He also was a great basketball player. Advertisement 3. After receiving the item, contact seller within . Thank you Fielding H Yost! 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. Get the latest Michigan high school football news, rankings, schedules, stats, scores, results & athletes info for high school football, soccer, basketball, baseball, and more at MLive.com. 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. Lentz's high school was opened in 1982, with the old high school becoming the middle school and the middle school becoming the elementary. MHSFCA - All-State Teams Archives . Running backs: Ethan Lemke, Ubly; Garrett Rickley, St. Ignace; Luke McConnell, Oakland Christian; Rick Lindsay, Brown City; Drew Stout, Carson City Crystal; Brady Siler, Merrill; Hunter Collins, Breckenridge; Devin Finkle, Harbor Beach; Preston Warren, Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port; Tim Pastel, Roscommon; Kendel Taylor, Bishop Foley; Dan Romano, Shrine; Cameron Wirth, Pewamo-Westphalia; Braxton Washe, Sandusky; Julian Davis, Parkway Christian; Ayden Mullin, Kingsley; Devante Bedford, Montrose; Austin Hofmann, Mason County Central; Anthony Smieska, Leslie; Jake Weilnau, Ida; Brody Sanville, Gladstone; D.J. Brandt was there in a different time, when Jenison was a regional power and regularly producing what we'd today call 4-star talent. 3A. We are focused on providing professional development opportunities and award programs for coaches and recognizing outstanding football and academic performances by football players. USA Today named its first All-USA high school football team in 1982. Division 7: Jackson Lumen Christi 15, Traverse City St. Francis 12. Don't we have a long snapper on the All-Highlight Team? RB Randy Simmons, McKinney, Tex., 6-2, 215 (Texas, Texas A&M;), 9.97. In reply to Good list and thanks for by Chaco. Appropriate documentation shall include, but is not limited to, the following: copies of scorebooks or game/season statistical summaries, copies of yearbooks, and copies of newspaper clippings. The middle championship was won in 2012 with Delano and Lewis in the backfield, plus David Dawson, future Buckeyes Damon Webb, Mike Weber and Josh Alabi, plus 9 other future FBS players. He could have been more circumspect but nobody doubted his heart was in the right place. The newspaper also selects a USA Today High School Football Coach of the Year. 4A. $225.00 . Christion Stokes Harper Woods (Harper Woods, MI) S. 6-0 / 180. 2. The much-beloved coach was just 57. Defensive backs: Angelo Scafone, Oakland Christian; Aaron Herron, Holton; Kyle Black, White Pigeon; Adam LeGault, Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port; Artie Dutmers, St. Francis; Kyle Stockford, Meridian; Derrick Allen, Adrian Madison; Trayvon Jones, Ecorse; Larson Kever, Union City; Brandon Sersaw, Clare; Logan Buckner, Shepherd; Kevin McKeever, Gladwin; Mitchell Mallek, Portland; Ethan Weatherspoon, Napoleon; Darrin King, Country Day; DVaun Bentley, Detroit Loyola; Jacob Bendsen, Notre Dame Prep; Michael Harper, Anchor Bay; Luke Kenney, Linden; Derrick Hinton, Avondale; Terris Frick, Niles; Brennan Schwarz, Montague; Gabe Dorce, Trenton; Ahmad Gardner, King; Jason Fairfield, Holland West Ottawa. He was a local legend, a three-time all-state lineman and son of a former Notre Dame tight end whom the local paper profiled while dragging his father's pickup truck up a hill. Dont even get me started on Kovacs.not that he was terrible but he certainly wasnt anything special. Graham didn't learn this until he was informed he can't play any other sports for the duration of his high school career. His size and athleticism would come to serve him well at tight end. 1896-- Ann Arbor, Detroit Central, and Grand Rapids Central, 1911-- Detroit Central and Bay City Eastern, 1917-- Detroit Northwestern and Lansing Central, 1924-- Flint Central and Grand Rapids South, 1925-- Flint Central, Grand Rapids Union, and Port Huron, 1929-- Bay City Central and Benton Harbor, 1931-- Grand Rapids Union and Lansing Central, 1933-- Flint Northern, Lansing Eastern, and Muskegon Heights, 1934-- Lansing Eastern and Muskegon Heights, 1939-- Lansing Central and Flint Northern, 1942-- Wyandotte Roosevelt, Detroit Catholic Central, Flint Northern, Jackson, and Muskegon, 1943-- Ann Arbor, Fordson, and Grand Rapids Catholic Central, 1944-- Mackenzie, Grand Rapids South, Muskegon, Wayne Memorial, and Saginaw, 1945-- Muskegon Heights and Wayne Memorial, 1946-- Muskegon Heights, Ypsilanti, and Sexton, 1947-- Muskegon Heights, Ypsilanti, and Flint Central, 1949-- Grand Rapids Catholic Central, and River Rouge, 1951-- Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Niles, and Muskegon, 1956-- Flint Northern and Sault Ste. This following list consists of mythical champions and champions who were determined by playoff games and a final game. In reply to No Derrick Alexander? He finished his senior year completing 68% of his. 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. I'm cheating with the linebackers to get the best three on the field. Pretty easy to by Seth. Phone: (517) 332-5046. RON KRAMER, DE, EAST DETROIT (1951-1953): One of the greatest football players and athletes in University of Michigan history, Kramer was an all-state player in high school and a three-time all-American while at Michigan. It was Tech's only two losses. 