Tag: "MHSAA Division 8 Football State Finals"
DIVISION 8 FOOTBALL: Top-ranked Reading firmly on map as repeat champions
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans DETROIT — Ask most people outside of south central Michigan where exactly Reading is located, and one might receive some blank stares. Regardless of its remote location in the farm fields less than 20 miles from the Ohio and Indiana borders, those who follow prep sports in […]
DIVISION 8: Muskegon stymies Ottawa Lake-Whiteford for fourth straight crown
BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans DETROIT — It has been said time and time again in the arena of sports that defense wins championships. In the case for top-ranked Muskegon Catholic Central, one again that proved to be spot on for the Crusaders. And throw in a great offense for good measure, too. […]
FOOTBALL DIVISION 8: Muskegon CC stymies Waterford Our Lady for third straight crown
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans DETROIT — Shutting down a high-powered offensive machine can be like solving a Rubix Cube. It can take plenty of patience and determination for a likable end result. Muskegon Catholic Central solved such a riddle that no prep football team has been able to accomplish this […]
DIVISION 8 FOOTBALL: Harbor Beach stuffs Beal City for first state title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans DETROIT — For more than two decades, Harbor Beach has worked hard to make a return trip to the football state finals. Now, the Pirates have finally earned their first state title. Fifth-ranked Harbor Beach downed previously-unbeaten Beal City, 35-10, Friday at Ford Field to claim the […]
DIVISION 8 BONUS COVERAGE: Top-ranked Mendon earns title No. 11 with shutout of Fowler
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — Like many rural, agricultural small towns across Michigan, Mendon does not have a massive budget, nor does it have the large student body population to sponsor dozens of sports. So when the Hornets do make a long tournament run, it is understandably a big deal in the […]
