Football Roundup: Week IV

Pack off the Schneid, Cats clout Cloud, Norse sail past Panthers

Photos by Bobbie Cruzan
Story by Ken DeLaat

Fremont 41 Grant 6
Midway through the first quarter Ethan DeLong took it to the end zone from 3 yards out to cap the Tiger drive and stake the hosts to a 6-0 lead giving the Tiger faithful something to cheer about.
But that would be their last lead and the last time they would find pay dirt as it was all Packers from there on out.
With just under 2 minutes in the first Fremont took the lead when QB Brayden Crosley called his own number and scored from the 3. Khai Noordyk busted through the line for the 2 point conversion and it was 8-6 Pack.
Karter Frens finished off a Fremont drive in the second and the teams reached intermission with the visitors up 14-6. The Packers stretched their lead with a 3rd quarter score by Noordyk and later in the third Crosley crossed again on a 53 yard scamper to make it 26-6 heading into the final frame.
Noordyk broke away for a 51 yard TD  early in the 4th and the Packers got the conversion on a toss from Crosley to Talen Reichert-Slater. They added one more score when, backed up in the shadow of their own endzone, Frens got a couple of key blocks and tore downfield for a 97 yard TD.. Frens added the PAT with a boot through the uprights and the Packers celebrated win #1.
Frens finished with 268 yards on the ground with Noordyk tacking on another 116. \ASa Barnhard led the team in tackles with 9 followed by Noordyk, Wyatt Schoemaker, Jacob Burns, Trentyn Corley and Michael Robinson with each.
DeLong, who scored the lone Tiger TD led his team in rushing, finishing with 86 yards. The Grant defense was paced by Jack Swanson with 8 solo tackles and an assist, Pail Bonney with 6 solos and an assist, Ethan Dean with 5 solos and an assist and  Aiden Booth with 5 solos.
Fremont (1-3, 0-2) returns to WMC action Friday when they travel to Oakridge while Grant (1-3, 0-2) will head north to take on the Cardinals of Big Rapids.

Lakeview 46   White Cloud 13
The Wildcats came into this one looking for win number one but also looking for some kind of offense after scoring just 19 points in their first three games.
On Friday in White Cloud they got both as the visitors stuck 46 points on the board and captured the CSAA White contest.
After running wild last week against Hesperia, White Cloud struggled to find any offensive rhythm, fell behind early and dropped their CSAA White conference opener.
Jayden Robinson tossed a TD to Edgar Rodriguez Jr. and returned a kickoff for another score finishing with 216 total yards. Jose Saavedra-Mena led the team on Defense with 6 tackles. 
White Cloud (1-3, 0-1) will try to get back in the W column Friday when they host Chippewa Hills (0-4, 0-2)
 
North Muskegon 42 Hesperia 7
The Norse are a strong football team coming into this one off a big win over the MCC Spartans and boasting a wicked running game as well as possessing a productive air squad. On Friday the Panthers could not stop either as NM ran off 3 first quarter TDs and by halftime the hosts were down 35-0.
Skyler Stalbaum scored the lone Panther TD finishing with a hard earned 42 yards on the ground. Blake Sayer completed 11 out of 18 passes for 155 yards with Ian Fox (5, 58yds) Eli Edens (4, 37yds) and Dominic Smith (2, 60 yds.) being the recipients of his throws.
 On defense, Thor Klaus, Edens and Fox each collected a half dozen tackles while Noah Walker recovered a fumble to go with his 4 tackles.
Hesperia (2-2, 0-1) will host Shelby (1-3, 0-3) Friday in a WMC matchup.