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. It was Brady Hoke who broke through, gathering up weird wiry DT>WDE prospect Mario Ojemudia and lanky freaky WR>TE prospect Devin Funchess, and would have also won the school's top prospect ever, Aaron Burbridge, as well that year if there had been any hope of him qualifying academically. Rules: Only players recruited since 1990-on. In reply to Tony Boles would have been by Robbie Moore. 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. Christian (Drake Harris). Sponsor of the IHSFCA. 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. 6" x 8" Photo of Unknown High School Football Team. 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. Class A -- Final Traverse City 29, Troy 3 - Game Summary. 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. 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. That 2008 season was one to remember! Two-time first-team AP All-American (1985, 1986). FAQs; About. Also, as a UofD alum, glad we can at least take a half credit for Gardner. You are right about the good restaurants though. Tay'shawn Trent Harper Woods (Harper Woods, MI) Vinnie Drake, Ansonia. Drew was a far better QB. 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. Traverse City, MI (49684) Today. Madelia High School 1902 Football Team Picture VERY RARE . Reason 3: I was 10 that year, and kid memories aren't of much use. Henson was great, but look at what Gardner did with what can only be considered a severe case of coaching malpractice is incredible and admirable. USA Today named its first All-USA high school football team in 1982. Scott McClintock and Zach Kauffman would be the guys I would compare to Bolden. He also came to football lateNate never so much as watched football until high school, when a senior family friend he'd played soccer with asked Nate to come learn kicking with him so he wouldn't have to do so alone. Backups Jon Runyan Sr, Carman-AinsworthThe rest of the field: Mike Sullivan, Demeterius Solomon, Joe Denay, Jeff Potts, Ron Acheson, Eric Moltane, Dann O'Neill (I split up some guys as right tackles). Mick . 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). Jarett Irons had the MIKE spot on lockdown but Sword managed to displace Rob Swett and Clint Copenhaver (the NAMES!) Michigan High School Athletic Association 1661 Ramblewood Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823 Office 517-332-5046 So what if he played nose most of his career, can you imagine starting Martin at 3-tech? . 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. Mostly it's a small downtown with an excellent sushi restaurant and a very underrated Vietnamese place, and the reason I-75 jogs east at (exit 69 of) Big Beaver Road. Assistant Tyrone Spencer Jr., 31 and himself a King grad, succeeded Harvel and won a second straight Division 2 State Championship his first year. 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. Edge to Henson. 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. 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. [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. Wilcher is also the AD and track coach at Cass. The owner personally tries to meet every single table, and she once took my wife shopping at the Asian food market because she wanted to know the ingredients. It also allows me to end this tribute to Michigan high school football by honoring the life of a coach from the heart of it. Nice to see the boys from my hometown (Saginaw) make the list. 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. 13. And while Gardner's games against OSU was heroic in defeat, Henson came back early from a foot injury to save a road game at Illinois that Navarre (and A-Train's fumblitis) put in serious jeopardy. Drew, at your best you were the better player, and I promise to buy you a beer next time you're in Ann Arbor. MICK McCABE:Warren De La Salle's Triston Nichols, somehow, helps win state title with a torn ACL? I think Lloyd cost us dearly in rotating the QB's and the team was better with Brady on the field. 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 . The rest of the field: Kenny Allen, Ross Ryan, Mark Spencer, Paul Peristeris, Cory Sargent, Jay Vinson. I won't lie: we don't say nice things about Brother Rice around here, partly because it's the stuffy private school whose students have a local reputation for ungentlemanly conduct when about town, and mostly because they've been very good at beating all of us in football for a very long time. United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States . I still think Delano Hill was 40 when he played at UM. The guys hit on some of their . Neither is Ottawa Hills High School in the neighborhood of Ottawa Hills (which is a few miles north). $24.99 + $3.00 shipping . Somehow Braylon still managed to pull together 63 receptions for 740 yards and 8 TDs that year, many out of the backfield. Warning: Jock Jams, '90s style video editing effects. 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. 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