CALUMET — Parents of the Calumet Copper Kings football players were honored before the game at Agassiz Field, and treated to a victory as their kids dominated the Gladstone Braves, 46-3.

The Copper Kings were dominate on both sides of the ball, scoring on seven out of 10 offensive drives and creating turnovers on three out of nine drives for the Braves.

Receiving the opening kickoff, the Braves had an ominous first possession. Despite running for a first down on the first three plays, they quickly found themselves at a fourth-and-six near midfield and decided to punt. A fumbled snap was quickly recovered by Gladstone’s Trevor Thorbahn, but several Copper Kings defenders were closing in. He ran for the sidelines, could not convert the first down, and granted Calumet great field position a

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