The Packers played hard, but had some missed opportunities and came up short on Homecoming 2024 losing the Newaygo 21-14. The Packers fell behind early 7-0, but scored 30 seconds later on Karter Frens 68 yard touchdown run and a Khai Noordyk 2 point conversion gave the Packers an 8-7 lead after the 1st quarter. The Packers were able to extend their lead when Braydey Crosley found Asa Barnhard for a 40 yard touchdown pass and a 14-7 halftime lead. Newaygo came out of halftime with some fire and scored two 3rd quarter touchdowns to retake the lead and extend it to 21-14 at the end of the 3rd. As the Lions were trying to ice the game, they fumbled and Chance Crawford recovered the ball giving the Packers had an opportunity to score. Fremont moved the ball down inside the 20 and went for it on 4th down from the 17, but a missed questionable call, lead to a Packer turn over on downs and Newaygo took a knee to end the game. The Packers were lead offensively by Karter Frens with 84 yards on 17 carries and bringing his season rushing total to 1288 yards on the season. Brayden Crosley was 7 for 15 passing for 172 yards and a touchdown. Asa Barnhard had 3 catches for 73 yards and a touchdown reception and Cuyler Cook-Hansen had 2 catches for 51 yards. The defense was lead by Diego Diaz with 12 tackles, Asa Barnhard with 10, Graison Hoppa with 9 and a fumble recovery, and Gavin LaMadline had 9 tackles. The Packers end their season 2-7 and have a hungry young core of players coming back next year looking to improve on that record. Thank you seniors for your hard work and dedication, good luck and you will be missed.
The Packers played hard, but had some missed opportunities and came up short on Homecoming 2024 losing the Newaygo 21-14. The Packers fell behind early 7-0, but scored 30 seconds later on Karter Frens 68 yard touchdown run and a Khai Noordyk 2 point conversion gave the Packers an 8-7 lead after the 1st quarter. The Packers were able to extend their lead when Braydey Crosley found Asa Barnhard for a 40 yard touchdown pass and a 14-7 halftime lead. Newaygo came out of halftime with some fire and scored two 3rd quarter touchdowns to retake the lead and extend it to 21-14 at the end of the 3rd. As the Lions were trying to ice the game, they fumbled and Chance Crawford recovered the ball giving the Packers had an opportunity to score. Fremont moved the ball down inside the 20 and went for it on 4th down from the 17, but a missed questionable call, lead to a Packer turn over on downs and Newaygo took a knee to end the game. The Packers were lead offensively by Karter Frens with 84 yards on 17 carries and bringing his season rushing total to 1288 yards on the season. Brayden Crosley was 7 for 15 passing for 172 yards and a touchdown. Asa Barnhard had 3 catches for 73 yards and a touchdown reception and Cuyler Cook-Hansen had 2 catches for 51 yards. The defense was lead by Diego Diaz with 12 tackles, Asa Barnhard with 10, Graison Hoppa with 9 and a fumble recovery, and Gavin LaMadline had 9 tackles. The Packers end their season 2-7 and have a hungry young core of players coming back next year looking to improve on that record. Thank you seniors for your hard work and dedication, good luck and you will be missed.
The Packers struggled early on against Whitehall and didn't find their footing until the 4th quarter and come up short against the Vikings 47-6. The Vikings scored three touchdowns in the 1st quarter and added two more in the second to take a 34-0 lead to halftime. The Packers came out of half with a little fire, but gave up two more touchdowns in the 3rd quarter to trail 47-0. The Packers were finally able to get on the board with a 9 yard Karter Frens touchdown late in the 4th quarter to end the scoring and bring the final score to 47-6. Leading the way for the Packers on offense was Karter Frens with 104 yards on 24 carries and a touchdown. Khai Noordyk had 67 yards on 16 carries. Brayden Crosley was 4 for 16 passing for 42 yards and an interception. Jacob Burns had 2 receptions for 27 yards. Tritan Corrigan lead the Packers on defense with 7 tackles and 2 interceptions. Noordyk added 6 tackles, Barnhard had 5, and Diego Diaz and Trentyn Corley both had 4. The Packers host Newaygo next week for homecoming.
The Packers struggled early on against Whitehall and didn't find their footing until the 4th quarter and come up short against the Vikings 47-6. The Vikings scored three touchdowns in the 1st quarter and added two more in the second to take a 34-0 lead to halftime. The Packers came out of half with a little fire, but gave up two more touchdowns in the 3rd quarter to trail 47-0. The Packers were finally able to get on the board with a 9 yard Karter Frens touchdown late in the 4th quarter to end the scoring and bring the final score to 47-6. Leading the way for the Packers on offense was Karter Frens with 104 yards on 24 carries and a touchdown. Khai Noordyk had 67 yards on 16 carries. Brayden Crosley was 4 for 16 passing for 42 yards and an interception. Jacob Burns had 2 receptions for 27 yards. Tritan Corrigan lead the Packers on defense with 7 tackles and 2 interceptions. Noordyk added 6 tackles, Barnhard had 5, and Diego Diaz and Trentyn Corley both had 4. The Packers host Newaygo next week for homecoming.
