Tigerhawks open football season with road loss to Class 2A Clarke

OSCEOLA — The Colfax-Mingo football team opened the season with a lead after the first quarter, but Clarke rallied with a pair of 21-point quarters during a 42-14 home win on Friday night.

The Tigerhawks led 8-0 after the first frame and scored again in the second, but the Indians prevailed behind 200 rushing yards.

Camden Cunningham led the Tigerhawks with 107 passing yards and two touchdowns in his debut as the team’s starting quarterback.

Chase Trotter rushed for 80 yards on 13 carries, Wyatt Carpenter caught two passes for 57 yards and two touchdowns and Alex Teed’s lone catch went for 39 yards.

Fisher Grove rushed five times for 21 yards and led the defense with 6.5 tackles. Kyle Wood had 5.5 tackles and made one catch for 11 yards, Cunningham contributed five tackles, Lawrence Solasberry totaled 3.5 tackles and Teed made three tackles.

Izaiah Lewis recovered a fumble, but Cunningham also threw one interception on offense.

Colfax-Mingo (0-1) defeated Clarke in 2010 and 2011 and then again in 2014 and 2015, but the Indians (1-0) have posted three straight victories in the series.

Ryan Diehl threw for 151 yards and two scores and rushed for 36 and one TD in the win, while Urijah Fry gained 117 yards and scored two touchdowns on eight carries.

Lincoln Hill tallied three sacks on defense, and Fry forced a fumble, recovered the fumble and then returned the fumble for a TD.

Javier Munoz caught a 65-yard TD, rushed for 28 yards and snagged a pick on defense.