CLARION, Ia. — The Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Cowboys football team returned to the field on Friday Night, as they hosted the Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Cardinals in Class 1A, District 3 action, for senior night at Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Middle School. CGD entered at 6-1 and ranked #6 in Class 1A, while GHV entered at 0-7.
CGD took the ball first and a 46-yard run by Maxton Downing on the game’s first play set up a 9-yard touchdown run by Colin Sesker as the Cowboys took a 6-0 lead. GHV’s opening drive would be thwarted on a 4th down deep in CGD territory, as the Cowboys took the very next play for a 77-yard touchdown run from Colin Sesker to put CGD ahead 14-0. GHV would punt on their ensuing possession, as the Cowboys marched a shorter field and scored on a 2-yard touchdown run from JD Morrical to put the Cowboys ahead 20-0. A Maxton Downing interception on the ensuing possession resulted in a Colin Sesker 3-yard touchdown run to put CGD ahead 27-0 by the end of the first quarter. The 2nd quarter saw Clarion score midway through on an Easton Beyer 1-yard touchdown run to make the score 35-0 at the halftime break.
Reserves played much of the 2nd half for CGD, as Jared Hernandez Ordonex scored on a 2-yard run in the 3rd quarter to make it 42-0, as a 4th quarter touchdown by GHV’s Zander Rosauer made the final 42-7.
CGD rolled up 395 yards on the ground on Friday Night, as Colin Sesker carried 9 times for 124 yards and 3 touchdowns, as Maxton Downing carried 6 times for 112 yards, as Jared Hernandez Ordonez carried 9 times for 88 yards and a touchdown. Huxley Lingenfelter and Cooper Nosbush each recorded 3 tackles, 2 TFL and a sack on Friday.
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows football returns to action on Friday, as they host the MFL Bulldogs in the first round of the Class 1A Playoffs at Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Middle School, with kickoff at 7 PM.