The Packers fell behind early and came up short against Whitehall and lost 47-6. The Packers gave up three touchdowns in the 1st quarter and another two in the 2nd quarter to fall behind 34-0. The Vikings came up in the 3rd and added two more touchdowns. The Packers were finally able to find their footing in the 4th quarter when Karter Frens found the end zone to bring the final score to 47-6. Leading the Packers on offense was Frens with 104 hard fought yards on 24 carries. Khai Noordyk had 67 yards on 16 attempts. Brayden Crosley was 4 for 16 for 42 yards passing and an interception. Jacob Burns had 2 receptions for 27 yards. Tritan Corrigan lead the Packers on defense with 7 tackles and 2 interceptions. Noordyk had 6 tackles, Asa Barnhard had 5 tackles and Diego Diaz and Trentyn Corley both had 4 tackles. The Packers end the 2024 season next Friday hosting Newaygo for homecoming.
The Packers traveled to Montague for what turned out to be a shoot out that the Packers come up just short, losing 70-64 to the Wildcats. Montague struck first opening up an early 14-0 lead, but Khai Noordyk found the end zone from 10 yards out and added the 2 point conversion to make the score 14-8, Montague answered to close out the first quarter with a 21-8 lead. Brayden Crosley opened the 2nd quarter finding Jacob Burns in the back of the end zone for a 20 yard strike, then found Asa Barnhard for the 2 point conversion to bring the score to 21-16. Montague moved quickly to extend their lead to 28-16. On the next drive, Karter Frens got into the scoring action with a 34 yard touchdown run and Noordyk added 2 points to bring the score to 28-24 at the half. Fremont looked like they were poised to take the lead coming out of half, but a Montague pick 6 ended that and extended the lead to 35-24. Barnhard not to be outdone found the end zone on a 23 yard run and Crosley added the 2 points to close the lead to 35-32, but Montgue score last in the quarter to bring the score to 42-32 at the end of 3. Montague force punt and then were able to extend their lead to 49-32. Crosley was able to find Noordyk for a 21 yard touchdown pass, then found Barnhard again for 2 points to bring the score to 49-40. Fremont attempted and onside kick that Montague was able to return for a touchdown ad a 56-40 lead. On the next possession, Noordyk found pay dirt from 35 yards out and Crosley added the 2 to bring the score to 56-48. Montague looking to ice the game out, took a long drive and added another touchdown to extend the lead to 63-48. Fremont score in 3 plays on the next drive when Crosley found Culyer Cook-Hansen for an 8 yard touchdown pass and Noordyk added 2 points to bring the score to 63-56. Another onside attempt, another Montague return for touchdown and a 70-56 lead. The Pack never quit and scored for the last time with 6 seconds left when Crosley scored from 3 yards out and Frens added the 2 points and bring the final score to 70-64. The Packers had an amazing 743 yards on offense, with 486 yards rushing. Leading the running attack was Frens 246 yards on 26 carries and 1 touchdown and Noordyk had 172 and 2 touchdowns. Crosley was 10 for 19 and 266 yards with 3 touchdowns. Cook-Hansen lead the receiving corp with 113 yards on 5 catches and a TD and Barnhard had 112 yards on 3 receptions to go along 60 yards rushing and touchdown. Leading the way on defense was Noah Hansen with 13 tackles, Tritan Coorigan with 10 tackles and an interception, Trentyn Corley with 8 tackles, and Michael Robinson and Graison Hoppa both with 6. The Packers play at home next week as they host Whitehall for Parent's Night.
It was a long night for the Packers as they traveled to Oakridge and lost 56-6. The Packers struggled to get their offense going early on and couldn't stop the ground game of the Eagles. The Packers fell behind 49-0 at halftime. Fremont came out with a little fire and started to move the ball, but an interception ended the Packer drive and Oakridge capitalized to increase their lead to 56-0. The Packers were finally able to find the end zone as Karter Frens found paydirt from 6 yards out to close the scoring for the evening and bring the final to 56-6. Khai Noordyk lead the running game with 69 yards on 7 carries, including a nifty 49 yard run to set up the only touchdown of the night, Frens added 62 tough yards on 17 carries. Brayden Crosley had a tough night going 6 for 14 for 47 yards, including a 41 yard reception by Asa Barnhard. Leading the Packers on defense was Tritan Corrigan with 11 tackles, Barnhard with 8 and Michael Robinson, Austin Sparks, Graison Hoppa, Noah Hansen, Wyatt Shoemaker, and Noordyk all with 4 each. Fremont will travel to Orchard View next week for another WMC Lakes division match up.
