HS Football Roundup: Week VIII

Cloud makes if 4 in a row, #1 Whitehall too much for Pack, Lions lose late, TC wins share of title
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​Photos by Bobbie Sue Cruzan

White Cloud 37 Lakeview 32.
The Cloud built a 19 point lead then held off a late surge by the Wildcats to capture their 4th win in a row and more than likely sew up a spot in the postseason. Jace Silverthron had a monster night pounding out 190 yards and a pair of TDs on the ground while sending a pass into the arms of Nate Compeau for another. But that was just on offense. Silverthorn added 17 tackles and an interception from the other side of the line. Mason Reuther also tossed a scoring pass to Compeau and ran one it as well.. Carlos Brown who has excelled on defense all season led the team with 18 tackles including a sack while Lloyd Sebright-Johnson collected 9.
“It was a great team effort,” said Coach Gorman
White Cloud (1-1, 6-2) will head to White Pigeon (2-2, 5-3) Friday to finish up their regular season.

Whitehall 49 Fremont 8
They got one in.
It may have taken over 45 minutes of clock to get there but the Pack put points on the board against the vaunted Whitehall defense
A late 4th quarter 10 yard run by Justin Dirheimer followed by a 2 point conversion run by Kyler DeKuiper kept the Packers from being shut out by the WMC Lakes champion Vikings who clinched the title and an undefeated regular season with the win. Orchard View forfeited their game against Whitehall next week, their third forfeit in a row due to lack of personnel.
The visitors took over early and never let go, scoring twice in the first and four more times in the second to reach intermission with a 42-0 lead. 
The yards were hard to come by for the hosts and the Viking secondary picked off 3 Packer passes including 2 for TDs.
Dirheimer finished with 74 hard fought yards while DeKuiper tossed 3 completions as well as being on the receiving end of 6 Talen Reichert-Slater passes. Michael Romero led the defense with 6 solo tackles with Gabe Van Vleet, Daniel Romero and Hayden Threatt tallying 3 apiece.
Fremont (1-4, 4-4) finish their regular season with a homecoming matchup against Manistee (2-3, 5-3).

Central Montcalm 21 Newaygo 17
The host Hornets got on the board in the first quarter and the teams exchanged blows for the rest of the half with CM holding a 7-0 halftime edge. Soon after intermission the Hornets scored again to go up 14-0 before Blake Kerr broke free for a 59 yard TD. Josiah Long converted and later in the half hit a 39 yard field goal to put the Lions down by just 4 at 14-10. In the 4th the Lions drove to the Hornet 1 yard line and on 4th down Kerr hit the endzone again. After the Long conversion the visitors from Newaygo were up 17-14  giving them their first lead of the game and a shot at the win.
But it was the Hornets who sent their fans home happy as they came back with a game winning score late in the game to take the conference finale for both teams.
Kerr finished with 155 yards rushing while tossing for 101 yards. Grant Harness piled up 69 yards receiving, added 60 on the ground and finished with 9 tackles and a sack on defense. 
Dyllan Bazzett led the Lions in tackles with 11 and Isaiah Lopez tallied 10 along with grabbing an interception. Logan Klomp and Remy Wells also picked off passes from the Hornet QB
In their final game of the season Newaygo (1-5, 2-6) will host Comstock Park (1-5, 3-5) on Friday.

Tri County 52 Chippewa Hills 14
David Sheehan put on an air show tossing for 221 yards and a quartet of TD passes to Stuart Gould as TC wrapped up their share of the Gold title with an impressive road win in Remus. Gould finished with 9 catches for 178 yards while adding a 60 yard score on a punt return.
Trent Behrenwald also found the endzone as he piled up 90 yards rushing averaging over 6 yards a carry.
Coach Butler: “Proud of our guys. One of our goals was to win a league title and we did that tonight. These guys have put in the work that it takes to be successful and their coaches are extremely happy for them.” 
Tri County (5-1, 7-1) will finish the regular season at home hosting Muskegon Catholic Central (6-2)

Reed City 62 Grant 8
It was over quickly.
The Coyotes could have been getting mail in the Tiger endzone with the amount of time they spent there in the first quarter. 6 times in the first 12 minutes Reed City punctuated a TD with a 2 point conversion jumping out to a 48-0 advantage then added one in the second. 
The Tigers finally got on the board in the 4th but by then their 6th loss in a row was already in the books.
Grant (1-5, 1-7) will finish their season on the road Friday when they visit Kent City ( 3-0, 6-2) the Silver Division champs.
 
Hart  44 Hesperia 6
Ian Fox tucked in a pass from Brock Bolles in the second quarter for the lone Panther score.