What We Learned: Tecumseh playoff hopes alive behind big game from Tyler Clement in Week 7
2-Minute Drill
Addison (7-0, 4-0 Cascades West)
Week 7: 42-8 win at Hanover Horton
Up Next: Friday vs. Springport
Note: Addison will play Napoleon on Saturday in Week 9 in the inaugural Cascades Conference championship game.
Adrian (6-1, 4-1 SEC White)
Week 7: 34-0 win vs. Pinckney
Up Next: Friday vs. Fowlerville
Note: The Maples finished second in the SEC White, one game behind league unbeaten Chelsea.
Blissfield (4-3, 3-2 LCAA)
Week 7: 26-21 win at Ida
Up Next: Friday vs. Onsted
Note: Jack Deatrick threw three touchdown passes, including an incredible one-handed catch by Mason Cole.
Britton Deerfield (2-5, 1-2 Tri-River)
Week 7: 50-6 loss at Martin
Up Next: Friday at Concord
Note: The Patriots have played a tough schedule as their opponents have a combined record of 41-14.
Clinton (6-1, 5-0 LCAA)
Week 7: 66-20 win at Onsted
Up Next: Friday vs. Hillsdale
Note: The Redwolves' 66 points is the most they've scored since beating Springport, 73-34, in the 2018 district opener.
Hudson (6-0, 4-0 LCAA)
Week 7: 62-0 win at Madison
Up Next: Friday at Dundee
Note: With its third shutout of the season, the Tigers are averaging 7.14 points allowed per game.
Lenawee Christian (7-0, 5-0 Southern Michigan East)
Week 7: 58-6 win at North Adams Jerome
Up Next: Friday vs. Pittsford
Note: The Cougars have had running clock in all seven games this season.
Madison (1-6, 1-4 LCAA)
Week 7: 62-0 loss vs. Hudson
Up Next: Friday at Ida
Note: This was the Trojans first game against Hudson since 1969. Madison has never scored against the Tigers in six games all-time.
Morenci (2-4, 0-3 Tri-River)
Week 7: 52-14 loss at Concord
Up Next: Saturday at Sandusky SMCC
Note: Morenci is 3-4 in two seasons against 8-man teams from Ohio, including 2-1 this season and a 60-16 win against Sandusky SMCC last year.
Onsted (1-6, 0-5 LCAA)
Week 7: 66-20 loss vs. Clinton
Up Next: Friday at Blissfield
Note: Onsted hasn't beaten Blissfield in the regular season since 2015, but does have a playoff win in 2019.
Sand Creek (3-4, 1-1 TCC)
Week 7: 28-14 win at Springport
Up Next: Friday at Bronson
Note: Ivan Wilkinson rushed for 142 yards and a touchdown against the Spartans.
Tecumseh (3-4, 2-3 SEC White)
Week 7: 42-20 win at Ypsilanti
Up Next: Friday vs. Loy Norrix
Note: Tyler Clement got his first start at quarterback and was 8-of-11 passing for 119 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 143 yards and three more scores.
Headlines
Locked in
Not since 2010 has Adrian been this comfortable with its playoff position with two weeks left in the regular season.
At 6-1, the Maples are tied for third in playoff points for Division 4 with Goodrich at 57.571 and have two non-conference games with Division 3 Fowlerville and Flint Kearsley.
Adrian is not only a lock for the playoffs, but the Maples are looking at home field advantage for the district playoffs.
Adrian made the playoffs in 2010 with an 8-1 record and has made the playoffs three times since and had 5-4 records in each of those seasons.
The Maples have won a pair of district titles in that span in 2011 and 2016.
The rest of the pack
Along with Adrian, Tecumseh is currently in the playoffs despite a 3-4 record with 39 points (27th in Division 4). Tecumseh hosts Division 1 Loy Norrix (1-5) next week and Division 4 Bay City John Glenn (2-5) to finish the regular season.
