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Clear Creek Amana pushed district leader Newton to the limit on Friday but came up short of an upset against the Cardinals.

Newton held off a late Clear Creek Amana rally in a 31-19 win over the Clippers in a Class 4A, District 4 showdown at Clipper Field in Tiffin.

Four different players scored touchdowns for Newton as the Cardinals improved to 6-1 on the season and 3-0 in District 4 contests.

Clear Creek Amana dropped to 3-4 on the season and 1-2 in district play with the loss.

The Clippers struck early as sophomore quarterback Texton Bollers connected with Aren Schlemme on its opening possession to take an early 7-0 lead.

Newton answered back with a 26-yard touchdown strike from Caden Klein to Gabe Otto to tie the game at 7-7.

An Aiden Gross field goal gave Clear Creek Amana a 10-7 lead but Newton took the lead for good before the half when Klein scored on a 2-yard run with four seconds remaining in the second quarter.

A second Gross field goal cut the margin to 14-13 in the third quarter but Newton scored the next 10 points to take a 24-13 lead.

Clear Creek Amana wouldn’t go away as the Clippers cut the lead to 24-19 on an Ethan Vice 1-yard touchdown run with 3:58 remaining.

However, Newton responded with a touchdown drive capped by an 18-yard run by junior Isaiah Hansen with 1:04 left.

Bollers completed 14-of-26 passes for 194 yards and a touchdown in his first career start.

Schlemme had two catches for 99 yards and a touchdown and Tay Seals caught seven passes for 58 yards.

Ian Kelley rushed for 53 yards and Vice ran for 33 yards and a touchdown for the Clippers.

Sophomore Nolan Dao had a team-high 13 tackles for Clear Creek Amana while Schlemme had eight tackles and Seals had five tackles and recovered a fumble.

Dylan Schrock had four tackles and a sack for the Clippers.

Newton                                     7  7  7 10 –  31

Clear Creek Amana              7  3  3  6  –  19

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