Tag: "prep football"
DIVISION 2 BONUS COVERAGE: Brother Rice goes to ‘Church’ to win seventh state title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com DETROIT — Records can be deceiving. Birmingham Brother Rice proved that on the football field once again this season. The seventh-ranked Warriors, who entered the postseason at just 5-4 after playing a brutally tough schedule — those four losses were by a combined 12 points — captured their seventh […]
STATE RANKINGS — Final Regular Season Football Rankings
Football Final high school regular season high school football rankings, as of Oct. 25. Division 1 — 1. Rockford; 2. Novi Detroit Catholic Central; 3. Utica Eisenhower; 4. Grand Haven; 5. Plymouth; 6. Plymouth Canton; 7. Northville; 8. Clarkston; 9. Grand Blanc; 10. Brighton. Others receiving votes — Lake Orion, Ann Arbor Pioneer. Division 2 […]
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 […]
MHSAA FOOTBALL STATE FINALS PAIRINGS
Below are the 2011 MHSAA Football state finals pairings. All games are set for Nov 25-26 for Ford Field in Detroit. All Games are live on FOX Sports Detroit-PLUS. Division 1, Nov. 26 1 p.m. Detroit Cass Tech (10-3) vs. Novi Detroit Catholic Central (12-1) Division 2, Nov. 25 1 p.m. Birmingham Brother Rice (9-4) vs. Lowell […]
Port Huron rallies past Adams for district crown
PORT HURON — Behind two second-half touchdown runs, Port Huron is going to a place no other Big Reds football squad has ever gone — to the Division 2 regional finals. Port Huron scored a touchdown in both the third and fourth quarter, kept visiting Rochester Adams scoreless in the second half and staved off […]
Walled Lake Central cruises past Clarkston
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLARKSTON — Walled Lake Central made a run to the Final Four in Division 2 last season. The Vikings are now trying to do the same in Division 1 and they took another step in that direction Friday night. Walled Lake Central pulled another road upset for the district […]
STICK’S PICKS: Three area football teams eye district titles
The field has narrowed and now only three football teams with local ties are still alive. Most area football teams found a quick exit last week in the opening rounds of the MHSAA postseason, as seven of 10 local teams were ousted in the pre-district rounds. Clarkston, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep and Rochester Adams all […]
ALL-OAA FOOTBALL TEAMS
ALL-OAA FOOTBALL TEAMS (Selected on by league head coaches) ALL-OAA RED DIVISION Coach of the Year: Josh Heppner, Troy Athens Quarterbacks: Mitch Baenziger, Clarkston; Sean Charette, Lake Orion; Justin Losey, Troy. Running Backs: Joey Goss, Clarkston; Jacob Miller, Lake Orion; Mark Cargle, Pontiac; Kezlow Smith, Pontiac; Cody Devoe, Rochester; Nolan Jones, Royal Oak; Oliver Jiang, […]
Notre Dame grinds up Marysville to gain date with top-ranked Marine City
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com PONTIAC — The perfect season will continue and waiting in the wings is another perfect team. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep opened up the Division 4 postseason with a resounding 47-13 victory Saturday night over visiting Marysville. The Fighting Irish set up a date with fellow state-ranked Marine City next […]
Early strikes propel South Lyon past Holly
HOLLY — With a piece of its first football league championship in 59 years on its resume, Holly was seeking its first-ever postseason win Friday. South Lyon had other plans. The Lions, making their first postseason appearance since 2007, rolled to a 33-14 victory over the host Bronchos Friday in a Division 2 pre-district contest. […]
Lapeer East rolls over Avondale
LAPEER — Lapeer East built an 18-0 lead at the half Friday and rolled to a convincing 48-3 victory over Auburn Hills Avondale in a Division 3 first-round football district contest. East added eight more points in the third quarter for a 26-0 advantage, then outscored the visiting Yellowjackets 22-3 in the fourth stanza to […]
To boot: Skovborg’s fifth-overtime field goal sends Romeo past Athens
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY — Rasmus Skovborg drove a dagger into the heart of the Troy community Friday night. Skovborg, a kicker from Romeo, booted the game-winning field goal from 31 yards out in the fifth overtime Friday in leading the visiting Bulldogs to a dramatic, 34-31, five overtime victory over Troy […]
Big Reds erupt in second half to oust Brandon
PORT HURON — In its first-ever postseason win, Port Huron proved that it’s not how you start, but how you finish. The Big Reds trailed visiting Ortonville Brandon 14-13 at the half Friday before catching fire in the second half for a 32-14 Division 2 district victory. Port Huron, enjoying its best season in decades, […]
Maxwell…Good to the last kick: Walled Lake Central stuns defending state champion Lake Orion
LAKE ORION — There will be a new champion in the Division 1 prep football tournament. Walled Lake Central upset defending state champion, 20-17, Friday night on the road to stun the Dragons at home. Lake Orion closed the season with a rare three straight losses. Bryan Maxwell nailed a pair of bookend field goals, […]
Clarkston rolls past Pontiac
CLARKSTON — A couple of misfortunes don’t appear to be deterring Clarkston on the football field in the postseason. The Wolves, coming off a come-from-behind victory over Lake Orion in Week 9 of the regular season to clinch a playoff berth and a share of the OAA Red Division title, broke open a tight game […]
Upset special: Adams holds the line to take down Oxford
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com OXFORD — Tony Patritto insists that he had one of the best football players in the state on his side in Tony Annese. The Rochester Adams football coach proved to the state why Friday night that very belief on the opening night of the Division 2 football playoffs. Annese, […]
AOTW: Clarkston’s Baenziger deals with countless acts of adversity to shine on the field
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com CLARKSTON — Some athletes have to face all types of adversity. Mitch Baenziger has had to face plenty of it as an athlete at Clarkston High School — and that list is long. Yet the two-sport athlete, who is a quarterback in football and plays guard in basketball, has […]
Second season: Holly, eight other local schools celebrate playoffs invite
Adams, Athens, Avondale, Brandon, Clarkston, Lake Orion, Notre Dame Prep Oxford also prepping for postseason games BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com HOLLY — It has been said in sports that all good things must come to an end. In Holly, the good things are only just beginning. Now that the Bronchos have broken their […]
