Kickoff of the 2021 Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) spring football season has arrived, with three league games scheduled for the weekend.
Truman and
Southwest Baptist, who shared the 2016 GLVC title, open the campaign on Thursday in Bolivar, Mo., with a 5 p.m. kickoff. On Saturday,
UIndy looks to begin its run to earn the league trophy back at
Quincy at 12 p.m.
Missouri S&T and
William Jewell open the spring in Liberty, Mo., scheduled for 7 p.m.
Brendan Smith returns under center for the Bearcats, who also led SBU in rushing in 2019. For Truman, three All-GLVC First Team selections are back, including o-lineman Jacob VanDoren, linebacker Reed McBroom, and punter Taylor Cornish.
Seven All-GLVC First Team picks return for the Greyhounds, as Clay Hadley, Tarnjeet Singh, Al McKeller, Daveon Bell, Jacob Jones, Mitch DeWitt, and Loren Strickland are back in the Crimson and Grey. Quincy's Peyton Chappel is back at linebacker, while Max Snell and Paul Sullivan, Jr., return on offense.
Three All-GLVC First Team honorees return for S&T, including: Payton McAlister, Justin Onwugbufor, and Stefan Camplin. Will Schneider and Jalik Jaggwe are back for Jewell as returning All-GLVC offensive selections.
The GLVC announced on Feb. 5 that
spectator attendance at all outdoor sporting events will be left up to the discretion of each member institution, following the league's weekly Council of Presidents' (COP) meeting. Fans are encouraged to watch all games streaming live and free on the many
GLVCSN platforms, including GLVCSN.com, the GLVCSN iOS and Android mobile apps, as well as the GLVCSN OTT apps for Roku, Apple TV, Android TV, and Amazon fireTV.
For each institution policy regarding outdoor spectators, click
here.
| THURSDAY 4.1 |
 |
Truman |
38 |
 |
Southwest Baptist |
20 |
 |
5 p.m. |
Bolivar, Mo. |
Box Score |
After a tight opening quarter to the 2021 GLVC spring football season,
Truman (1-0) ran away from Southwest Baptist (0-1) on Thursday, 38-20. The Bulldogs scored 31 straight points until SBU tacked on a late touchdown with 14 seconds left, with Nolan Hair tossing a pair of TD passes in the process. Seven Bulldog wideouts caught at least one pass in the win, while Cody Schrader ran for 121 yards on 29 attempts. Isaiah Estes recorded a team-high six tackles and Ben Thomas picked off SBU quarterback Cooper Callis once. The Bearcat signal caller completed passes, totaling 376 air yards in the loss.
| SATURDAY 4.3 |
 |
Indianapolis |
38 |
 |
Quincy |
0 |
 |
12:00 PM |
Quincy, Ill. |
Box Score |
 |
Missouri S&T |
49 |
 |
William Jewell |
28 |
|
7:00 pm |
Liberty, Mo. |
Box Score |
Indianapolis (1-0) blanked Quincy (0-1), 38-0, in both team's season-opener. A slew of Greyhounds had standout individual performances, while the UIndy defensive unit held the host Hawks to a mere 56 total yards on the afternoon.
JaQuan Buchanan had a memorable collegiate debut, racking up 101 rushing yards and 25 receiving yards while scoring a pair of touchdowns. Bryce Stancombe finished 24-for-33 with 275 yards, three touchdowns, and zero interceptions, as eight different Greyhounds recorded at last one reception, led by seven catches for 76 yards by senior Daveon Bell
.
Trailing by 14 at the half,
Missouri S&T (1-0) outscored William Jewell (0-1) 35-0 in the second half to win by a 49-28 count. The Miners scored on their first four offensive possessions of the second half and also got a key defensive score along the way, as they won a season opener on the road for the first time since 2011. S&T finished the game with 528 yards of total offense with 302 coming on the ground, as both Aaron Moya and Payton McAlister went over the 100-yard mark. Moya finished with a career-high 143 yards and McAlister recorded 131 for two short of his career high. Brennan Simms threw for 226 yards, as he completed 23 of his 33 passes and was 12-of-13 in the second half. Brown, McAlister and Tate Nickelberry all had six receptions apiece for S&T. S&T's defense held the Cardinals to 171 yards in the second half after giving 302 over the first 30 minutes.