Will 2024 be a record year for football players drafted? In 1999, Sports Illustrated named him the seventh greatest sports figure from the state of Michigan. Sofran was fired and the job went to Fracassa's former DC, Adam Korzeniewski, who had been coordinating Seaholm's defense. Welcome to the 2022 Michigan high school football state championships. Then Barwis came along and you know the rest. Thank you Fielding H Yost! Two top wideouts who switched to #1 both grew up knowing plenty about its meaning. Various media sources have selected national high . High school football preseason begins tonight around South Florida; Miracle Sports All-State softball team, Player and Coach of the Year Awards 2017. I'm amazed you didn't like the service. His size and athleticism would come to serve him well at tight end. Dont even get me started on Kovacs.not that he was terrible but he certainly wasnt anything special. Backup: Ernest Shazor, Martin Luther KingThe rest of the field: Clarence Thompson, Shonte Peoples, Jacob Stewart. Lloyd took Charles Stewart and that was remarkable at the time. Marcus Houston was the top running back in the country in 2000 and picked the Colorado Buffaloes over Florida State, UCLA and Michigan. I know he's loved by thebrass here, and seemed like a nice enough guy. Since we've covered a lot of these guys' Michigan careers already, I figured this could instead be a celebration of the programs they came from, and Michigan high school football in general. We're tracking MHSAA football live updates, scores and final results from across the state. 13 individual Purdue career records. 1985 Football Finals. Though the school has "Ottawa" in the name,it's inKentCounty, close to the heart of GR. The football field, named for an important community member who kept the city's education system afloat as rest belt economics took hold, sits on the site of the old train station and overlooks the tracks. Backup: Will Johnson, Lake OrionThe rest of the field: Eric Wilson, Matt Godin, Will Heininger, Will Campbell, Gannon Dudlar, Lawrence Marshall, Nate Miller, Paul Sarantos, Deron Irving-Bey. This following list consists of mythical champions and champions who were determined by playoff games and a final game. While Devin was at Michigan Inkster was also closed, its students dispersed to four other school districts. 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. The Doughboys, under head coach Stephon Thompson, were still decent as of the 1990s, when they sent Maurice Williams and Larry Foote to Michigan. His natural high intelligence (stories about him at Michigan are all about him picking up some complicated skill in like 5 minutes) led him to the offensive line, and NFL football was a fallback because he couldn't find a good enough job teaching special ed. Backup: Steve Morrison, Brother RiceThe rest of the field: Eric Mayes, Roy Manning, Chris Singletary, Kevin Leach, Joey Sarantos, Josh Ross. In reply to I'd also takeDPJ over by HarbaughsLeftElbow. What a group of players. Lopata, Jason Olesnavage, Seth Broekhuizen, Kyle Seychel. DIVISION ONE No local players selected. Gordon on the other hand solved the longest positional black hole in Michigan memory when he moved from 3-3-5 Spur to free safety for the 2011 season. Backup: If it comes to that we'll move over Dave Pearson from guard and elevate one of their backups becauseThe rest of the field: Rocko Khoury, Andy Brown. Of course WARF was going to make an All-MGoBlog roster. But for my generation it was THE power program of Southeast Michigan public schools, non-Detroit division. CT and King faced each other in two instant classics that season, with Hill and MLK barely defeating Cass in both despite playing the second game without five players (including Ambry Thomas) because of a brawl a week earlier. To submit changes, mail to: MHSAA Record Book, 1661 Ramblewood Dr., East Lansing, MI 48823. 