CHS looks to fill multple holes

After back-to-back seven-win seasons, the Clinton Red Tornadoes were able to increase their win total to nine last year but fell in the second round of the 2024 4A Playoffs, 29-0 against Wagoner.

Randy Kiesau in action while playing for the Red Tornadoes. Kiesau was a defensive back for the Wichita State football team. He was killed when the team plane he was on crashed Oct. 2, 1970. CDN | Archive photo

Clinton’s rich football tradition includes a player, Randy Kiesau, and a coach, Fred Friedrich, who have been remembered through awards given every year at the CHS football banquet.

Snider Dowdell, left, gets coached up by Head Coach John Higbee during practice. CDN | Sam Goodwyn

Clinton is not just any football town. In a lot of circles Clinton is THE football town. That’s thanks in part to a lengthy legacy of winning and constant support from the community.

In 2025, the Clinton Red Tornadoes and Coach John Higbee look to bounce back after being shutout 29-0 against Wagoner in the Class 4A Quarterfinals playoff game to end last season.

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