What we learned from Week 5: Three unbeatens remain in Lenawee County
2-Minute Drill
Addison (5-0, 2-0 Cascades West)
Week 5: 38-14 win at Jonesville
Up Next: Thursday vs. Homer
Note: Addison's homecoming game against Homer has been moved from Friday to Thursday due to availability for officials.
Adrian (4-1, 2-1 SEC White)
Week 5: 28-18 loss at Chelsea
Up Next: Friday vs. Jackson
Note: The Maples are still alive in the SEC White race, but will need the assistance of Jackson or Tecumseh to beat Chelsea while also handling its own business against Jackson and Pinckney.
Blissfield (3-2, 2-1 LCAA)
Week 5: 50-0 loss at Clinton
Up Next: Friday vs. Hudson
Note: Blissfield had not been shut out since Week 7 of the 2021 season in a 43-0 loss to Hudson.
Britton Deerfield (2-3, 1-1 Tri-River)
Week 5: 44-0 win at Morenci
Up Next: Friday vs. Vermontville Maple Valley
Note: The Patriots are 6-6 all-time against Morenci and have now played the Bulldogs more than any other team.
Clinton (4-1, 3-0 LCAA)
Week 5: 50-0 win vs. Blissfield
Up Next: Friday vs. Dundee
Note: The Redwolves have posted back-to-back shutouts for the first time since Week 4-5 of the 2001 season.
Hudson (5-0, 3-0 LCAA)
Week 5: 62-6 win vs. Onsted
Up Next: Friday at Blissfield
Note: The Tigers' 62 points are the most since beating Erie Mason in Week 5 of 2017, 74-12.
Lenawee Christian (5-0, 4-0 Southern Michigan East)
Week 5: 56-0 win at Tekonsha
Up Next: Friday vs. Mendon
Note: The Cougars will play Mendon for the first time in program history in Week 6 in a battle of highly ranked Division 2 8-man unbeaten teams.
Madison (1-4, 1-2 LCAA)
Week 5: 48-28 loss at Dundee
Up Next: Friday at Hillsdale
Note: Madison will play Hillsdale for the first time in program history in Week 6.
Morenci (2-2, 0-2 Tri-River)
Week 5: 44-0 loss vs. Britton Deerfield
Up Next: Saturday at Indian River Inland Lakes
Note: The Bulldogs won at Inland Lakes in 2019, 50-7, when both teams were still 11-man programs.
Onsted (1-4, 0-3 LCAA)
Week 5: 62-6 loss at Onsted
Up Next: Friday vs. Ida
Note: The 56-point loss to Hudson was the biggest since a 61-0 loss to Lansing Catholic Central in the 2014 Division 5 playoffs.
Sand Creek (1-4, 0-1 TCC)
Week 5: 48-8 loss at Whiteford
Up Next: Friday vs. Summerfield
Note: The Aggies have lost three straight to Whiteford.
Tecumseh (2-3, 1-2 SEC White)
Week 5: 34-13 win vs. Pinckney
Up Next: Friday vs. Chelsea
Note: AJ Bryan had his third 5-touchdown game of the season.
Headlines
Three unbeatens remain
Addison, Hudson and Lenawee Christian remain as Lenawee County's unbeaten teams.
The Panthers had the highest-scoring offense through four weeks, but will probably drop down a little after posting only 38 points against Jonesville. Addison's next three opponents are Homer, Hanover Horton and Springport, who are a combined 2-13.
Provided the Panthers don't trip up against Homer or Hanover Horton, they'll be in the Cascades Conference championship against the East Division champion, which is still a wide-open race between Michigan Center, Napoleon, Manchester and Grass Lake.
Hudson has a tough road to remain perfect, literally, as the Tigers play Blissfield (Week 6), Madison (Week 7) and Clinton (Week 9) on the road and host Dundee (Week 8).
Lenawee Christian will have its biggest test this week when it hosts Division 2 8-Man runners-up, Mendon (5-0) this week. A home game with Pittsford awaits as well in Week 8.
Bryan goes off
When Tecumseh's AJ Bryan scores, he does it in bunches.
For the third time this season, Bryan had at least five touchdowns and Tecumseh is 2-1 in those games.
Despite Tecumseh being 2-3 this season, Bryan has still been impressive with 722 yards rushing and 12 touchdowns while hauling in 12 receptions for 172 yards and three touchdowns.
He also had four tackles with a sack and on special teams, he had 93 kick return yards and 33 punt return yards.
