Football Notebook: Pennfield, St. Philip open the season with wins
LAKEWOOD - New Pennfield head coach Robbie Hatton earned his first Panther win in his first try.
Pennfield defeated Lakewood Lake Odessa, 34-13, in the season opener in high school football action at Lakewood Lake Odessa High School on Friday.
"It was great. You want to get the first win out of the way," Hatton said. "This community is very eager to support a winning program. So getting that first win was nice.
"But we don't want the highlight of the season to be winning just one football game, so we are going to get back after it this week."
Pennfield went 0-9 last year as the Panther win over Lakewood ended a 10-game losing streak.
Je'Shawn Clark led the way with two touchdown catches, coming up with 88 total receiving yards. Senior running back Kaiden Guthrie had 80 yards rushing on 13 carries and added 57 yards receiving.
Pennfield rotated two quarterbacks with Calvin Paesans throwing a touchdown pass and Braden Campbell adding two scoring tosses. Dre'Shawn Bailey had 107 yards receiving and a touchdown and Brendan Back added a TD catch. Isaiah Adams rounded out the scoring with a punt return for a touchdown.
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St. Philip 60, Tekonsha 6
St. Philip dominated the line of scrimmage and came away with a one-sided win over Tekonsha in this season opener.
"Our offensive line controlled the game. They played as well as we could ever have expected them to," said St. Philip coach Marc Pessetti.
St. Philip's Colt Myers had three touchdowns rushing and added two touchdown passes to lead the Tigers. Nate Rapelje added two touchdown runs and a touchdown catch. Brady Lightfoot came away with two touchdown runs. Magnus Scriber and Myers each had eight tackles on defense.
Byron Center 55, Battle Creek Central 14
Battle Creek Central trailed big early and came away with a loss in this opener on the road. Byron Center led 41-0, before the Bearcats added two late scores. BCC quarterback Devoine Newton had a touchdown pass and a touchdown run. Kali Bey and Marlin Jones each had five tackles for the Bearcats.
Gull Lake 28, Marshall 21
Gull Lake jumped out 14-0 and then held on to beat Marshall in this non-conference contest to open the season. Gull Lake's Vann Ebright scored twice on quarterback keepers. The Blue Devils had two 100 yards rushers as Bradley Spencley had 118 yards on the ground and Benson Luma added 114. Marshall quarterback Austin Miller threw for 174 yards and had three touchdown passes to lead the Redhawks. Elliott Dodds caught two touchdown passes and led the team in receptions with seven.
Climax-Scotts 26, GR NorthPointe Christian 14
Climax-Scotts scored 12 points in the fourth quarter to come away with this win over a Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian team that was undefeated in the regular season last year. Luke Lawrence led C-S with 13 carries for 170 yards and two scores with Ashton Matrau coming away with 102 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Jackson Bagwell led the defense with 17 tackles.
Bellevue 36, Camden-Frontier 16
Bellevue, winless last year, won its opener with a balanced offensive attack. Seth Keson had 20 carries for 104 yards and three touchdowns, while also going 3-for-4 passing for a 78 yards and a score. Aaron Golomski was 7-of-8 passing for 144 yards and a touchdown. Chase Graham caught five passes for 128 yards and two touchdowns.
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Bronson 40, Prairie Heights 12
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Sturgis 34, Coldwater 12
Gull Lake 28, Marshall 21
Sand Creek 54, Quincy 26
Bill Broderick can be reached at bbroderi@battlecreekenquirer.com. Follow him on Twitter: @billbroderick.
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