Napoleon football with plenty to play for in trip to Manchester
By Mike Moore Staff Writer Napoleon - Two consecutive seasons with four wins at the finish line. Ten consecutive seasons with a ticket to the postseason denied. The Napoleon football team can change one of those facts, and take a massive step in altering the other tonight when they hit the road for what’s shaping up to be a must-see battle at Manchester. “I think it’s going to be a great atmosphere,” Pirates coach Scott Ashe said Thursday. “It’s going to be a great place to be on a Friday night. Our kids are fired up, and I’m sure they are too.” After starting the year with consecutive losses, the Pirates have run off four wins in four weeks, and only one of those was close. “We played two of the toughest teams around early,” Ashe said of losses to Columbia Central and Grass Lake to start the year. “Right now we’re coming together. The kids are playing well.” And confidence? “Lots of confidence,” he added. “They’ve figured out how to adapt and overcome things going wrong. We’ve been able to work through mistakes. That’s been huge.” The win streak has…
Something a little different as Springport and Concord football meet
By Mike Moore Staff Writer Springport — On Friday night, the Springport and Concord football teams will meet on the gridiron, per usual. And it will be unlike anything else to happen before “I think everything about this game is awesome,” Concord coach Max Clark said late Thursday night. “It’s new to our community and players and team, to be in this situation and have the chances in front of us that we’ve do.” “This is what small-town football is all about,” Springport coach Matt Schwartzkopf said of his team’s home game with the Yellowjackets. “This is two towns who have communities that center around the football teams, especially when they are doing well. This is going to be a cool atmosphere that I think all the kids are going to love being a part of.” The meeting will be the 58th all-time between the schools, which are separated by a roughly 20-minute drive. But never before have the teams entered the game this late in the season with each having as strong a record as they do. Concord comes in 5-0 overall and 4-0 in the Big 8, while Springport is 4-1…
Week 6 High School Football Schedule
Friday, September 30th Coldwater (4-1) at Lumen Christi (3-2) Okemos (1-4) at Jackson (2-3) Concord (5-0) at Springport (4-1) Hanover-Horton (0-5) at Grass Lake (5-0) Michigan Center (3-2) at Manchester (3-2) Vandercook Lake (1-4) at Napoleon (3-2) East Jackson (1-4) at Addison (1-4) Pennfield (2-3) at Northwest (0-5) Western (1-4) at Harper Creek (5-0) Onsted (1-4) at Columbia Central (3-2)