In Division 7, Clinton is sixth with 41.190 playoff points while Blissfield is 14th (33). The Redwolves are a lock and the Royals are in good position to make the field.
In Division 8, Hudson is the top team with 41.143 points while Addison is eighth (38.238) and with a win this week, Sand Creek at 3-4 is 26th (24.179). The Tigers and Panthers are both locks while the Aggies play at Division 7 Bronson and Division Erie Mason at home with those teams a combined 5-9.
Lenawee Christian is the top team in Division 2 8-man with 33.071 while Britton Deerfield needs a pair of upsets against Concord and Toledo Christian to make it with a 4-5 record.
Conference championships
Adrian saw its hopes dashed of an SEC White title two weeks ago as the Maples fell to Chelsea while the Bulldogs went 5-0 in the league, although Adrian came close to sharing as Jackson had a few chances to win in Week 7 in Chelsea, but lost 21-14 to finish behind the Maples.
Clinton and Hudson are a week away from another winner-take-all LCAA showdown in Week 9 at Wegner Stadium in Clinton. The Redwolves and Tigers need to not trip up in Week 8 against Hillsdale and Dundee.
Week 8 will feature unbeatens Lenawee Christian and Pittsford playing for the SCAA East Division championship with the Cougars playing at home.
Addison clinched a spot in the inaugural Cascades Conference championship game as West Division champs and will play East Division champions Napoleon. The Pirates won the Cascades Conference last season, ending the Panthers run of three-straight titles.
"Our No. 1 goal was to win the division," said Panthers' coach Joshua Lindeman. "Now, we get the chance to go and play the winner of the East, Napoleon, who's undefeated. It's nice winning the West. We want the West to go through us every year."
Weekly Leaders
Rushing
Shadley, Clinton 159
Clement, Tecumseh 143
Wilkinson, SC 142
Marshall, Hudson 141
Lenz, Blissfield 141
Passing
Parker, Adrian 166
Alcock, Morenci 144
Fair, Clinton 143
Clement, Tecumseh 119
S. Lutz, LCS 117
Receiving
Rising, Morenci 100
Hassan, Adrian 71
Ryan, Hudson 71
Dayharsh, Adrian 66
Hiram, Onsted 60
Number of the Week
262— Tecumseh's junior Tyler Clement rushed for 143 yards and three touchdowns while passing for 119 yards and another touchdown to give him 262 yards of total offense.
BOX SCORES
BLISSFIELD 6 14 6 0 = 26
IDA 0 7 7 7 = 21
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
B – Mason Case 5 pass from Jack Deatrick (kick blocked), 1:43
I – Wyatt Dirkmaat 98 run (Max Buschmann kick)
Second Quarter
B – Blake Iffland 16 pass from Deatrick (Dove Eitzen kick), 9:50
B – Case 25 pass from Deatrick (Eitzen kick), :41
Third Quarter
B – Kassidy Lenz 22 run (run failed), 4:00
I – Dirkmaat 80 run (Buschmann kick)
Fourth Quarter
I – Dean Thomas 10 pass from Owen Snyder (Buschmann kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – Blissfield: Kassidy Lenz 25-141, Jack Deatrick 11-28, Mason Case 1-(minjs)-1. Ida: DIrkmaat 16-236, Dean Thomas 10-27, Gavin Albring 5-12.
PASSING – Blissfield: Jack Deatrick 8-14 99 yards. Ida: Owen Snyder 7-17 76 yards.
RECEIVING – Blissfield: Mason Case 3-46, Trey Bris-Bois 2-30, Blake Iffland 2-18, Gabe Schnoor 1-5. Ida: Albring 3-36, Thomas 3-33, Trevor Konieczny 1-7.
