Privacy Policy That 2008 season was one to remember! Oxford 20, Jackson-Lumen Christi 14 - Game Summary, Class CC -- Final Dearborn-Fordson 12, Westland-John Glenn 7 - Game Summary, Class BB -- Final Jackson-Lumen Christi 21, Grand Rapids-West Catholic 0 - Game Summary, Class C -- Final Football players from all over the Midwest moved to Farmington to play for the Hawks and their legendary coach. Here's another great player from Saginaw, but Sword went to the other big school in town, Arthur Hill, named for the lumbering and shipping magnate who graduated from Michigan during the Civil War, and went back to make his city into the most important civic center in the Thumb region. 2022 MGoBlog. Foote and he are similar players. Div 5: Grand Rapids West Catholic 27, Menominee 14 -Stats|2H Story Belleville 35, Caledonia 17 -Final Stats| Story, Division 5 [MLive]. Warning: Jock Jams, '90s style video editing effects. Grand Rapids Catholic Central 10Statistics|AudioRosters/Results/Quick Facts/Starters, DIVISION 6 - FinalKingsley 31, Monroe St. Mary C.C. Dream Team: Meet the best 26 high school football players (and coach) in the state of Michigan in 2022, by position. Ogemaw Heights 19, Marshall 12 - Game Summary, Class CC -- Final 6-3 / 215. (and thank you, Wolverine Historian! Ravenna 30, Morenci 14 - Game Summary, Class D -- Final In reply to Don't forget Jerry Ford's by rob f. And I think South High would have played home games in Uncle Jerrys day at South Field, located on Madison south of Wealthy. In reply to Key is "if he had returned. Mark Bolach from Muskegon Catholic Central, class of 1992, never had a bad snap in 4 years as the starting long snapper. He has been a much more successful football coach than he ever was as a back, accumulating a 173-65 record overall, an insane 51-27 record in the highly competitive Detroit Public School League ("The PSL"),three State Championships, and sending more blue chips to FBS programs than any other school in the state. I vehemently disagree in re: to Drew's first year. Lentz himself grew up on a 21-acre farm with 12 horses. Long wasn't expected to be the top overall pick in the NFL draft but he was certainly the greatest athlete in Lapeer history and probably the best in the Flint area in living memory, starring on the offensive and defensive lines, and also playing some monster fullback. Backup: Mark Campbell, Bishop FoleyThe rest of the field: Martell Webb, Shawn Thompson, Carson Butler, Brian Thompson, Rob Vander Leest, Mike Kwiatkowski, Michael Jocz, Chris McLaurin, Kevin Murphy. He tried basketball and was immediately the best player on the court. In reply to Good list and thanks for by Chaco. Mendon 33, Fowler 0 --FINAL Stats|Story, 8-Player Final - Superior Dome, NMUCarsonville-Port Sanilac59, Rapid River 20 -Stats|Archived Video, Division1Lake Orion21,Plymouth13 --Stats|Archived Video, Division3East Grand Rapids35,Orchard Lake St Mary's27 --Stats|Archived Video, Division5Grand Rapids West Catholic42Olivet26 --Stats|Archived Video, Division7Hudson 28,Ishpeming26 --Stats|Archived Video, Division2Farmington Hills Harrison38,Lowell28 --Stats|Archived Video, Division 4Grand Rapids Catholic Central27,Williamston23 --Stats|Archived VideoDivision6Ithaca45,Monroe St Mary Catholic Central35 --Stats|Archived Video, Division8Mt Pleasant Sacred Heart 42,Saugatuck21 --Stats|Archived Video, Division7 Detroit Martin Luther King 56, Muskegon 27 - Final Stats | Story, Friday, Nov. 26 Langer, who was born in Little Falls and attended high school in neighboring Royalton, primarily played center in the NFL but also played guard early in his pro career. Adrenaline Reading Award. 