Then head coach Dale Harvel, who 1974-2009 legend Jim Reynolds, got himself a bit of a reputation around here when he jumped all over Michigan in 2015 for kicking Norfleet off the team. Will 2024 be a record year for football players drafted? New Cass is a beautiful modern structureif you're in Detroit I recommend visiting the library for a panoramic view of the whole city. michigan high school football all state players 1985. by | Jun 10, . But unlike his predecessor, Sofran would not last four decades; graduations decimated them after Malzone and Perry left, and the following year the climbed back to just 7-4 with some of their best players injured (e.g. I previously did this digging from just one of Frank Leahy's teamsand I have followed up by more recent vintage: ---During the coaching tenure of Frank Leahy, Notre Dame attracted a ridiculous number of top players. This following list consists of mythical champions and champions who were determined by playoff games and a final game. But for my generation it was THE power program of Southeast Michigan public schools, non-Detroit division. Brandt was there in a different time, when Jenison was a regional power and regularly producing what we'd today call 4-star talent. One more note: 5-time defending Division 5 State Champion GR West Catholic produced redshirt junior lineman Carl Myers, who came to U of M as a preferred walk-on. The crew hits on the hilarious story of the fake high school football team that tricked ESPN into broadcasting their game. The high school is weird: it's attached to the middle school and just a block off the center of town, while the football field is two miles Northwest behind the elementary school. Academics; All State; Coaches Awards; Districts; . Sports Gambling Podcast. Below is the official 2021 Associated Press all-state football team for Divisions 7-8. Michigan High School Athletic Association 1661 Ramblewood Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823 Office 517-332-5046 Watching him compete in track was mindblowing. I know he's loved by thebrass here, and seemed like a nice enough guy. DPS reports offer some clues. Dont even get me started on Kovacs.not that he was terrible but he certainly wasnt anything special. The newspaper also selects a USA Today High School Football Coach of the Year. MICK McCABE:Warren De La Salle's Triston Nichols, somehow, helps win state title with a torn ACL? Plus it lets us mention Catholic Central. 13 individual Purdue career records. We still haven't replicated it, not even once. Two top wideouts who switched to #1 both grew up knowing plenty about its meaning. He was good enough at that to leave early for the NFL, where he had 840 yards and 8 TDs last season. That career was supposed to go through power school Martin Luther King (where he was teammates with Ernest Shazor and Larry Harrison) but in three years there Braylon, who was 5'8", preppy, loved Greek mythology, and tutored kids in geometry, did not fit in. Design by Human Element, Michigan All-State of Michigan Team (Since 1990). Way prior to Harris' career at Ottawa Hills, I know, but worthy of mention for Jerry Ford and the many other athletes who came from South HS. Leahy had so . Backups: Maurice Williams, Detroit PershingThe rest of the field: Mark Huyge, Rueben Riley, Ja'Raymond Hall, Jalen Mayfield, Ryan Hayes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2HW7_rgrr4&t=177s. I wrote then: Legend goes Michigan DC Greg Mattison and his new DL coach Brady Hoke accidentally caught the second half of a West Ottawa game when they (got drunk and) showed up at the wrong time for a state playoff game, and when Carr heard Renes was also a valedictorian candidate he approved the offer sight-unseen. This week: We're looking to build the best possible team out of guys who grew up and played their high school ball in Michigan. Thomas Gordon played quarterback for the Technicians and started playing safety as well in 2008, when Cass Tech won 8 games for the first time since 2000. Yeah theylost me at Fleetwood. To my recollection, Reid the late-70's tailback who "fumbled" out of bounds into the hands of Lee Corso, buying Michigan a clock stoppage at midfield in the closing seconds in a then-tied game vs IU. Sofran was fired and the job went to Fracassa's former DC, Adam Korzeniewski, who had been coordinating Seaholm's defense. ANNOUNCEMENT: If you have historical game-by-game Michigan high school football results from the 1950 through 1954 seasons