2. However I'm sticking by the guy who should never have to buy a beer in the State of Michigan again. FAQs; About. We're tracking MHSAA football live updates, scores and final results from across the state. Many came out as three-stars already close to their college potential, a fact rivals mocked them with (at least pre-Drew Stanton) even though it was just more evidence that John Herrington was better than everybody else at turning wussy ass suburban kids into football players. That 2008 season was one to remember! Yeah. MHSFCA Michigan High School Football Coaches Association. 26. . And while Gardner's games against OSU was heroic in defeat, Henson came back early from a foot injury to save a road game at Illinois that Navarre (and A-Train's fumblitis) put in serious jeopardy. Search. Ben Braden and 1970s center Will Hart came from there, and so did my houseguests this weekend. NOTE: Only coaches who are members of the association may nominate and vote in the all state selection process. NCAA record in 60-meter . Hill's transfer across rivals was a huge deal. Lentz himself grew up on a 21-acre farm with 12 horses. Nevermind, just realized that he was class of 1989. Love both Devin and Drew. 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. He also was a great basketball player. We still haven't replicated it, not even once. The Wolverines also finished second in the 1985 Associated Press poll, and have. Runyan was a beast and went on to a great NFL career like Long did. Moore helped lead Louisville to the MHSAA Class 4A championship. Backups: Donovan Peoples-Jones, Cass Tech; Walter Smith, MacKenzie The rest of the field: DiAllo Johnson, Carl Tabb, Nate Schoenle, Joe Reynolds, Jeremy Jackson, Mo Ways, Drake Harris, Jermaine Gonzalez, Antonio Bass, Csont'e York, Da'Mario Jones, Brent Cummings, Kevin Bryant --------------------------------- He retired one year before Perry and Malzone's class graduated as the winningest coach in state history, though by Perry's time Fracassa was Paternoing, while offensive coordinator Dave Sofran prepared to take the reigns. My only real disagreement/change would be Drew Henson over Devin Gardner. 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. Marie, 1958-- Flint Central and Bay City Central, 1959-- Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Manistique, and Kalamazoo University, 1960-- Denby and Flint Northern, Riverview, and Kalamazoo University, 1961-- Sexton, Bay City Handy, St. Ambrose, and Marysville, 1962-- Ann Arbor, St. Ambrose, Galesburg Augusta and Bad Axe, 1963-- Denby, Sexton, Hillsdale, Willow Run, and Kalamazoo St. Augustine, 1964-- East Lansing, Albion, and Middleville, 1965-- Bay City Central, Buchanan, Jackson St. Johns, and Middleville, 1966-- Battle Creek Central, Buena Vista, and Galesburg Augusta, 1967-- Bay City Central, Albion, Buena Vista, Bay City St. Joseph, and Galesburg Augusta, 1968-- Battle Creek Central, Midland, Riverview, Frankenmuth, and DeTour, 1969-- Bay City Central, Monroe Saint Mary Catholic Central, Sturgis, Frankenmuth, and Cheboygan Catholic Central, 1970-- North Farmington, Northview, Galesburg Augusta, and Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart, 1971-- Muskegon, Chelsea, Hackett, North Muskegon, and Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart, 1972-- Ferndale, Bay City Central, Hillsdale, Hudson, and Indian River-Inland Lakes, 1973-- Arthur Hill, Divine Child, Hudson, and Traverse City Saint Francis, 1974-- Brother Rice, Muskegon Catholic Central, Hudson, and Traverse City Saint Francis, 1975-- Franklin, Divine Child, Ishpeming, and Crystal Falls Forest Park, 1976-- Midland Dow, East Grand Rapids, Flat Rock, and Crystal Falls Forest Park, 1977-- Brother Rice, Jackson Lumen Christi, Orchard Lake Saint Mary's, and Flint Holy Rosary, 1978-- Traverse City Central, Warren Woods, Forest Hills Northern, and DePorres, 1979-- Detroit Catholic Central, Jackson Lumen Christi, Ishpeming, and Norway, 1980-- Brother Rice, Muskegon Catholic Central, Munising, and Norway, 1981-- Escanaba, Farmington Hills Harrison, Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port, and DePorres, 1982-- Farmington Hills Harrison, Muskegon Catholic Central, DePorres, and Mendon, 1983-- Brother Rice, East Grand Rapids, DePorres, and