For a second week in a row the Tecumseh Indian football team put on a dominate 1st half performance and rolled to a 42-15 win over the Pinckney Pirates in the SEC opener for both schools. Tecumseh was able to score touchdowns on four of their five first half possessions, while shutting out the Pirates in the first half, aided by a pair of Pirates turnovers. Tecumseh took the opening kickoff and went on a 12 play 59-yard drive for the game’s first score, punctuated by a four-yard run by Chance Gormley and Xavier Figel converted the 2-point conversion for an 8-0 Indian lead. After the two teams exchanged possessions by being stopped on downs, Gormley added his 2nd touchdown with a 10-yard run to push the lead to 14-0. The Indians next touchdown drive began when Sam Abbott intercepted a pass at the Indian 8-yard line and Tecumseh wasted little time going 92 yards in four plays for the score. The big play of the drive was a 43-pard pass from Gormley to Abbott to the Pirate 14, followed by Gormley’s third touchdown run and a two-point conversion to make the score 22-0. Tecumseh capitalized on another Pirate turnover for their final score before halftime, when Pirate quarterback Jax Raymond fumble on his own 38-yard line and Cooper Lewis recovered for Tecumseh. Xavier Figel crossed the goal line with 45 seconds left in the half and the Indians went to the break with a 28-0 lead. Each team was able to score a pair of touchdowns in the second half. For Tecumseh, Gormley scored his fourth touchdown of the night on a 56-yard run and Brayden Baur completed Tecumseh’s scoring with a one-yard plunge. Pinckney scored twice in the 2nd half on two touchdown passes by Raymond, a 9-yarder to Lucas Lock and a 14 yarder to Oliver Wendel to make the final score 42-15 In addition to his four touchdowns, Gromley accounted for 228 yards rushing on 26 carries in addition to being 9 of 18 passing for 183 yards. Sam Abbot was the Indians top receiver with four catches for 80 yards. Defensively the Indians were led by Cruz Torres’s seven tackles. Next week the Indians will return home to Indian Stadium for their home opener when they face another SEC White division foe in Ypsilanti Lincoln.