and would like to share those results with this web site, please contact me at jjhulseb@yahoo.com.Thanks! Step 1: Selection of 16 all district teams in each division. He wasn't wrong. OL: Max Buikema, Hudsonville Unity Christian (Captain), DL: Matt Bilske, Grand Rapids West Catholic, LB: T.J. VanKoevering, Hudsonville Unity Christian, Rec: Dayton Keller, Jackson Lumen Christi, QB: Khol Partridge, Brooklyn Columbia Central, K/P: Micah Sonnenberg, Brooklyn Columbia Central, DB: Bobby Willis, Jackson Lumen Christi (Captain), DB: Danny Passinault, Traverse City St. Francis, More: Tickets on sale for the 2019 Detroit Free Press Sports Awards, QB: Austin Brown, Madison Heights Madison, DL: Chauncey Ernest, Madison Heights Madison, LB: Austin Zank, Vermontville Maple Valley, DB: Aidan Harrison, New Lothrop (Captain), DB: Lukas Ebright, Breckenridge (Captain). Christion Stokes Harper Woods (Harper Woods, MI) S. 6-0 / 180. By the 1990s Michigan high school football was suffused with former Bo assistants and players, and many schools were running Bo-style option offenses where the "fullback" was a running back who got 20-30 carries a game. [1] [2] In addition, two members of the team are named the USA Today High School Offensive Player and Defensive Player of the Year, respectively. Moore was named The Associated Press Player of the Year for Division 3-4 by a panel of sportswriters from across the state of Michigan. The best players in Michigan play for Michigan, but who were the best players from Michigan to play for Michigan? Per Josh Henschke, the Feds are NOT involved in the Weiss investigation. Out of this era came the last great ballcarrying fullback, Chris Floyd, who dominated at Cooley High School in Detroit. It's often the school in your mind when you think of Western Michigan football, the way Cass Tech springs to the fore when you think of Detroit. Meet the Michigan high school football All-State teams, Division 1-8 Mick McCabe Special to the Detroit Free Press View Comments 0:00 2:18 The 2018 Detroit Free Press All-State teams, as. Foote played some SAM during his career and as a former safety he can stay on the field as a hybrid space player so this pick isn't that crazy, even though Foote was way more of a Devin Bush than Khaleke Hudson. He retired one year before Perry and Malzone's class graduated as the winningest coach in state history, though by Perry's time Fracassa was Paternoing, while offensive coordinator Dave Sofran prepared to take the reigns. If you care about Henson's welfare you should be grateful he didn't play behind the sieve that "protected" Gardner. Mission, Goals and Objectives; Bylaws; Youth Football; Executive Board; Past Presidents; Committees Chairpersons . We're tracking MHSAA football live updates, scores and final results from across the state. E-mail: records@mhsaa.com. In reply to Henson and Gardner were by CalifExile. In reply to Don't forget Jerry Ford's by rob f. And I think South High would have played home games in Uncle Jerrys day at South Field, located on Madison south of Wealthy. It's a good school district on the western edge of Metro-Detroit, close enough to be a suburb of both Detroit and Ann Arbor, with a ski mountain and disc golf and the connection of 696 and US 23 to keep the local economy churning with visitors. I'm also going to spend a little longer on this school, because Foote maintains a very strong connection to his hometown. Then Barwis came along and you know the rest. Assistant Tyrone Spencer Jr., 31 and himself a King grad, succeeded Harvel and won a second straight Division 2 State Championship his first year. Even in Drew's first year, you could see that he was moretalentedthan 'The GOAT' Brady, although Brady was by far more seasoned Love Devin, had a great career and deserves this honor for starting (and surviving) 33 games. MHSFCA Michigan High School Football Coaches Association. When he arrived a sophomore, BG was already one of the best young players of his class. The all-state defensive backs are Dontez Hicks of Detroit Central, Luke Wolfe of Iron Mountain and Jacob Hamilton of Reading. Agreed. That's still well below six feet so he still gets to wear the mantle: Also now that we're finally done with Technicians here's the list of those who played for Michigan in alphabetical order in the Bentley database: Will Campbell (2009-12), Boubacar Cissoko (2008-'09), David Dawson (2013-'16), David Downs (1997-'98), Thomas Gordon (2009-'13), Curtis Greer (1975-'79), Delano