MADISON 0 0 0 0 = 0
HUDSON 24 26 6 6 = 62
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
H – Brennan Marshall 2 run (Marshall run), 7:12
H – Beckett McCaskey 5 run (McCaskey run). 4:41
H – Coy Perry 10 run (McCaskey run), 1:31
Second Quarter
H – Marshall 13 run (conversion failed), 10:27
H – McCaskey 2 run (KJ Walker run), 5:12
H – Walker 2 run (conversion failed), 4:44
H – McCaskey 5 run (conversion failed), :48
Third Quarter
H – C. Marry 50 run (conversion failed), 2:50
H – Colt Perry 1 run (conversion failed), 2:20
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – Hudson: Marshall 10-141, McCaskey 18-82, Logan Ryan 10-59, C. Marry 3-62. Total 57-422. Madison: Caleb DeLeon 11-29, Brian Dopp 5-13, Jayden Holly 2-4, Nathanael Decker 5-(minus)-1. Total 23-45.
PASSING – Hudson: Perry 2-3 71 yards, Walker 0-2. Madison: Brian Dopp 1-7-1 4 yards.
RECEIVING – Hudson: Logan Ryan 2-71. Madison: Caleb DeLeon 1-4.
CLINTON 36 24 0 6 = 66
ONSTED 6 0 8 6 = 20
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
C – Jacob Felts 4 run (Cole Breitenwischer run)
C – Nik Shadley 3 run
C – Cade Brighton 43 pass from Andy Fair (Breitenwischer run)
O – Aidan Paquin 100 kickoff return
C – Andy Fair 21 run (Mason Brodie pass from Fair)
Second Quarter
C – Jacob Felts 3 run (Mason Brodie pass from Fair)
C – Nik Shadley 20 pass from Andy Fair (Jacob Felts run)
C – Mason Brodie 2 pass from Fair (Cade Brighton pass from Fair)
Third Quarter
O – Griffin Amthor 8 run (Cole Kish run)
Fourth Quarter
O – Luke Manders 64 run
C – Brandon Johnson 42 pass from Jaren Settles
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – Clinton: Nik Shadley 10-159, Jacob Felts 6-74, Cole Breitenwischer 4-42, Andy Fair 2-39, Bryce Randolph 4-15, Brenden Benschoter 2-14, Clifford Jones 3-13, Joey Preston 5-10, Tanner Bolton 1-1, Macray Connors 2-0. Totals 39-367. Onsted: Luke Manders 6-87, Griffin Amthor 4-17, Cole Kish 7-13, Aidan Paquin 1-11, Cole Wells 1-8, Hunter Kelley 4-(minus)-2. Totals 23-134.
PASSING – Clinton: Andy Fair 9-10-0 143 yards, Jaren Settles 1-1-0 42 yards, Nik Shadley 0-1-0. Onsted: Hunter Kelley 10-15-0 80 yards, Luke Manders 0-3-1, JT Hill 0-1-0.
RECEIVING – Clinton: Nik Shadley 3-55, Cade Brighton 1-43, Brandon Johnson 1-42, Jacob Felts 1-24, Mason Brodie 3-13, Cole Breitenwischer 1-8. Onsted: Quinn Hiram 6-60, JT Hill 2-19, Griffin Amthor 1-1, Cole Kish 1-0.
TECUMSEH 21 7 14 0 = 42
YPSILANTI 14 0 6 0 = 20
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
Y – Tyreese Rawls 6 run (run failed)
T – AJ Bryan 22 run (Declan Cornish kick)
Y – Tyreese Rawls 1 run (Ja’Nard pass from Rawls)
Y – AJ Bryan 6 run (Cornish kick)
T – Bryan 45 pass from Tyler Clement (Cornish kick)
Second Quarter
T – Clement 1 run (Cornish kick)
Third Quarter
T – Clement 30 run (Cornish kick)
Y – Rawls 9 run (run failed)
T – Clement 5 run (Cornish kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – Tecumseh: Tyler Clement 21-143, AJ Bryan 9-48, Jeremy Bennett 3-36, Braylon Zimmerman 1-5, team 2-(minus)-9. Totals 36-223. Ypsilanti: Ja”Nard Dykes 6-16, Jeremiah Woods 18-111, Tyreese Rawls 20-177, James Harris 2-13, Kyre Reid 4-8, Timon Hall 1-2, unknown player 2-26, team 1-(minus)-13. Totals 54-338.
