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By Mike LarsonA2 Journal

Monroe might have scored the first touchdownFriday night when the Trojans traveled to AnnArbor for a Southeastern Conference Red match-up, but it was Pioneer that came out on top.

After giving up a first quarter touchdownto the Monroe team, Pioneers scored 21 unan-swered points to win the game 21-12.

Monroe’s Mitchell Keuhnlein scored thegame’s first touchdown when he ran into theendzone from two-yards out with about four min-utes left in the first quarter.

However, the extra point kick failed, and theTrojans had to settle for just six points.

Pioneer answered right back less than a min-ute and a half later when Drake Johnson scam-pered into the endzone.

Sani Qasim nailed the kick after and Pioneertook a 7-6 lead. It was a lead the team wouldnever relinquish.

Late in the second quarter, Pioneer added to itslead when quarterback Andy Creal charged intothe endzone from six yards out. Qasim’s kick wastrue again, and the Pioneers took a 14-6 lead intothe break.

After halftime, the Pioneers wasted no timegetting back into the endzone.

Less than two minutes into the third quarter,Creal hooked up with Kyle Foster for a 13-yardtouchdown score.

Qasim nailed the kick and Pioneer extendedits lead to 21-6.

Monroe added another touchdown late in thefourth quarter when Keuhnlein punched in a 1-yard score.

Gabriel Richard defeats Macomb Lutheran North for sixth win

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Gabriel Richard quarterback Don Eaton rushes during a recent game. The Fighting Irish defeated Macomb Lutheran North on Saturday to secure a spot in the state playoffs. The team is now6-0 for the season.

By Mike LarsonA2 Journal

Last season, the FatherGabriel Richard football teamboasted one of the best quar-terbacks in the region in JoshHerbeck.

The senior signal caller wasone of the best passers in thestate, and on Saturday after-noon, his replacement, DonEaton, seemed to channel hispredecessor.

On Saturday, the Fighting

Irish hosted undefeatedMacomb Lutheran North andbeat the Mustangs handily,

27-14.The win was large in partto the play of Eaton, whofinished the game by passingfor 217 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

His first touchdown cameon the team’s opening posses-sion.

Just three plays into thedrive, Eaton aired out theball and found receiver Stevie

Tracy for a 40-yardtouchdown.

“We came intothe game looking torun more,” GabrielRichard head coachBrian Lemons said.“But as the game

went on, we saw whatthe defense was giv-ing us. So we took it.We were able to passa little more than weexpected, and we tookadvantage of it.”

When the Mustangs tookover, the team showed whythey had yet to lose a game.

Lutheran North marchedthe ball down the field, giv-

ing the ball to running backZachariah Bielecki, who fin-ished the game with 171 yardson 22 carries.

However, the Irish kept theMustangs out of the endzone

when Eaton picked off a passto give Gabriel Richard theball back.

In the second quarter, Eatonand the Irish went back towork, scoring another touch-down when the quarterbackfound Nathan Donnellon with

a 33-yard pass.The 12-play drive was kept

alive by receiver Matt Wagner,who made catches of 20 and 17yards.

Kicker Ryan Jenkins hithis second consecutive extrapoint, and the Irish took a 14-0lead.

With possession late in thehalf, it looked like the Irishwould cruise into the break

with a two-touchdown lead.However, after an Eaton

interception, the Mustangsmarched down the field andscored on a 3-yard run fromBielecki. The score came rightafter the running back burnedthe Irish defense with a 64-

yard run.After the break, neither

team was able to get muchgoing, as both were plagued bystalling offenses in the thirdquarter.

In the fourth quarterthough, Richard went backto its original game plan, andstarted running the ball.

Richard extended its lead to

“We came into the gamelooking to run more, butas the game went on, we

saw what the defense wasgiving us. So we took it.”BRIAN LEMONS

Gabriel Richard head football coach

Staying alive: Pioneer’splayoff hopes still strong

Pioneer 21, Monroe 12

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Pioneer’s KyleFoster dives topick up someextra yards Fridaynight againstMonroe.Pioneer kept itsplayoff hopesalive with a 21-12win.

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