Hill (2013-'16), Delonte Hollowell (2011-'14), Harlan Huckleby (1975-'78), Tage Jacobson (1932-'34), Royce Jenkins-Stone (2012-'15), Teric Jones (2009-'10), Archie F. Jordan (1918-'22), Jourdan Lewis (2013-'16), Michael Onwenu (2016-present), Donovan Peoples-Jones (2017-present), Frank K Raiford (1979-'80), Terry Richardson (2012-'15), Pap Sanneh (1993), Tom Seabron (1975-'78), Arnold Simkus (1962-'64), Roosevelt Smith (1976-'79), Clarence Williams (1995-'98), Michael Wilson (1981-'83), and Anthony B. Woodford (1976-'77), Please don't ask Jourdan what he thinks of the Jourdan clones playing for King. . So we're still at Cass, except back up to a time when people were still saying Wilcher can get good players but can't win a championship. I'm cheating with the linebackers to get the best three on the field. Good stuff. Lloyd took Charles Stewart and that was remarkable at the time. 1 min read HILLSDALE CTY Every year, the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association releases awards voted on by the MHSFCA for Michigan prep football.. Head coach "Wild" Bill Murray coached there for 21 seasons, finally retiring the same week as Carr. West Ottawa is another Ottawa County school, this one serving the huge area north of Holland to Lake Michigan, while Holland High and Black River split Holland proper. But back in David Harris's day there were four GR high schools, and Ottawa Hills started every year against state powerhouses East Kentwoodand East Grand Rapids, and held their own against the big Catholic schools, not to mention an annual rivalry game with Muskegon. DB Matt Darby, Virginia Beach, Va., 6-2, 190 (verbal commitment to UCLA), 9.93. OT: How does TCU's season stack up to other Cinderellas? But then the quarterback got injured in a motorcycle incident, and as the most athletic kid on the team Braylon had to replace him. Thank You Bob Ufer! The list of great mid-century Michigan players from Pershing is long indeed: Glenn Doughty, Frank Moore, William Hardy, George Genyk, Paul Seal, Gerry Smith, Walter Williamson, Fred Julian, and Thom Cecchini all came out of the school in Conant Gardens, a historically prosperous black neighborhood in northeast Detroit. He had a life-threatening neck injury that killed his senior season and stuck us with slow-ass Carl Diggs. Warning: Jock Jams, '90s style video editing effects. Some states were able to play a full season, some were able to play just a handful of games, and some weren't allowed to play at all. DG had heart sure but he wasnt very good at playing qb. Watch highlights from the Division 1 title game between Chippewa Valley vs. Clarkston. Drew left early. Second, while the final selection of Gardner is with merit, to me there is no debate. Backup: Khalid Hill, East English Village PrepThe rest of the field: Joe Kerridge, John McColgan, Mike Vanderbeek, Ben VanSumeren, Wyatt Shallman, John Anes, Roger Allison, Quintin Patilla, John Anes, Jared Wangler. Thought they were part of Royal Oak schools, or maybe Troy. Hunter Hogan of Ravenna is the first team specialist with Rease. MHSFCA Dream Team Archives; MHSFCA All-State Teams. Sun and clouds mixed. 1A. Backups: Mike Onwenu, Cass Tech; Ben Braden, RockfordThe rest of the field: Leo Henige, Alex Mitchell, Adam Adkins, Tom Berishaj, Phil Paea, David Dawson, Pat Sharrow. Also the parents had to shine car lights on the field for late practices because Crockett had no lights of their own. Backups: Donovan Peoples-Jones, Cass Tech; Walter Smith, MacKenzieThe rest of the field: DiAllo Johnson, Carl Tabb, Nate Schoenle, Joe Reynolds, Jeremy Jackson, Mo Ways, Drake Harris, Jermaine Gonzalez, Antonio Bass, Csont'e York, Da'Mario Jones, Brent Cummings, Kevin Bryant. Best High School Football Player in Every State for 2021 By Tony Adame, updated on June 23, 2022 nytimes / Twitter There was never a year like 2020 in the history of high school football across the United States. Tay'shawn Trent Harper Woods (Harper Woods, MI) Warren De La Salle's Triston Nichols, somehow, helps win state title with a torn ACL? MHSFCA is proud to announce the 2021 All State Teams by Division. It rated the likes of des morgan and joe bolden at or above just about every lber not named Harris including Foote, Jones , Gold. Saginaw has continued to produce star athletesmost recently Draymond Greenand their basketball program is still one of the best in the state despite Lou Dawkins retiring shortly after his son died of a rare heart disease at a Michigan State basketball camp. Check back all day on freep.com/sports for results from all eight games over Friday and Saturday. Backup: Kenny Allen, FentonThe rest of the field: Phil Brabbs, J.J. McGrath, Jake Moody, Jason Gingell, K.C. With the departure of Drew Pyne, through the idiotic NCAA (redundancy) transfer free agency porthole, I was wondering about who else fled our QB room. Backup: Clint Copenhaver, BrightonThe rest of the field: James Ross, Cam Gordon, Johnny Thompson, Charlie Stumb, Jim Presley. 