Saint Ignace LaSalle, 1984-- Pioneer, Wyoming Park, DePorres, and Gobles, 1985-- Traverse City Central, Divine Child, Lansing Catholic Central, and Battle Creek Saint Phillip, 1986-- Muskegon, Marysville, Country Day, and Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary, 1987-- Pioneer, Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Erie Mason, and Martin, 1988-- Traverse City Central, Farmington Hills Harrison, DePorres, and Schoolcraft, 1989-- Muskegon, Farmington Hills Harrison, Schoolcraft, and Mendon, 1990-- Detroit Catholic Central, Brother Rice, Dowagiac Union, Robichaud, DePorres, Muskegon Catholic Central, Marion, and Frankfort, 1991-- Arthur Hill, East Lansing, Farmington Hills Harrison, Monroe Saint Mary Catholic Central, Pennfield, Muskegon Catholic Central, Mendon, and Frankfort, 1992-- Detroit Catholic Central, Reeths-Puffer, Oxford, Marysville, DePorres, Traverse City Saint Francis, Lake Linden-Hubbell, and Portland Saint Patrick, 1993-- Fordson, Farmington Hills Harrison, East Grand Rapids, Kingsford, Hartford, Iron Mountain, Mendon, and Fowler, 1994-- Troy, Farmington Hills Harrison, Monroe Jefferson, Belding, Orchard Lake Saint Mary's, Ravenna, Maple City Glen Lake, and Beal City, 1995-- Detroit Catholic Central, Lapeer West, East Grand Rapids, Country Day, DePorres, Muskegon Catholic Central, Mendon, and Fowler, 1996-- Walled Lake Western, Grandville, Marshall, Jackson Lumen Christi, DePorres, Ravenna, Pittsford, and Fowler, 1997-- Detroit Catholic Central, Farmington Hills Harrison, Ogemaw Heights, Belding, Oakridge, Ravenna, Lawrence, and Lake Linden-Hubbell, 1998-- Detroit Catholic Central, Farmington Hills Harrison, Menominee, Chesaning, Montrose, Unionville Sebewaing, Middleton Fulton, and Fowler, 1999-- Walled Lake Western, Saginaw, Farmington Hills Harrison, Orchard Lake Saint Mary's, Country Day, Saint Charles, Traverse City Saint Francis, and Mendon, 2000-- Grand Ledge, Brother Rice, Farmington Hills Harrison, Orchard Lake Saint Mary's, Jackson Lumen Christi, Whittemore-Prescott, Iron Mountain, and Muskegon Catholic Central, 2001-- Detroit Catholic Central, Chippewa Valley, Farmington Hills Harrison, Chesaning, Jackson Lumen Christi, Schoolcraft, DePorres, and Mendon, 2002-- Detroit Catholic Central, Lowell, East Grand Rapids, South Christian, Montrose, Negaunee, Mendon, and Our Lady of the Lakes, 2003-- Detroit Catholic Central, Rochester Adams, East Grand Rapids, Three Rivers, Jackson Lumen Christi, Ravenna, Traverse City Saint Francis, and DePorres, 2004-- Rockford, Muskegon, Lowell, Orchard View, Jackson Lumen Christi, Constantine, Unionville Sebewaing, and Climax-Scotts, 2005-- Rockford, Brother Rice, Caledonia, Flint Powers, Oakridge, Kingsley, Traverse City Saint Francis, and Mendon, 2006-- Dakota, Muskegon, East Grand Rapids, Zeeland West, Menominee, Nouvel, Muskegon Catholic Central, and New Lothrop, 2007-- Dakota, King, East Grand Rapids, Marine City, Menominee, Nouvel, Mendon, and Crystal Falls Forest Park, 2008-- Rockford, Muskegon, East Grand Rapids, Holland Christian, Oakridge, Montague, Traverse City Saint Francis, and Muskegon Catholic Central, 2009-- Detroit Catholic Central, Lowell, East Grand Rapids, Marshall, Jackson Lumen Christi, Montague, Traverse City Saint Francis, and Beal City, 2010-- Lake Orion, Farmington Hills Harrison, East Grand Rapids, Grand Rapid Catholic Central, West Catholic, Ithaca, Hudson, and Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart Academy, 2011-- Cass Tech, Brother Rice, Orchard Lake Saint Mary's, Zeeland West, Flint Powers, Ithaca, Nouvel, and Mendon, 2012-- Cass Tech, Brother Rice, Grand Rapids Christian, South Christian, Portland, Ithaca, Ishpeming, and Harbor Beach, 2013-- Clarkston, Brother Rice, Zeeland West, Marine City, Grand Rapids West Catholic, Ithaca, Ishpeming, and Muskegon Catholic Central, 2014--Clarkston, De La Salle, Orchard Lake Saint Mary's, South Christian, West Catholic, Saint Mary Catholic Central, Loyola, and Muskegon Catholic Central, 2015--Romeo, Detroit King, Orchard Lake Saint Mary's, Zeeland West, West Catholic, Ithaca, Ishpeming, and