By By SCOTT NOVAK / Dowagiac Daily News
The Dowagiac freshmen and junior varsity football teams completed their seasons Thursday in St. Joseph.
The freshmen squad was defeated by the Bears 43-6, while the junior varsity squad fell to the Bears 37-14.
Freshmen football
Tim DeRyder scored the lone Chieftain touchdown on a run.
Jason Bailey recovered a fumble, while Jeremy Nowak recorded a sack.
JV football
Jake Kling tossed a pair of touchdown passes to provide Dowagiac with its points Thursday night.
Kling threw touchdown passes to Matt Klees and Troy Stover.
Klees also scored a two-point conversion.
Zack Roden picked off a pass to highlight the defensive effort for the Chieftains.
Eighth grade football
The Dowagiac Middle School eighth grade football teams swept a pair of games from Benton Harbor in its finale.
The Black team posted a 22-12 win over the Tigers, while the Orange team won 24-14.
Brandon Douglas had 106 return yards, 65 yards rushing, a touchdown and two extra points for the Chieftains.
Cody Cox had two touchdowns and two two-point conversions, while Chris Hutson rushed for 102 yards, had 13 tackles and scored a touchdown.
Dowagiac also got 122 yards rushing and a touchdown, to go along with six tackles, from Justin Young.
John Myers scored two touchdowns. Also scoring were Andrew Cripe and Dustin Payne.
Adam Roach finished with six tackles.