1:00 Mason and DeWitt were the final high school football teams standing in Greater Lansing this fall. This is awesome. As great as Wheatley was as a RB, he was preposterous as a track athlete. That nearly ruined his college career, because MHSAA rules are stupid, and won't let you compete in athletics if you play in an out-of-state game. $225.00 . Nominate a student-athlete for the 2019 I AM SPORT award! Ford no doubt would have played at Houseman Field as well, in away games against Central and Creston and, possibly, Catholic Central. In reply to As great as Wheatley was as by blanx. 6A. He performed even better in big games, racking up 365 yards rushing (14.6 yards per carry) and eight touchdowns in three postseason games. Harvel was upset that Norfleet's college career under Hoke had not been directed toward Norfleet's goal of being a special ed teacher, or any major at all. By his senior season he was by consensus one of the best middle linebackers in the country, ran away with the Gatorade Player of the Year honors, and added tight end and fullback to his positional list despite missing a few weeks to injury. It truely lacked perspective of how talented Lloyds teams were. We end back at King, appropriately enough, with a guy who embodies all the excitement, attitude, and disappointments that have come out of there. Fellow Wolverines Markus Curry and Darnell Hood (the starting running back) were also on the team, and for the remainder of the 2000 season all three rotated through the skill positions and played together in the defensive backfield. ABOUT MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION The MHSFCA is a professional membership organization for high school and middle school football coaches. EARVIN "Magic" Johnson, G, LANSING EVERETT (1974-1977): On the Mount Rushmore of all-time NBA players, Magic is the gold standard in the state of Michigan. Don't forget Jerry Ford's Alma mater, GR South HS, a long-time member of the GR City League until the late 60's, when it was closed down and its students bussed to the other GR public schools. Even with last year's Mr. Football, Donovan Edwards, on the field for the Lakers, Tatum was still a big-play threat, racking up more than 650 yards from scrimmage (500-plus rushing, 150 receiving) and four scores, earning second-team all-state honors in Division 1-2 from the Associated Press. Two-time first-team AP All-American (1985, 1986). I was there. In reply to You lost me there with your by rob f. Lawrence Reid the 2000s middle linebacker. The skinny: Johnson led Ohio State in tackles in 1984-85 and made the coaches All-America team in 1985, ending his career with 379 tackles, five sacks and 12 tackles for . Playing in the best league in the state no less. 2022. However I'm sticking by the guy who should never have to buy a beer in the State of Michigan again. Brighton a ski "mountain" is generous, at best. DIVISION TWO No local. And it would have gotten Westland John Glenn a mention. Reason 2) My database goes back to 1990. The natural follow-up question, if you know a thing or two about the houses in that part of Rockford, would be "Which wing of it?". Foote and he are similar players. Winds SSE at 10 to 15 mph.. In reply to Lawrence Reid the 2000s by Seth. Meanwhile the long-proud football program, which produced Michigan greats Fred Petoskey (the Bennie Oosterbaan of the 1930s), Calvin O'Neal, and Tom Slade, has fallen on hard times. Search. The 8-player all-state team was announced on Monday, followed by the Division 7-8 team on Tuesday and the Division 5-6 team on Wednesday. West Michigan produces some great talent! 