Football Roundup Tigers Triumph, Pack, Cloud, Hespo Swamped

Photos by Josie Lowry

Grant 35 Chippewa Hills 12
The Tigers got on the board late in the first when Jayden Newton hit Sincere Hatch for a 13 yard scoring strike. Fern Montenegro knocked the conversion through and the hosts went up 7-0.
Chip Hills answered with a TD but halfway through the second Eddie Beight broke loose and hit the end zone for a 32 yard TD. Another Montenegro boot made it 14-6 but the Tigers weren’t done. With time ticking down Newton found Hatch again and after a third conversion by Montenegro sent the teams to the lockers with Grant holding a 21-6 advantage. The Tigers scored twice more in the second half as Aiden Booth ran it in from 31 yards  and Newton connected with Ethan Delong for a 31 yard TD. Montenegro continued to be perfect on the night and despite another CH score the hosts put this one in the W column.
Coach Lowry: “Our kids came out and played 4 quarters of smash mouth football. We made our seniors’ last game on Rynberg Field memorable. Great team effort by our guys.”
On defense, Booth finished with 8 solo tackles and a forced fumble.Gavin Kiliszewski and Ethan Dean recovered fumbles and Hatch collected an interception.
Grant (3-5) will play their  season finale Friday at Kent City (5-30.

Whitehall 47 Fremont 6
The Vikings needed a win to sew up the conference title and improve their standing in the playoff race. They got it in a convincing fashion as they put a whipping on the Packers, scoring 3 times in the first quarter and twice more before halftime to build a 34-0 lead at intermission.
The lone score for the hosts came just after midway through the fourth when Karter Frens took it in from 9 yards out to put the Pack on the board. Viking QB Camden Thompson ran for 2 long TDs and passed for 3 more as the visitors seemed to score at will.
Frens finished with a team high 101 yards with Khai Noordyk adding another 67
Tritan Corrigan collected 7 tackles with Asa Barnhard and Norrdyk tallying 6 apiece,
Fremont (2-6) finishes the season Friday when thy host Newaygo (6-2)

 Central Montcalm  62 White Cloud 6
A  surging team with a potent offense on a 5 game winning streak seeking to complete a conference sweep for the title facing a team mired in a losing streak and unable to stop their opposition from scoring.
And a predictable result as the Hornets claimed the CSAA White crown with a thorough takedown of their visitors from White Cloud.
The lone score by the Cloud came on a Jayden Robinson to Jayden Graves TD toss. Reece Johnson led the team in tackles with 8
White Cloud (1-7) is scheduled to play Holton Friday. The Red Devils have forfeited their conference games and are 0-3 in games played.

Hart 48 Hesperia 6
The Pirates evened their record on the season while delivering the Panthers their sixth straight loss. Skyler Stalbaum scored the lone TD for Hesperia while Blake Sayer hit on a dozen passes with Ian Fox pulling in 5 and Thor Klaus  finishing with 3.
Hesperie (2-6) wraps up their season when the Sharks of St. Louis (2-6) pay a visit on Friday.