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By DOUG DONNELLYDETROIT – Whiteford’s record-breaking football season came to a close Friday with the Bobcats on top of the Division 8 after a 42-21 state championship game win over previously-unbeaten Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central... read more

Grand Rapids West Catholic has become a team that you will see at Ford Field come late November. The Falcons captured their fifth consecutive division five state title with their 34 to 7 victory over the Saginaw Swan Valley Vikings... read more

DETROIT,MI- The defense has been the backbone for the Pewamo-Westphalia Pirates this season as they had posted six shutouts entering the division seven state title game.“Our defense has been outstanding all year long,” Miller said... read more

DETROIT,MI- The game of football has developed into a spread and air raid type of game. This was not the case for the Jackson Lumen Christi Titans as they stuck to the running game in their 40-34 victory over the Ithaca Yellowjackets in the MHSAA division 6 state title game... read more

Frankenmuth, Swan Valley, Ithaca, and Saginaw Nouvel looked to punch their tickets to Ford Field. read more

Livonia Franklin was roughed up in the regular season and was put into the playoffs as a 4 seed... read more

As West Bloomfield started to beat great teams in these playoffs their road eventually led to the peak and that team was Cass Tech.West Bloomfield and Cass Tech squared off at Troy Athens on 11/18 with a chance to play in the Division 1 State Championship... read more

It was 5 years ago that Ian Eriksen led Clarkston to a dominant win over CC in the Division 1 State Championship.Fast forward to now with Kurt Richardson still leading the Wolves, Clarkston put on another strong rushing performance vs. Catholic Central with a 27-7 victory... read more

#1 ranked Detroit King and #12 ranked De La Salle ran right at each other on Saturday afternoon for 48 minutes of a game that didn't even take 2 hours total to complete. When it was said and done the Pilots of De La Salle were the last man standing up, 14-13... read more

Nouvel took advantage of a huge kickoff return by Kenny Kujawa on the opening kickoff of the 2nd half which was returned to the 1-yard line. Nouvel 4 plays later kicked a short field goal and that was the only big play for the rest of the game as Nouvel won 17-14... read more

Updated Brackets and Semi-Final LocationsRegion 1:West Iron upset Frankfort in a snow packed Regional final in the Upper Peninsula... read more

Updated Brackets and Semi-Final LocationsRegion 1:Lake City and Breckenridge exchanged scores throughout the game, but the Trojans of Lake City prevented a 2-point conversion attempt with 2 minutes remaining in the game to hold on to win 20-18... read more

Updated BracketsRegion 1:Traverse City Saint Francis traveled to a slightly favored Millington, winning by the score of 33-26... read more

Updated Brackets and Semi-Final LocationsRegion 1:Reed City won their first Regional Championship vs. state powerhouse, Menominee on Saturday evening. The state's leading touchdown runner, Phillip Jones had 2 defining plays in the game. 1... read more

Updated Brackets and Semi-Final LocationsRegion 1:Escanaba ran for over 350 rushing yards with Logan Carroll running for over 160 and Scout Wunder for over 120, each had 2 rushing touchdowns. 39-21 win over Williamston who traveled 6 hours on Friday... read more

Updated Brackets and Semi-Final LocationsRegion 1:#2 Muskegon just straight up dominated DeWitt after a 21-0 1st quarter, 3 interceptions by Will Shanks in the 2nd quarter (one a pick-six), and a running clock for the entire 2nd half... read more

Updated Brackets and Semi-Final LocationsRegion 1:#15 Clarkston erased a 22-6 2nd half deficit vs. #21 West Ottawa, Senior RB Josh Cantu had another massive performance running the ball. Clarkston won 29-22... read more

The Cranbrook Cranes were defeated by the River Rouge Panthers 21-14 in MHSAA D4 Regional 4 final. The game was a tough defensive struggle that was decided late in the final period. Cranbrook QB Trevor McConnell was 6 for 21 119 1 TD, RB Aaron Wiggins had 8 carries for 29 yards... read more

Updated BracketsRegion 1:West Iron hosts Frankfort at 1pm on SaturdayRegion 2:Josh Kuligowski had 3 rushing touchdowns and an interception. Senior QB Tate Hausbeck stayed hot with 2 rushing touchdowns and 2 passing touchdowns in 54-34 win over Lincoln Alcona... read more

Updated BracketsRegion 3:Saugatuck after struggling through the season and districts have remained a strong willed team with an incredible defense. They beat a favored Cassopolis team by the score of 7-6... read more

Updated BracketsRegion 1:Traverse City Saint Francis traveled to a slightly favored Millington, winning by the score of 33-26... read more

Updated BracketsRegion 3:The 4-time defending Champions, West Catholic had a late 28-14 lead, but Portland came back and a 2 point conversion was no good. West Catholic won 28-26. Gaetano Vallone had 2 rushing touchdowns and 1 passing touchdown in the win... read more

Updated BracketsRegion 1:Escanaba ran for over 350 rushing yards with Logan Carroll running for over 160 and Scout Wunder for over 120, each had 2 rushing touchdowns. 39-21 win over Williamston who traveled 6 hours on Friday... read more

Updated BracketsRegion 3:Riverview had 2 players, Zach Warlick and Zach Guthrie hit 100+ rushing yards and 5 rushing touchdowns in their upset win over Divine Child. Michigan State bound Theo Day day had over 300 yards of offense in the loss... read more

Updated BracketsRegion 1:Forest Hills Central had little issues with Traverse City Central, winning by the score of 28-10.Region 2:Livonia Franklin were the favorites for the first time in these playoffs and took care of business... read more

Updated BracketsRegion 3:#3 Cass Tech 2019 RB Jaren Mangham dove over top a pile with 7 seconds left to ensure Cass Tech reached the semi-finals in Division 1 for the 8th season in a row in a thrilling 32-26 win over #10 Chippewa Valley... read more

By DOUG DONNELLY OTTAWA LAKE – For the third year in a row, Whiteford is one of the final four teams remaining alive in Division 8. The 12-0 Bobcats defeated Clarkston Everest Collegiate Saturday, 60-20, to win a third straight Regional championship... read more

Cass Tech was down on the road with 90 seconds, mostly all media doubting the #3 team in the state, but people forgot one thing. This is Cass Tech... read more

Round 2 Overview: The 8-Man football playoffs race tightened up with it being the first year of 2 different 8-Man divisions.Upsets: Technically there were not upsets... read more

Round 2 Overview: All you need to know was that Muskegon Catholic Central was eliminated, preventing them from winning a 5th straight state title.Upsets: Mendon hosted Muskegon Catholic Central and used a strong second half to eliminate MCC who has won the previous four D8 titles... read more