Muskegon Catholic Central, 2016--Cass Tech, Detroit King, Orchard Lake Saint Mary's, Grand Rapids Catholic Central, West Catholic, Lumen Christi, Pewamo-Westphalia, and Muskegon Catholic Central, 2017--Clarkston, De La Salle, Muskegon, Grand Rapids Catholic Central, West Catholic, Lumen Christi, Pewamo-Westphalia, and Ottawa Lake Whiteford, 2018--Chippewa Valley, De La Salle, Detroit King, Edwardsburg, Unity Christian, Lumen Christi, New Lothrop, and Reading, 2019-- Davison, Mona Shores, River Rouge, Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Lansing Catholic, Saint Mary Catholic Central, Pewamo-Westphalia, and Reading, 2020-- West Bloomfield, Mona Shores, DeWitt, Country Day, Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Montague, New Lothrop, and Centreville, 2021-- Belleville, De La Salle, Detroit King, Chelsea, Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Lansing Catholic, Pewamo-Westphalia, and Hudson, 2021-- Belleville, De La Salle, Detroit King, Grand Rapids South Christian, Gladwin, West Catholic, Lumen Christi, and Ottawa Lake Whiteford, Total number of State Championships in Michigan by Team. Watching him compete in track was mindblowing. By the 1990s Michigan high school football was suffused with former Bo assistants and players, and many schools were running Bo-style option offenses where the "fullback" was a running back who got 20-30 carries a game. HUDL Visit Website. Michigan High School Football All-Time Records by Counties Since 1950 REGULAR-SEASON PLAYOFFS OVER-ALL ALCONA G O W L T AVE W L AVE W L T AVE Lincoln Alcona Tigers 556 101 254 301 1 .458 4 8 .333 258 309 1 .455 1957- ALGER G O W L T AVE W L AVE W L T AVE Munising Mustangs 632 25 305 319 8 .489 9 9 .500 314 328 8 .489 Adrenaline Fundraising Visit Website. I've got to go back to shorter writeups. Foote, who has 313 in his twitter handle, named one of his kids Trammell, and once paid for the funeral of a random Detroit child who fell through the ice, is currently linebackers coach for Arizona, but plans eventually on coming back home to open a youth and job training center. Top 100 Michigan basketball players of all time 1. 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). Below is the official 2021 Associated Press all-state football team for Divisions 7-8. . In reply to Yes the line was poor, very by UcheWallyWally. Record: 30-0. Like Renes, Martin was an excellent wrestler in high school, though he didn't start until he was a junior, as well as a track and field star. I wrote then: Legend goes Michigan DC Greg Mattison and his new DL coach Brady Hoke accidentally caught the second half of a West Ottawa game when they (got drunk and) showed up at the wrong time for a state playoff game, and when Carr heard Renes was also a valedictorian candidate he approved the offer sight-unseen. All rights reserved. Out of this era came the last great ballcarrying fullback, Chris Floyd, who dominated at Cooley High School in Detroit. The Wy-Hi building, another grand Albert Kahn design stolen from Paris, dates back to the 1920s. Thomas Gordon played quarterback for the Technicians and started playing safety as well in 2008, when Cass Tech won 8 games for the first time since 2000. Backup: Clint Copenhaver, BrightonThe rest of the field: James Ross, Cam Gordon, Johnny Thompson, Charlie Stumb, Jim Presley. West Michigan produces some great talent! We also would have made it through an entire 22 positions of great players from great Michigan schools without highlighting a Crusader, which would have been a shame. In reply to Gardner over Henson is by Romeowolv. In reply to As great as Wheatley was as by blanx. I was there. Traverse City St. Francis, Gladwin and Farwell each had four players selected. Wheatley the elder is a good candidate for the greatest athlete in the history of the state. Mark Bolach from Muskegon Catholic Central, class of 1992, never had a bad snap in 4 years as the starting long snapper. This blog has an odd reverence for alot of players from the rr/hoke years. But Conant Gardens is unlikely to leavethe citizenry there are