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Detroit King 2023 QB Dante Moore wrapped up an incredible junior season by winning the Division 3 State Championship on Saturday and on Monday night was announced as The D Zone's Player of the Year for 2021... read more

We're now just two games away from Ford Field as teams across the state will battle the next two days for regional championships. Check out my previews and predictions for each of the regional championships featuring teams from the OK Conference... read more

Last Friday, teams across the state claimed district championships and took another step towards Ford Field. Check out who the top performers were from the OK Conference were below... read more

It's trophy time as teams across the state will look to take one step closer to Ford Field by securing a district championship... read more

The MHSAA state playoffs kicked off this past Friday as 23 teams from the OK Conference took the field in hopes of advancing to Friday's district championships. Below are the athletes from the OK Conference who stood out... read more

Conference championships have been claimed and the playoff picture is beginning to look more clear as we enter the last week of the regular season. Below are the top performers from week eight across the OK Conference... read more

The D Zone has released our week 8 top 200 Michigan High School Football Rankings.View the top 100 teams read more

Game Info:Hudsonville (4-3) @ Grandville (4-3)Friday, October 15th @ 7 pmBulldog StadiumSeries History: Hudsonville leads the all-time series 16-14-1. Grandville won last year’s game 21-17... read more

Now that we're in the home stretch of the regular season, teams have just two weeks left to secure conference championships and make their case for making the playoffs. Below are my picks for the best games across the OK Conference... read more

Week seven offered several games that impact who will take home conference championships and ultimately make the playoffs. Below are some of the performances that lifted their teams to wins this past week... read more

The Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Cranes edged the Walled Lake Central Vikings, winning a 7-6 victory as time expired. Junior WR Alex Yolles caught 3 passes for 70 yards and the winning TD in the win for Cranbrook... read more

Last night’s game featured two quarterbacks playing at a very high level, two stout defenses that made big time plays in crucial moments, and a two-hour lightning delay that served as a precursor to one of the best games played across West Michigan this season... read more

With three weeks remaining in the regular season, teams on the bubble are running out of chances to secure much-needed playoff points, and teams in contention are fighting for conference championships and playoff seeding... read more

Game Info:Caledonia (6-0) @ Rockford (6-0)Friday, October 8th @ 7 pmCarlson-Munger StadiumSeries History: Rockford leads the all-time series 6-1, won last year’s matchup 49-7.Rockford and Caledonia each sit at 6-0 entering what looks like the game of the year in West Michigan... read more

We're through two-thirds of the high school football regular season. Below are the top performers from week six from the OK Conference.Zak Ahern, QB, Rockford 2022”Zak completed 16 of 17 passes for 298 yards and four touchdown passes... read more

After five weeks, we have somewhat of a picture of each of the league races in the OK Conference. Week six gives us a stacked slate of games with two undefeated matchups in the Blue, and the game of the week in the Silver that just might decide the league winner... read more

Game Info:West Catholic (5-0) @ Coopersville (5-0)Friday, October 1st @ 7pmCoopersville StadiumSeries History: 12th all-time meeting. West Catholic leads the all-time series 11-1 and won last year’s matchup 36-13... read more

Through five weeks of the regular season, a handful of wideouts across the OK Conference have made their impact felt and helped their teams in big spots, making the difference between a win and a loss. Below are 10 of the best wideouts in West Michigan this season... read more

We're through five weeks of the high school football regular season. Below are the standouts from week five across the OK Conference.Brock Townsend, RB, Caledonia 2024”Brock rushed for 221 yards and four touchdowns in Caledonia’s 42-13 win over Grand Haven... read more

It’s certainly hard to believe, but we’re at the midway point of the high school football regular season. Each game from here on out has heightened tension due to conference races and playoff point implications. Below are my picks for this week’s best games across the OK Conference... read more

We're approaching October, which means the high school football regular season is almost halfway over. At the near midpoint, several running backs across the area have separated themselves with their performances... read more

South Lyon led Country Day, the defending D4 State Champs at halftime by the score of 3-0. In the 2nd half, both teams exchanged touchdowns before Quinn Fracassi returned a kickoff 94 yards to extend South Lyon's lead and they dominated the rest of the way... read more

We're a month into the regular season as teams across the area have begun to solidify themselves in the league races across the OK Conference. Below are the athletes who stood out the most in week four... read more

Junior Alex Yolles caught 6 passes for 110 yards and 3 TD’s as the Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Cranes survived a late charge to defeat the Madison Heights Bishop Foley Ventures 43-41 on Saturday. This was the first divisional game for both teams in their CHSL Intersectional I schedule... read more

Game InfoGrand Rapids South Christian (2-1) @ Grand Rapids Catholic Central (3-0)Catholic Central Athletic ComplexFriday, September 17th @ 7 pmSeries History: 15th all-time meeting. GRCC holds a 9-5 series advantage and won last year’s matchup 28-27... read more

We're entering week four with another loaded slate of games awaiting across the OK Conference. By this time, we are starting to have somewhat of an understanding of who the contenders are, and who needs to do work to be considered in that category... read more

This Blue Water Area Conference game was moved to Thursday from Friday and features Almont who has been consistently good and is 2 years removed from their state finals appearance. Algonac has some talent and is looking to piece stuff together after a solid stretch from 2015-2017... read more

It doesn't get more evenly matched than this as #30 South Lyon hosts #29 Country Day. CD is the defending Division 4 State Champs and have rolled through their competition thus far... read more

The Catholic League - Central schedule kicks off with 2 of the top teams this year. Both teams have been hitting on all cylinders through 3 weeks of the season and appear on their way to have long seasons.Below are the prospects we're aware of entering the game... read more

Edit: Due to a schedule change, we are now covering Algonac vs. Almont on Thursday instead of this game.This conference game features two of the top three teams in the North Central Thumb 8-Man League - Stripes division so far... read more