Dragons get crushed at Clarkston 42-13

Written: Friday October 23^rd at 11:30 PM

Tonight was one of the most shocking and disastrous games I have personally seen in my eight years of playing/covering high school football. But looking at the scoreboard at Clarkston High School on Friday Night bothers me. To see Clarkston’s new donated scoreboard, it was hard to see this coming. WOLVES 42: GUEST 13, or should I say Wolves 42: Dragons 13.

Not since the 2004 season when my Dragons lost at home to Rochester Adams 33-14, and also at Clarkston 30-12 to the Wolves that same year. We would go on to lose to Macomb Dakota 24-14 in the first round of the playoffs.

Now it’s onto the playoffs, and my Dragons need to fix a lot of things before their first round playoff game. It starts with the defense, which were exposed for five touchdowns from the Clarkston duo of senior quarterback Tyler Scarlett and senior running back Dakota Bender. If the Dragons play like they did tonight against a dive option team like Clarkston and also Grand Blanc has a very similar offense, with there spread dive offense, then you can kiss the Dragons playoff chances goodbye.

It’s possible that Lake Orion and Clarkston will meet again in the playoffs. If they do meet again expect the Dragons to be a very angry and motivated after suffering one of their most embarrassing losses up to date. Even Clarkston head coach Kurt Richardson said in the Saturday edition of the Oakland Press that he doesn’t want to meet the Dragons in the first round of the playoffs.

Remember 2007 very carefully, the Wolves won the regular season game (21-19) but the Dragons returned the favor in the playoffs (30-27). Both games were at Clarkston. Could history repeat itself?

Expect Lake Orion head coach Chris Bell to motivate his Dragons whomever they play, whether if it is Clarkston or Grand Blanc, whom like Clarkston is also undefeated going into the playoffs.