MANSFIELD – David Butler rushed for a pair of touchdowns and caught another while the Mountaineer defense racked up 15 tackles for loss as Mansfield upended Alderson Broaddus 42-18 for a Homecoming victory on Saturday afternoon at Karl Van Norman Field.
 
The win moves the Mounties to 3-1, which already marks the second most wins in a season for Mansfield in the sprint football era with three games left to play. It's the best start to a season for the Mountaineers who are one win shy of last year's record four wins. Mansfield has won seven of its last eight games dating back to the 2018 season.
 
Mansfield (3-1, 1-0 CSFL North) opened the scoring midway through the first quarter with their opening drive ending on a Butler touchdown rush. Mansfield jumped out to a 14-0 lead later in the quarter when Butler caught a 13-yard touchdown pass from Koby Peacock and Chase Moser ran in the 2-point conversion.
 
The Battlers cut the Mansfield lead to 14-6 with a 78-yard touchdown pass with under three minutes to play in the first quarter.
 
The Mounties and ABU traded touchdowns in the second quarter with John Rogers pouncing on a fumble in the endzone for Mansfield and the Battlers scoring on a 32-yard interception return.
 
In the second half, Alderson Broaddus pulled within two points at 20-18 with a 1-yard touchdown run.
 
Mansfield would go on to score 22 unanswered points to cruise to the win. D.J. McLean opened up the scoring with a 9-yard touchdown catch from Dylan Kmitch in the third quarter before David Butler ripped off a 35-yard scoring rush in the fourth. Ryan Ripka capped the scoring with his three-yard rushing touchdown later in the fourth.
 
Peacock threw for 64 yards and a touchdown with Kmitch completing two passes for 53 yards and a score.
 
David Butler rushed 21 times for a gain of 111 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. He ran for a long of 35 yards and averaged 5.0 yards an attempt. John Rogers caught six passes for 73 yards with a long of 44.
 
Matt Roberts had 10 solo tackles, two tackles for loss, and an interception returned for 42 yards with Andrew Schwenk ranking up seven tackles, including six solo efforts, to go along with 1.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble, and two fumble recoveries. Moser had five tackles for loss including two sacks. Kayin Berger also had a pair of sacks in the game with Max Johnson and Andrew Seewald recording a sack each.
 
Terrance Quaker and Dajuan Buie had interceptions in the win.
 
Mansfield is on a bye week before traveling to Cornell on Friday, Oct. 18.