1. Birmingham Brother Rice
The Warriors had as big of a statement win in week one as you will find, topping the No. 34 ranked team in the country, Cleveland St. Ignatius 29-20, behind a balanced effort both ways. In the 2013 season, Brother Rice may have the most explosive offense in school history, behind Alex Malzone, Grant Peryy and Corey Lacanaria leading the way in the aerial attack.
2. Southfield
May have lost the season opener, but Southfield remains one of the most dangerous teams in the area behind its vaunted defense and limited the No. 2 team in the nation, Cass Tech, all game long. Look for the Blue Jays offense to look to get on par with the defense in the coming weeks with quarterback Jalen Brady and receivers Jordan Billingslea and Ray Buford.
3. Oak Park
The Knights started slow in their season opener on Friday afternoon, but showed just how dangerous they can be in the second half as they outscored St. Mary's 25-7 in the final 24 minutes behind a stellar performance from star junior John Kelly to pick up an impressive win to start the season.
4. Lake Orion
Picked up an impressive win over Oxford in a two-day bout behind the always dangerous trio of Zak Arnold, Chris Leigh and Corey Ester, while Connor Grant stepped in under center to help balance the offensive attack for Lake Orion in the opener.
5. Novi Detroit Catholic Central
Strong statement win to start the season over Detroit Cody behind the usual punishing rushing attack and strong defensive performance. Promising start for Sean Birney at quarterback and the rushing trio of Zack Bock, Conner Holton and Dylan Roney to lead the way for the offense.
6. Walled Lake Western
Impressive performance from the Warriors going both ways as both the defense and the offense were dominant all game long in their convincing win over Bay City Western. There was little doubt coming in that the offense would be hard to stop and behind quarterback Kyle Bambard and the Western offense was nearly unstoppable all game long.
7. Walled Lake Northern
Quite the statement win for the Knights as they pummeled Livonia Churchill as the prolific offense picked up right where it left off last year, nearly scoring 70 points to start the season behind first year quarterback Chase Burton, who executed the offense to perfection in the season opener.
8. Rochester Adams
The Highlanders made any and all doubters think twice about what they expect out of Adams this fall as they put together what turned out to be the upset of the week. A great, suffocating performance from the defense that stopped Clarkston in its tracks all season long, behind an offensive effort that found enough success to get the job done.
9. Stoney Creek
The Cougars came out and started their season just like many expected and should be a legitimate contender all season long for the OAA Red title all season long. With Justin Allor and Sean Scullen helping pace the offense, the Cougars will be a very difficult team to slow down all season long.
10. Lakeland
With Ross Heiman at quarterback all year long, the Eagles are capable of besting just about any team on their schedule. Heiman was sensational in the season opening win over Northville and should be a headache for teams with his arm and legs all season long in 2013.
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