The Clarkson/Leigh Football Team lost the D2-2 District Championship Friday night, falling 22-20 at Emerson-Hubbard.
The Pirates led 14-6 at the end of one and shutout the Patriots 8-0 in the 2nd quarter to take a 22-6 lead into the locker room.
Clarkson/Leigh shutout Emerson-Hubbard 8-0 in the 3rd quarter to make it a 22-14 game at the end of three.
The Patriots blanked the Pirates 6-0 in the 4th quarter to make up the final score.
Tommy McEvoy had 246 yards rushing on 31 carries, including three touchdowns.
McEvoy led the way with 17 tackles while Cort Pokorney notched 9. Isaak Wiese and Travis Stanley notched 8 apiece while John Langhorst and Trevor Zulkoski had 7 each.
Clarkson/Leigh amassed 293 yards of total offense, including 282 on the ground.
The defense surrendered 331 yards of total offense, including 209 rushing.
Definitely a tough loss for the Patriots to take, coming up short. I honestly thought Clarkson/Leigh was going to win the District.
The Patriots (5-3) look to rebound Thursday night when they take on Hartington-Newcastle (5-3) on the road in the first round of the playoffs in action that will be heard on 107.9 the Bull.
The Wildcats lost 24-21 at home to Bloomfield in the regular season finale Thursday night.
Hartington-Newcastle is led by Shaye Morten and Ethan Koch as well as Kobe Heitman.
This figures to be a very challenging game for Clarkson/Leigh, especially from a defensive standpoint.
McEvoy has to have a huge game for the Patriots to be able to win this one, in my opinion.
He also needs help as players like Lance Paprocki and Stanley have to step up also.
McEvoy is a great player, but he can't do it all by himself as Clarkson/Leigh found out Friday night.
He is definitely the feature player and needs to shoulder most of the load, but it takes an entire team to win a football game.
This is a tough draw for the Patriots as the Wildcats are a very solid team, but whenever you have a player like McEvoy you can definitely win.
This should be a really good game, and I think the defenses might surprise and make this one lower scoring than some might think it will be.
I think a high scoring game favors Clarkson/Leigh so if the Patriots can get their offense going and limit Hartington-Newcastle offensively then they can definitely come away with the victory.
I think defense will be key in this game though.
I think the team that plays better defense will win.
Both teams have played tough schedules, and Clarkson/Leigh's defense has been in tip top shape ever since the Humphrey St. Francis game so this should be a great one.
I feel it's a game that can truly go either way, and I think things will be very tight and close like they were last week for the Patriots.
I think Hartington-Newcastle has a slight edge being at home, but Clarkson/Leigh can definitely go in there and win, especially if their biggest weapon in McEvoy goes off again.
Kickoff is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. with pregame at 5:30 on the Bull.
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