Whitehall’s speed and physicality were once again on display Friday night in a 48-0 victory over Ludington at Oriole Field.
Those traits helped produce balanced offense, dominant defense, and explosive special teams as the Vikings continued their impressive run through West Michigan Conference Lakes Division play.
This week, unbeaten Whitehall moved into the No. 1 spot in the Michigan Associated Press Division 4 rankings.
On the season, the Vikings (7-0, 4-0 WMC Lakes) have outscored their seven opponents by a combined 311-63 margin. In divisional play, they’ve outscored foes 166-7.
“Whitehall is a very, very good high school football team. They are so physical and so fast. It was so hard for us to sustain anything,” said Ludington coach Charlie Gunsell, whose team is now 3-4 overall and 2-3 in the WMC Lakes.
“We actually played well in the first (half) but just could not put points on the board. In the second half, (Whitehall’s) whole size and strength took over and they really pulled away from us and we had no answers.”
Watch the video at the top of this story with clips courtesy of CatchMark student reporter Myles Welch.
Here are more details and notables:
- Whitehall senior Trannon Aylor opened the game’s scoring in the first quarter with an 80-yard punt return down the sideline.
- Whitehall made it 14-0 in the first quarter on senior Ca’Mar Ready’s 3-yard touchdown run.
- Ludington hung around in the first half, staying within 14-0 until late in the second quarter when Whitehall senior quarterback Kyle Stratton scored on a 1-yard run to make it 21-0.
- Whitehall broke it open in the third quarter, scoring three times: Senior Darnell Mack had a 15-yard TD run, senior Malcolm Earvin had a 47-yard TD run, and Stratton went up top to Aylor on a 76-yard scoring toss en route to a 41-0 lead.
Whitehall senior Trannon Aylor (Courtney Jimison | CatchMark)
- Whitehall capped the scoring in the fourth quarter when junior Camden Thompson picked off a pass and returned it 79 yards to make it 48-0.
- Whitehall outgained Ludington in total offense, 484-150, including by a whopping 328-41 margin in rushing yards.
- Stratton finished 6-of-16 passing for 156 yards with one TD and no interceptions. He also led Whitehall rushing game with 80 yards and a TD on nine carries.
- Ready delivered 59 rushing yards and a TD on six carries. He also led Whitehall’s defense with six solo tackles and four assists, including a tackle for loss.
Whitehall senior Ca’Mar Ready (Courtney Jimison | CatchMark)
- Mack finished with 59 rushing yards and a TD on four carries.
- Earvin had 49 rushing yards and a TD on four carries.
- Aylor made two receptions for 80 yards and a TD, while Thompson had four catches for 76 yards.
- Whitehall sophomore Hunter Osborne notched six solo tackles and one assist, plus he had a TFL.
- Whitehall senior Trenton TenBrock registered four solo tackles and five assists.
- Aylor had three solo tackles and three assists.
- Whitehall junior Parker Mott notched three solo tackles and three assists, including two TFLs.
- For Ludington, sophomore QB Cameron Gunsell passed for 116 yards.
- Ludington senior Gage Jones made seven receptions for 78 yards, while senior David Shillinger had seven catches for 35 yards.
- Jones and Ludington junior Andre Walden led their team with six tackles apiece, while Gunsell had five stops.
- Next Friday, Whitehall hosts Fremont in the Vikings’ homecoming game, while Ludington visits Orchard View.
Ludington senior Gage Jones (Courtney Jimison | CatchMark)
