West Michigan produces some great talent! . 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. This blog has an odd reverence for alot of players from the rr/hoke years. And Ottawa Hills has twice as many students as those big Catholic schools. This following list consists of mythical champions and champions who were determined by playoff games and a final game. Switch him and Drews place in UM history and Brady Hoke mite still be around and John Navarre probably ends up starting in 2000 over Gardner, In reply to Its irrelevant and frankly by UcheWallyWally. [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. He was by far the lowest-ranked of the four(!) If Delano's brother hadn't transferred to King for his senior year we'd have a pure Cass Tech secondary on this team. $225.00 . Assistant Tyrone Spencer Jr., 31 and himself a King grad, succeeded Harvel and won a second straight Division 2 State Championship his first year. Here is the list of Southwest Michigan players. 0.8848. 8A. And they've kept Pershing going, though enrollment has flagged to under 400 and they absorbed some of Kettering to to do so. 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. I would take Gedeon over some of the early 2000s linebackers for sure. USA Today named its first All-USA high school football team in 1982. Jarett Irons had the MIKE spot on lockdown but Sword managed to displace Rob Swett and Clint Copenhaver (the NAMES!) To submit changes, mail to: MHSAA Record Book, 1661 Ramblewood Dr., East Lansing, MI 48823. 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. Rules: Only players recruited since 1990-on. In reply to I'd also takeDPJ over by HarbaughsLeftElbow. Below are the local players selected in each division. . For those with time on their hands today, Mike Martin's 2007 Highlight Tape remains to this day one of the more impressive interior DL film's I've ever seen. CATEGORY TITLE. As a junior the 6-5 behemoth led Zeeland to the Class B semifinals, losing to powerhouse DeWitt (who'd reclassified from C only a few years earlier and would eventually move up to A). 2022. Thirty-six local football standouts were recently honored with first team all-state selections from the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association upon the conclusion of the 2022 season. There is no way the football field is 2 miles away from Clawson high school. United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States . Specifically Detroit Catholic Central, (as opposed to Grand Rapids and others around the country), a private school in Novi that has long recruited some of the best young talent around the state (Mark Messner, Matt Godin, Wyatt Shallman, Terry Malone). His size and athleticism would come to serve him well at tight end. 22. Scott McClintock and Zach Kauffman would be the guys I would compare to Bolden. Backup: Drew Henson, BrightonThe rest of the field: Shane Morris, Steven Threet, Nick Sheridan, Alex Malzone, Craig Randall, [After THE JUMP: The greatest player in Michigan high school history]. 6" x 8" Photo of Unknown High School Football Team. He wasn't wrong. My only real disagreement/change would be Drew Henson over Devin Gardner. 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. OT: How does TCU's season stack up to other Cinderellas? Thought they were part of Royal Oak schools, or maybe Troy. The newspaper also selects a USA Today High School Football Coach of the Year. Foote, who has 313 in his twitter handle, named one of his kids Trammell, and once paid for the funeral of a random Detroit child who fell through the ice, is currently linebackers coach for Arizona, but plans eventually on coming back home to open a youth and job training center. 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?". 26. . 13. DB Matt Darby, Virginia Beach, Va., 6-2, 190 (verbal commitment to UCLA), 9.93. In reply to Good list and thanks for by Chaco. Finally we're covering my parents' alma mater, and Michigan's famous pipeline, Cass Technical High School, the great magnet high school of Detroit. Don't see the updates? Led by junior running back and future NFL star Maurice Jones-Drew, the 5-7 bulldozer racked up 1,043 yards and 22 touchdowns on just 75 touches during the 2001 season (13.9 YPC). In 1967 it moved to the edge of Elmwood Cemetery, close to the riverfront, and in 2011 it was completely renovated to house a tech school, a prep school, and an international studies program. He was also the No. While Cass is the magnet, King is the high school for downtown and midtown Detroit. Matt Lentz arrived listed at 6-6/305 out of Brandon High in Ortonville. Zeeland is a moderately sized town best known as the town that means you're about to get to Holland. High around 40F. Sports Gambling Podcast. In reply to No Derrick Alexander? However I'm sticking by the guy who should never have to buy a beer in the State of Michigan again. The following data was referenced off MHSAA's website. In reply to I guarantee nobody from by Seth. 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. It will come as no surprise to followers of Cass Tech cornerback recruiting that the best news out of his recruitment was when it was revealed he's taller than TomVH. 