Clinton Redwolves Middle School Football shows their strength in home opener vs the Hudson Tigers on Wednesday (09/22).  

The 7th grade Redwolves began the game on defense, and set the tone right away forcing a Turnover on Downs.  The Tiger runner had a chance, but was halted just short of the line to gain  by Safety Dacari Garrison.  With good field position provided by the defense, the Redwolves offense picked up where they left off last week.  Tanner Bolton would stride for 20 yard game early, and then break free again with a 14 yard Touchdown run. Followed with a successful 2-point conversion by Sammy Stewart giving the Redwolves an early 8-0 lead.  The Tigers responded as soon as possible though.  Returning the ensuing Kickoff for a touchdown.  The Redwolves defense would prevent the 2-point conversion try with a Jake Halchishak tackle at the goalline (8-6).  Both defenses would hold steadfast through a scoreless 2nd quarter.

Sammy Stewart racked up the yards in the 2nd half.  He would get the offense going early with a 53 yard touchdown dash down the sideline to increase the lead to 14-6.  Stewart would later bowl over Tigers adding two more 20+ yard runs on the next offensive drive that was punctuated with a Jake Halchishak 19 yard Touchdown run, and Tanner Bolton 2-point conversion.   The Redwolves defense led by standouts Kyler Pawlowski, Will Hawkins, Owen Wright, Conner Wegner, Jonah Hahn, Lucas Coughlin, Lucas Goeting, Austin Putnam, Brody Wenn, Chance Maddox, and Louie Della-Badia would swarm the Tigers all half keeping them out of the endzone.  Pawlowski would put a stamp on the victory with a sack fumble on the final play of the game.   

7th Grade Redwolves Final: 22-6 

Record: 2-0

The 8th Grade Redwolves would follow suit against the Tigers with an even more dominant performance.  Opening on offense, the Redwolves established dominance at the line of scrimmage with Lineman Joe Webb, Noah Yovanov, Eli Turner, Jayden German, Teagan Zbikowski, and Cliff Jones. The Redwolves were able to march down the field gaining large chunks of yardage on the ground, and a long pass from Colt Perry to Braden Broderick before Brenden Benschoter galloped into the endzone from 24 yards out.  Cliff Jones would find himself on the receiving end of a Colt Perry Pass to complete the conversion try and give the Redwolves an early 8-0 lead.  Deja vu struck the crowd when Hudson would retaliate by returning the ensuing kick off for a touchdown just as their 7th grade counterparts did in the previous game (8-6).  The Tigers would find more luck on the following kickoff with a fumble recovery to set them up near midfield.  Momentum would swing back into Clinton's favor on the very next play of the drive with a perfectly tipped pass by Blake Sloan that would fall into the waiting arms of Brenden Benschoter. It all went Clinton’s way from this point on. Bryce Randolph added another TD and conversion tallying the score to 16-6.  The next offensive possession would see Blake Sloan strike from 70 yards out to add 6 more (22-6).  Sloan was hungry for the ball, and showed it by delivering it back to his team defensively by way of a sack, fumble, and Clinton recovery.  He would then provide his second TD run giving way to a 28-6 halftime lead.  

The Redwolves continued their dominance into the second half.  First, forcing another fumble caused by Sloan, his second of the night, and Clinton recovery.  Then adding a TD through the air from Colt Perry to Braden Broderick, along with a Colt Perry QB sneak for 2 more (36-6).  The final points to the tally were added by Broderick on the ground for his second TD of the game (42-6).  

Notable Players contributing to the victory were: Carson Ehnis, Cassius Jahn, John Keibler, Landon Lakatos, Shane Cook, and Jaren Settles

8th Grade Redwolves Final: 42-6

Record: 2-0 

Next week the 8th grade team travels to Chelsea to take on the Bulldogs on Tuesday, 09/28.  The 7th grade team will host Blissfield at 5 P.M. Wednesday, 09/29.

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