MT. PLEASANT — It’s not a gamble, if you think the odds are in your favor.

In Saturday’s non-conference game against Madison Heights Bishop Foley at Community Memorial Stadium, it took just four plays for Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart coach Josh Wheaton to signal that he planned to have his Irish go for it on fourth down early and often.

And his success rate in rolling the dice — converting five of seven tries — paid off in extending drives, and eventually wearing out the Ventures, as the Irish scored two second-half touchdowns and pulled away for a 22-12 win.

“We just felt like our defense was doing their job. We felt like it was going to be hard for them to get a big play on us. You know, they had a couple long runs … but that’s really all they had all game. And we felt like that’s all th

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