DETROIT — In a year that saw so many stops and starts, delays and heartbreaks, the Clinton football team never lost sight of its goal.Making it back to the Division 6 state championship at Ford Field.While Clinton might have come up short of a title, falling 40-14 against Montague, the fact that Clinton s squad was in the final was an accomplishment in and of itself in a year that, for better or worse, was unlike anything anyone else had seen previously."Obviously, it s not the way we
DETROIT — The Clinton football team started strong in its Division 6 state final Friday afternoon, going blow-for-blow with Montague.Unfortunately for Clinton s championship hopes, the Wildcats’ offense kept rolling as their defense held Clinton out of the endzone for the second half claimed the championship with the 40-14 victory at Ford Field."Definitely not the way you want to lose your season, but we re fortunate just to be here at this point, a lot of states around us and in
CLINTON – Clinton is no stranger to lining up against some great quarterbacks.The Division 6 state finalist squad, coached by Jeremy Fielder, had to take on 2,000-yard passer Gavin Ganun of Blissfield twice and Noah Beaudrie, Erie Mason’s dual-threat weapon, in a playoff game.On Friday, Clinton might be facing its toughest test of all – Division 5/6 Associated Press Player of the Year Drew Collins. The 6-3, 208-pound senior is a dual threat himself, having passed for 1,894
TECUMSEH — Despite having to move the site of the Division 6 state semifinal game the day before kickoff away from their friendly confines at Wegner Field to the turf of Tecumseh s Indian Stadium, the Clinton football team looked right at home in Saturday afternoon s contest, running over Constantine by scoring the first 40 points of the game en route to a 40-6 victory.With the win, Clinton (10-1) advances the state championship game at 4:30 p.m Friday at Ford Field against Montague,
MADISON HEIGHTS – Sometimes you need a little bit of luck on your side to make deep tournament runs.Luck was on Clinton’s side Saturday in the Division 6 regional championship game against Warren Michigan Collegiate when on fourth-and-1 inside the Clinton 20-yard line with the clock ticking away, the Cougars’ snap sailed over the quarterback’s head to seal Clinton’s 13-12 victory."When you first see a play like that you think, ‘oh no’," said senior