Ionia Athletics
Ionia High School
Boys 9th Grade Football
Game Summaries & Headlines.
2.0 years ago @ 6:49AM
- Game Date
- Aug 31, 2022
The JV-B Football team played the Saranac Redhawks Wednesday evening in Saranac. The Bulldogs lost 34-20 after a great start on the Night. The JV-B team is now 0-2 on the season.
Ionia received the opening kickoff and scored on the first offensive play of the game. Wolton Sandborn scored on a 57 yard scamper around the right end. The bulldogs failed to put the 2 point conversion in. The Redhawks countered with 6 points of their own in the second quarter. Ionia countered going ahead 12-6 with under 5 minutes remaining in the half with a second touchdown for Wolton Sandborn. The half ended with Saranac scoring one more time with a successful 2 point conversion making the half time score, Saranac 14 - Ionia 12.
In the second half The Redhawks found some success throwing the ball going ahead 20 -12. The final touchdown for Ionia came on the Defensive side when Carson Barber intercepted and ran the ball back 45 yards for a Bulldog Touchdown. Dawson Leland ran off tackle for the 2 point conversion. The game remained tied 20 - 20 through most of the fourth quarter with Saranac scoring two late TD’s to make the final score 34-20.
Defensively Ionia was led by Wolton Sandborn, Dawson Leland, and Evan Yenchar and of course Carson Barber with his “Pick-Six”