6" x 8" Photo of Unknown High School Football Team. In reply to Gardner over Henson is by Romeowolv. Daniels, Caro; Andrew Ball, Richmond; Aren Sopfe, Marine City; Max Buikema, Unity Christian; Ethan Martysz, Kingsford; Ridge Schutte, Whittemore Prescott; Jack Schichtel, Grand Rapids West Catholic; Travis Ojala, Calumet; Josh Winowich, Country Day; Jacob Stewart, Saugatuck; Mitchell LeGrave, Norway; Christian Coy, North Branch; Tate Kay, Sault Ste. November 30 at the Pontiac Silverdome. In reply to Tony Boles would have been by Robbie Moore. . Also nose was much stronger than DT and I need to do the same thing when I get to the linebackers so here's the precedent: I'm putting out my best team. 4 of 8 state champions from within the borders of good ol' Muskegon County - 12th in the state in population at just 170,000. But Brandt was more modern Jenison than Grasmanis-like in personality. In reply to First - Hi Drew. His best season was 2005 but his best teams were the 1990s, when they had Clint Copenhaver, followed by Dave and Drew and walk-on Eric Warner. In Harris' day there were 4 GR public High Schools OH, Union, Creston(Reuben Riley) and Central and they played in the City League along with GR Catholic Central(Obi Ezeh, Mark Huyge, Jalen Mayfield), West Catholic and G.R. Division 1 Name Year Position Schoo. He could have been more circumspect but nobody doubted his heart was in the right place. Free shipping . #thatguy, In reply to As much as I love my by rposly, I skied there four years for Groves and taught there a few weekends a year as a Winter Walden instructor in high school. In reply to This article was great by JBM. Though the school has "Ottawa" in the name,it's inKentCounty, close to the heart of GR. Here's another great player from Saginaw, but Sword went to the other big school in town, Arthur Hill, named for the lumbering and shipping magnate who graduated from Michigan during the Civil War, and went back to make his city into the most important civic center in the Thumb region. State Sales Tax Rate * Tax applies to subtotal + shipping & handling for these states only. The Doughboys, under head coach Stephon Thompson, were still decent as of the 1990s, when they sent Maurice Williams and Larry Foote to Michigan. Lee Brennan, Bristol It opened in 1901 as Eastern High School at Mack Avenue and Grand Boulevard. There is no way the football field is 2 miles away from Clawson high school. Nice to see the boys from my hometown (Saginaw) make the list. Right off the bat this is a tough one, and a decision I'm personally going to get flak for because the other good candidate reads this blog. Lentz's high school was opened in 1982, with the old high school becoming the middle school and the middle school becoming the elementary. While Lentz was at Michigan they finally organized a Flint-Metro division, but back when he was playing he was still in the same division as my alma mater, Groves, along with the Southfields, Pontiac Northern and Central, and perennial bottom-feeder West Bloomfield. Norfleet resurfaced for a year at Tuskegee, then in 2016 he took a year off of football to return to Michigan and finish his degree. Traverse City St. Francis, Gladwin and Farwell each had four players selected. 2022 All-News-Herald 1st Team Football. The school produced 1920s All-American Harry Hawkins, gave the Mad Magicians their best receiver in Dick Rifenburg, and more recently sent national prospect Shonte Peoples to Ann Arbor. At football he led Lapeer East to its first state playoff win and its best season in school history. But I don't think he was really all-anything. Since 1997 the head coach of Cass Tech has been former Michigan running back Thomas Wilcher, best known in his collegiate career for the collective groan when Jamie Morris came out and the big track player replaced him. Those legends came with crazy weightlifting numbers which proved to be mostly true at Michigan. Step 3: Selection of 3 all state teams in each division. Thanks, I obviously completely forgot about him. Since we've covered a lot of these guys' Michigan careers already, I figured this could instead be a celebration of the programs they came from, and Michigan high school football in general. Backup: Ernest Shazor, Martin Luther KingThe rest of the field: Clarence Thompson, Shonte Peoples, Jacob Stewart. 