State Championship recap

On a sun-splashed Saturday afternoon in Newton, the Clifton/Clyde Eagles and B&B Baileyville Falcons met up for the 8 Man Divsion 1 State Championship. These two teams from the Twin Valley League slugged it out from start to finish, with Baileyville coming out on top, 24-16.

The Eagles were ultimately undone by 2 mistakes and 10 penalties. The Falcons got on the board first when Clifton/Clyde Punter Zach Cyphers saw a snap go over his head and out of bounds. On the ensuing kickoff, Drew Huerter raced 55 yards to paydirt to put Baileyville up 10-0. The Eagles wouldn't get settled down until Drew Deaver picked off Kyle Haverkamp. The Eagles took the momentum into the locker room at half time, getting a Deaver toughdown run and stop on defense before the break.

The second half saw each team's defense rise to the task, but the Eagles had one final shot. Facing 4th and 8 from the Baileyville 38 yard line, the Eagles committed 3 straight false start penalties, digging a hole from which they couldn't recover.

The Eagles wrap up their season 11-2, with their only losses coming to the 2 teams who won State Championships in 8 man play. Congrats to Clifton/Clyde on another terrific season!

State championship game!

Clifton/Clyde will take on B&B Baileyville for the 8 Man Division 1 State Championship on Saturday, November 22 at 2:45 PM. Join me and color analyst Richard Cox for pregame on 92.1 fm starting at 2:15 PM, as well as live updates from the Hanover and Victoria game in Division 2 beginning at 11:00 AM. If you can't find us on the air, then find us online, at network1sports.com. Spread the word!

New pictures

I've got some pictures up on the photo album from the JH Basketball games in Cuba. Plan to take some more tonight with a different camera. Think you can do better? Send me the full size pic in an email!

Clifton/Clyde at Macksville, 3 PM Saturday

Join us on KR 92 as we make to trip to Macksville for the SubState Championship game between the Eagles and the Mustangs. Pregame show will start around 2:30 and kickoff is set for 3:00 PM!

All NCAA Volleyball

NAME CLASS SCHOOL
Anderson, Chelsa Sr. Beloit
Engelbert, Amber Sr. Beloit
Frost, Steph Sr. Southeast
Newton, Stacey Sr. Sacred Heart
Schmidtberger, Katelyn Sr. Sacred Heart
Shoemaker, Shea Jr. Minneapolis
Simoneau, Abby Sr. Sacred Heart
Simoneau, Tayler Sr. Sacred Heart
Wilkins, Alicia Jr. Sacred Heart
Wittman, Abby Sr. Sacred Heart
Wollenberg, Jessica Sr. Republic County
Zavesky, Aleni So. Ellsworth

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Counts, Brittni Sr. Russell
Cromwell, Danielle Sr. Republic Co.
Hadachek, Erica Sr. Republic Co.
Keener, Hayley Sr. Ellsworth
Miller, Taylor Sr. Beloit
Schlessener, Cassie Sr. Southeast

Game of the year... in a loss

Hats off to the Pike Valley Panthers, who lost in the first round of the 8 man playoffs to 9-0 Quinter, 38-34. Derek Barrett had a monster game, carrying the football 46 times for 262 yards and 4 tds. Dylan Cross gave the Panthers their final lead of the game with a 23 yard end around at 2:57, which proved to be long enough for the Bulldogs. After an Alex Howard sack, Quinter QB Ed Machen found Matt Bird in the right flat, who latteraled to RB Jordon Harggitt, who raced 65 yards down the sideline for the go-ahead score. Pike Valley was only able to drive to midfield, but Lane Koster's pass on 4th down came up short of Barrett.

Again, it was a fantastic game to cover. No one thought PV would even be playing into the second half, let alone have the lead and a chance to win in the 4th. Great job Panthers!