YPSILANTI — A late run by the Tecumseh Indians came up just short Friday night as it was Ypsilanti Lincoln taking the nailbiter of a victory, winning 21-17.
Tecumseh got on the board in the first quarter as a Declan Comish field goal attempt was good from 37-yards out, giving the Indians a slim 3-0 lead.
Ypsilanti was not about to go away quietly, finally cracking the scoreboard after finishing off a massive 16 play, 80-yard drive with a 34-yard touchdown pass, Sam Bentley to Carson Greene. Carter Lamb hit on the extra point, giving Ypsilanti the 7-3 lead heading to the half.
Ypsilanti Lincoln looked to put the game away with two huge touchdown drives to start the second half as Tyrese French found the end zone twice, scoring from 1-yard out and from 66-yards out to make it 21-3 in favor of Ypsilanti after three quarters.
Tecumseh was not done just yet and it all began with a Chance Gormley 4-yard touchdown run to break the scoreless streak. The Indians went for two and hit on the conversion as Gormley pitched the ball to Braylon Zimmerman for two points, closing the score to 21-11 with 10:33 left in the game.
Tecumseh quickly regained possession of the ball and wasted little time finding the endzone again on a drive that used up less than three minutes of time. It was Gormley again finding the endzone, scoring on a 6-yard touchdown run, however the extra point was no good, bringing the score to 21-17.
Tecumseh could not get anything else going offensively, turning the ball over on downs twice while Ypsilanti was content to run out the clock for the victory.
Ypsilanti Lincoln out rushed Tecumseh 299-73 in the win while the Indians won the air attack 129-64, with Ypsilanti taking the overall total 363-202.
Top Performers
Brayden Baur, QB, Tecumseh – Finished the game going 13 for 20 for 131 yards while adding 13 carries for 25 yards.
Chance Gormley, RB, Tecumseh – Finished the game with five carries for 30 yards and two touchdowns
Braylon Zimmerman, WR, Tecumseh – Led the Tecumseh receivers with two catches for 56 yards
Brayden Zacklan, Tecumseh – Led the Tecumseh defense with 13 total tackles, including seven solo and six assists
Luke Dunham, Tecumseh – Finished with six tackles in addition to two sacks
Tyrese French, Ypsilanti Lincoln – Finished with 184 yards rushing on 29 carries with two scores
Josiah Thomas, Ypsilanti Lincoln – Finished the day with 105 yards on 14 carries in the backfield
Tecumseh is now 2-1 on the season and will look to bounce back next Friday in Chelsea. Ypsilanti Lincoln improves to 3-0 on the season and will look to continue their winning ways next week when they host Ann Arbor Pioneer.
Big first half leads Britton Deerfield past Colon in 8-person football
COLON — The Britton Deerfield Patriots used a huge first half advantage Friday night to race past the Colon Magi, building a 48-0 lead they would never look back from on the way to a 56-7 win.
Britton Deerfield scored 26 points in the first quarter thanks to a 78-yard kick return for a touchdown by Caden Kubacki followed by a 3-yard touchdown run by Kubacki to build a 12-0 lead.
Alex Anspach scored twice in the first quarter as well, hauling in a 50-yard touchdown pass from Liem Roe and a 3-yard touchdown catch from Kubacki. Cayden Allshouse added a 24-yard touchdown run in the first quarter to build the 26-0 lead after one.
Allshouse converted back-to-back touchdowns to start the second quarter, scoring on a 7-yard touchdown run before hauling in a 49-yard touchdown pass from Kubacki, pushing the lead to 38-0.
Britton Deerfield added to their lead with a 3-yard touchdown run by Kaiden Lidster, followed by a 49-yard touchdown run by Trevor Karpinski, and finally a 3-yard touchdown pass from Kubacki to Henry Bates to find the halftime score of 48-0.
Britton Deerfield’s final score came on a 7-yard touchdown run by Roe, followed by a 2-point conversion put in by Josiah Graveline while Colon’s lone score came on a 44-yard rushing touchdown, finding the final score of 56-7.
Britton Deerfield out gained Colon 387-68 in a dominant performance.
Top Performances
Trevor Karpinski, Britton Deerfield – Karpinski recorded nine carries for 156 yards and one score while adding three tackles on defense
Cayden Allshouse, Britton Deerfield – Allshouse had five carries for 43 yards and two touchdowns to go with one catch for 49 yards and a score. Allshouse also had three tackles on the night.
Liem Roe, Britton Deerfield – Roe finished the game with six carries for 25 yards and a score, completed one pass for 50 yards and a score, and had two and a half tackles.
Alex Anspach, Britton Deerfield – Anspach finished the game with three catches for a team high 66 yards and one touchdown to go with two tackles and three and a half sacks on defense.
John Johnson, Britton Deerfield – Led the Britton Deerfield defense with six and a half tackles and two sacks.
Britton Deerfield improves to 2-1 overall and will return to action Friday when they travel to Concord. Colon meanwhile falls to 2-1 on the year and will next see action Friday with a trip to Climax Scotts.
Lenawee County Final Scores
Chelsea 29, Adrian 12
Hudson 52, Onsted 21
Adrian Madison 40, Dundee 3
Clinton 42, Blissfield 0
Manchester 12, Addison 6
Climax Scotts 44, Lenawee Christian 21
Morenci 54, Athens 0
This article originally appeared on The Daily Telegram: Football Recap: Tecumseh comes up just short, Britton Deerfield rolls
Reporting by Troy Tennyson, The Daily Telegram / The Daily Telegram
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