Football Roundup: Cards Top Tigers; Devils Cage Panthers; Eagles Fly Past Cloud,; Vikes Seal Postseason Bid

Big Rapids 21 Grant 12
The Cardinals jumped to a 14-0 lead before Brady Jacobs led the Tigers on a 16 play drive capped by a 5 yard TD run to cut the deficit to 14-6 with 1:10 left in the half.  Big Rapids controlled the 3rd quarter with a 10 minute scoring drive to extend the lead to 21-6.  Grant closed out the scoring with another Jacobs touchdown run from 11 yards out with 4:01 left in the game. 
Jacobs led the offense with 160 yards on 34 carries, two touchdowns, and 73 yards passing. The defense was led by Treyton Railling with 8 tackles and a tackle for loss, as well as Nolan Corvers with 8 tackles .  Sawyer Carr and  Ryan Chapin each had 5 tackles, including one tackle for loss.  Zachary Barnhart had two interceptions for the Tigers.

Holton 56 Hesperia 12
Austin Fowler tossed for 6 touchdowns with Bret Hosmer gathering in 3 of them as the Red Devils simply ran away from the Panthers.
The annual rivalry game featured a dominant performance by the Holton offense as the visitors had no answers for the Devils passing game. Rice Robins, Kevin Erickson, and Teagan Bayne also pulled in TD catches.
The Holton defense was led by Dylan Cartwright who finished with 10 tackles, while Robins notched 8 and Fowler added 6. Kaleb Nichols and Aaron Waterman each recovered a fumble and Cameron Edgerton picked off a Panther pass.
Holton (3-2, 4-3) kept their playoff hopes alive with the win and after what is likely to be a forfeit by Wyoming Lee next week, they will host Newaygo in their regular season finale with a shot at the postseason

Kent City 50 White Cloud 14
The Eagles rolled past the Cloud running up a 28-0 lead by halftime.
White Cloud (2-3, 4-3) will host White Pigeon from the Southwest 10 conference next week while Kent City (3-1,4-2) will welcome in Hartford from the same conference.

Tri County 16 Central Montcalm 6
The Vikings punched their playoff card with win # 6, the most wins by a TC team since the 2004 team that finished 9-2 including a playoff win.
TC (5-1, 6-1) visits Big Rapids next week.