There was no stopping the Red Hawks last Thursday as they garnered almost 400 yards in the game against Caledonia last Thursday. Photo by Rob LaLone.

By Judy Reed

The Cedar Springs Red Hawks brought their A-game last Thursday, August 30, when they hosted Caledonia for the first home game of the season and ran away with the win 46-7.

The Red Hawks were fresh off a loss to the Division 5 state runner-up Saginaw Swan Valley, where they had some trouble getting the offense going that they needed. But the Red Hawks found their groove against the Fighting Scots, scoring once in the first quarter, three times in the second quarter, and twice in the fourth.

The Red Hawks netted 338 yards on the ground, and 56 in the air, for 394 total. Ethan West ran for 105 yards and two touchdowns, followed by Lucas Pienton with 96 yards and one touchdown; Sage Serbenta ran for 50, Ryan Ringler had 36, Zak Schmid and Kolby Swank each had 16, Ben Shaw and Landon Totten ran for 10 each, including a touchdown by Totten.

Swank completed three passes out of three attempts, with two resulting in touchdowns—a 25-yard pass to Lucas Pienton, and 20-yard pass to Kaden Liggett. The third pass was 11-yards to Ethan West. 

Their defense was also stellar, allowing Caledonia only 154 yards on the ground for the whole game and one touchdown, which came in the second quarter. Leading in tackles for the Red Hawks was Ryan Ringler with 12 and 3 assists; Xavier Anderson with 6 tackles and 4 assists; Gage Gardner with 8 tackles; and Sage Serbenta with 6 tackles, 1 assist, 1 QB sack, and 2 fumble recoveries. Many other Red Hawks also contributed defensively, including Lucus Pienton and Graham Bayink, both with 1 interception each.

Cedar Springs travels to Northview this Friday, September 7, to take on the Wildcats. They have beaten Northview for the last five meetings, but Northview came out strong this year, with a win over Comstock Park 68-47, and they still put a lot of points on the board in their loss to Jenison last week, 43-36. It should be a good game! Travel to Northview and cheer on your Red Hawks!

Homecoming Football Game 

September 16  @ 7 pm vs Northview Wildcats

Red Hawk Stadium

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!