The Fighting Scots used Earth, Wind, and Fire to take down the Sailors.

It’s September, so it would be rude not to mention Earth, Wind, and Fire and not mention their hit song.  It would also be rude not to give a ton of credit to the Caledonia Fighting Scots offensive line that continued to open up holes for their very own Earth (Eddie Kelly), Wind (Kobe Wilson) and Fire (Jalen Burton) to run through and past the Sailors of South Christian.

After a 1 hour and 5 minute rain delay the much-anticipated week 2 match-up between host South Christian (0-2) and visiting Caledonia (2-0) got kicked off.  South Christian was looking to recoup after last weeks tough loss to area powerhouse Grand Rapids Christian and looked to be on their way of doing that after a 5-yard TD rush by Jon Wassink put them 7-0 at the 7:06 mark in the 1^st quarter, a lead that stood for the remainder of the quarter thanks to a handful of penalties that took back a couple of Caledonia touchdowns.

The second quarter turned into a track meet in favor of the Fighting Scots.  Eddie Kelly (Earth) was able to get spinning as he busted through for a 65-yard TD rush to even things up at 7 a piece just 33 seconds into the 2^nd quarter to cap a 99 yard drive after Wassink had a punt downed at the 1 yard line.  Following a huge 4^th and 1 stop to a Sailors drive, Kobe Wilson (Wind) was able to put his shifty moves to work as he blew by the defense for a 78-yard TD rush to put Caledonia up 14-7.  90 seconds later Jon Wassink hit his main targetEric VanVoorst for a 70-yard strike to even things up 14-14.  The Fighting Scots answered the bell and took a 20-14 lead going into halftime after Wilson hit a wide-open Bryce Christian for 6 points with just 7 seconds remaining in the half.  The Scots missed the PAT.

Just 46 seconds into the 2^nd half Eddie Kelly got going again as he scampered 61 yards for a touchdown and got the ball again on the 2-point conversion which was successful to put the Scots up 28-14.  Then came Jalen Burton (Fire) who put his track shows on as well for a 63-yard TD run of his own.  The Sailors and Wassink however were not going away.  58 seconds later, Wassink took off for a 69-yard TD rush of his own to bring the score to 35-21 which stood for the remaining 3:16 of the quarter.

The 4^th quarter was all Scots as they continued their track meet and the Sailors suffered a tough loss in an injury to standout receiver Eric VanVoorst who Wassink could have used as the Sailors played catch-up.  In the 4^th quarter the Scots had rushing touchdowns by Kobe Wilson (5-yards) and Eddie Kelly (13-yards).

Next week the victorious Scots travel to Forrest Hills Central with their 2-0 record.  South Christian will pay a visit to Unity Christian as they look for their first victory.  Although 0-2, I don’t think anyone doubts that this team has what it takes to make a state title run, they just ran into two teams in higher divisions that are on their way to state title runs themselves.