Clinton seventh grader Marquis Martin carries the football and a Weatherford defender, during a game earlier this year. CDN
The Burns Flat-Dill City football team (3-3 overall, 1-2 in district) has hit some bumps in the road during its transition from Class B, eight-man football up to Class A, 11-man football, but through six games, it’s still playing competitive football and at .500.
The wins keep piling up for the Clinton freshman/junior varsity football team and quarterback Cooper Sulley, who tries to stay inbounds after hurdling teammate Garrison Rhoads in the above picture.
Ronald Saucier of Clinton won this week’s S&D Drug foot ball pick ‘ems contest.
CACHE – On the same field where Clinton won its last district title (2018), the No. 10 Red Tornadoes (4-1 overall, 2-0 in district) notched a major, 21-14 district victory against the No. 7 Cache Bulldogs (3-3, 1-2) Friday night and avenged their 2019 defeat as well.
The Clinton junior high football teams went 1-2 versus Weatherford’s squads Thursday night at home.
There was a void in the Clinton wide receiver group entering the 2020 season, and it needed a few players to step up in order to fill what was lost to graduation.
Final
Clinton 21
Cache 14
The No. 10 Red Tornadoes (4-1 overall, 2-0 in district) take down their second-straight ranked opponent in the No. 7 Cache Bulldogs (3-3, 1-2) and pick up a big district win on the road.
End 3rd
Clinton 14
Cache 7
Atrel Bryson hits his 2nd gear down the sideline off the sweep, and he goes 43 yards for the tie-breaking score. Clinton leads 14-7.