Also from Pershing: The Four Tops. A lot of my friends still have injuries from playing Harrison. DPS reports offer some clues. former M commit Carter Dunaway). 7A. Warren De La Salle's Triston Nichols, somehow, helps win state title with a torn ACL? Linebackers: Seth Schafer, Beal City; Draven Wyant, Holton; Mike McLeod, Lake City; Carson Scroggie, Sand Creek; Noah Hanson, Vermontville Maple Valley; Adam Long, Madison Heights Madison; Maurice Hutchinson, Parkway Christian; Carson Daniel, Brooklyn CC; Damany ONeal, Loyola; Jack Owens, Beaverton; Jack Townsend, Freeland; Nate Stone, Frankenmuth; Jake Mlynarek, Lutheran North; Gage Nelson, Standish-Sterling; Bryson Jensen, Manistee; Timmy Eising, Berrien Springs; Ryan Giddings-Mitchell, Caro; Mason Walker, Marine City; Hayden Large, Unity Christian; Matt Pike, Swan Valley; Avery Bury, Cheboygan; Boomer Perry, Michigan Center; Jake Brown, St. Louis; Nolan Petz, Armada; Michael Simons, Flat Rock; Justin Chambliss, Carlton Airport; Traven VanOss, Three Rivers; Michael Winiarski, Notre Dame Prep; Josh Winowich, Country Day; Nathan Jacobs, Bay City Glenn; Ryan Rihgler, Cedar Springs; James Miller, Gaylord; Ross Bolman, Zeeland West; Adam Gill, Forest Hills Northern; Dawson Bruckner, Niles; Terry Day, South Lyon East; Boone Bonnema, Zeeland East; Delorean Ishmon, St. Clair Shores Lakeview; Jerome Nichols, Detroit Renaissance; Odin Soffredine, Traverse City West; Micah Crestinger, Jackson; Henry VanFaussien, Groves; Carson Scroggie, Sand Creek; Alex Morrison, Saline; Isaac, Kinne, Lake Orion; Jeremiah Major, Dakota. Backup: Drew Henson, BrightonThe rest of the field: Shane Morris, Steven Threet, Nick Sheridan, Alex Malzone, Craig Randall, [After THE JUMP: The greatest player in Michigan high school history]. But for most of that time the bulk of those guys went to Michigan State. Switch him and Drews place in UM history and Brady Hoke mite still be around and John Navarre probably ends up starting in 2000 over Gardner, In reply to Its irrelevant and frankly by UcheWallyWally. These are the most prized high school football players in high school football history. Norfleet resurfaced for a year at Tuskegee, then in 2016 he took a year off of football to return to Michigan and finish his degree. A problem that further exasperated by a qb that could not identify anything the defense was doing pre snap ( or post snap for that matter) . Don't we have a long snapper on the All-Highlight Team? 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. He was good enough at that to leave early for the NFL, where he had 840 yards and 8 TDs last season. 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. 3A. In reply to This article was great by JBM. 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. Second, by M_Born M_Believer. 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. 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. 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. Andy Hircko, Torrington. 1 junior dog handler for the American Kennel Club, and played alto saxophone in the band. Bold games since 1975 represent when the State Playoffs games started. 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). Watching him compete in track was mindblowing. He could have been more circumspect but nobody doubted his heart was in the right place. Yeah theylost me at Fleetwood. 0.8848. With the departure of Drew Pyne, through the idiotic NCAA (redundancy) transfer free agency porthole, I was wondering about who else fled our QB room. 1A. 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 --------------------------------- Vinnie Drake, Ansonia. And they've kept Pershing going, though enrollment has flagged to under 400 and they absorbed some of Kettering to to do so. Step 1: Selection of 16 all district teams in each division. Per Josh Henschke, the Feds are NOT involved in the Weiss investigation. At football he led Lapeer East to its first state playoff win and its best season in school history. Second, while the final selection of Gardner is with merit, to me there is no debate. The guys (@GamblingPodcast) are giving out their college football predictions for week one, including Colby's Six pack and Top 25 games. 