Football Roundup: Lions Win; Pack, Panthers, Cloud, Devs, & Tigers Do Not

Newaygo/Chip Hills photos by Jennifer Badgerow
White Cloud/Morley photos by Cassie Rickerty

​Montague 28 Fremont 7
After a scoreless first quarter the Wildcats were driving deep into Packer territory until Kyler DeKuiper picked off a Mason Darke pass giving his team the ball on their own 10 yard line. Two plays later Talen Reichert-Slater found an open DeKuiper who raced 89 yards downfield to deliver the goods and stake the hosts to a 7-0 lead after the Ben Mellema conversion boot.
Montague answered quickly with a 5 play scoring drive that knotted the score at 7 where it remained until intermission. 
Then the Wildcat defense took charge.
The Packers could not move the ball on the ground and other than the big play that gave the team their only point the passing game was also limited to short yardage plays. Khai Noordyk and Owen Hertel were limited to less than 2 yards per carry as the Montague line won the battle in the trenches.
Meanwhile Montague scored a go ahead TD in the third and added two more scores in the fourth to ice the conference game
The Packer defense spent a lot of time on the field led by Connor Pettis  with 11 tackles. Owen Hertel finished with 9 tackles, Quin Farrell tallied 8 and Noah Hansen added 7.
Fremont (0-4, 2-5) travels to Whitehall Friday to face the undefeated Vikings who are ranked #1 in the state inDivision 4.

Morley Stanwood 20 White Cloud 6
It was homecoming and the ‘Hawks  came into this one looking to get off the schneid after 6 straight losses. White Cloud was hoping to boost their playoff chances with a 3rd straight win.
With Nick Chapin making his first start under center the hosts piled up 350 rushing yards while holding the Cloud to just 120 yards of total offense.
White Cloud (0-2, 4-3) will return home Friday for their final conference matchup with Lakeview (1-2, 2-5).

Newaygo 44 Chippewa Hills 36
The Lions jumped out to a 22-0 lead  in what looked to be a possible blowout win but the Warriors regrouped and got back in the game. Newaygo was able to hang onto the lead and secure the conference win.
Newaygo (3-3, 3-4) will continue conference play when they return home Friday to face Central Montcalm (2-3, 3-4).

Central Montcalm 48 Grant 0
The Tigers were blanked on the road as the Hornets sent them to their 6th loss in a row.. Controlling the line of scrimmage throughout the contest CM piled up the rushing yards and shut down the Grant offense.  
Grant (0-5, 1-6) will host Reed City (3-2, 4-3) Friday.

Mason County Central 47 Hesperia 0
The Spartans scored 4 times in the first quarter on their way to a dominant win over the host Panthers.
Hesperia (0-4, 1-6) will play their final home game of the season when they host Hart (3-1, 6-1).

Hart 72 Holton 12 
The Pirates ran off 30 first quarter points on their way to a rout of the Red Devils.
Anthony Boone led the RD’s with 56 rushing yards, David Addison gained 44, and Riley Pierce posted 42 to go with his 48 yards passing. Hunter Zang led Devil receivers with 28 yards.
Holton (0-4, 0-7) will visit North Muskegon (4-0, 7-0) Friday. The Norse are currently ranked 6th in the state in D7.