quite proud to be Detroiters, and are often found on the front lines of grass roots revival efforts. Michigan High School Football State Champions listed since 1894 Written by Jeff Corrion Published 11/22/2017 This following list consists of mythical champions and champions who were determined by playoff games and a final game. Winds SSE at 10 to 15 mph.. In 1999 Saginaw High School got more attention from the suddenly exploding recruiting industry than any other high school in the country due to the #1 recruit in the country for most of the cycle, wide receiver Charles Rogers. Wyandotte Roosevelt's Max Biundo runs the ball during a game against Allen Park at the Xenith Prep Kickoff Classic at Wayne State University in Detroit on . Ford no doubt would have played at Houseman Field as well, in away games against Central and Creston and, possibly, Catholic Central. 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. Finally retired from a long NFL career, Harris hosted a camp at Houseman Field last weekend. Also: 33 starts to your eight. Also, it's I-96 there, not 696. One of Michigan's lowest-rated recruits (he was on the two-/three-star borderline), Harris is still used as the exempli gratia for underrated Western Michigan players. Today West Bloomfield (Ron Bellamy) and Southfield A&T (Spartan Tim Conley) are vying to replace the retiring Herrington as the public school you go to for football. 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. As for Delano over King alum Ernest Shazor, big hits are nice but give me the athlete who helped give Michigan one of the best man-to-man secondaries of its long history. Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Sponsors. Riemersma was born in Evansville, Indiana, but grew up in Zeeland, where he became the star quarterback, all-time leading scorer in basketball, and an excellent baseball player too. Gardner and Norfleet played a lot of games for unimpressive Brady Hoke units but they were clearly not as talented as Henson and DPJ. TIL: Drew Henson reads MgoBlog, Hey Drew! Moore was named The Associated Press Player of the Year for Division 3-4 by a panel of sportswriters from across the state of Michigan. The newspaper has named a team every year since 1982. Henson was great, but look at what Gardner did with what can only be considered a severe case of coaching malpractice is incredible and admirable. Vinnie Drake, Ansonia. Search sponsored by. That career was supposed to go through power school Martin Luther King (where he was teammates with Ernest Shazor and Larry Harrison) but in three years there Braylon, who was 5'8", preppy, loved Greek mythology, and tutored kids in geometry, did not fit in. Lou's other son Christian Dawkins is at the center of the FBI's college basketball corruption investigation that has naturally implicated the school and Michigan State's basketball program. It was Brady Hoke who broke through, gathering up weird wiry DT>WDE prospect Mario Ojemudia and lanky freaky WR>TE prospect Devin Funchess, and would have also won the school's top prospect ever, Aaron Burbridge, as well that year if there had been any hope of him qualifying academically. Advertisement 3. David Brandt is from Jenison (not Genison, Bentley databasers), a GR suburb where Grand River meets 196 on the Southwest edge of the metro area. It remains a juggernaut in Michigan high school athletics. In short, they're the Notre Dame of Michigan high school football. He wasn't wrong. Second, while the final selection of Gardner is with merit, to me there is no debate. He mesmerized high school basketball fans in the mid 1970's. Good stuff. $24.99 + $3.00 shipping . Backups: Mike Onwenu, Cass Tech; Ben Braden, RockfordThe rest of the field: Leo Henige, Alex Mitchell, Adam Adkins, Tom Berishaj, Phil Paea, David Dawson, Pat Sharrow. High around 40F. There are repercussions for taking Buckeye George Steinbrenner's blood money. Farmington Hills Harrison is entering its final season this fall after the (my) school district decided the building that most resembled a prison was the least worth keeping. 