High school football
Leonard throws four TDs as Sentinels roll past Gaylord
Winston Leonard threw four touchdown passes, Brody Clements caught three and the Sentinels beat Gaylord 49-13 on senior night to clinch at least a share of the Big North Conference title.
Final
Marquette Senior High School
Sentinels
Gaylord
Home game · 49–13
Brody Clements (5) goes up for the ball at the goal line with Skyler Blackburn (11) and a Gaylord defender alongside. Clements caught three touchdown passes in Marquette’s 49-13 win over Gaylord.
Photo: Randy Ritary
MARQUETTE, Mich. — Gaylord beat Marquette twice last season, and both games came down to the last play. Friday night was not close.
Winston Leonard threw four touchdown passes, three of them to Brody Clements, and Marquette beat the Blue Devils 49-13 on senior night at William R. Hart Stadium for its fifth straight win.
Landen Faccio set the tone on the first snap with a 33-yard run and finished the opening drive with a 2-yard touchdown. Clements caught scoring passes of 34 and 10 yards in the second quarter, the second on fourth down, and Skyler Blackburn caught a 1-yard touchdown pass with 8 seconds left in the half for a 28-7 lead.
Dylan Pond scored on a 3-yard pitch in the third quarter, and Clements caught a 45-yarder that put the game under a running clock. Pond added a 1-yard run in the fourth after a 29-yard carry.
Faccio ran 22 times for 131 yards. Pond ran eight times for 53 yards and two touchdowns.
Calvin Cosby scored both Gaylord touchdowns on runs of 8 and 3 yards.
“We played four quarters,” Marquette coach Eric Mason said. “That was the biggest thing that we honestly haven’t done yet this year.”
Marquette (5-2, 5-0 Big North Conference) has clinched at least a share of the conference title. It plays at Petoskey at 7 p.m. Friday.