Sashabaw Middle School’s eighth grade students won themselves perpetual bragging rights as they escaped with a 22-20 victory in the final tilt with Clarkston Middle School on Jan. 10. CMS? shot to tie the game fell short as time expired.
The rivalry between the two schools is being coming to an end due to Clarkston schools shift to a middle and junior high school setup.
‘These kids have played together for years in the McGrath program, so it should not be that big of an adjustment,? said Clarkston seventh grade Coach Mike Greve.
Greve’s squad triumphed over the Sashabaw seventh grade team 44-15.
‘Looking back I’ll probably think (the game) wasn’t fun they had so much size over us,? said SMS seventh grader Sean Hoffman. ?(The season) next year will be great playing with those big guys.?
Both of the games were very well attended. At one point one of the referee’s was heard to remark that the crowd could rival that of some high school’s varsity games in size.
One group of students not affected by the School Building Shift is the cheerleaders, who already compose their seventh and eighth grade squads from both middle schools. They performed at halftime and in between the games.
Clarkston’s eighth graders finished with an 8-4 record this season. Sashabaw’s eighth grade students? pushed their record to 9-3.