The Winfield-Mt. Union football team gets back to work tomorrow when they travel to Montezuma for a non-district game against the Braves. The Wolves are coming off of their first win since August 30th of 2018, a snapping a span of seven straight losses last week as they took out River Ridge Hanover of Illinois 76-46. Daunte Oepping posted 277 total yards of offense and six touchdowns in the victory, while the Wolves defense forced three turnovers. On the season WMU is led by Oepping who is 16 of 29 for 270 yards through the air with three touchdowns and no interceptions. His favorite target is Jacob Ford with seven catches for 164 yards and a touchdown. Oepping also leads the Wolves ground attack with 39 carries for 277 yards and seven touchdowns. Juanito Piper leads the WMU defense with 31 tackles and two tackles for loss.
Montezuma comes into the game with an overall record of 2-0 after wins over Southeast Warren and Colo-Nesco by a combined 118 to 63 score. On the year the Braves are led by Eddie Burgess who is 24 of 38 through the air for 625 yards, 10 touchdowns and only one interception. His favorite target is Trey Shearer with 12 catches for 270 yards and four scores. The Monte ground game is also spearheaded by Burgess with 20 carries for 197 yards and four touchdowns. The Braves defense has Brian Diaz with 18 tackles on the season to lead the way. This week, Winfield-Mt. Union head coach Scott McCarty talked about how his team is playing and the upcoming matchup with Montezuma. “Our offensive line was able to get some interior push last week. Daunte Oepping had a big game, he’s a pretty electric player with the ball in his hands. Juanito Piper was injured in week 0 but was back last week and Christian Gerot caught a couple of touchdowns so we were able to move the ball. It was exciting to see the kids take a plan, execute it and come out on top. Montezuma has a pretty big kid at quarterback and good receivers. They always play hard.”
These two teams met a year ago with the Braves taking a 34-20 win. Action starts Friday at 7p.m. at Montezuma High School.