Prep Football: Dundee, Airport lead big night by Region teams
HUDSON – Dundee spoiled a perfect season Friday night.
Hudson (No. 3 in Division 8) came into the evening with 7-0 football record, but left with a loss as Dundee went on the road for a 22-16 overtime win.
“These guys never quit,” said Dundee coach Steve Ayers. “That was our message all week. We told them it was going to be one of those big heavyweight boxing matches where you take body blows all night. We told them not to let down.”
Hudson got the ball first in overtime.
The Tigers gained three yards on the first play, but the Dundee defense stuffed them on the next three tries.
The Vikings wasted no time in their shot in OT as Trey Parker broke off left tackle and raced into the end zone untouched. Braiden Whitaker and Ethan Layton provided key blocks on the edge.
Whitaker caught a 47-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Zanger late in the fourth quarter, then caught a two-point conversion from Layton to knot the score at 16-16.
It was the second TD of the night for Whitaker, who earlier made a sliding catch in the back of the end zone for a 6-yard score from Zanger. Layton ran for the two-point conversion.
Dundee moves to 5-3 heading into its regular-season finale at home Friday against Ida.
Airport 55, Milan 13
CARLETON – Airport wrapped up a share of its first Huron League championship since 2011.
The night got off to a great start for Airport as Jack Mills returned the opening kick-off 99 yards for a touchdown. He finished with two TDs as did Cooper Nye and Brett Moore.
Nye threw for 192 yards and 3 TDs. Casey Monroe (4 yards) and Tyler Carroll (8 yards) ran for fourth-quarter touchdowns.
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Airport is 7-1 overall and finishes league play at 6-1 to share the crown with Riverview, which demolished Grosse Ile 54-7.
“It is something that seemed to be so far out of reach,” Airport coach Jim Duffy said of the league title. “We’ve had some pretty good football teams the last five or six years, but we’ve never been in the position to share or win a league championship.”
Braeden Gotts caught a 25-yard touchdown pass from William Gaskell V and Jackson Poling had a 15-yard TD run for Milan (3-5).
Whiteford 45, Union City 7
UNION CITY – Whiteford went on the road to play a team with just one loss, but had no trouble running its record to 8-0.
The Bobcats, ranked No. 1 in Division 8, have outscored their opponents 267-21 over the last four games.
Tre Eitniear threw for two touchdown passes to Kolby Massterant and ran 1 yard for a score after Whiteford recovered a fumble.
Hunter DeBarr ran 67 yards for a touchdown and Ryin Ruddy had a 57-yard TD run for the Bobcats.
Whiteford closes the regular season with a trip to Summerfield Friday night.
SMCC 41, Jefferson 14
MONROE – St. Mary Catholic Central got off to a flying start as quarterback Ian Foster ran 57 yards for a touchdown on the Falcons’ first play from scrimmage.
The Falcons kept adding points from there.
Foster finished with 182 yards rushing on just 6 carries. He also scored on runs of 5 and 67 yards. Drew Harris added a pair of TDs on runs of 5 and 3 yards and Brady Hines scored from 7 yards out.
“Ian did a nice job,” SMCC coach Adam Kipf said. “He read the quarterback keep really well. He went outside when they gave it and cut back when he needed to.”
It was 34-0 before Jefferson managed its first points of the night. Malachi Pribyl and Luke Beaudrie found the end zone on 1-yard runs.
SMCC is 4-4 after winning three of its last four games.
“The last two weeks we’ve been playing our best ball for sure,” Kipf said.
New Boston Huron 20, Flat Rock 19, OT
FLAT ROCK – Brennan Caldwell blocked a Flat Rock extra point that would have won the game in regulation, then ran in a 1-yard touchdown in overtime.
Andrew Traster added the extra point.
Micah Smith ran for a Huron touchdown and threw at TD pass to Ryan Anderson.
Graham Junge ran 11 yards for Flat Rock’s touchdown in overtime, but a 2-point conversion try failed.
Junge also had a 27-yard TD pass to Evan Szalay in the second quarter. Brian Booms ran 10 yards for a touchdown, threw a 10-yard scoring pass to Szalay and broke set a school record for career tackles.
Flat Rock dipped to 5-3 with its second straight loss. Huron improved to 4-4.
Summerfield 36, Quincy 6
QUINCY – Summerfield was ready to go after a long bus ride to Quincy.
The Bulldogs led 22-0 at halftime.
Hayden Noland returned a punt 62 yards for a touchdown, ran 59 yards for a score and a caught a pair of 2-point conversions from Trace Secor.
Mitchell Gomulinski scored the first TD of the night on a 9-yard run.
Summerfield added a pair of insurance touchdowns in the fourth quarter on a 93-yard reverse by Tyler Dafoe and a 49-yard run by Jake Wadsworth.
The Bulldogs snapped a three-game losing streak and are 5-3 heading into their regular-season finale at home against Whiteford.
“We’ve had a real tough three weeks,” Summerfield coach Dylan Szegedi said. “I am real proud of the kids.”
Ida 55, Adrian Madison 14
IDA – Ida treated fans in its final home game of the regular season to the most points the Blue Streaks have scored in a game since 2020.
The Blue Streaks did that in just over two quarters of play. The game was called midway through the third quarter because of an injury.
Dean Thomas had a monster game with a school-record 340 rushing yards on 12 carries, including touchdown runs of 24, 87, 13, 74 and 64 yards. He led a running attack that amassed 544 yards.
Gavin Albring also had a 1-yard touchdown run and Max Buschmann, who booted seven PATs, scored on a 17-yard pass from Owen Snyder. Perry Bartley scored the final TD.
Tyler Konieczny and Josh Rose played well defensively and Albring had an interception.
Ida squared its record at 4-4 heading into next week’s rivalry game at Dundee.
Reading 33, Erie Mason 20
READING – Erie Mason dipped to 3-5 heading into its regular-season finale at Sand Creek.
Erie Mason punched in a pair of touchdowns in the third quarter to grab a 20-16 lead, but Reading responded with two touchdowns in the final period.
“I don’t know that we showed up to play,” Mason coach Steve Bowers said. “Reading’s record stuck in our kids’ minds. I am not sure how they only won one game. They are not a one-win team.”
Cole Kreger scored on a 4-yard run in the second quarter for Mason. Toby Frazier reached the end zone on a 15-yard run and Korbin Herrera scored on a 23-pass from Vaughn Brown in the third period.
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