NEWCASTLE – Thursday night was not the start to district play that the No. 5 Clinton football team (2-2 overall, 0-1 in district) hoped for, falling short to the upset-minded, Newcastle Racers (2-2, 1-0), 28-21.
Mark down a 3-0 record for the non-varsity Clinton football squads this week, as the seventh, eighth and ninth grade swept the Anadarko Warriors Tuesday night at the Tornado Bowl.
Clinton volleyball senior back-row player Cazandra Ramos worked hard, waited her turn and reached the varsity level this year to become a rotational contributor for the Lady Reds. Ramos worked
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Final
Clinton 21
Newcastle 28
Clinton (2-2 overall, 0-1 in district) loses its district opener to the Newcastle Racers (2-2, 1-0). The Reds are back in action against Weatherford Friday.
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End of 3rd
Clinton 14
Newcastle 21
Caden Powell QB sneaks for a one-yard TD run to cut into the NHS lead. Newcastle leads 21-14.
Halftime
Clinton 7
Newcastle 21
Just like that Atrel Bryson runs through an arm tackle and goes 37 yards to get CHS on the board. NHS leads 14-7. Shumard hits Jake Cox over the top of the defense, and he goes the rest of the way for a 66-yard score. NHS leads 21-7.
End of 1st
Clinton 0
Newcastle 14
Jake Cox breaks a couple tackles on the opening kickoff and flies 96 yards for the first score of the game. NHS leads 7-0. Andrew Shumard scrambles around and finds a wide open man in the end zone for a 23-yard score. NHS leads 14-0.
Clinton football (2-1 overall) is on the road to open district play at Newcastle (1-2) at 7 p.m. tonight. Follow the game here, on Facebook, Twitter or via email for all your Red Tornadoes game updates.
Career win No. 60 for this year’s Clinton volleyball seniors was fittingly recorded on senior night for the Lady Reds (12-13 overall), as they trounced Class 3A, No. 15 Erick-Sweetwater
Nine seniors took ownership of the Clinton softball program and transformed it into what it is today, and every single one of them had an impact on its turnaround. Five