1985 Football Finals. As an out-of-stater I humbly request a mitten map of where all these schools are. Ford no doubt would have played at Houseman Field as well, in away games against Central and Creston and, possibly, Catholic Central. We still haven't replicated it, not even once. Free shipping . $225.00 . Backup: Shantee Orr, DenbyThe rest of the field: David Bowens, Mario Ojemudia, Royce Jenkins-Stone, Corey Malone-Hatcher. Also: 33 starts to your eight. Top 100 Michigan basketball players of all time 1. Also nose was much stronger than DT and I need to do the same thing when I get to the linebackers so here's the precedent: I'm putting out my best team. 1896-- Ann Arbor, Detroit Central, and Grand Rapids Central, 1911-- Detroit Central and Bay City Eastern, 1917-- Detroit Northwestern and Lansing Central, 1924-- Flint Central and Grand Rapids South, 1925-- Flint Central, Grand Rapids Union, and Port Huron, 1929-- Bay City Central and Benton Harbor, 1931-- Grand Rapids Union and Lansing Central, 1933-- Flint Northern, Lansing Eastern, and Muskegon Heights, 1934-- Lansing Eastern and Muskegon Heights, 1939-- Lansing Central and Flint Northern, 1942-- Wyandotte Roosevelt, Detroit Catholic Central, Flint Northern, Jackson, and Muskegon, 1943-- Ann Arbor, Fordson, and Grand Rapids Catholic Central, 1944-- Mackenzie, Grand Rapids South, Muskegon, Wayne Memorial, and Saginaw, 1945-- Muskegon Heights and Wayne Memorial, 1946-- Muskegon Heights, Ypsilanti, and Sexton, 1947-- Muskegon Heights, Ypsilanti, and Flint Central, 1949-- Grand Rapids Catholic Central, and River Rouge, 1951-- Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Niles, and Muskegon, 1956-- Flint Northern and Sault Ste. . 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. OT: How does TCU's season stack up to other Cinderellas? Runyan was a beast and went on to a great NFL career like Long did. I still think Delano Hill was 40 when he played at UM. 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. 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. *Selfishly because it would get my high school on the list. ANNOUNCEMENT: If you have historical game-by-game Michigan high school football results from the 1950 through 1954 seasons and would like to share those results with this web site, please contact me at [email protected]! I guarantee nobody from MGoBlog rated Joe Bolden very highly. Matt Lentz arrived listed at 6-6/305 out of Brandon High in Ortonville. NOTE: Only coaches who are members of the association may nominate and vote in the all state selection process. Key is "if he had returned." HUDL Visit Website. As a junior the 6-5 behemoth led Zeeland to the Class B semifinals, losing to powerhouse DeWitt (who'd reclassified from C only a few years earlier and would eventually move up to A). Latest news, updates and scores emailed to you daily. Head coach "Wild" Bill Murray coached there for 21 seasons, finally retiring the same week as Carr. Various media sources have selected national high . That might be the only reason he's still alive. If you care about Henson's welfare you should be grateful he didn't play behind the sieve that "protected" Gardner. The football team today competes against the Forest Hills (the Eastern suburbs) schools in the OK-White division, and recently hasn't been very good. Dude had 4,000 yards and 41 touchdowns for Cooley, which closed in 2012. The newspaper has named a team every year since 1982. We're tracking MHSAA football live updates, scores and final results from across the state. The best players in Michigan play for Michigan, but who were the best players from Michigan to play for Michigan? It's a good school district on the western edge of Metro-Detroit, close enough to be a suburb of both Detroit and Ann Arbor, with a ski mountain and disc golf and the connection of 696 and US 23 to keep the local economy churning with visitors. The Doughboys, under head coach Stephon Thompson, were still decent as of the 1990s, when they sent Maurice Williams and Larry Foote to Michigan. This blog has an odd reverence for alot of players from the rr/hoke years. Thank you Fielding H Yost! Then head coach Dale Harvel, who 1974-2009 legend Jim Reynolds, got himself a bit of a reputation around here when he jumped all over Michigan in 2015 for kicking Norfleet off the team. Defeating OSU in Columbus in 2000 set the stage for a great year in 2001. In reply to Key is "if he had returned. DB Louis Riddick,. 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. RB Randy Simmons, McKinney, Tex., 6-2, 215 (Texas, Texas A&M;), 9.97. We would focus in part on the . Backup: Ernest Shazor, Martin Luther KingThe rest of the field: Clarence Thompson, Shonte Peoples, Jacob Stewart. By 2002 a much larger Woodley was the top inside linebacker recruit in the country, and starting running back Jerome Jackson got a fourth star, and with Saban now in the SEC, the until-then natural landing spot for Saginaw recruits, Michigan State, no longer seemed like much of a destination. If we got a senior year for Lawrence Reid I think that would have been a good comparison for Gedeon. 