An upset that was a blowout, and also became the most impressive win of the weekend was Walled Lake Central’s 45-26 shellacking of Clarkston. Senior running back K.J. Schultz had over 100 yards rushing and receiving as well as two touchdowns for the Vikings. It’s not often that you hear a performance by any team as “perfect” multiple times, but that’s how it was described time after time by those in attendance on Friday night. If the Vikings continue to play like they did on Friday night, they could be playing for a while longer.
Regardless of who’s playing quarterback for Harrison, it’s not easy to hold the Hawks to just seven points in a game. But that’s exactly what Brother Rice did to the Hawks who were without senior quarterback Jake Vento. But the real story in this game has to be the fact that the Warriors won in blowout fashion, hanging 30 on the Hawks with a balanced attack. If the Warriors can duplicate that performance the rest of the way, there’s no doubt that they will be holding up another state championship trophy at the end of the month
Catholic Central is known to be a run first team under head coach Tom Mach, but with senior signal caller Kyle Cooper, the Shamrocks can open the playbook a bit more. On Saturday Cooper completed two HUGE passes; one for a 62 yard touchdown and the other for 20 yards on fourth down which led to the go-ahead touchdown just a couple of plays later.
Most know about Southfield’s big three of Brandon Watkins, Ron Thompson and Leviticus Payne, but the X-Factor for the Bluejays this season has to be quarterback Justin Danzy, who has been outstanding for Southfield this season. Danzy came up big once again on Saturday in Southfield’s win over Farmington as the senior gunslinger completed 16-of-20 passes for 230 yards and two touchdowns.
Saint Mary’s was yet another team to put together an impressive performance in round 2, putting up 62 points and holding 9-1 host Redford Thurston to just 20 points. One of my favorite backfield duo’s struck once again on Friday night as Grant Niemeic and Spencer McInnis both went well over the 100-yard mark as OLSM looks like they’re going to roll into the state finals.
It might not have been pretty, but Walled Lake Western ignored all of the controversy yet again as the Warriors topped South Lyon 3-0, behind a 47-yard field goal by sophomore quarterback/kicker Kyle Bambard. The Warriors will have their biggest test yet next week against Port Huron.
A tough loss for Rochester Adams as the Highlanders took an early 14-0 lead, but couldn’t hold off Port Huron in the second half. The loss unfortunately brings an end to the Tony Annese era at Adams as he will be heading to Central Michigan. But as long as Tony Patrito is coaching Adams, the Highlanders will be contenders on a year in, year out basis.
Tough losses for Madison Heights Madison, Royal Oak Shrine and Pontiac Notre Dame Prep. Each facing the top teams in their respective divisions. Notre Dame Prep went shorthanded due to injuries to face top ranked Marine City, while Shrine went on to face Detroit Loyola who has been dominant all year long, and shutout Shrine for the second time in three weeks. Madison seemed to be coming into their own at the right time, but just couldn’t hold on against Ecorse. The good news however is that for all three teams, there will be a handful of starters returning next year, and I think it’s safe to say that all three will be playing at this time next year.
We can’t forget about the soccer state finals from today. You have to give all of the credit in the world to Birmingham Detroit Country Day team. With legendary head coach Paul Bartoshuk missing the season and in the hospital because of illness. With Country Day’s girls head coach Bob Bukari filling in on an interim basis this year, the Yellowjackets took home the Division 3 state title. A truly inspiring story that came full circle on Saturday, as Country Day picked up state title NO. 14 for their coach.
Auburn Hills Avondale’s Skyler Russ has been as good as it gets in crunch time. Kicking the clincher in the semifinals over Andover, and he follows that up with the game winner in the state finals game with under two minutes left in regulation on Saturday. And those two goals are his only two goals from this season. Best word to describe the two games by Russ: CLUTCH.
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