Conference races take shape
The Cascades Conference West Division is Addison's to lose, but who the Panthers will play in the conference title game is anyone's guess. Michigan Center (2-0) and Napoleon (2-0) are leading the way, but Grass Lake (1-1) and Manchester (1-1) are there if the Cardinals and Pirates slip.
While the LCAA is tough, Clinton and Hudson are the top dogs until someone knocks them off. The Redwolves and Tigers are the final unbeatens in the league and another epic Week 9 showdown is looming.
Adrian needs some help in the SEC White after falling to Chelsea, but the Maples can get back in it with a win against Jackson at home this week paired with either Jackson or rival Tecumseh knocking off Chelsea.
If LCS doesn't trip over North Adams Jerome, the Cougars will be playing for a Southern Michigan East Division title at home in Week 8.
Britton Deerfield can get back in the race for the Tri-River race by knocking off Vermontville Maple Valley on homecoming this week. The second Concord game doesn't count toward the league record, so beating Maple Valley will create a three-way tie for first.
Weekly Leaders
Rushing
Bryan, Tecumseh 217
McCaskey, Hudson 152
Marshall, Hudson 144
Felts, Clinton 143
Dopp, Madison 127
Brown, Addison 127
Passing
Parker, Adrian 153
Dopp, Madison 116
Lutz, LCS 94
Abbott, Tecumseh 84
Fair, Clinton 83
Receiving
Dayharsh, Adrian 68
Miller, LCS 65
Drogowski, LCS 59
Borders, Madison 51
Bryan Tecumseh 46
Number of the Week
51.6— Addison has had the highest-scoring offense going into Week 4 and Week 5. The Panthers were at 55 points per game, but after scoring 38 points, it dropped to 51.6, which will still be among the top in the state.
BOX SCORES
BRITTON DEERFIELD 0 16 22 6 = 44
MORENCI 0 0 0 0 = 0
Scoring Summary
Second Quarter
B – Aden Anspach 20 pass from Caden Kubacki (Caden Freeman run)
B – Kubacki 21 run (Jayden Brooks run)
Third Quarter
B – Caden Freeman 3 run (Anspach pass from Keegan Bush)
B – Freeman 35 run (Kubacki run)
B – Colin Johnson 40 pass from Bush (conversion failed)
Fourth Quarter
B – Liam Roe 2 run
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – BD: Caden Freeman 8-106, Jayden Brooks 6-84, Caden Kubacki 6-62, Liam Roe 3-60, Carson Johnson 4-22, Luke Wiser 1-17, Keegan Bush 5-10, Gabe Bishop 1-(minus)-2, Jameson Watson 1-(minus)-3. Totals 35-356. Morenci: Michael Rising 10-53, Shamus Alcock 7-22, Talan Kruse 12-21. Totals 29-96.
PASSING – BD: Keegan Bush 2-3-0 56 yards, Caden Kubacki 3-3-0 52 yards, Liam Roe 1-1-0 6 yards. Morenci: Shamus Alcock 5-15-2 51 yards.
RECEIVING – BD: Colin Johnson 1-40, Aden Anspach 2-37, Brayden Shiels 1-16, Leland Smith 1-15, Jameson Watson 1-6. Morenci: Michael Rising 2-29, Talan Kruse 1-15, Van Ekins 2-7.
SAND CREEK 0 0 0 8 = 8
WHITEFORD 14 20 8 6 = 48
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
W – Brandon Knaggs 3 run (Hunter DeBarr pass from Tre Eitniear)
W – Kolby Masserant 15 pass from Tre Eitniear (run failed)
Second Quarter
W – Ryin Ruddy 80 run (Brandon Knaggs run)
W – Drew Knaggs 8 run (kick failed)
W – DeBarr 4 pass from Ruddy (kick failed)
Third Quarter
W – Kolby Masserant 19 pass from Eitniear (Eitniear run)
Fourth Quarter
W – Drew Knaggs 10 run (kick failed)
S – Caleb Luck 1 run (Jordan Illenden run)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – Sand Creek: Fox 4-27, Illenden 8-35, Scharer 2-(minus)-27, Luck 5-11, Walsh 18-49, Mepham 1-3. Totals 38-98. Whiteford: Ryin Ruddy 4-94, Drew Knaggs 8-85, Hunter DeBarr 10-79, Brandon Knaggs 4-65, Stepan Masserant 3-56, Brek Ruddy 3-15, Tre Eitniear 2-3. Totals 34-397.
PASSING – Sand Creek: Scharer 0-3-1, Mepham 0-1-0. Whiteford: Tre Eitniear 3-6-0 75 yards, Ryin Ruddy 5-8-0 67 yards.
