In the second Eagle versus Eagle matchup for Clifton-Clyde this year, this time for homecoming, the #5 Clifton-Clyde high school football team defeated Canton-Galva 58-12.
CC got going early, taking the opening kickoff 41 yards to start the drive on the Canton-Galva 34. The Clifton-Clyde rushing attack got on the board with a five-yard run by Kyzler Damman to make it 8-0 early. A Canton-Galva punt gave CC the ball back, but CC would be forced to punt the ball right back. A CG three-and-out gave way for Clifton-Clyde to score in two plays, thanks to a 39-yard run by Damman to make it 16-0 Clifton-Clyde. Canton-Galva was forced to punt to end the first quarter.
Clifton-Clyde started the second quarter by marching down the field, with Damman punching the ball in from a yard out to make it 24-0. Canton-Galva muffed the squib kick, which Clifton-Clyde recovered to get the ball right back and scored in two plays on a 13-yard run by Damman to make it 32-0. Canton-Galva finally got on the board on the following drive to make it 32-6. CG got an interception on the following drive and scored again to stay in the game, 32-12. Clifton-Clyde drove down the field once more and scored on a three-yard Damman run to go up 38-12 to enter halftime.
Clifton-Clyde would force a fumble to start the second half, and utilizing the short field, Damman hit Jacob Newton for a 20-yard passing touchdown to make it 44-12. A CG turnover on downs gave the ball back to Clifton-Clyde on the 24-yard line, with Damman scoring a 10-yard touchdown run to make it 50-12 Clifton-Clyde. Clifton-Clyde forced another fumble on the following drive and recovered to start their drive on the CG 30-yard line, and three plays later, Damman hit Trenton Benne for a 22-yard touchdown to end the game by mercy rule 58-12.
Damman went 7 of 13 passing for 88 yards and a touchdown. Damman had 30 carries for 261 yards and six touchdowns; Newton had five carries for 23 yards; Benne had one carry for one yard. Newton had three catches for 49 yards and a touchdown; Benne had three catches for 26 yards and a touchdown; Colt Germann had one catch for 13 yards.
Aekley Goeckel led in tackles with six; Striker Affolter had five; Emitt Tiemeyer, Damman, Germann, and Benne had four; Ryan LeClair had three tackles and a sack; Newton and Cooper Pruser each had a tackle for losses; Brody Knox had one tackle.
