Rapid Reaction - Moving on

Recapping some of the best from Round 1 of the Playoffs

Walled Lake Central kicker Bryan Maxwell had all of the “3 C’s” going on Friday night. The junior kicker was cool, calm and collected as he booted the game winning field goal as the Vikings knocked of the defending state champ Lake Orion on Friday night.

Rochester Adams quarterback Tony Annese (Central Michigan), is as big of a prime time performer as there is. Annese led Adams on a 99 yard scoring drive which gave Adams a lead over Oxford and then on the next Oxford possession, who comes up big for the Highlanders? None other than Annese who picked off a pass which sealed the victory for the Highlanders.

South Lyon senior signal caller Derek Talaga may not have thrown the ball a whole lot against Holly in the Lions’ Round 1 win, but when he did, he made each of his throws count. Talaga had eight completions on Friday night, four of which were for touchdown’s and each of those were via the play action pass.

There isn’t much that Walled Lake Western sophomore Kyle Bambard can’t do, quickly becoming one of the more dangerous dual-threats around, throwing for over 150 yards and rushing for over 50 on Friday night. But Bambard is also one of the most clutch kickers around and the super soph showed that once again in Round 1, knocking two kicks through the uprights including a 39-yarder to seal the win for the Warriors.

Clarkston just keeps rolling along, a week after their comeback win over Lake Orion, Clarkston made a statement in their 40-12 win over upset minded Pontiac. Running back Joey Goss carried the ball 14 times and ran for 128 yards and two touchdowns in the win for the Wolves.

There is really only one way to describe the Romeo and Troy Athens match-up that went to FIVE OVERTIMES from week one: Instant Classic! One of the many bright spots for the Red Hawks in the heart breaking loss has to be Lonnie Bolden, who found the end zone on three different occasions.

The Brother Rice rushing attack might be at its best right now, on Friday Northern Illinois commit Devin Church broke loose for 172 yards on nine carries while Brian Walker ran his way to over 120 yards rushing on 20 carries.


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