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St. Philip/Athens Week 5: The St. Philip/Athens co-op hosted an inspired Climax-Scotts team on Saturday night. Climax-Scotts was coming off a rare loss to Colon the week before where several of the Panther players had to sit out due to in-team suspensions. With a full roster back, Climax-Scotts rolled to a 46-0 win over St. Philip/Athens as the Tigers fall to 2-3. Eli Bowron had two rushing touchdowns and had an interception for Climax-Scotts. Panthers quarterback Alex Wurtzel added two rushing touchdowns. Next: The St. Philip/Athens co-op will play at Athens High School in Week 6. Hosting Colon, St. Philip/Athens will play the only home game of the year at Athens High School in what will include homecoming festivities for the former Athens players who have joined the Tiger program. Due to a lack of players, Athens announced it would not have a football season this year after the first day of practice. Days later, Athens and St. Philip announced it had created a co-op, which has allowed the Athens players to have a football season. As a nod to its new partners St. Philip moved one of its home games to Athens. https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/sports/high-school/2026/09/28/assessing-battle-creek-area-high-school-football-after-week-5/91935413007/ St. Philip/Athens vs. Colon This is also a homecoming game, with a twist. This is the first year for the St. Philip/Athens co-op football team. As preseason practices started, it seemed like Athens wasn't going to have a football season due to lack of participation. However, Athens joined up with St. Philip to salvage the season. And, now the group will play one home game at Athens this season as a nod to the Indians program. There will be homecoming festivities for the Athens players and fans to enjoy. But, like Hastings in the scenario above, Colon has its own agenda. Broderick: Colon 44, St. Philip/Athens 22 https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/sports/high-school/2026/10/01/battle-creek-high-school-football-predictions-for-week-6-of-2026-season/91935823007/