14. MHSFCA 2022 Assistant Coaches of the Year. Beal City 35, Litchfield 14 - Game Summary, Class AA -- Final Ishpeming 13, Watervliet 0 - Game Summary, Class D -- Final D4: Chelsea 55, Hudsonville Unity Christian 52Final Stats | 2H Coverage, Saturday, Nov. 27 Ravenna 48, Decatur 26 - Game Summary, Class D -- Final Orchard Lake St Mary's 39Final Statistics|AudioRosters/Results/Quick Facts/Starters, DIVISION 5-FINALMenominee 21 Saginaw-Michigan Lutheran Seminary 36, Fowler 24 - Game Summary, Class A -- Final Muskegon Oakridge 42, Jackson Lumen Christi 28Statistics|AudioRosters/Results/Quick Facts/Starters, DIVISION 7 - Final Backup: Ian Gold, Belleville, and apologies to both OLB spots that got usurped by the incredible depth at MIKEThe rest of the field: Desmond Morgan, Kenny Demens, Tim Laws, Mark Moundros, Mike Wroblewski. Born in Inkster, he went to their main rival, Robichaud in Dearborn Heights, where he destroyed just about every state scoring record while also winning a total of nine state championships between football and track for the Bulldogs. Clinton Township Chippewa Valley 26, Jenison 13 - Game Summary, Division 4 -- Final Muskegon 10, Sterling Heights-Adlai E. Stevenson 0 - Game Summary, Class B -- Final Grand Rapids-Forest Hills Central 18, Bad Axe 10 - Game Summary, Class D -- Final Birmingham Brother Rice 14, Bishop Gallagher merged with St. Florian to become Trinity High in 2002 while Braylon was at Michigan, then that became Harper Woods Notre Dame until that too closed, ending Sahadi's career. But for most of that time the bulk of those guys went to Michigan State. Specifically Detroit Catholic Central, (as opposed to Grand Rapids and others around the country), a private school in Novi that has long recruited some of the best young talent around the state (Mark Messner, Matt Godin, Wyatt Shallman, Terry Malone). This week: We're looking to build the best possible team out of guys who grew up and played their high school ball in Michigan. Clawson is an Oakland County Detroit suburb and those who live there aren't really sure if they live there or Royal Oak or maybe Troy, or Madison Heights, but certainly not Birmingham because you'd know as soon as you saw your tax bill if it was Birmingham. Can I selfishly* suggest adding a long snapper to this list? Drew was a far better QB. Foote played some SAM during his career and as a former safety he can stay on the field as a hybrid space player so this pick isn't that crazy, even though Foote was way more of a Devin Bush than Khaleke Hudson. But don't take that to mean Rockford boys can't play ball, because the Grand Rapids suburb's high school has 431 victories since 1950, just two fewer than Farmington Hills Harrison (in 168 more games, with twice the enrollment). They also have longstanding traditions, developed everybody's coaches, and talk about education first in the manner that makes everyone else feel like "What, we don't?" West Michigan produces some great talent! My standard for these is the sum contribution while a Michigan player, not how good he could have been. As great as Wheatley was as a RB, he was preposterous as a track athlete. D8: Hudson 14, Beal City 7Final Stats | 2H Coverage 1.8 1989 team. He was the first athlete from Michigan to participate in the U.S Army All-American Bowl. D6: Jackson Lumen Christi 26,Maple City Glen Lake 14Final Stats |2H Coverage Brandt was there in a different time, when Jenison was a regional power and regularly producing what we'd today call 4-star talent. Long was an all-state selection in football and basketball and also lettered in baseball. D3: DeWitt 40, River Rouge 30Final Stats | 2H Coverage, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021 -Video|Audio|2H Preview, D1: Adrian Lenawee Christian 47, Suttons Bay 0Final Stats|2H Coverage D3: Orchard Lake St Mary's 29, Muskegon 28Final Stats | 2H Coverage, Powers North Central 58, Deckerville 22 -Stats|2H Coverage, Archived Audio | Archived Video | Second Half Finals Preview, Friday,Nov. 27Division 8:Muskegon Catholic Central 7,Waterford Our Lady 0 - Final Stats | 2H CoverageDivision 2:Detroit Martin Luther King 40, Lowell 38 - Final Stats | 2H CoverageDivision 6:Ithaca 27, Clinton 20- Final Stats | 2H CoverageDivision 4:Zeeland West 40, Flint Powers Catholic 14 - Final Stats | 2H Coverage, Saturday,Nov.28Division 7:Ishpeming 22, Pewamo-Westphalia 16- Final Stats | 2H CoverageDivision 1: Romeo 41, Detroit Cass Tech 27- Final Stats | 2H CoverageDivision 