1 junior dog handler for the American Kennel Club, and played alto saxophone in the band. It opened in 1901 as Eastern High School at Mack Avenue and Grand Boulevard. 1985-86 Camden High School.Location: Camden, New Jersey. Led by junior running back and future NFL star Maurice Jones-Drew, the 5-7 bulldozer racked up 1,043 yards and 22 touchdowns on just 75 touches during the 2001 season (13.9 YPC). The neighborhood (and next door Krainz Woods) held out as well as it could be expected to with the city's decline, as renewal efforts were focused closer to downtown while the city put housing projects and a prison out there on the quasi-suburbs. Particularly nice write up about Harrison. Here's another guy I covered during the three-star post. But Brandt was more modern Jenison than Grasmanis-like in personality. Boys Season. The guys (@GamblingPodcast) are giving out their college football predictions for week one, including Colby's Six pack and Top 25 games. Madelia High School 1902 Football Team Picture VERY RARE . My wife and I lived at 14 and Crooks while saving up for our house, and I still trek out there for Pho because there's nothing like it for miles out here. His best season was 2005 but his best teams were the 1990s, when they had Clint Copenhaver, followed by Dave and Drew and walk-on Eric Warner. New Cass is a beautiful modern structureif you're in Detroit I recommend visiting the library for a panoramic view of the whole city. 8-Player Finals - Superior Dome, Marquette - Nov. 18 . Backups Jon Runyan Sr, Carman-AinsworthThe rest of the field: Mike Sullivan, Demeterius Solomon, Joe Denay, Jeff Potts, Ron Acheson, Eric Moltane, Dann O'Neill (I split up some guys as right tackles). I still think Delano Hill was 40 when he played at UM. 8. I think Lloyd cost us dearly in rotating the QB's and the team was better with Brady on the field. Free shipping . This is awesome. Lapeer, Michigan, is the moderately-sized town at the junction of US-24 and I-69. 13. I guarantee nobody from MGoBlog rated Joe Bolden very highly. *Selfishly because it would get my high school on the list. Coach Sahadi would go on to serve as a scouting coordinator for Lloyd for one season but passed away only a year later. A year behind all-world quarterback prospect Drew Henson, David Pearson arrived as a 6-3/240 weakside defensive lineman prospect and bulked up to play guard then center. 6A. United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States . Ask Demorest, whose Seaholm Maples faced the Hawks in the playoffs his sophomore and junior years, how tough the green and yellow were. michigan high school football all state players 1985. by | Jun 10, . Yeah theylost me at Fleetwood. Backup: Ryan Van Bergen, WhitehallThe rest of the field: Brennan Beyer, Rondell Biggs, Jake Frysinger, Nathan Brink, Quintin Woods, Andre Criswell. The star player on the 2016 state championship team was all-state guard Tyler Johnson, who became a two-time All-Big Ten wide receiver at the University of Minnesota and won a Super Bowl as a rookie with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2021. USA Today named its first All-USA high school football team in 1982. Jackson Lumen Christi 15, Traverse City St. Francis 12, Michigan high school football state finals: Here's who won this year. PREVIOUS DIVISON ; VIEW DIVISION III RESULTS; SHARE YOUR TEAM'S . TUEBOR is Latin for "Pothole!" Both came highly raw; Foote was a safety who arrived malnourished and filled out into a star linebacker and eventual NFL star. RON KRAMER, DE, EAST DETROIT (1951-1953): One of the greatest football players and athletes in University of Michigan history, Kramer was an all-state player in high school and a three-time all-American while at Michigan. OL: Max Buikema, Hudsonville Unity Christian (Captain), DL: Matt Bilske, Grand Rapids West Catholic, LB: T.J. VanKoevering, Hudsonville Unity Christian, Rec: Dayton Keller, Jackson Lumen Christi, QB: Khol Partridge, Brooklyn Columbia Central, K/P: Micah Sonnenberg, Brooklyn Columbia Central, DB: Bobby Willis, Jackson Lumen Christi (Captain), DB: Danny Passinault, Traverse