4 of 8 state champions from within the borders of good ol' Muskegon County - 12th in the state in population at just 170,000. The much-beloved coach was just 57. ABOUT MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION The MHSFCA is a professional membership organization for high school and middle school football coaches. Lapeer East broke off in 1975 from Lapeer HS, which became Lapeer West, and then in 2014 they were merged back together in East's building. It's nice to have a ton of guys from my area! Muskegon Michigan High School 1902 Football Team Picture VERY RARE . Sun and clouds mixed. Union and Ottawa Hills share a stadium, Houseman Field, which had already long been the city's football center when Gerald Ford played on its surface. I kind of agree with Gardner over Henson. (and thank you, Wolverine Historian! Key is "if he had returned." He has been a much more successful football coach than he ever was as a back, accumulating a 173-65 record overall, an insane 51-27 record in the highly competitive Detroit Public School League ("The PSL"),three State Championships, and sending more blue chips to FBS programs than any other school in the state. 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. 3A. Football (college). Playing in the best league in the state no less. They also have longstanding traditions, developed everybody's coaches, and talk about education first in the manner that makes everyone else feel like "What, we don't?" Nominate a student-athlete for the 2019 I AM SPORT award! In 1999, Sports Illustrated named him the seventh greatest sports figure from the state of Michigan. Quick chart of Michigan rosters (via Bentley) by state of origin, walk-ons included: Moeller was the first coach since helmets were a thing to field a team that wasn't made up mostly of Michiganders and Ohioans. Cass selects students from all over the school district based on test scores and middle school grades, offering a more rigorous, college-preparatory set of courses. The best players in Michigan play for Michigan, but who were the best players from Michigan to play for Michigan? He tried basketball and was immediately the best player on the court. 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. Norfleet was hands-down the best player in the PSL in 2011, once taking player of the week honors three weeks in a row playing running back, some slot receiver, cornerback, and returner. I'm also going to spend a little longer on this school, because Foote maintains a very strong connection to his hometown. It's a town known less for football and more for high average SAT scores (and an international academy). He also rarely did more than block on the run-run-run team, and broke his leg during his crucial-for-scouting junior season. Backup: Steve Morrison, Brother RiceThe rest of the field: Eric Mayes, Roy Manning, Chris Singletary, Kevin Leach, Joey Sarantos, Josh Ross. michigan high school football all state players 1985. by | Jun 10, . Marcus Houston was the top running back in the country in 2000 and picked the Colorado Buffaloes over Florida State, UCLA and Michigan. Also the parents had to shine car lights on the field for late practices because Crockett had no lights of their own. My standard for these is the sum contribution while a Michigan player, not how good he could have been. Record: 30-0. I wish I had appreciated it more at the time. Also, as a UofD alum, glad we can at least take a half credit for Gardner. 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. 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. Weiss on leave due to police investigation. 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. Free shipping . Bold games since 1975 represent when the State Playoffs games started. CT and King faced each other in two instant classics that season, with Hill and MLK barely defeating Cass in both despite playing the second game without five players (including Ambry Thomas) because of a brawl a week earlier. Made the snap for Remy Hamilton's game winning field goal against Notre Dame in '94. 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. New Cass is a beautiful modern structureif you're in Detroit I recommend visiting the library for a panoramic view of the whole city. Sofran was fired and the job went to Fracassa's former DC, Adam Korzeniewski, who had been coordinating Seaholm's defense. Ottawa Hills isn't in Ottawa County it's in Kent County. The 2021 Detroit Free Press All-State teams, from Divisions 1 to 8, as selected by special writer Mick McCabe: . Backup: Clint Copenhaver, BrightonThe rest of the field: James Ross, Cam Gordon, Johnny Thompson, Charlie Stumb, Jim Presley. Tickets on sale for the 2019 Detroit Free Press Sports Awards, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. 