(This story has been updated with additional information)
St. Mary Catholic Central and Gibraltar Carlson wrapped up league championships.
Bedford, Ida and Flat Rock beat their arch rivals.
Summerfield set a school-record for points in a game.
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Whiteford knocked off an undefeated team.
Airport needed a late comeback to pull out a one-point win.
It was a busy night of football for Monroe County Region teams.
A look at the games follows.
SMCC 49, Jefferson 6
MONROE – St. Mary Catholic Central wasted no time in wrapping up its first Huron League championship since 2015.
The Falcons scored three touchdowns in its first six offensive plays.
Drew Harris scored two of the three quick touchdowns on a pass from Ian Foster and a 26-yard run. He finished with three TDs.
Brady Hines sandwiched a scoring run between the first two scores by Harris.
Foster and Hines ran for TDs in the second quarter and a scoring run by Eddie Keshen in the fourth quarter completed the scoring.
"Proud of our kids man," said SMCC Coach Adam Kipf. "This started in December in the weight room, and the kids buying into the culture change we wanted to bring in here. Hard work in the offseason is paying off, and we're seeing that."
SMCC ran its record to 8-0 heading into a regular-season finale.
Cayden Ethridge scored a touchdown for 1-7 Jefferson.
Airport 34, Milan 33, OT
MILAN - Airport stuffed Milan's 2-point conversion attempt in overtime to move to 4-4 on the season and send the Big Reds to 2-6.
"The story of the game was the second-half woes for us, really," said Jets coach Derek Anderson. "It was a wild game."
Airport led 21-7 at halftime, as Isaac Kemp, Casey Monroe, and Dillon Byrd each scored a rushing touchdown. But Milan outscored the visitors 14-0 in the third quarter courtesy of a 1-yard touchdown run by Shawn Ballard and a 30-yard fumble return TD from Logan Vaughn.
The teams traded 1-yard rushing TDs in the fourth quarter, with Jordan Fields scoring for the Jets and CJ Fairbanks (17 rushes for 112 yards) for the Big Reds. Fields and Fairbanks both scored for their respective teams in overtime, where Airport's defense proved the difference when they were able to stuff Milan's 2-point attempt on the 1-yard line.
"Our kids made plays in the second half," said Milan Coach Jesse Hoskins. "We were right there. I'm extremely proud of their preparation during the week and their resilience during the game."
Patrick Murphy led Airport with a team high 99 rushing yards on 11 carries, while Byrd added 83 and the first-half score on 13 touches and also threw for 175 yards on 10-of-16 passing. Airport's Aidyn Stahr had a game-high 88 receiving yards on 3 catches.
Gibraltar Carlson 42, Allen Park 0
ALLEN PARK – Joe Krolak threw three touchdown passes and ran for a pair of scores as Gibraltar Carlson wrapped up at least a share of its fourth straight Downriver League championship.
Krolak finished with 162 rushing yards.
"Joe has put this team on his back this year," Carlson coach Jason Gendron said.
Krolak threw to Drew Sikora and Tyler Reasey to give the Marauders a 14-0 lead at the half, then turned the game into a rout by connecting with Trent Ison for another score and running 10 and 87 yards for TDs in the third quarter.
Ison completed the scoring with a 15-yard scoring toss to Carmine Carefelli in the fourth quarter.
Carlson is 6-1 in the Downriver League and 7-1 overall. Every other team has at least wo losses.
The Marauders can wrap up sole possession of the title with a win at Lincoln Park Friday.
Bedford 33, Monroe 0
TEMPERANCE – Bedford claimed the Golden Cleat Trophy that goes to the winner of this rivalry game for the fourth year in a row.
The Mules posted their first shutout of the season and were led offensively by Braylon Gilsdorf, who ran for 112 yards and scored on runs of 3 and 6 yards.
Other Bedford TDs came from Drew Logsdon on an 11-yard pass from Issac Henman, a 10-yard run by Trenton Smithson and a 1-yard plunge by Damion Hart.
“What a complete football game our kids played,” Bedford coach John Phillips said of his 4-4 team. “We’re pretty excited. We got the trophy and got to ring the bell.”
Bedford visits Toledo St. Francis Friday while Monroe wraps up the regular season at Riverview.
Ida 49, Dundee 29
IDA – Dundee made a strong upset bid in the rivalry game for the two scores before Ida pulled away with a trio of fourth-quarter touchdowns.