2. ORIGINAL FOUNDER GENERAL MOTORS PHOTO CHARLES MOTT FLINT MICHIGAN VINTAGE . FAQs; About. Like Renes, Martin was an excellent wrestler in high school, though he didn't start until he was a junior, as well as a track and field star. The Free Press named him all-state but it was too late to save his lowly recruiting rankings. Weiss on leave due to police investigation. Love the description of Clawson. He mesmerized high school basketball fans in the mid 1970's. Desmond Morgan also played there. In reply to Good list and thanks for by Chaco. Joey Delgado, Special to Detroit Free Press, Tommy Schuster, Chippewa Valley (Captain), Chippewa Valley's Scott Merchant perseveres, earns coach of year honors, Meet the 2018 Detroit Free Press high school football Dream Team, Nominate a team for the 2019 Top Team: Fan Vote Award. If I was going for accuracy I would have said "barely concealed garbage heap.". Various media sources have selected national high . Key is "if he had returned." Moore helped lead Louisville to the MHSAA Class 4A championship. Edge to Henson. If you have a score. He also went in the 3rd round of the draft. But don't take that to mean Rockford boys can't play ball, because the Grand Rapids suburb's high school has 431 victories since 1950, just two fewer than Farmington Hills Harrison (in 168 more games, with twice the enrollment). Clawson is an Oakland County Detroit suburb and those who live there aren't really sure if they live there or Royal Oak or maybe Troy, or Madison Heights, but certainly not Birmingham because you'd know as soon as you saw your tax bill if it was Birmingham. " by Seth, Its irrelevant and frankly turned this entire exercise into a joke right from the start (other wise a good read) but this isnt even close or debatable. We're still in Ottawa County. I had another tough decision hereweakness at safety is a feature of these featuresbut flipped back to "Ol' Prison Abs" over Chuck Winters because Dr. Sap convinced me Winters was more likely to give up a big play. Michigan was chock full of linebackers at the time, but Angry Michigan Outside Linebacker-Hating God struck that year with a vengeance, and through the carnage of attrition, injuries, and burned redshirts Sword saw a path to early playing time. In their memory Canty's father, Terry Sr., started the Detroit Triple-T Foundation, the real urban boxing and youth mentoring program that inspired a plotline in The Wire. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan high school football state finals: Here's who won this year, Picking the winners for all 8 divisions at Ford Field, Warren De La Salle 52, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central 13, Grand Rapids West Catholic 59, Negaunee 14, Grand Rapids South Christian 28, Goodrich 0. Finally we're covering my parents' alma mater, and Michigan's famous pipeline, Cass Technical High School, the great magnet high school of Detroit. Braylon, as we covered in the three-star article, grew up in Detroit while his father Stan was with the Lions and trained with his dad from a young age. His natural high intelligence (stories about him at Michigan are all about him picking up some complicated skill in like 5 minutes) led him to the offensive line, and NFL football was a fallback because he couldn't find a good enough job teaching special ed. Lou's other son Christian Dawkins is at the center of the FBI's college basketball corruption investigation that has naturally implicated the school and Michigan State's basketball program. Backup: Shantee Orr, DenbyThe rest of the field: David Bowens, Mario Ojemudia, Royce Jenkins-Stone, Corey Malone-Hatcher. In reply to Can I selfishly* suggest by Steve Sprague. Reason 3: I was 10 that year, and kid memories aren't of much use. The old building, erected from 1917 to 1922 and designed by Albert Kahn, was dilapidated back by the late 1960s, but that building was renovated (with a large addition) in 1985, replaced in 2005, and demolished while Delano was still in school. "Science & Arts" or as it was more accurately referred to at the time "Saxon & Anglo") to perpetuate racial divides, and artificially capped how many students could enroll from each neighborhood in those tracks. Charley Mazurek, Hartford Bulkeley. It's a town known less for football and more for high average SAT scores (and an international academy). 3A. I vehemently disagree in re: to Drew's first year. Ben Braden and 1970s center Will Hart came from there, and so did my houseguests this weekend. That was 1999. Notre Dame NT Paul Grasmanis had played there recently and Brandt drew favorable comparisons as he collected various All-American honors. Backup: Will Johnson, Lake OrionThe rest of the field: Eric Wilson, Matt Godin, Will Heininger, Will Campbell, Gannon Dudlar, Lawrence Marshall, Nate Miller, Paul Sarantos, Deron Irving-Bey. TUEBOR is Latin for "Pothole!" by Blarvey. To submit changes, mail to: MHSAA Record Book, 1661 Ramblewood Dr., East Lansing, MI 48823.