Clovis East completes perfect regular season, beats Clovis North: Live California high school score update recap

Big game from quarterback Tyus Miller lifts Timberwolves to historic regular season with convincing landmark win

Clovis East junior RB Lindsey Graves, the team's leading rusher with 636 yards and 10 touchdowns, will need a big game Friday versus Clovis North. East beat Grant Union 59-45 on Sept. 14, 2024. / Photo: Bobby Medellin

Clovis East and senior quarterback Tyus Miller simply would not be denied.

Not a Tri-River Athletic Conference title.

Not a perfect season.

Not the satisfaction of beating a team that ended its 2023 season.

The Timberwolves got their revenge, their title and now the No. 1 seed in the Central Section Division 1 playoffs with a throrough 38-21 victory over Clovis North at Lamonica Stadium Friday night.

Miller, a senior quarterback who entered the game with 38 career starts, more than 8,500 career passing yards and 2,000 rushing yards to go with 118 career touchdowns, accounted for four more scores. A pick 6 helped turn a marvelous, competitive first half into a route in the second.

Clovis East completed its regular season 10-0 to win the TRAC league, while Clovis North, which followed the same path last season, fell to 7-3. The two teams could easily meet in a month with the section crown at stake, just like last year, when the Broncos broke the Timberwolves' hearts.

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PREGAME

This should be better than good. And it could be a preview of a championship game to come.

Clovis East will host Clovis North to decide so much:

1. The Tri-River Athletic Conference title

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2. The top seed in the Central Section's Division I playoffs, which will be announced Sunday.

3. City bragging rights.

At least for a couple of weeks.

Both at 4-0 in TRAC play, the two squads will likely be seeded 1-2 in the CS playoffs as well. Clovis East (9-0) is ranked No. 21 in the state by SBLive and Clovis North (7-2) is No. 2.

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Last season it was Clovis North who went through TRAC play unbeaten on its way to a section title and 13-0 season before losing in the NorCal Division 1-AA championship game. North beat East twice last season, 31-21 and 34-28, the latter in the section title game. The Broncos have won 13 of the last 16 in the series dating back to 2010. They won the first nine in the series.

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Many of the top players return for this one, including North's McKay Madsen, a tremendous all-aroiund athlete who carries the load offensively with 772 yard rushing yards and 14 touchdowns. He and another top two-way player, Jackson Cinfel has carried the ball 146 times for 830 yards and seven touchdowns.

After All-State season as a junior, Clovis North running back Jackson Cinfel returns for perhaps even bigger season in 2024. / Photo: Dennis Lee

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Madsen (6-foot-1, 230 pounds) is the state's No. 43 senior recruit with 19 college offers, including BYU, UCLA and Oregon.

Clovis East has a high-powered offensive attack, averaging better than 45 points per game. The Timberwolves are led by senior quarterback Tyus Miller (117 completions, 158 attempts, 74 percent, 1,973 yards, 27 touchdowns, three interceptions). He's also a big rushing threat with 492 yards but no scores. Blake Bathieu (40 catches, 733 yards, 13 touchdowns) is his No. 1 target.

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LIVE SCORING: CLOVIS EAST VS. CLOVIS NORTH

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FOURTH QUARTER

FINAL SCORE: Clovis East 38, Clovis North 21

TOUCHDOWN CLOVIS NORTH!! McKay Madsen again, his third rushing TD of the night. This one 8 yards, cuts Clovis East's lead to 38-21. 3:15 4Q.

PICK 6! Clovis East goes up by by four touchdowns with a defensive touchdown. Clovis East 38, Clovis North 14.

TOUCHDOWN CLOVIS EAST! Miller absolutely taking control as are the Timberwolves. A 1-yard TD pass early in 4Q puts Clovis East firmly in the driver's seat. Clovis East 31, Clovis North 14, 8:42 4Q.

THIRD QUARTER

END OF 3RD QUARTER: Clovis East 24, Clovis North 14

TOUCHDOWN CLOVIS EAST! Miller's long completion sets up his own 2-yard TD run, his second of the night. 2:15 3Q. Clovis East 24, Clovis North 14

LONG PASS! From Clovis East's Tyus Miller to Blake Mathieu puts ball at the Clovis North 3.

SECOND QUARTER

HALFTIME SCORE: Clovis East 17, Clovis North14

TOUCHDOWN CLOVIS EAST! This one living up to its billing. The Timberwolves answer Madsen's second TD with a long drive a 1-yard rushing touchdown by QB Tyus Miller. Clovis East 17, Clovis North 14. :33 2Q.

TOUCHDOWN CLOVIS NORTH! McKay Madsen strikes again, another long one. The rugged, strong but speedy 6-1, 230-pounder rambles 71 yards for a touchdown late in the second quarter. Clovis North 14, Clovis East 10. 3:07 2Q.

FIELD GOAL CLOVIS EAST! Francisco Damas with a chip shot early in the second quarter after Tyus Miller connects with Harold Duval on a 25-yard pass. The two have connected three times in the early going. Clovis East 10, Clovis North 7. 10:15 2Q.

FIRST QUARTER

END OF 1 QUARTER: Clovis North 7, Clovis East 7

CLOVIS NORTH TOUCHDOWN! McKay Madsen 48-yard touchdown run. Clovis North 7, Clovis East 7.

CLOVIS EAST TOUCHDOWN! The Timberwolves strike first. Clovis East 7, Clovis North 0.