By Kendra Coons 

On Thursday, October 10, the Cedar Springs JV football team went up against West Catholic at Falcon stadium. West Catholic took the win, 40-30 over the Red Hawks. The JV team’s overall record is now 5-2 and 2-1 in conference play.

On offense, the team’s quarterback, Collin Alvesteffer, had 11 carries, 71 rushing yards, 71 passing yards, and also scored one touchdown. Keenan Gosselin had 14 carries, 52 rushing yards, three touchdowns and one two-point conversion. Isiah MacDonald had 8 carries, and 29 rushing yards. Bryan Cebrero had 6 carries, and 52 rushing yards. And, Anthony Topolski had 17 carries, 157 rushing yards, one touchdown, and 2 two-point conversions.

On defense, Collin Alvesteffer led the team in tackles with a total of 8. Coming in close behind him with 7 was Anthony Topolski. Lane Gott came in with 6, and DaMarcus Barnett had 5.

“As a team we felt like we had a good game plan coming into the game, but in the end it came down to who made the least amount of mistakes,” said Coach James Streeter.

On Thursday, October 17, the Hawks take on Forest Hills Northern at Husky Stadium. With 2 conference games left, the games are on the line for the JV Red Hawks.

“As a team with a lot of new faces, we’re still working on finding our identity, but we’re looking forward to finishing strong,” commented Streeter.

The game starts at 6:30 p.m. Come out and support your Red Hawks as they play their last away game of the season!

By Kendra Coons 

JV Red Hawk Anthony Topolski runs with the ball during their 38-6 win over Northview last Thursday. Photo by Kelly Alvesteffer.

On Thursday, October 3, the JV football team took on the Wildcats of Northview high school at Red Hawk stadium. The JV team combined with the Freshmen team to play Northview because that is how Northview has their team set up. With both of the teams on the sidelines, the Red Hawks then went to work against the Wildcats. Cedar Springs defeated Northview 38-6 making their record 5-1 overall and 2-0 in conference play.

The Red Hawks offense was strong with Keenan Gosselin scoring three touchdowns and rushing 116 yards. Anthony Topolski also rushed 83 yards for the Red Hawks.

The team’s defense was also solid with Leo Rios, Damarcus Barnett, Anthony Topolski, and Lane Gott all recovering fumbles from the Wildcats. The defense also was balanced with 15 different players registering tackles.

“A great team win against an athletic Northview team,” stated Coach Streeter. “We were able to capitalize on some of their mistakes and relied on what we have relied on all season…ball security and hustle.”

On Thursday, October 10, the JV Red Hawks travel to West Catholic to play the Falcons. Kickoff is at 6:30 pm, so make the trip to Falcon stadium to support your Cedar Springs Red Hawks as they look for their third conference win.

Freshman Collin Alvesteffer carries the ball. Photo by Kelly Alvesteffer.

By Kendra Coons

After a tough loss against Zeeland West last week, the Cedar Springs JV football team came back ready to play against the Hawks of Forest Hills Eastern. On Thursday, September 25, the Red Hawks defeated Forest Hills Eastern 34-7 at Red Hawks stadium. This win now makes the team 4-1 overall, and 1-0 in conference play.

“After last week’s loss, we went back to the fundamentals in practice,” explained Coach Streeter.

Freshman quarterback Collin Alvesteffer scored two touchdowns and rushed for 58 yards. Anthony Topolski was the team leader in rushing yards, with a total of 137 for the game. Topolski also scored 2 touchdowns and made a 2-point conversion. Keenan Gosselin was the second team leader in rushing yards coming in with 109 for the game.

The defense for the Red Hawks was also on point, with Keenan Gosselin intercepting the ball for a 17-yard touchdown and leading the team in tackles. Bryan Cebrero also intercepted the ball and ran for a 90-yard touchdown! Damarcus Barnett led the team in TFL’s and finished off the game with 6 total tackles.

“We had some guys that were challenged earlier in the week to play better and they answered the challenge,” says Streeter.

On Thursday, October 3, the JV team takes on the Northview Wildcats for their second game of conference play at Red Hawk stadium. Kickoff is at 6:30 p.m., so come out and support your JV team!

The JV Red Hawks suffered their first loss at the hands of the Zeeland Dux last week. Photo by Kelly Alvesteffer.

By Kendra Coon

On Thursday, September 19, the Cedar Springs Red Hawks JV football team received their first loss of the season against the Dux of Zeeland West. The game was played at Zeeland’s stadium and the final score of the game was 36-14 in favor of Zeeland West. The Red Hawk’s record is now 3-1.

Even though the Hawks lost, they fought a hard battle. The offense and defense were both strong for Cedar Springs. Keenan Gosselin ran for a 60-yard touchdown and Isaiah MacDonald also ran for a 2-yard touchdown. Damarcus Barnett and Lane Gott had key interceptions to keep the Red Hawks in the game.

“We played a really good football team and made a few mistakes that costed us in the end,” said Coach Streeter. “But we never gave up and all of those mistakes are correctable.”

On Thursday, September 26, the Red Hawks take on the Hawks of Forest Hills Eastern at Red Hawk Stadium. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. Be there to support your Cedar Springs JV Red Hawks as they play their first conference game of the season and look for their fourth win, and don’t forget to look for details in next week’s Post! Good luck guys!

By Kendra Coons

The Cedar Springs JV football team earned their second win of the season on Thursday, September 5, against their rival, the Sparta Spartans at Spartan stadium.

At halftime the score was 22-8 in favor of the Red Hawks. The Hawks fought hard throughout the whole game. The Hawk’s offense was strong, with Keenan Gosselin running a 98-yard touchdown. Anthony Topolski returned an onside kick for a touchdown and Collin Alvesteffer rushed for a pair of touchdowns. The defense was also on point with Lane Gott having a big defensive interception.

“The defense had another all-around great game holding Sparta to only 14 points,” commented Coach Streeter.

The final score of the game against Sparta was 44-14. After two games of the season the JV team is now 2-0.

“Our average right now is giving up 7 points and averaging 46 points through the first two games,” says Streeter. “We still have room to improve, but the team is looking forward to our conference games.”

The JV team was scheduled to travel to Holland Christian on Wednesday, September 11, because Wayland does not have a JV team. Watch for details in next week’s Post!

With just 15 players dressed for the first 3 games, and 14 for the 4th, the JV Redhawks were, nevertheless, an unstoppable force.  They put an an average of more than 40 points on the board for each game, while giving up just 12 points total in the first 4 games.
Assistant coach Tyson Hoffman said, “I think the biggest challenge for the players has been that they need to know multiple positions on both offense and defense. Kaden Myers has played 6 different positions for us this season and he is a freshmen. If one player gets hurt its not as easy as just putting someone else in that spot sometimes we have to move 3-4 guys just to make it work.”
Whatever they’re doing, it seems to be working as they’ve rolled over Tri County, Flint Northwestern, Forest Hills Eastern, and most recently Coopersville.  The Red Hawks will head to Forest Hills Northern this Thursday to face the Huskies in game 5 of what has been, so far, an incredible season.