Montague’s Brandon Moore (standing) pushes Whitehall’s Dontae Burks while fellow Wildcat Billy Welch tries to wrestle Burks to the ground during Friday’s White Lake rivalry football game.

The Whitehall Vikings began to chip away at Montague defensively throughout the fourth quarter and finally had a chance on fourth and three in the Wildcats’ red zone with 2:23 left to set themselves up for one of the rivalry’s greatest finishes.

However, Whitehall got two yards when it needed three and the Wildcats held on for a hard-fought 9-3 victory in their first home game.

R-P falls to Big Reds

Johndries Betts-Render ran for three touchdowns and 113 yards for Reeths-Puffer Friday night, but it was not enough against unbeaten and state-ranked Muskegon.

The visiting Big Reds (5-0) carved up the Rocket defense in the 56-18 O-K Black victory. It was the eighth straight time the vaunted Big Reds have defeated Reeths-Puffer since the Rockets defeated Muskegon 19-14 in 1999.