Photo and story by Alexis Mercer
Assisted by Bella McCamman On the field Friday night walked two evenly matched teams. The battle, though sometimes featuring two teams with better records this far in the season, would be another classic Grant vs. Newaygo game: full of heart and hustle. Defense was the name of the game in the first quarter. The Lions started with the ball and marched down the field but after a few dropped passes and a flag the Lions turned the ball over on the 20. Grant’s quarterback, Brady Jacobs, ran the ball 50 yards to start his night that ended with 230 yards and 31 carries and an additional 51 yards passing. But Newaygo’s defense stepped up and stopped the Tigers on 4th down and inches to get the ball back. The Lions’ only touchdown of the night came at 8:04 left in the 2nd quarter when Remy Wells power-housed his way into the end zone, putting the Lions up 6-0 and Josiah Long aced the extra point to make it 7. In the ensuing kickoff the Tigers drove down and scored on a 2 yard touchdown run by Cohen Garrod, but not without excitement in the play just before that. Facing 4th and 25, the Tigers sent it long and though the defense thought they broke it up, Nathan Lang ended up with the ball. Not having the luxury of replay, the reffing squad called it a catch. The PAT was unsuccessful so the Tigers were down by just 1. Newaygo walked into the locker room up 7-6. Grant got the ball to start the 2nd half. The star player of the night for the Tigers, Jacobs, led a 15 play drive taking up almost 7 minutes of the 3rd quarter. Jacobs himself scored on a 3 yard touchdown run. The PAT was once again no good, but that would turn out to be just fine for the Tigers. A 4th quarter scramble by the Lions led to an interception on the Lions’ 15 yard line with 7:15 left and then a 3 and out later in the quarter ended any hope the Lions had. From Grant’s coach: “Grant defense was led by Nolan Corvers with six tackles, including two tackles for loss. Treyton Railling had 5 tackles, followed by Sawyer Carr with four tackles, including one tackle for loss. Nathan Lang had four tackles, including one pass break up. Zachary Barnhart had two interceptions in the game for the great team defensive effort.”
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