5:Grand Rapids West Catholic 40, River Rouge 34 - Final Stats |2H CoverageDivision 3:Orchard Lake St Mary's 29, Chelsea 12- Final Stats |2H Coverage, 8-Player Final - Greenville HS - Nov. 20 #thatguy, In reply to As much as I love my by rposly, I skied there four years for Groves and taught there a few weekends a year as a Winter Walden instructor in high school. The Wy-Hi building, another grand Albert Kahn design stolen from Paris, dates back to the 1920s. Traverse City-St. Francis 28, Harper Woods-Bishop Gallagher 21 - Game Summary, Class D -- Final I guarantee nobody from MGoBlog rated Joe Bolden very highly. Div 6:Ithaca 41, Clinton 22-Stats|2H Story Special thanks to michigan-football.com, a highly valuable resource. Quick chart of Michigan rosters (via Bentley) by state of origin, walk-ons included: Moeller was the first coach since helmets were a thing to field a team that wasn't made up mostly of Michiganders and Ohioans. In reply to Can I selfishly* suggest by Steve Sprague. Henson and Gardner were about the same size, but I would say Gardner was more mobile. If you can believe me I knew that and screwed up the joke I was setting up about how it's not in Ottawa County nor even in Ottawa Hills. If Delano's brother hadn't transferred to King for his senior year we'd have a pure Cass Tech secondary on this team. . He also came to football lateNate never so much as watched football until high school, when a senior family friend he'd played soccer with asked Nate to come learn kicking with him so he wouldn't have to do so alone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2HW7_rgrr4&t=177s. Also had 20 first hits and 16 assists, nine . Rochester Adams 28, D2: Detroit Martin Luther King 18, Walled Lake Western 0Final Stats |2H Coverage He was also a star point guard for the basketball team. USA Today named its first All-USA high school football team in 1982. Orchard Lake St. Mary's 45, Mt. Saginaw has continued to produce star athletesmost recently Draymond Greenand their basketball program is still one of the best in the state despite Lou Dawkins retiring shortly after his son died of a rare heart disease at a Michigan State basketball camp. Second, by M_Born M_Believer. Schoolcraft 14, Ontonagon-Area 7 - Game Summary, Class D -- Final Needless to say we followed Jourdan's career closely long before he agreed to tell his story on MGoBlog. Traverse City 20, Farmington Hills-North Farmington 14 - Game Summary, Class B -- Final Shit Chris Graham was significantly better than those guys. Climax-Scotts 42,Crystal Falls Forest Park 8Final StatisticsRosters/Results/Quick Facts/Starters, DIVISION 1 - FINALRockford31,Sterling Heights Stevenson 6Final StatisticsRosters/Results/Quick Facts/StartersDIVISION 3 - FINAL A left-footer, his punts had a backspin that's never quite been replicated though someone should try to since it caused all sorts of trouble for returners who had a hard time judging the ball in the air and catching it cleanly. Backup: Kenny Allen, FentonThe rest of the field: Phil Brabbs, J.J. McGrath, Jake Moody, Jason Gingell, K.C. Lloyd took Charles Stewart and that was remarkable at the time. Matt Lentz arrived listed at 6-6/305 out of Brandon High in Ortonville. Muskegon-Catholic Central 29, Okemos 0 - Game Summary, Class C -- Final He was set on going to Cincy when Michigan got to signing day with a few extra spots in 2012 class, and after grabbing Willie Henry extended an offer to Norfleet. Neither is Ottawa Hills High School in the neighborhood of Ottawa Hills (which is a few miles north). Jim Crowley Award. I had another tough decision hereweakness at safety is a feature of these featuresbut flipped back to "Ol' Prison Abs" over Chuck Winters because Dr. Sap convinced me Winters was more likely to give up a big play. Don't we have a long snapper on the All-Highlight Team? Also, it's I-96 there, not 696. We end back at King, appropriately enough, with a guy who embodies all the excitement, attitude, and disappointments that have come out of there. 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