2014 Football October 17 vs. Unity Christian

Holland Christian hosted Unity Christian on Friday night. Being the last home game of the season, all eleven seniors were honored before the game: Jake Kalkman, Jared Stygstra, Ben Conklin, Carter VanderKolk, Josiah Yonker, Tyler VanderWall, Nico Maldonado, Gerry Tamez, Alex Hoffman, Kody Rigterink, and Stefan Burke.

Unity scored a touchdown on their first play from the line of scrimmage. The first quarter ended with the Crusaders on top 21-0. Their lead maxed out at 27-0 after another touchdown in the second quarter. Caleb Brink ran the ball for a 15 yard touchdown with four minutes remaining in the half. Backup kicker Alex Bosch added the extra point to make the score 27-7 in favor of Unity.

Jared Stygstra opened the second half scoring by keeping the ball for a seven yard touchdown. After three quarters of play, the Crusaders led the Maroons 34-13. Lukas Bruxvoort's 14 yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter put Holland Christian within two scores of Unity. After another Crusader touchdown, the Maroons pulled a trick play to score a touchdown on a 4th-and-6 from the 18 yard line. Jared Stygstra handed the ball off to running back Caleb Brink, who then threw the ball to a wide open Alex Bosch in the corner of the end zone. After that touchdown, Unity had the 41-25 lead. The Crusaders scored another touchdown shortly thereafter. Jared Stygstra wrapped up the scoring by running in a two yard touchdown, and then running in the two point conversion. In the end, Unity Christian defeated Holland Christian 48-33.

 Holland Christian (3-5) will face the Dux of Zeeland West next week Friday in the last game of the season.