Grand Rapids Catholic Central High School

The D Zone breaks down the Top 16 Division 4 Football Teams in Michigan following the 3rd week of the 2017 MHSAA Football season. read more

​The 50/50 Football Rankings are our top 50 teams from the whole state of Michigan. There are two groups of rankings. One group is all of the Division 1 - 3 teams in the state of Michigan and the second group is a combination of all of the D4 - 8 teams in Michigan. read more

Region 2:District 1 - Comstock Park at Belding: CP scored a ton in the 2nd half last week but Belding is a strong team and has a high-powered offense that can pump out points for 4 quarters... read more

#21 Grand Rapids Catholic Central avoided a huge upset from the 4-3 visiting Comstock Park Panthers on Friday night. Catholic Central moved to 7-0 on the year and faces their toughest test in West Catholic in week 8... read more

Division 4 Round 2 Overview: The biggest storyline in the state might be Chelsea hosting River Rouge... read more

An outright OK Blue title was on the line for GRCC as they visited Coopersville on Military Appreciation night for the final regular season game. Coopersville kept pace early on, but GRCC flexed their muscles when they needed to... read more

Overview: The pieces fell into place in an overall expected Round 1 - we would say. Round 1 summary: #1 seeds Lake Odessa Lakewood and Lake Fenton were shown the door early... read more

Grand Rapids Catholic Central 2018 RB Nolan Fugate received his 2nd offer from Davenport University on Sunday afternoon.The Davenport Panthers, a Division II program offered the local RB who has helped the Cougars in offensive shootouts the past 2 playoff wins vs... read more

Region 1:Williamston has beaten a 1-seed and defeated Notre Dame Prep on the road without much resistance. The Hornets have had their backs against the wall all year and agreed to play at Escanaba in the UP at 7 pm on Friday night, which is a 6 hour drive... read more

Grand Rapids Catholic Central 2018 RB Nolan Fugate received his 3rd offer this week from Northwood University as he prepares for a Regional Championship.Fugate has been a man on a mission in the playoffs with 69 carries for 522 yards and 6 touchdowns... read more

Region 2:Grand Rapids Catholic Central is fortunate to have Nolan Fugate who has carried the Cougars past 2 heavy underdogs the first two rounds. Belding as we predicted would outscore Comstock Park in a shootout... read more

Region 1:Once upon a time the Division 4 program Escanaba had enrollment for the highest's classification as they won the Class A title in 1981 and were the runner-ups in 1979. Escanaba also won "mythical" titles which were voted on by media in 1904 and 1907... 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 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

Semi-Final #1:State-ranked #18 Grand Rapids Catholic Central keeps chugging along as they beat Belding 42-3 last week behind another great performance from the state's now leading rusher, Nolan Fugate who rushed for just under 300 yards and 4 touchdowns... read more

Division 4 Round 4 Overview: Grand Rapids Catholic Central, the defending champions knocked out Escanaba last year, they'll rematch in the semi's and Edwardsburg and River Rouge will be a great game... read more

Division 4 State Championship Overview: Division 4 on the bottom of the bracket was shaping to be an incredible opportunity to face the defending champions, Grand Rapids Catholic Central... read more

Grand Rapids Catholic Central has won 3 state finals in the playoffs and 4 mythical titles. GRCC state title wins came in 1943, 1949, 1951, 1959, 1987, 2010, and 2016.Edwardsburg will be appearing in their first state championship after reaching the semi-finals in 2016... read more

Grand Rapids Catholic Central 2018 RB Nolan Fugate capped off an incredible senior season by scoring 5 touchdowns and running for 306 yards in the state championship win over Edwardsburg on Friday night. The 306 yards was 1 yard shy of tying a state record... read more

Grand Rapids Catholic Central 2018 RB Nolan Fugate committed to Davenport University on Friday evening over a handful of other Division II offers.Fugate who has helped lead the Cougars to back-to-back Division 4 titles rushed for over 2,500 rushing yards and 30+ touchdowns in 2017... read more