THE VILLAGE REPORTER
FOLLOWING HIS BLOCKERS … Carter Meek lets his blockers lead the way on a rushing attempt in last Friday’s playoff game at Mohawk.
By: Nate Calvin
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
sports@thevillagereporter.com
SYCAMORE (October 31, 2025) – Mohawk dominated on the ground and through the air as they rolled up 409 yards of total offense in a 41-6 win over Montpelier in the first round of the Division VII Region 26 state playoffs.
The Warriors showed their physicality on their second drive of the night, needing just one play to hit pay dirt, as junior Kaden Bish broke free for a 34-yard touchdown run for a 7-0 lead.
Following a Locomotive punt, Mohawk was on the attack again. After a holding penalty wiped out a 64-yard TD run on the first play, they struck again four plays later.
Quarterback Andon Clouse hit a wide-open Levi Tiell for a 51-yard touchdown pass after a blown coverage in the Montpelier secondary for a 14-0 lead with 1:31 left in the first quarter.
Mohawk continued to roll in the second quarter with a seven-play, 45-yard scoring drive after a turnover on downs by Montpelier to take 21-0 lead with 7:22 remaining in the first half.
The lead stayed at 21-0 until the third when Mohawk would step on the gas to put the game away.
After a Montpelier onside kick went out of bounds, giving Mohawk the ball at the Locos’ 49-yard line, Bish would take it to the house on the next play to make it 28-0, just ten seconds into the third quarter.
Montpelier’s offensive struggles continued on their next possession as Hayden Sharps deep pass down the right sideline was intercepted to give the Warriors the ball back at their own 30-yard line.
Mohawk needed just three plays from there for their next score as Clouse hit Tiell on a screen pass for 46 yards and then two plays later, Bish scampered 20 yards for a score to make it 35-0 to start the running clock.
Mohawk added one more touchdown to push the score to 41-0 before Montpelier (6-5) would engineer their best drive of the night in the final stanza.
With a mixture of Sharps’ completions and runs by Carter Meek, the Locos covered 72 yards in 14 plays, culminating with Sharps finding Jacob Lyons on a 13-yard scoring strike.
Sharps hit on 15 of 24 passes for 136 yards with Meek leading the ground attack with 47 yards on 19 attempts.
Bish finished with 187 yards and three touchdowns on 12 carries and Clouse was 6-9 passing for 187 and two scores.
MONT 0 0 0 6 – 6
MOK 14 7 20 0 – 41
MOK – Bish 34-yd run (A. Patrizi kick)
MOK – Tiell 51-yd pass from Clouse (A. Patrizi kick)
MOK – O. Patrizi 3-yd run (A. Patrizi kick)
MOK – Bish 48-yd run (A. Patrizi kick)
MOK – Bish 20-yd run (A. Patrizi kick)
MOK – Tiell 11-yd pass from Clouse (kick failed)
MONT – Lyons 13-yd pass from Sharps (kick failed)