On Friday, Nov 1st the varsity football team hosted the first round of the playoffs against last years state runner up the Whiteford Bobcats.  In a back and forth game Clinton came out on top 38-30.  The opening kickoff was returned by Bryce Randolph who gave the Redwolves great field position to start their first offensive series.  On the first play of the game Randolph broke free behind some great blocking and took the ball down to the 3 yard line.  Two plays later Bryce punched it in from 2 yards out, but the two point conversion failed.  Clinton was up 6-0 early in the first quarter.  Whiteford came right back and put together a drive of their own and scored from 10 yards out, their two point conversion failed to tie the score at 6-6.  Clinton answered back in the first quarter with a 4 yard touchdown run by Jake Felts and the two point conversion failed to leave the score Clinton 12 Whiteford 6 at the end of the first quarter.  In the second quarter Whiteford punched in a touchdown from 5 yards out and converted the two point conversion to put Whiteford ahead 12-14.  Clinton then went to the air on a 10 yard touchdown pass from Gradyn Whelan to Andy Fair.  The two point conversion was good with a pass from Whelan to Dacari Garrison to make the score Clinton 20 Whiteford 14.  One the next possession Gradyn Whelan connected again to Andy Fair and he took it 58 yards for the touchdown.  The two point conversion failed, but the score was Clinton 26 Whiteford 14.  Whiteford put another touchdown in the endzone this time from 3 yards out and converted their two point play to make it Clinton 26 Whiteford 22.  Bryce Randolph scored again, this time from 11 yards out to make the score Clinton 32 Whiteford 22 going into halftime.  After a defensive stop Clinton marched down the field with Gradyn Whelan taking it in from 13 yards out for the touchdown.  The two point conversion failed but the score at the end of the third quarter was Clinton 38 Whiteford 22.  The Bobcats proved to not go away as they scored again from 3 yards out to finish the scoring for the night and Clinton taking the win 38-30.  

Gradyn Whelan stepped in for his first start of his career on offense as a freshman quarterback and came away with 3 for 4 passing for 77 yards, two touchdowns and a two point conversion.  Whelan also ran 8 times for 60 yards and a touchdown.  Bryce Randolph picked up 115 yards on 12 carries and two touchdowns and puts him over 1,000 yard rushing on the season.  Jake Felts ran 19 times for 88 yards and a touchdown.  Andy Fair had 5 carries for 7 yards.  But caught two passes for two touchdowns and 68 yards.  Dacari Garrison caught a two point conversion and had a huge kickoff return.  Jake Felts caught a pass for 9 yards as well.  Clinton ran for 234 yards and passed for 77, for a total of 311 yards of offense.  Pancake blocks were made by Cade Brighton with 3, Wyatt Welch and Jake Felts with 2 apiece.  Jayden Duplessis, Owen Wright, and Bryce Randolph had one pancake block a piece.  Gradyn Whelan was offensive player of the game and showed great poise for a freshman making his first offensive start at quarterback.  Defensively Bryce Randolph had 12 tackles and a pass break up.  Jake Felts had 9 tackles, while Andy Fair and Tanner Bolton had 5 tackles a piece.  Hamza Rafferty had 4 tackles.  Devon Trent, Jaren Settles, and Jayden Duplessis all had three tackles apiece.  Settles also had a tackle for a loss.  Whelan and Cory Hoover had two tackles a piece.  Wyatt Welch, Braxton Randolph, Cade Brighton, Landon Lakatos, and Owen Wright all were in on tackles as well.  Whelan and Dacari Garrison each had a pass break up.  Jake Felts was the defensive player of the game for putting together his best defensive performance of the season.  Bryce Randolph was Special Teams Player of the Game for some big hits and two big kickoff returns.  The Red Army Player of the Week was Lucas Coughlin for his work on defense helping the team get prepared.  

The varsity now advances to the MHSAA District Championship Game at Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central on Friday, Nov. 8th at 7pm.  The game will be played at

Navarre Field 300 Jones Avenue Monroe, MI 48161.  See you there.