The Clarkson/Leigh Football Team started Friday night's game out strong against Howells-Dodge at home, but wound up losing 42-22.
Here is the scoring recap from the game:
First Quarter
Clarkson-Leigh High School 06:35 #55 Anthony Bruhn runs for 1 yards. Touchdown! (Two point conversion run by #55 Anthony Bruhn good)
Howells-Dodge 03:59 #28 Dylan Horejsi runs for 19 yards. Touchdown! (Two point conversion run by #28 Dylan Horejsi no good)
Clarkson-Leigh High School 00:22 #55 Anthony Bruhn pass complete to #42 Hector Mendoza for 26 yards. Touchdown! (Two point conversion run by #55 Anthony Bruhn no good)
Second Quarter
Howells-Dodge 09:25 #28 Dylan Horejsi runs for 31 yards. Touchdown! (Two point conversion run by #28 Dylan Horejsi no good)
Howells-Dodge 00:35 #4 Dax VanLengen runs for 5 yards. Touchdown! (Two point conversion run by #28 Dylan Horejsi good)
Third Quarter
Howells-Dodge 08:37 #28 Dylan Horejsi runs for 4 yards. Touchdown! (Two point conversion run by #28 Dylan Horejsi good)
Howells-Dodge 06:35 #4 Haden Held punts to the Jaguars 49 yard line. #1 Luke Rocheford return for 51 yards. Touchdown! (Two point conversion run by #28 Dylan Horejsi no good)
Fourth Quarter
Howells-Dodge 09:26 #4 Dax VanLengen pass complete to #22 Jon Yosten for 12 yards. Touchdown! (Two point conversion run by #28 Dylan Horejsi good)
Clarkson-Leigh High School 01:39 #6 Lance Paprocki runs for 12 yards. Touchdown! (Two point conversion pass by #6 Lance Paprocki to #23 Isaak Wiese good)
Bruhn was 2-7 passing for 76 yards with a touchdown. He added 52 yards rushing on 28 carries, and scored once.
Jacob Gall made one reception for 50 yards.
Gall made 12 tackles while Hector Mendoza registered 9. Isaak Wiese and Dillan Knapp totaled 7 each.
The Patriots amassed 197 yards of total offense, including 121 rushing. The defense gave up 276 yards of total offense, 254 coming on the ground.
Head Coach Jim Clarkson says his team started the game strong, but couldn't keep it up in the 2nd half. "The Howells-Dodge game started out the way we had hoped. We got up early and even had a chance to go into Half with the lead, but a couple mistakes by us allowed them to take the lead just before half. They are a well coached team and you cannot make little mistakes or they will make you pay. In the second half we could not get it going on offense and that allowed them to wear us down with their strong running game. I believe our kids believe they can play with Howells-Dodge, but we have to play our best to have a chance."
The good news for Clarkson/Leigh (3-5) is that they get a rematch with the Jaguars (8-0) in the 1st round of the playoffs in Howells Thursday night.
Clarkson says making the playoffs again is a big deal, and the team looks forward to the game. "Getting to the playoffs on the first 6 years as Clarkson-Leigh is a big deal. It has been close the last couple years, but we knew our boy numbers were going to be low and we would have some struggles, so I am really proud of our guys to be able to grind out enough wins to get into the party, even if that means taking on a Top 5 team in the 1st round. We have pulled off the upset before so what the heck, bring them on."
Clarkson adds the two teams are very familiar with one another. "The cool thing is the players and coaches all know each other so well. Jaguar assistant Coaches Wes Pokorny and Mark Ernst and myself coached together for several years in Clarkson, and I have know Coach Speirs for a long time, so there is a lot of banter between the two staffs. Our kids always seem to really get excited to play those guys so it is really just a fun game everytime we play."
I think that familiarity helps the Patriots more than it hurts them. I think facing Howells-Dodge is better than facing an unfamiliar power.
Howells-Dodge's Dylan Horejsi had 211 yards rushing with 3 touchdowns in Friday's win.
Clarkson says the key to slowing him down this time around is winning the battle at the line of scrimmage. "He is a nice Back, he runs real hard and does a nice job of finding the hole and hitting it hard. I have to give some credit to their guys up front their linemen really get after you especially Macholan that kid plays with a high motor. We will need to keep their Linemen off our LB's as much as possible, we will need them to make as many tackles near the Line of Scrimmage as possible to slow them down."
I think Clarkson/Leigh can definitely hang with and give Howells-Dodge a game again.
The Patriots have to do what they did the first time around, only play a complete four quarter game this time.
If Clarkson/Leigh is to pull the upset, Bruhn and the offense has to click on all cylinders throughout the game.
The Patriots also have to try and slow down Horejsi, and make Dax VanLengen beat them with his arm.
I feel Clarkson/Leigh is better off trying to make the Jaguars beat them with the pass than the run.
Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. in Howells.
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