2022 All-News-Herald 1st Team Football. Madelia High School 1902 Football Team Picture VERY RARE . Meet the 2021 Michigan high school football All-State teams, Divisions 1-8. David Brandt is from Jenison (not Genison, Bentley databasers), a GR suburb where Grand River meets 196 on the Southwest edge of the metro area. The neighborhood (and next door Krainz Woods) held out as well as it could be expected to with the city's decline, as renewal efforts were focused closer to downtown while the city put housing projects and a prison out there on the quasi-suburbs. . In reply to Can I selfishly* suggest by Steve Sprague. Long wasn't expected to be the top overall pick in the NFL draft but he was certainly the greatest athlete in Lapeer history and probably the best in the Flint area in living memory, starring on the offensive and defensive lines, and also playing some monster fullback. Ben Gedeon on the other hand was very good, but he still was nowhere near Irons, Gold, Foote, or Harris. MHSFCA Michigan High School Football Coaches Association. 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. This is awesome. We end back at King, appropriately enough, with a guy who embodies all the excitement, attitude, and disappointments that have come out of there. The star player on the 2016 state championship team was all-state guard Tyler Johnson, who became a two-time All-Big Ten wide receiver at the University of Minnesota and won a Super Bowl as a rookie with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2021. 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. One of the most prolific receivers in state history, Perry and quarterback Alex Malzone were in each others' heads for most of an extremely productive career for both of them at Birmingham Brother Rice, a Catholic school I passed every day on my drive to Groves, and the top rival of just about every school in town. Wyandotte Roosevelt's Max Biundo runs the ball during a game against Allen Park at the Xenith Prep Kickoff Classic at Wayne State University in Detroit on . Lentz's high school was opened in 1982, with the old high school becoming the middle school and the middle school becoming the elementary. $24.99 + $3.00 shipping . Donovan Peoples-Jones put Cass up with a punt return touchdown but that was upstaged by Hill's 85-yard catch. Traverse City, MI (49684) Today. New in-state offer: 2026 OT Khalief Canty, Jr. New in-state offer: 2025 DE Xavier Newsom, Erin Virtue hired as U-M volleyball head coach, Rumor: Gattis Could be out as OC at Miami. Brandt was there in a different time, when Jenison was a regional power and regularly producing what we'd today call 4-star talent. In reply to Gardner over Henson is by Romeowolv. The 5-foot-11, 175-pound tailback was a workhorse in the. 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. Then Barwis came along and you know the rest. The rest of the field: Kenny Allen, Ross Ryan, Mark Spencer, Paul Peristeris, Cory Sargent, Jay Vinson. Through the 2020 draft, Ohio State has seen 141 of their players taken in the NFL Draft, accounting for 2.6 percent of all drafted players since 2000 more than any other college. In reply to You lost me there with your by rob f. Lawrence Reid the 2000s middle linebacker. And it would have gotten Westland John Glenn a mention. PLAYER OF THE YEAR Nick Kopin, Hudson, Sr. He could have been more circumspect but nobody doubted his heart was in the right place. Weston Dressler set the state record with a 10.44-second time in the 100-meter dash but is also one of the greatest high school football players in state history. If you can believe me I knew that and screwed up the joke I was setting up about how it's not in Ottawa County nor even in Ottawa Hills. 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. He played in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions. Theodore Roosevelt High School in Wyandotte (also known as Wyandotte High or Wy-Hi) is down on Eureka Road in the center of the very blue collar downriver community, one of the oldest in the state. Tay'shawn Trent Harper Woods (Harper Woods, MI) by Blarvey. Reason 3: I was 10 that year, and kid memories aren't of much use. Edge to Henson. Backups: Maurice Williams, Detroit PershingThe rest of the field: Mark Huyge, Rueben Riley, Ja'Raymond Hall, Jalen Mayfield, Ryan Hayes. Detroit Crockett, a vocational school, didn't have a football team at all until 1996, and didn't have a locker room until Brandon was a senior. " 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. If you have a score. The guys hit on some of their . That was 1999. Michigan High School Athletic Association 1661 Ramblewood Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823 Office 517-332-5046 "Prosperous" was relative: my mom grew up directly across Woodward but that might as well have been the Atlantic Ocean; if someone from Palmer Woods crossed the street it was only to get donuts. Also: 33 starts to your eight. West Bloomfield seems to be winning that battle, which is both awesome and weird if you grew up thinking of the WB as the kind of program that I could play for. Harris had 158 tackles as a junior, but really broke out as a senior at linebacker and fullback, leading the Bengals to the playoffs in a season that included a 26-14 victory over East Kentwood and a 20-2 win over mighty Muskegon. There is a discussion I would like to have with my cousin, Jim, a former University of Michigan linebacker, a high school football coach and a lifetime gridiron fan. Linebackers: Seth Schafer, Beal City; Draven Wyant, Holton; Mike McLeod, Lake City; Carson Scroggie, Sand Creek; Noah Hanson, Vermontville Maple Valley; Adam Long, Madison Heights Madison; Maurice Hutchinson, Parkway Christian; Carson