Dean Thomas ran for 233 yards on 16 carries and scored on runs of 29, 90 and 27 yards for Ida. Gavin Albring added 102 yards on the ground including TD totes of 30 and 27 yards.
Jeremiah also powered in for a touchdown for the home team and Brayden Bydlowski recovered a muffed punt in the end zone.
Dundee’s Ryan Zanger threw for four touchdown passes.
Ida intercepted four passes with Kaden Gerth nabbing two and Owen Snyder and Albring one each.
“We were able to respond to adversity,” Ida coach Jeff Potter said. “We dug ourselves a little hole and were able to push through that.”
The Blue Streaks ran their record to 7-1 heading into a huge Lenawee County Athletic Association battle at Clinton Friday.
Dundee (2-6) finishes the regular season at Blissfield.
Summerfield 70, Vanlue 0
VANLUE, Ohio – Summerfield set a school record for points in a game, topping the previous mark of 66 set in 2009 against Summit Academy.
The Bulldogs have scored 132 points in their last two games.
Summerfield coach Dylan Szegedi knew exactly what the record was.
“it came up last week at halftime against Erie (Mason),” he said. “We didn’t quite get there in that game. I am very proud of the boys for doing it tonight.”
Mitchell Gomulinski ran for 222 yards and three touchdowns on just 14 carries, quarterback Trace Secor completed 6-of-7 passes for 185 yards and four TDs and also ran for a score. Tyler Dafoe had three catches for 116 yards with all three ending up in the end zone.
The other Bulldog TD came on a reception by Hayden Noland.
Whiteford 30, White Pigeon 16
WHITE PIGEON – Whiteford put 30 points and knocked the Chiefs from the unbeaten ranks by piling up 316 yards on 51 rushing attempts.
Drew Ruddy, making his first start at quarterback, ran for a touchdown and threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Mason DeBarr.
Andy Trejo rushed for 77 yards and two touchdowns and Trenton Eitniear rushed for 92 yards and a touchdown. Brek Ruddy piled up 122 yards on the ground for the 4-4 Bobcats.
White Pigeon came into the game having given up just 41 points all season and were 7-0 and ranked in the top five in numerous Division 8 polls and rankings.
Flat Rock 35, New Boston Huron 14
NEW BOSTON – With one second left in the first half, Flat Rock's Ben Scully took a screen pass from quarterback Graham Junge 54 yards to the house to give the Rams a 21-14 halftime lead.
"That was a huge swing right before halftime," said Flat Rock Coach Buck Reaume. "It was really big for us to be able to capitalize before the half."
Flat Rock's defense kept Huron off the board in the second half.
"Our defense was really good all night," Reaume said. "That was good to see."
Junge completed 10-of-18 passes for 183 yards and 2 touchdowns, and he also ran in a 6-yard score. Scully tallied a game-high 103 rushing yards on 17 carries to go with 59 yards and the TD on 3 catches.
Jacob Hagan rushed for 58 yards and a touchdown on 9 touches, and he also snagged a 7-yard TD pass from Junge in the third quarter.
Bradley Hughes scored Huron's first touchdown of the day on a 9-yard run, while Cash Moczdlowsky connected with Ryan Anderson from 41 yards out for the Chiefs' other score.
Flat Rock is 6-2 heading into its regular-season finale at Livonia Clarenceville.
Huron (3-5) finishes at home against Detroit Henry Ford.
Lutheran Westland 21, Erie Mason 20
WESTLAND - Erie Mason (1-7) led 20-6 after three quarters, but miscues and a shrewd strategy from Lutheran Westland left Mason on the wrong end of a one-point decision.
"We really played well in the first half," said Mason Coach Steve Bowers. "We were running the ball - that's pretty much all that we did - and we were moving it with ease, I would say. We made a few mistakes in the first half that ended a couple other drives, with some penalties, and probably a couple other things really killed us in the second half that also hurt us a little bit in the first half."
Westland attempted an onside kick after each of their first two scores. The onside attempt after their first touchdown in the fourth quarter ricocheted off several Mason Eagles before a Warriors player was able to pounce on it.
"They got it back with like two-and-a-half, or three minutes left, and they ended up scoring with 45 seconds left," Bowers said. "We shot ourselves in the foot a couple of times..."
Logan Goodin scored all three of Mason's touchdowns Friday.
This article originally appeared on The Monroe News: SMCC, Carlson win league titles; Ida, Bedford, Flat Rock beat arch-rivals
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