By DOUG DONNELLY
Clinton got revenge and Hudson rolled to an 11-0 season Friday in the second round of the football playoffs.
Adrian lost to Fenton 35-7 and saw its season come to an end at 9-2.
CLINTON 22, SMCC 14
Clinton came from a 7-6 deficit to take a 22-7 lead into the fourth quarter and survived a late SMCC rally to win the Division 7 district championship.
Braxton Randolph scored on a 16-yard run with 8:17 left in the game to put Clinton up 22-7.
SMCC came back and found the end zone on a 5-yard pass from Drew Ferreira to Cole Reinhardt to make it 22-14. The Falcons then recovered an onside kick and drove inside the Clinton 10-yard line. An intentional grounding call set the Falcons back and two late throws into the end zone were off the mark.
Gradyn Whelan threw a touchdown pass and was 2-for-2 for 101 yards through the air. He also rushed for 26 yards.
Clifford Jones had 14 rushes for 51 yards. Randolph scored twice.
SMCC had more first downs (15-9) and more yards on offense (255-219).
Hudson 50, White Pigeon 20
The undefeated Tigers led 22-6 at halftime. White Pigeon cut the deficit to 22-14 in the third quarter before the Hudson offense steamrolled White Pigeon the rest of the way.
Fenton 35, Adrian 7
The visiting Tigers spread the ball around and beat the Maples, who finished the season 9-2.

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