31-08-2021 1 6. In reply to First - Hi Drew. And Ottawa Hills has twice as many students as those big Catholic schools. Phone: (517) 332-5046. Privacy Policy When I was in high school Brandonwhich had gotten roughed up in the old Greater-Oakland Divisiongot placed in OAA-IV with all the Jewish Metro Detroit suburban high schools, so they gained a reputation as these fearsome farmboys who didn't care about winning so much as making sure their future lawyers knew who'd win outside a courtroom. Backup: Khalid Hill, East English Village PrepThe rest of the field: Joe Kerridge, John McColgan, Mike Vanderbeek, Ben VanSumeren, Wyatt Shallman, John Anes, Roger Allison, Quintin Patilla, John Anes, Jared Wangler. Why chosen: The senior had a team-high 39 tackles for loss, along with 116 tackles, 12 sacks and five forced fumbles in 15 games. Tickets on sale for the 2019 Detroit Free Press Sports Awards, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. I know he's loved by thebrass here, and seemed like a nice enough guy. 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. In short, they're the Notre Dame of Michigan high school football. Search sponsored by. FAQs; About. The guys hit on some of their . Leahy had so . Boys Season. If Delano's brother hadn't transferred to King for his senior year we'd have a pure Cass Tech secondary on this team. Nominate a student-athlete for the 2019 I AM SPORT award! Two-time first-team AP All-American (1985, 1986). you frequently suggest its the best team on the field -- this is an entirely better team with Henson. I was there. It remains a juggernaut in Michigan high school athletics. 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. 5A. . Three more star players from that team, Taurean Lewis, Terry Canty Jr., and Tony Collins, were killed in early 2004. Drew was a far better QB. For such a small town with limited reason for existence they have a pretty solid football program, of which Jansen is still the greatest product. E-mail: [email protected]. It opened in 1901 as Eastern High School at Mack Avenue and Grand Boulevard. Advertisement 3. Moore helped lead Louisville to the MHSAA Class 4A championship. In a normal year he'd be among the best in-state prospects but 2008 was a huge year for the state, with Nick Perry (USC), Dann O'Neill, Jonas Gray (ND), Mark Ingram (Bama), Cissoko, and Fred Smith (MSU) all joining Martin as four-stars. Interested in becoming a sponsor of Illinois High School Football Coaches Association? There is no way the football field is 2 miles away from Clawson high school. When he arrived a sophomore, BG was already one of the best young players of his class. Love the description of Clawson. Bush is up there with the greats however. Bummer they are closing. I kind of agree with Gardner over Henson. I vehemently disagree in re: to Drew's first year. 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. But Brandt was more modern Jenison than Grasmanis-like in personality. DIVISION TWO No local. It's nice to have a ton of guys from my area! 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. Marie; Sean Trombley, Lake Fenton; Bryce Bondy, Carlton, Airport; Owen Burk, Allendale; Cade Foster, Gaylord; Devin Spears, Melvindale; Landon Raczkowski, Parma Western; Mike Nicaj, Ortonville-Brandon; Cayden Schneider, Coopersville; Brandon Matthews, Forest Hills Northern; David McDaniel, Garden City; Kendall Williams, Farmington; Mario Robinson, Muskegon; Theo Ellis, Port Huron Northern; Max Murphy, Swartz Creek; Exziar Edwards, Jackson; Spencer Rivera, Fenton; Trevon Davis, Ypsilanti Lincoln; KeSean Sandifer, Mona Shores; Nevin Hughes, Riverview Richard; Ontayvean Fry, Parchment; Jack Clancy, Bad Axe; JaVon Kimpson, Chippewa Valley; Henry Brown, Warren Woods Tower; Jake Billette, Clarkston; Devin Spears, Melvindale, Tyler Amos, Portage Northern; Kobe Manzo, Lake Orion; Robbie Tracey, Lakeland; Andre Chenault, Chippewa Valley; Abraham Jaafar, Dearborn Fordson; Christian Brown, Temperance-Bedford. DIVISION ONE No local players selected. Below are the local players selected in each division. Also the parents had to shine car lights on the field for late practices because Crockett had no lights of their own. All rights reserved. Don't see the updates? 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. November 30 at the Pontiac Silverdome. Two top wideouts who switched to #1 both grew up knowing plenty about its meaning. Brandt was there in a different time, when Jenison was a regional power and regularly producing what we'd today call 4-star talent. 