The Clinton County Bulldogs Football team took an impressive 44-28 win over Jenkins Thursday night to move to 5-4 on the year and earn the most wins in school history for the life of the program with a varsity schedule.

Five wins was accomplished early in the rebirth of the sport at Clinton County, however, those five wins were made on a junior varsity schedule during George Hatcher’s tenure at Clinton County.

Thursday night’s game saw everyone on the roster experience playing time. That was Miller’s goal going into the game.

“Our defense played well and our offense played well. We were up 44-14 midway through the third quarter, so I got to play everyone.”

Now, Clinton County has five varsity wins with only one game remaining. The worst the Dawgs could finish is at .500, a feat still worthy of praise for Coach Jamie Miller, although he is looking for win number six on October 30 against Jackson County.

“If we can stay healthy and take care of business I think we will be fine,” Miller said. “We are a little banged up right now, but with this week off we should be ready to go next week.”

The Dawgs have an off week to give the players a break during the season. Usually the off week comes earlier in the season, but with last week’s game being on Thursday night, Clinton County can take advantage of the longer break in order to get ready for its final game of the season.

“We are feeling pretty good right now, but last year they put it on us pretty good,” Miller said. “I think we will be okay. We will have a great opportunity to get a win.”

As far as the program is concerned, Miller believes it is moving in the right direction.

“Starting with our feeder program in first and second grades, it’s doing good. We are looking to get our sixth win of the season, something no other team has done at Clinton County, our younger teams are winning and someday we are hoping to get back into district play and win a district championship.”

During last week’s trip, Clinton County took the night off and stayed the night instead of enduring the long road trip home.

Miller said the team ordered pizzas and had several left over after the meal, so they donated the leftovers to first responders and took some to the hospital in Jenkins.

“It was a good thing,” Miller said.