Daniel, Brooklyn CC; Damany ONeal, Loyola; Jack Owens, Beaverton; Jack Townsend, Freeland; Nate Stone, Frankenmuth; Jake Mlynarek, Lutheran North; Gage Nelson, Standish-Sterling; Bryson Jensen, Manistee; Timmy Eising, Berrien Springs; Ryan Giddings-Mitchell, Caro; Mason Walker, Marine City; Hayden Large, Unity Christian; Matt Pike, Swan Valley; Avery Bury, Cheboygan; Boomer Perry, Michigan Center; Jake Brown, St. Louis; Nolan Petz, Armada; Michael Simons, Flat Rock; Justin Chambliss, Carlton Airport; Traven VanOss, Three Rivers; Michael Winiarski, Notre Dame Prep; Josh Winowich, Country Day; Nathan Jacobs, Bay City Glenn; Ryan Rihgler, Cedar Springs; James Miller, Gaylord; Ross Bolman, Zeeland West; Adam Gill, Forest Hills Northern; Dawson Bruckner, Niles; Terry Day, South Lyon East; Boone Bonnema, Zeeland East; Delorean Ishmon, St. Clair Shores Lakeview; Jerome Nichols, Detroit Renaissance; Odin Soffredine, Traverse City West; Micah Crestinger, Jackson; Henry VanFaussien, Groves; Carson Scroggie, Sand Creek; Alex Morrison, Saline; Isaac, Kinne, Lake Orion; Jeremiah Major, Dakota. Mark Bolach from Muskegon Catholic Central, class of 1992, never had a bad snap in 4 years as the starting long snapper. Search. I remember a cover post ( dont recall author) i belive posted late season of harbaughs first year that compared the individual defensive players to players on UM past using a grading scale ( 1-5 i think). Long involved in socially conservative politics, Riemersma ran for Congress from his hometown in 2009, but didn't make it out of a highly contested primary. Riemersma was born in Evansville, Indiana, but grew up in Zeeland, where he became the star quarterback, all-time leading scorer in basketball, and an excellent baseball player too. 13 individual Purdue career records. DPS reports offer some clues. Quarterbacks: Job Hall, Athens; Gavin Sundberg, Ishpeming; Carter Staley, Breckenridge; Michael Anderson, Harbor Beach; Alex Price, Reading; Brady Petzold, Springport; Grant Richardson, Harbor Springs; Braden Massat, Bishop Foley; Dylan Green, Cassopolis; Sandyn Cuthrell, Cass City; Cole Higby, Chesaning; Brady Devereaux, Hemlock; Mason Vieau, Pinconning; Noah Beaudrie, Erie Mason; Logan Gerow, Beaverton; Markel Garrett, Bridgeport; Conner Campbell, Frankenmuth; Angelo Basilisco, Lutheran North; Chase Brown, Comstock Park; Trevor Johns, Manistee; Kaden Kelly, Clare; Alex Freis, Swan Valley; Gerrid Rutledge, North Branch; Craig Kamin, Escanaba; Dylan Day, Tecumseh; Wilson Wirebaugh, Holland Christian; Austin Stiffler, Williamston; Ravion Davis, Flat Rock; Drew Humm, Alma; Brady Gleason, St. Clair; Joey Johnston, Croswell-Lexington; Mitchell Mowid, Haslett; Braylon Silvas, Flint Kearsley; Gabe Taylor, Zeeland East; Duwan Mathis, Oak Park; Eric Wenzel, Kalamazoo United; Jay Solano, Trenton; Matt Bills, Warren Woods Tower; Dominic Wood, Riverview; Blake Gatfield, DeWitt; Jacob Kelbert, Livonia Franklin; Jake Jensen, Clarkston; Stephon McLaurin, Detroit Western; Tobin Schwaneke, Traverse City Central; Caden Broersma, Mona Shores; Al Money, Midland; Mark Tocco, Dakota; Brendan Shelby, Walled Lake Northern; Isaac VanDyke, Holland West Ottawa; Will Jontz, Brighton; Cannon Hall, Davison. The Wy-Hi building, another grand Albert Kahn design stolen from Paris, dates back to the 1920s. 4A. 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. Refresh the page or check it out on Twitter. 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. A year behind all-world quarterback prospect Drew Henson, David Pearson arrived as a 6-3/240 weakside defensive lineman prospect and bulked up to play guard then center. The 1985 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1985 Big Ten Conference football season.In their 17th year under head coach was Bo Schembechler, the Wolverines compiled a 10-1-1 record, outscored all opponents by a combined total of 342 to 98, defeated five ranked opponents (including three in a row to start the season), suffered its sole loss . Backup: Ian Gold, Belleville, and apologies to both OLB spots that got usurped by the incredible depth at MIKEThe rest of the field: Desmond Morgan, Kenny Demens, Tim Laws, Mark Moundros, Mike Wroblewski. These are the most prized high school football players in high school football history. Backups: Morgan Trent and Andre WeathersThe rest of the field: Markus Curry, Raymon Taylor, Deon Johnson, Grant Mason, Boubacar Cissoko, DELONTE HOLLOWELL, Darnell Hood, Quinton McCoy, Terry Richardson, Brent Washington, Ambry Thomas, Vincent Gray, The Nordins' Sparty neighbor had a sign made, and also gave us an idea of what kind of neighborhood we're talking about, When rivals hear the name Quinn Nordin they ask if you've heard that Jim Harbaugh once slept over at the star kicker's house. . . Can I selfishly* suggest adding a long snapper to this list? Wheatley the elder is a good candidate for the greatest athlete in the history of the state. Reason 2) My database goes back to 1990. NOTE: Only coaches who are members of the association may nominate and vote in the all state selection process. Here was another Michigan coaching legend, Al Fracassa, who arrived at Rice the same year Bo came to Michigan. 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