RECEIVING – Sand Creek: None. Whiteford: Kolby Masserant 6-117, Brandon Knaggs 1-21, Hunter DeBarr 1-4.
MADISON 6 0 16 6 = 28
DUNDEE 7 20 7 14 = 48
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
D – Braiden Whitaker 79 pass from Ryan Zanger (Camden Fairchild kick)
M – Brian Dopp 20 run
Second Quarter
D – Zanger 5 run (2-point try failed)
D – Cooper Buhl 9 pass from Ethan Layton (Fairchild kick)
D – Layton 27 pass from Zanger (Fairchild kick)
Third Quarter
M – Bryce Jordan 20 pass from Dopp (Dopp run)
M – Dopp 60 run (Caleb DeLeon run)
D – Trey Parker 53 run (Fairchild kick)
Fourth Quarter
D – Joey Brink 6 run (Fairchild kick)
M – Jayden Holley 78 kickoff return (run failed)
D – Brink 6 run (Fairchild kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – Madison: Brian Dopp 16-127, Caleb DeLeon 7-21, Junior Tillman 3-8, M. Dalton 1-2, Borders 1-(minus)-3. Totals 28-155. Dundee: Trey Parker 13-91, Joey Brink 11-51.
PASSING – Madison: Dopp 6-13-2 116 yards. Dundee: Ryan Zanger 13-27 257 yards, Ethan Layton, 1-1-0 9 yards.
RECEIVING – Madison: Borders 3-51, Tillman 1-41, Jordan 1-20, Frank 1-4. Dundee: Braiden Whitaker 3-111, Ethan Layton 5-85.
HUDSON 16 32 6 8 = 62
ONSTED 0 6 0 0 = 6
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
H – Brennan Marshall 2 run (conversion good)
H – Beckett McCaskey 24 run (conversion good)
Second Quarter
H – Coy Perry 1 run (conversion good)
O – 10 pass (kick failed)
H – Marshall 28 run (conversion good)
H – KJ Walker 3 run (conversion good)
H – Logan Ryan 8 run (conversion good)
Third Quarter
H – Cole Marry 1 run (conversion failed)
Fourth Quarter
H – Grayson Bills 7 run (conversion good)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – Hudson: Beckett McCaskey 10-152, Brennan Marshall 14-144, T. Miller 7-56. Totals 62-480. Onsted: NA
PASSING – Hudson: KJ Walker 3-3 9 yards. Onsted: NA
RECEIVING – Hudson: NA. Onsted: NA
BLISSFIELD 0 0 0 0 = 0
CLINTON 0 30 13 7 = 50
Scoring Summary
Second Quarter
C – Cole Breitenwischer 13 run
C – Bryce Randolph 1 run (Nik Shadley 3 pass from Andy Fair)
C – Brenden Benschoter 35 fumble return (Jacob Felts run)
C – Nik Shadley 28 pass from Andy Fair (Breitenwischer run)
Third Quarter
C – Jacob Felts 9 run (Wyatt Hicks kick)
C – Joey Preston 1 run
Fourth Quarter
C – Brenden Benschoter 45 run (Hicks kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – Blissfield: Kassidy Lenz 10-29, Joshua Harris 4-7, Jack Deatrick 4-(minus)-5. Totals 18-31. Clinton: Jacob Feltz 14-143, Joey Preston 6-46, Brenden Benschoter 1-45, Nik Shadley 7-44, Cole Breitenwischer 8-36, Andy Fair 3-22, Bryce Randolph 4-12, Clifford Jones 1-0. Totals 44-348.
PASSING – Blissfield: Jack Deatrick 6-12-2 39 yards. Clinton: Andy Fair 4-8-2 83 yards.
RECEIVING – Blissfield: Tyler Ganun 1-20, Trey Bris-Bois 2-8, Kipp Fisher 1-8, Gabe Schnoor 1-3, Blake Iffland 1-0. Clinton: Cade Brighton 1-30, Nik Shadley 1-28, Mason Brodie 1-18, Jacob Felts 1-7.
PINCKNEY 7 6 0 0 = 13
TECUMSEH 13 7 14 0 = 34
Scoring Summary
First Qurter
First Quarter
T – AJ Bryan 2 run (Declan Cornish kick)
P – Luke Marhofer 28 pass from Jax Raymond (No. 27 kick)
T – AJ Bryan 1 run (kick blocked)
Second Quarter
T – AJ Bryan 43 pass from Ben Abbott (Cornish kick)
P – Nolan Carruthers 13 pass from Raymond (pass failed)
Third Quarter
T – AJ Bryan 81 run (Cornish kick)
T – AJ Bryan 27 run (Cornish kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – Pinckney: Henry Taube 18-53, Evan McGlothin 4-4, Logan Tuttle 3-10, Jax Raymond 4-(minus)-4, Nolan Carruthers 2-10. Totals 32-71. Tecumseh: Tyler Clement 1-12, AJ Bryan 19-217, Diego Juarez 4-4, Ben Abbott 10-39, Rocco Williams 2-9, Braylon Zimmerman 1-0. Totals 34-298.