City St. Francis, More: Tickets on sale for the 2019 Detroit Free Press Sports Awards, QB: Austin Brown, Madison Heights Madison, DL: Chauncey Ernest, Madison Heights Madison, LB: Austin Zank, Vermontville Maple Valley, DB: Aidan Harrison, New Lothrop (Captain), DB: Lukas Ebright, Breckenridge (Captain). Ben Gedeon on the other hand was very good, but he still was nowhere near Irons, Gold, Foote, or Harris. DG had heart sure but he wasnt very good at playing qb. 2A. Division 7: Jackson Lumen Christi 15, Traverse City St. Francis 12. Joey Delgado, Special to Detroit Free Press, Tommy Schuster, Chippewa Valley (Captain), Chippewa Valley's Scott Merchant perseveres, earns coach of year honors, Meet the 2018 Detroit Free Press high school football Dream Team, Nominate a team for the 2019 Top Team: Fan Vote Award. DIVISION TWO No local. These are the most prized high school football players in high school football history. Key is "if he had returned." Way prior to Harris' career at Ottawa Hills, I know, but worthy of mention for Jerry Ford and the many other athletes who came from South HS. At football he led Lapeer East to its first state playoff win and its best season in school history. The rest of the field: Kenny Allen, Ross Ryan, Mark Spencer, Paul Peristeris, Cory Sargent, Jay Vinson. While scouts marveled at the physical gifts of Rogers and reporters wondered whether it was right to let the world know Rogers's grades weren't going to be enough to pass NCAA muster, reports started trickling in of the little underclassman linebacker and running back who was doing as much as Rogers, future NBA point guard Anthony Roberson, and Michigan-bound OLB Roy Manning to lead Saginaw to the Division II state championship. Phone: (517) 332-5046. Some states were able to play a full season, some were able to play just a handful of games, and some weren't allowed to play at all. West Ottawa is another Ottawa County school, this one serving the huge area north of Holland to Lake Michigan, while Holland High and Black River split Holland proper. A lot of my friends still have injuries from playing Harrison. In reply to This article was great by JBM. Long involved in socially conservative politics, Riemersma ran for Congress from his hometown in 2009, but didn't make it out of a highly contested primary. SHARE YOUR TEAM'S SUCCESS. After a long NFL career, Riemersma returned to Zeeland to coach the Zeeland East football team in 2005 when the school district split his alma mater into an East and West. Needless to say we followed Jourdan's career closely long before he agreed to tell his story on MGoBlog. As great as Wheatley was as a RB, he was preposterous as a track athlete. . DL coach Greg Mattison assumed control of the defense in 1995, and transitioned to a 4-3 under that had two spots for MLB types. Backup: Clarence Williams, Cass TechThe rest of the field: Kevin Grady, Ed Davis, Drake Johnson, Jerome Jackson, Justice Hayes, Thomas Rawls, Jesse Johnson, Teric Jones, Austin White, Kelly Baraka, Reggie Benton. Backups: Donovan Peoples-Jones, Cass Tech; Walter Smith, MacKenzieThe rest of the field: DiAllo Johnson, Carl Tabb, Nate Schoenle, Joe Reynolds, Jeremy Jackson, Mo Ways, Drake Harris, Jermaine Gonzalez, Antonio Bass, Csont'e York, Da'Mario Jones, Brent Cummings, Kevin Bryant. [1] [2] In addition, two members of the team are named the USA Today High School Offensive Player and Defensive Player of the Year, respectively. Running backs: Ethan Lemke, Ubly; Garrett Rickley, St. Ignace; Luke McConnell, Oakland Christian; Rick Lindsay, Brown City; Drew Stout, Carson City Crystal; Brady Siler, Merrill; Hunter Collins, Breckenridge; Devin Finkle, Harbor Beach; Preston Warren, Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port; Tim Pastel, Roscommon; Kendel Taylor, Bishop Foley; Dan Romano, Shrine; Cameron Wirth, Pewamo-Westphalia; Braxton Washe, Sandusky; Julian Davis, Parkway Christian; Ayden Mullin, Kingsley; Devante Bedford, Montrose; Austin Hofmann, Mason County Central; Anthony Smieska, Leslie; Jake Weilnau, Ida; Brody Sanville, Gladstone; D.J.