Packers, Tigers and Panthers post wins, Cloud falls short, Devils hit hard Fremont 24 Beaverton 7 It would not be inaccurate to call the 2022 version of Packer football “new and improved” After all, in two weeks the team not only doubled their wins from last season, they notched a pair of W’s over teams not named Chippewa Hills since the only on-field wins (2) in the past 3 years were over the Warriors. The Packer faithful didn't have long to wait for something to cheer about as halfway through the first quarter Packer QB Kyler DeKuiper found his running back Justin Dirheimer with a pass and 33 yards later the home team went up 6-0. DeKuiper delivered on another TD toss in the second quarter, this time hitting Owen Hertel for a 10 yard scoring strike and the teams hit halftime with the hosts up 12-0. The defense stifled the Beavers in the first half and continued to make yardage a premium for the visitors in the second. Fremont stretched the lead to 18-0 as Dirheimer took it in on the ground this time, an 8 yard run for the score. For the third straight time the Packers failed to convert on the conversion attempt and the score moved to 18-0. Beaverton got on the board as time expired in the third with a 14 yard strike one of 29 air attempts by the visitors’ offense and after a successful PAT by the Beaver kicker the Packers held an 18-7 edge. Midway through the 4th Dirheimer found paydirt again taking it home from 16 yards out and with the conversion coming up short again the score went to 24-7 where it remained thanks to another strong defensive finish by the Packers. Dirheimer finished with a game high 171 yards rushing while DeKuiper hit 6 different receivers for 109 yards, including a pair of tosses to Gabe Curtice who tallied 38 yards. The defense was impressive once again Thursday with Connor Pettis and Michael Romero adding turnovers to their impressive tackle numbers. We caught up with Coach Hudson for a few post game posers. Team looked pretty solid on offense with Dirheimer piling up some yards. Oline coming together as well as you'd like? Coach H.-We are learning to become a physically imposing team. We had to remind our guys at half, but they came out and cleaned up some of our mistakes from the first half and we were able to control the game. DeKuiper aired it out a bit more with more yardage on his passes. Looking to throw more as the season progresses? Coach H.-The more film teams have on us, the more numbers we will see in the box. We will need to be able to complete passes and provide some balance to keep our offensive wheels turning. Again it was your defense that really seemed to capture the game. Like what you see so far and any tweaks you'd like to see from them? Coach H-Our seniors upfront have really carried our defense and set the tone of how we want to play defensive football. Our secondary will continue to be tested, so we will need to keep improving and creating turnovers like we have managed to do in the first couple of games. Ludington's high octane offense comes to town next week. What needs to happen to go 3-0? Coach H-Like always it all starts up front. We will need to be the more physical team in order to get a W. We have plenty of things to clean up and we will have to play a complete game in order to get that first WMC victory. Hart 38 White Cloud 19 Photos by Cassie Rickert The Pirates bounced back from last week’s season opening loss to Fremont, pulling out a come from behind win on the White Cloud home turf. From Coach Gorman: Leading rushers on the night were Jace Silverthorn with 96 yards and two touchdowns while Landyn McGowen had 95 yards and a touchdown. Nate Compeau had 85 yards receiving and Alex Cruzan had 23. Defensively, the team was led by Carlos Brown and Alex Cruzan with 9 tackles each, Jace Silverthorn added 7, and Lloyd Sebright-Johnson took down 5. The Indians (1-1) next contest is Friday, September 9th at home against Hesperia(1-1). Grant 30 Chippewa Hills 20
The Tigers began conference play with a win at home over the visiting Warriors. Grant QB Oakley Obenauf knocked down some serious numbers as he tossed for 203 yards and a pair of touchdowns while piling up 181 yards on the ground. Cotter Scholten also found the endzone on a defensive play. Grant (1-1,1-0)continues their conference schedule Friday when they welcome in the Vikings of Tri County (2-0,1-0). Hesperia 18 St Louis 12 The Panthers struck early scoring on their first possession as Maverick McKinnon took it in from 12 yards out and after Skyler Stabaum scored the conversion run Hesperia held an 8-0 lead. The Sharks came back to score but the conversion failed and the hosts held a 2 point edge. The Panther defense came up big forcing a safety on a muffed punt attempt and pushing the score to 10-6 and giving Hesperia another possession. The Panthers jumped on the opportunity with Panther QB Alex Gleason scoring on a 5 yard run then flipping a 2 point conversion pass to Ian Fox for an 18-6 lead at intermission. Scoring and yardage were at a premium in the second half with the Sharks putting 6 more on the board and Hesperia gaining their first win under new Head Coach TYler Fehler. The Panthers (1-1) will head east Friday to take on former conference foe and longtime rival White Cloud (1-1). Perry 49 Holton 0 The Red Devils rough start continued Thursday as the Ramblers held them scoreless while spending much of the game on the Holton side of the field. The Devs (0-2) will be taking on the Bulldogs of Ravenna (1-1) in their WMC Rivers Division conference opener Tri County 48 Reed City 40 7 times since joining the CSAA the Vikings have taken the field to face the Coyotes. And 7 times they came up short. Add to that, the perennial powerhouse from Reed City was the only regular season blemish on Coach Phil Butler’s team last season. On Thursday the Vikings served notice of their intention to contend for the title that eluded them last year as they survived a scoring barrage by both teams and emerged with the win. Coach Butler: "It was a great team effort. We talked all summer about giving a little more. Little more in the weight room, little more in film study and little more in practice. That little more was the difference tonight. "Super proud of our platers and coaches. Reed City is a great program and very well coached." Trent Behrenwald paced the running attack with 128 yards on 18 carries and Stuart Gould handled the ball 6 times gaining 77 yards and scoring twice. Viking QB David Sheehan hit on 16 of 22 passes for 167 yards and a pair of TD's. TC will travel to Grant Friday to take on the Tigers. Other Scores of Interest Kent City 28 Central Montcalm 27 Saugatuck 20 Lakeview 7 Carson City Crystal 34 Morley Stanwood 7 Oakridge 20 Muskegon Catholic 14 Ludington 55 Shelby 7 Ravenna 14 Montague 7 Whitehall 41 Hastings 30 Manistee 27 Mason County Central 6 North Muskegon 54 OV 0
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