494 45 12. Anyway he shined, playing linebacker, left guard, kicker and punter as he earned an honorable mention all-Detroit as a sophomore and led Crockett to a state championship as a junior. Funchess of course was never more than a wide receiver playing tight end until Michigan just made him a wide receiver. He also rarely did more than block on the run-run-run team, and broke his leg during his crucial-for-scouting junior season. Those who watched that team remember Curry standing out at WR and CB. MHSFCA is proud to announce the 2021 All State Teams by Division. Christion Stokes Harper Woods (Harper Woods, MI) S. 6-0 / 180. He transferred to Inkster, following coach Greg Carter from recently closed Saint Martin de Porres, and exploded, leading them to two straight state finals. Tay'shawn Trent Harper Woods (Harper Woods, MI) As for Navarre . PREVIOUS DIVISON ; VIEW DIVISION III RESULTS; SHARE YOUR TEAM'S . 1 min read HILLSDALE CTY Every year, the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association releases awards voted on by the MHSFCA for Michigan prep football.. Needless to say we followed Jourdan's career closely long before he agreed to tell his story on MGoBlog. It's hard to think of a better top two at LT from any other school in the 1990 to today time period. 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. While Lentz was at Michigan they finally organized a Flint-Metro division, but back when he was playing he was still in the same division as my alma mater, Groves, along with the Southfields, Pontiac Northern and Central, and perennial bottom-feeder West Bloomfield. 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. High school: Mackenzie. 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. But for my generation it was THE power program of Southeast Michigan public schools, non-Detroit division. Martin got to spend one year on the old campus before they moved over to the new one, however he missed their state title years; the amazing run of six state championships from 1995 to 2003 was before his time, but he still got to play for another coach of the Michigan Hall of Fame, Tom Mach, who coached the Shamrocks for 41 years (winning 10 state titles), and is third all time behind Fracassa and Herrington in wins. The newspaper also selects a USA Today High School Football Coach of the Year. While Cass is the magnet, King is the high school for downtown and midtown Detroit. Sword played middle linebacker and tight end for Arthur Hill in the early 1990s, leading them to a state championship in 1993. ORIGINAL FOUNDER GENERAL MOTORS PHOTO CHARLES MOTT FLINT MICHIGAN VINTAGE . It's often the school in your mind when you think of Western Michigan football, the way Cass Tech springs to the fore when you think of Detroit. New in-state offer: 2026 OT Khalief Canty, Jr. New in-state offer: 2025 DE Xavier Newsom, Erin Virtue hired as U-M volleyball head coach, Rumor: Gattis Could be out as OC at Miami. 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. Traverse City, MI (49684) Today. It also allows me to end this tribute to Michigan high school football by honoring the life of a coach from the heart of it. Love both Devin and Drew. Overrated with bad serviceOh, wait - this isn't Yelp? In 1967 it moved to the edge of Elmwood Cemetery, close to the riverfront, and in 2011 it was completely renovated to house a tech school, a prep school, and an international studies program. Hill's transfer across rivals was a huge deal. Sponsor of the IHSFCA. 13 individual Purdue career records. 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. That nearly ruined his college career, because MHSAA rules are stupid, and won't let you compete in athletics if you play in an out-of-state game. NCAA record in 60-meter . Head coach: Clarence Turner. Return policy. The filter bar below allows you to search all state winners since 1985. 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. In reply to Yes the line was poor, very by UcheWallyWally. If they are not members, no player from their team can be . He tried basketball and was immediately the best player on the court. Warning: Jock Jams, '90s style video editing effects. 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. Graham didn't learn this until he was informed he can't play any other sports for the duration of his high school career. " by Seth, Its irrelevant and frankly turned this entire exercise into a joke right from the start (other wise a good read) but this isnt even close or debatable. Pretty easy to by Seth. I've got to go back to shorter writeups. Watch: Chippewa Valley vs. Clarkston Division 1 title game highlights. Weiss on leave due to police investigation. The 8-player all-state team was announced on Monday, followed by the Division 7-8 team on Tuesday and the Division 5-6 team on Wednesday. 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