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Frosh gridders play JV teams, Class A schools, finish 7-1

The Frankenmuth freshman football team had a great season again this year. They took on some very good teams and ended up with a 7-1 record.  In recent years the freshmen have struggled to find teams to play, so this year they played two JV teams, and two class A schools during the season. For the season the offense averaged 39 points a game while the defense only gave up only nine points a game. 

  The season started with a trip to Ubly to play their JV football team. The freshmen got off to a good start on the season by winning 40-0. The next week they played conference foe Swan Valley. They got off to a fast start and finished off Swan Valley 48-8. Week three they played a team the freshmen have never played before, South Lyon East. They are a class A school, but the boys were ready, they jumped out early and ended up winning 61-6. Game four was another class A team in Saginaw United. The freshmen game was delayed an hour and a half because of the weather. The freshmen struggled to refocus but came away victorious 28-0. Game five against Flushing was canceled so the freshman played with the JV that week. Game six saw the eagles play conference foe John Glenn. The eagles played strong and came away with a 34- 0 win. 

  Game six was a big challenge for the freshmen Eagles playing a big Lakeville JV team. The Frankenmuth JV were playing a strong Davison team the same day so they took up three of the freshmen to help. So, the freshmen were short-handed against a team that outweighed them by about 30 pounds a man. The game was back and forth all night with the Eagles scoring the go ahead touchdown with about three minutes left. Then the defense stopped Lakeville on the 30-yard line on fourth down and a yard with 50 seconds left in the game to secure a 32-30 victory. The coaches were so proud of how the freshmen fought to the end to get the win against a team that was much bigger than them. 

  Game seven saw the Eagles get their only loss of the season. They played conference foe Freeland. The freshmen were still missing the three players on the JV team and they also had two more players injured that week. They fought hard against a bigger Freeland team but Freeland was able to score the go ahead touchdown with three minutes left in the game and the Eagles were not able to score with the time remaining and Freeland won 24-20.

  The last game of the season the Eagles played Birch Run, a past conference foe......

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