Wolves Have Golden Opportunity To Get to Ford Field.

Written Friday November 8th, at 11:00 PM

The Clarkston Wolves have a golden opportunity to get the promise land.

With Rockford’s 19-14 upset loss to Hudsonville, the road will not go through Rockford like it always has been in the west side of the state.

Clarkston last season lost 25-14 to the Rams at home.

If the Wolves can get by Rochester Adams in a rematch that saw Clarkston lose 12-7 to the Highlanders in Week One in the regional final then it would get either Flint Carman Ainsworth or Hudsonville in the state semifinals.

Also add that Detroit Cass Tech, Macomb Dakota, Novi Detroit Catholic Central, and Temperance Bedford are all on the other side of the bracket and they have to go through each other.

This might be Clarkston’s best team they have had in its program history and under Coach Kurt Richardson. They have size, speed, and playmakers on both sides of the football. The Wolves have a strong defense, good kicking game, and a good offense.

The Wolves playoff history has been tough to say the least with painful playoff losses to Lake Orion, Romeo, Grand Blanc, and Utica Eisenhower. The loss that still stings and haunts Clarkston fans is the 2009 state semifinals at Troy Athens where the Wolves led 35-30 late and was attempting to run out the clock in what was the final football season for Rick Bye at Sterling Heights Stevenson. Clarkston fumbled the ball late against the Titans. That play led to a controversy in which the Wolves player did not fumble the ball and the officials said that he did. Sterling Heights Stevenson ended up getting the ball and scoring late by stunning Clarkston 37-35. That loss cost the Wolves a trip to Ford Field and to this day still haunts Clarkston.

This however could be the Wolves best opportunity to get to Ford Field and to overcome its demons. Clarkston might want to look at how their arch rivals accomplished their demons and their path to glory.

Clarkston like Lake Orion has had playoff dreams of someday reaching Ford Field in the early 2000’s but Lake Orion broke through by reaching the State Finals in 2008. The Dragons would go back to Ford Field two years later and won the State Championship by beating Plymouth 21-13. Lake Orion did have a more daunting run though having to go through the likes of Detroit Cass Tech (24-21-state semifinals) and Utica Eisenhower (14-10-regional finals) then what the Wolves might have to go through.

If I’m from Clarkston, I would enjoy the ride that your football team is going through. This ride doesn’t come often and enjoy the moment.