PASSING – Tecumseh: Tyler Clement 8-11-0 119 yards. Ypsilanti: Tyreese Rawls 4-11-1 43 yards.
RECEIVING – Tecumseh: Bryant Batyik 1-18, AJ Bryan 3-53, Ryan Mossburg 4-48. Ypsilanti: Ja’Nard Dykes 2-11, James Harris 2-13, Jimareon West 1-19.
PINCKNEY 0 0 0 0 = 0
ADRIAN 0 21 6 7 = 34
Scoring Summary
Second Quarter
A - Sean Parker 3 run (Zack Hassan kick)
A - Antonio Brown 22 pass from Parker (Hassan kick)
A - Thomas Dayharsh 28 pass from Parker (Hassan kick)
Third Quarter
A - Dayharsh 20 pass from Parker (Kick blocked)
Fourth Quarter
A - Brown 1 run (Hassan kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATS
RUSHING – Pinckney: NA. Adrian: Brown 25-118, Parker 9-38. Totals 34-156.
PASSING – Pinckney: NA. Adrian: Parker 8-14-0 166.
RECEIVING – Pinckney: NA. Adrian: Hassan 3-71, Dayharsh 3-66, Brown 1-22, DeKeyser 1-7.
SAND CREEK 0 14 0 14 = 28
SPRINGPORT 0 0 0 14 = 14
Scoring Summary
Second Quarter
SC – Caleb Luck 16 run (Ivan Wilkinson run), 10:46
SC – Rory Eack 5 pass from Cole Scharer (run failed), 3:33
Fourth Quarter
SC – Ivan Wilkinson 11 run (Caleb Luck run), 11:14
S – Scott 8 run (conversion failed), 8:25
SC – Jordan Illenden 1 run (conversion failed), 4:38
S – Kregel 13 pass from Ligthner (Scott pass from Lightner), 1:07
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – Sand Creek: Wilkinson 33-142, Illenden 12-33, Scharer 3-(minus)-7, Luck 7-71, Walsh 2-3, Pickens 1-(minus)-2, Marks 1-6. Totals 59-246. Springport: Hale 4-26, Dysert 4-6, Jones 4-29, Kregel 1-1, Lightner 10-7, Scott 3-21. Totals 26-90.
PASSING – Sand Creek: Scharer 3-4-0 33 yards. Springport: Lightner 7-18-0 100 yards.
RECEIVING – Sand Creek: Wilkinson 1-5, Eack 2-28. Springport: Rainey 2-27, Kregel 1-12, Shoemaker 3-51, Overweg 1-10.
BRITTON DEERFIELD 0 0 6 0 = 6
MARTIN 6 20 24 0 = 50
Scoring Summary
Third quarter
BD – Keegan Bush 5 run
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – BD: Luke Wiser 20-73, Caden Kubacki 5-10, Keegan Bush 7-10, Liem Roe 1-9, Colin Johnson 2-1, Jaden Brooks 4-1, Jameson Watson 1-0. Totals 40-104. Martin: Totals 42-331.
PASSING – BD: Keegan Bush 1-3-0 31 yards, Caden Kubacki 0-2-0. Martin: Totals 2-4-0 42 yards.
RECEIVING – BD: Colin Johnson 1-31.
