Watch and Read: Brady Wright’s five touchdowns help lead Comets to Senior Night win
JONESVILLE — After their 45-12 victory over Quincy, the Jonesville Comets and head coach Frank Keller looked to add to their win total this season with a senior night matchup against Hanover-Horton. On senior night, it was the seniors who would step up again and lead Jonesville to their fourth victory of the season.
Jonesville’s 48-15 victory over Hanover-Horton adds to their recent trend of dominating victories since starting the season 0-3. The Comets are 4-1 since their week three 0-6 loss to Union City. In their four wins this season, Jonesville has outscored their opponents 211-35. The Comets haven’t scored less than 30 points in all but two games this season.
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Senior Brady Wright led the Comets with five total touchdowns against the Comets of Hanover-Horton. The senior receiver had 228 yards on 11 catches. Senior Cowen Keller completed 12 passes for 250, with all five of his touchdowns going to Wright.
Senior Dominic Aponte continued his recent success. Aponte had 137 rushing yards and two touchdowns. The senior has already broken his rushing total from 2021 (1,028). Aponte has 1,274 rushing yards this season. Aponte has a chance to add to his touchdown and rushing season stats with at least one more game this season.
Defensively, Austin Bowers had eight tackles; Aponte had six tackles; Brock Fee had five tackles, and Korbin Grinder and Tyler Scholfield had four tackles.
Brady Wright and Skyler Cooper both had an interception.
Jonesville’s win has pushed them back into the playoff race for Division 7. Jonesville currently stands as the last team in with 25.125 points. There are several 4-4 teams ahead of Jonesville in the standings, and one 3-5 team. Right now, Jonesville’s playoff path is clear. Win their Cascades Crossover game, and they are in.
While the official schedule has not yet been confirmed, the Comets will most likely match up with the Addison Panthers for their crossover game. Many Comet fans will recall last season’s matchup between the two programs, who met for the Cascades Crossover Championship Game. Jonesville pulled away for a 20-14 lead thanks to the passing attack of Cowen Keller and the receiving efforts of former Comet Curtis Knapp.
After starting the season 4-1, Addison has lost three straight games to Union City, Grass Lake, and Napoleon. All three games were double-digit losses. They lost in week eight to Napoleon 18-36. Despite their 4-4 record, Addison is 27th in the Division 8 playoff standings with 25.875 points.
The game would be played at Jonesville High School on Oct. 21 at 7:00 p.m. Jonesville went into Addison to defeat them to earn an undefeated season last fall. With both teams at 4-4, playoffs could be on the line at Jonesville and Addison will look to return the favor on the road. Instead of playing for an undefeated season and a championship, both teams are looking to officially secure their spot in their respective playoffs.
There is the possibility that the loser of the matchup still makes the playoffs at 4-5 overall, but both teams will not want to be put into that position heading into selection Sunday. Stay up to date at Hillsdale.net to find out the official schedule for the Comets in week nine.
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