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League title matches, OAA crossover tilts highlight Week 8
The postseason is only two short weeks away, and there’s nothing like a slate of games where league championships, crossover, rivalries and state-qualifying sixth win on the line. That’s exactly what we’ll see in Week 8 and Week 9. There are so many scenarios to be played out, just at the local level, in the […]
MHSAA Week 8 Football Playoffs Listing
MHSAA Week 8 Football Playoff Listing EAST LANSING – Here is a list of Michigan High School Athletic Association football playing schools, displaying their win-loss records and playoff averages through the seventh week of the season. Schools on this list are in enrollment order. An asterisk (*) beside a record indicates that a team has […]
Associated Press Football Rankings — Oct. 11
Football (By the Associated Press NOTE: Below are the Associated Press Prep Football Rankings entering Week 8. The list included the rank, school, first-place votes, record and total points. Division 1 — 1. Novi Detroit Catholic Central (5) (7-0) 50; 2. Rockford (6-1) 42; 3. Clarkston (5-2) 40; 4. Plymouth (7-0) 36; 5. Utica Eisenhower […]
SUNDAY’S FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Shrine cruises past Our Lady of the Lakes
ROYAL OAK — Top-ranked Royal Oak Shrine Catholic is still perfect. The Knights, which hold the No. 1 spot in the Associated Press’ Division 7 polls, rolled over rival Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes, 25-7, in a CHSL crossover contest Sunday afternoon. The win snapped a two-year losing streak to WOLL. Raymond Brown chalked […]
Harrison-Lake Orion matchup highlights OAA Crossover Showcase
The Oakland Activities Association has announced its Week 8 pairings for the second annual OAA Red-White Crossover football games. The teams will face off by order of current standing in their respective division, except for special cases involving the Rochester schools. Rochester High faces either Rochester Adams or Rochester Stoney Creek each year, based on […]
Holly rolls by Lapeer West for fifth straight win
HOLLY— Back-to-back losses to Lapeer East and Swartz Creek may haunt Holly in the final Flint Metro League standings. But since that 0-2 start, the Bronchos have been downright scary. Holly captured its fifth straight win Friday, all league games, to move into a first place tie in the nine-school FML with Ortonville Brandon. Holly […]
FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Falcons end five-game skid in sinking Lakers
WEST BLOOMFIELD — Rochester welcomed back an old friend Thursday night and finally stopped the bleeding of a five-game losing streak by chewing up West Bloomfield 31-17 in an OAA Red Division football game Thursday. Senior fullback Cody Devoe, last year’s leading rusher who missed 3.5 games with a shoulder injury, returned to the grid […]
Quite a rush: Pontiac uses ground game to chew up Troy
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net TROY— How things can change. The Troy defense had just surrendered a 67-yard Pontiac touchdown run, but the offense was at it again on Homecoming, trying to lead the Colts to a three-game drive to the playoffs. Suddenly, Pontiac returned a red zone interception 92 yards for a touchdown […]
Beanziger, Wolves thump Royal Oak
ROYAL OAK — With its back against the wall, Clarkston continues to win on the football field. The Wolves made it five straight Friday after having to forfeit the first two games of the season by topping Royal Oak, 45-7, in OAA Red Division play. Clarkston, which is now in second place in the division, […]
Top-ranked Harrison too much for Rochester Adams
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER HILLS — Give Farmington Harrison an inch and the Hawks will take a mile. Give them good field position and Harrison will make you pay — dearly. Coming in as the state’s overall No. 1-rated team, also ranked 24th nationally by Max Preps, the Hawks benefitted from consistent […]
STICK’S PICKS: Who will cash in on a playoff berth this week?
Last week Pontiac Notre Dame Prep became the first area school to cash in on its playoff ticket. The Fighting Irish are a perfect 6-0 and now can move onto their next goal. Who will join them this week? Lake Orion and Troy Athens are both 5-1 and play each other this week for first […]
Lake Orion, Notre Dame Prep crack top-10 in AP football polls
Both Lake Orion and Pontiac Notre Dame Prep cracked the top-10 this week and Clarkston held steady in the top five in the Associated Press Prep Football polls, released Tuesday morning. The polls are conducted by vote by an 11-member panel of sportswriters around the state for each division. Lake Orion, the defending state champions […]
Prep Football AP State Rankings
Football (By the Associated Press NOTE: Below are the Associated Press Prep Football Rankings entering Week 7. The list included the rank, school, first-place votes, record and total points. Division 1 — 1. Novi Detroit Catholic Central (5) (6-0) 50; 2. Rockford (5-1) 42; 3. (tie) Clarkston (4-2) 37; Grand Ledge (6-0) 37; 5. Plymouth […]
Oxford goes to the ‘Line’ to rush past Adams
BY GARRETT SMITH STUDENT CORRESPONDENT Garrettthewriter@yahoo.com ROCHESTER HILLS — As one of the state’s leading rushers, Prescott Line has drawn plenty of attention this season. He was back at it again Friday. Entering a OAA White Division showdown at Rochester Adams, Line had rushed for nearly 1,163 yards and 19 touchdowns this season. The Southern […]
FRIDAY’S FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Lathrup drowns Stoney Creek for first win of the season; Groves grinds up Avondale
ROCHESTER HILLS — Southfield Lathrup scored two touchdowns in the first quarter and hung on for the 14-7 OAA White Division football triumph over Rochester Stoney Creek. Billy Moore scored on a 1-yard run and Collin Parks added a 15-yard sprint for the other score for the Chargers (1-5, 1-4). Jose Castro made both point-after-attempts […]
Athens rallies past West Bloomfield
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — Troy Athens has found many different ways to win football games this season. Friday’s effort was in the come-from-behind fashion. The Red Hawks rallied back from a 10-7 halftime deficit to sink visiting West Bloomfield 27-17 in an OAA Red Division football contest. Played in frigid temperatures […]
Lake Orion grinds out win over Troy
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net TROY — Lake Orion senior quarterback Sean Charette had to work a lot harder for this win over Troy. The Colts outgained the Dragons in the second half Friday night, but couldn’t convert their chances in the red zone in a 17-7 OAA Red Division loss to the defending […]
Fighting Irish clinch Prep Bowl berth with 14-0 shutout of Divine Child
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DEARBORN — Friday’s playing conditions were far from perfect, with a steady rain and temperatures and wind chill in the upper 30s. The end result for Pontiac Notre Dame Prep might as well been a utopian paradise in a distant tropical land. The Fighting Irish captured their 10th straight […]