MORENCI 0 0 8 6 = 14
CONCORD 8 14 24 6 = 52
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
C – Colin Thompson 35 punt return (Levi Raymond run)
Second Quarter
C – Mekhi Wingfield 28 pass from Gavin Riske (Collin Thompson run)
C – Collin Thompson 8 run (conversion failed)
Third Quarter
C – Collin Thompson 40 run (Tylend Allen run)
C – Levi Raymond 1 run (Tylend Allen run)
M – Michael Rising 42 pass from Shamus Alcock (Alcock run)
C – Mekhi Wingfield 62 pass from Gavin Riske (Gavin Riske run)
Fourth Quarter
M – Talan Kruse 24 run (conversion failed)
C – Tylend Allen 7 run (conversion failed)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – Morenci: Talan Kruse 5-43, Michael Rising 4-6, Shamus Alcock 10-4, Skyler Trent 1-1. Totals 20-54. Concord: Gavin Riske 1-21, Levi Raymond 9-97, Colin Thompson 4-69, T. Allen 5-54, Mekhi Wingfield 1-8, Others 1-(minus)-6.
PASSING – Morenci: Shamus Alcock 14-24-1 144 yards, Talan Kruse 2-4-0 25 yards. Concord: Riske 13-15-0 235 yards, Medellin 0-1-0.
RECEIVING – Morenci: Michael Rising 5-100, Skyler Trent 4-40, Talan Kruse 6-29, Will Riley 1-0. Concord: Wingfield: 6-150, T. Allen 4-49, Medellin 2-28, Raymond 1-8.
LENAWEE CHRISTIAN 30 21 0 7 = 58
NORTH ADAMS JEROME 0 0 0 6 = 6
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
L - Safety
L - Jesse Miller 53 kick return (Eli Brainard kick)
L - Paul Towler 9 run (Max Stamats kick)
L - Brenner Powers 13 pass from Sam Lutz (Brainard kick)
L - Towler 56 pass from Lutz (Stamats kick)
Second Quarter
L - Miller 40 pass from Lutz (Brainard kick)
L - Blake Drogowski 34 run (Stamats kick)
L - Lutz 20 run (Brainard kick)
Fourth Quarter
L - Powers 89 run (Stamats)
NAJ - William Thielen 79 run (2pt Failed)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – LCS: Powers 4-127, Drogowski 1-34, Penny 2-26, Lutz 1-20, Towler 2-20, Reatherford 1-16, Team 2-4, Kirkendall 1-(-1). Totals 16-246. NAJ: Thielen 15-133, McCloe 1-37, McKay 3-12, Team 3-(-3), Rader 6-(-6). Totals 28-173.
PASSING – LCS: S. Lutz 5-5-0 117, E. Lutz 1-3-0 12, Powers 0-1-0 0. NAJ: Thielen 3-8-0 8.
RECEIVING – Towler 1-56, Miller 1-40, Powers 1-13, Kirkendall 1-12, Marine 1-5, Penny 1-3. NAJ: Thielen 1-7, McClue 1-2, McKay 1-(-1).
ADDISON 0 24 18 = 42
HANOVER-HORTON 8 0 0 0 = 8
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
H – Gumper 9 run (Johnson pass from Blackledge)
Second Quarter
A – Byron Creech 3 run (Byron Creech run)
A – Mike Trumble 4 run (Creech run)
A – Spencer Brown 45 pass from Jaxen Sword (Bryon Creech run)
Third Quarter
A – Jaxen Sword 24 run (run failed)
A – Spencer Brown 64 run (run failed)
A – Joe Clark 24 run (run failed)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – H-H: Nadell 13-84, Blackledge 9-20, Fielder 7-40, Johnson 5-4, Gumper 3-32, Leonard 3-7, Ackley 3-2, Berkeypile 3-3. Addison: Totals 38-347.
PASSING – H-H: Blackledge 2-5-1 -3 yards. Addison: Jaxen Sword 1-2-0 45 yards.
RECEIVING – H-H: Johnson 2-(minus)-3. Addison: Spencer Brown 1-45.
This article originally appeared on The Daily Telegram: What we learned about Lenawee County football in Week 7