The Packers varsity got off to a slow start and fell behind early on to the visiting Ludington Orioles. Ludington took control early on in the 1st half and didn't look back taking a 36-0 lead in to the half. The Packers came out in the 2nd half looking more aggressive scored an early 3rd quarter touchdown on 14 yard run by Karter Frens to bring the score 36-6. Ludington responded back in the 4th to extend their lead to 43-6. Fremont answered right back and Karter Frens found pay dirt again from 4 yards out to close out the scoring and the final score of 43-12. Leading the way for the Packers on offense was Karter Frens rusing for 82 yards on 15 attempts and 2 touchdowns, Brayden Crosley had 38 yards rushing and Khai Noordyk had 35 yards on the ground. Crosley was 8 for 13 passing with 58 yards, finding Cuyler Cook-Hansen for 1 receptions for 27 yards, Asa Barnhard for 2 receptions for 20 yards. Leading the Packers on defense was Trentyn Corley with 9 tackles, Asa Barnhard and Noah Hansen with 8 each. Tritian Corrigan also had 8 tackles and an interception in the end zone. The Packers are on the road next week as they travel to Grant to play for and keep the Water Pail trophy.
The Packers dropped their home opener to Manistee 22-12. This was a game of two different halves for the Packers. The Pack looked dominant in the first half controlling the ball, ripping off big chunks of yardage on the ground and playing tough defense. Fremont opened the scoring in the 1st quarter when Brayden Crosley called his own number and scored from 5 yards out to give the Packers a 6-0 lead. After stopping Manistee on 4th down, the Packers took moved the ball and on the first play of the 2nd quarter, Khai Noordyk found the end zone around the left end to extend the lead to 12-0. Manistee found the end zone with just over 2 minutes left in the half as the Packers took a 12-8 lead into the locker rooms. Manistee came out of the half and took advantage of a couple of Packer turnovers and scored twice in the 3rd quarter to over take the Packer lead and extend theirs to 22-12 at the end of the 3rd. The Packers were stalemated for much of the 2nd half, but they were finally able to start moving the ball again late in the 4th and missed a couple of prime opportunities to score in the 4th quarter. Leading the way for the Packer offense was Karter Frens with 144 yards rushing, Khai Noordyk with 53 yards rushing, and Brayden Crosley with 38 yards rushing. Leading the Packers on defense was Asa Barnhard with 12 tackles and a sack, Michael Robinson and Chance Crawford both with 9 tackles and Khai Noordyk with 7. The Packers host the Ludington Orioles next fFriday at 7 pm.
The Fremont Varsity opened the 2024 season with a disappointing 34-20 loss to the Hopkins. Hopkins opened the scoring in the 1st quarter to take an early 7-0 lead. The Packers came right back and answered the touchdown when Asa Barnhard took the hand off and out ran the defense for a 51 yard touchdown, but the conversion was no good, bringing the score to 7-6 at the end of the 1st. Defense was the name of the game in 2nd quarter. With Hopkins driving, Tritan Corrigan intercepted the pass on the 15 yard line to end the Hopkins threat. Hopkins was able to punch another touchdown in just before halftime to bring the score to 13-6 going into half. Hopkins came out of half and put another score on the board to extend their lead to 20-6. This woke the Pack up and they answered right back after a long kickoff return by Karter Frens set them up on a short field. The Packers were efficient on this drive and Brayden Crosley scored on 12 yard touchdown run and Khai Noordyk put in the 2 point conversion to cut the Hopkins lead at the end of 3 to 20-14. The Packers opened the 4th quarter with the ball and very quickly Khai Noordyk punched another Packer touchdown in from 7 yards out to tie the game at 20. Hopkins then responded with 2 more touchdowns to bring the final score to 34-20. The Packers had a very balanced offensive attack with 343 total yards. Leading the way for the Packers on offense was Brayden Crosley was 10 for 14 for 158 yards passing and carried the ball 8 times for 28 yards and a touchdown. Asa Barnhard lead the rushing attack with 80 yards and a touchdown on 8 carries. Khai Noordyk had 36 yards on 6 carries and touchdown. Karter Frens had 150 total yards (12 carries for 55 yards, 3 receptions for 47 and 2 kickoff returns for 48) on the night. Jacob Burns lead the receivers with 5 receptions for for 67 yards. Leading the way for the Packers on defense was Seth Zerlaut with 5.5 tackles, Khai Noodyk with 5 and a sack, Noah Hansen with 5 tackles, Jacob Burns, Michael Robinson, and Trentyn Corley all with 4. Tritan Corrigan had an interception. The Packers open the up league play next Friday when they host Manistee.