PASSING – Pinckney: Jax Raymond 23-40-2 241 yards. Tecumseh: Ben Abbott 5-8-0 84 yards.
RECEIVING – Pinckney: Max Berish 2-16, Luke Marhofer 7-88, Larry Smith 3-30, Hayden Beaver 6-55, Nolan Carruthers 5-53. Tecumseh: AJ Bryan 2-46, Diego Juarez 3-38.
ADRIAN 3 7 8 0 = 18
CHELSEA 0 14 7 7 = 28
Scoring summary
First Quarter
A - Zack Hassan 35 field goal
Second Quarter
C - Max Herter 18 pass from Luke Anstead (PAT Good)
A - Jaden Jankowski 3 pass from Sean Parker (Hassan kick)
C - Tyson Hill 1 run (PAT Good)
Third Quarter
C - Hill 1 run (PAT Good)
Fourth Quarter
A - Chase Henline 1 run (2pt Good)
C - Hill 22 run (PAT Good)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – Adrian: Henline 16-116, Parker 7-33, DeKeyser 1-3. Totals 24-152.
PASSING – Adrian: Parker 14-20-1 153 yards.
RECEIVING – Adrian: Dayharsh 4-68, Henline 3-38, DeKeyser 2-32, Hayes 1-6, Avery Lewis 1-3, Jankowski 1-3, Fox 2-3.
ADDISON 8 8 16 6 = 38
JONESVILLE 6 0 0 8 = 14
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
A – Byron Creech 50 run (Spencer Brown run), 11:50
J – Connor Van Buskirk 1 run (pass failed), 2:39
Second Quarter
A – Spencer Brown 1 run (Brown run), :09
Third Quarter
A – Mike Trumble 25 run (Creech run), 6:45
A – Brown 3 run (Brown run), 1:02
Fourth Quarter
J – Carson Playford 3 run (Jordan VanSickle pass from Ben O’Neil), 11:57
A – Brown 4 run (run failed), 5:50
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – Addison: Jaxen Sword 7-40, Byron Creech 8-62, Mike Trumble 10-83, Spencer Brown 19-127, Joe Clark 2-0. Totals 46-311. Jonesville: Totals 35-95.
PASSING – Addison: Jaxen Sword 1-2-0 9 yard. Jonesville: 3-7-1 64 yards.
RECEIVING – Addison: Byron Creech 1-9.
LCS 21 14 14 7 = 56
TEKONSHA 0 0 0 0 = 0
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
L – Sam Lutz interception return (Eli Brainard kick), 10:41
L – Sam Lutz 29 run (Max Stamats kick), 7:38
L – Jesse Miller 17 run (Brainard kick), 3:23
Second Quarter
L – Miller 15 run (Stamats kick), 11:16
L – Blake Drogowski 40 pass from Brenner Powers (Brainard kick), 7:05
Third Quarter
L – Miller 2 run (Stamats kick), 8:01
L – Tyler Salenbien 66 pass from Brenner Powers (Brainard kick), 3:00
Fourth Quarter
L – Powers 24 run (Stamats kick), 7:58
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – LCS: Sam Lutz 3-35, Blake Drogowski 1-1, Brenner Powers 3-31, Jesse Miller 4-36, JT Reatherford 1-0. Totals 12-103. Tekonsha: Emmitt Blashfield 12-26, Oscar Melendez 4-6, Anthony Carter 3-8, No. 84 5-24, No. 88 6-41. Totals 30-105.
PASSING – LCS: Sam Lutz 6-10-1 94 yards, Brenner Powers 7-11-0 80 yards. Tekonsha: Emmitt Blashfield 3-8-1 1 yard.
RECEIVING – LCS: Blake Drogowski 4-59, Easton Boggs 2-22, Seth Davis 1-6, Jesse Miller 2-65, JT Reatherford 2-9, Elijah Lutz 1-11, Tyler Salenbien 1-2. Tekonsha: Anthony Carter 2-1.
This article originally appeared on The Daily Telegram: What we learned from Week 5: Three unbeatens remain in Lenawee County
