michigan high school football all state players 1985

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. Backup: Shantee Orr, DenbyThe rest of the field: David Bowens, Mario Ojemudia, Royce Jenkins-Stone, Corey Malone-Hatcher. He also was a great basketball player. Drew, at your best you were the better player, and I promise to buy you a beer next time you're in Ann Arbor. 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. 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. In reply to Yes the line was poor, very by UcheWallyWally. Lloyd took Charles Stewart and that was remarkable at the time. 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. 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. 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. There's nothing in Clawson 2 miles from the high school, the whole city is only about 2 miles across and the high school's right in the middle. 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. It opened in 1901 as Eastern High School at Mack Avenue and Grand Boulevard. By 2002 a much larger Woodley was the top inside linebacker recruit in the country, and starting running back Jerome Jackson got a fourth star, and with Saban now in the SEC, the until-then natural landing spot for Saginaw recruits, Michigan State, no longer seemed like much of a destination. The Michigan High School Football Coaches Association has released the list of those players on the All-Region Team. PLAYER OF THE YEAR Nick Kopin, Hudson, Sr. 65. Those legends came with crazy weightlifting numbers which proved to be mostly true at Michigan. Backups: Donovan Peoples-Jones, Cass Tech; Walter Smith, MacKenzie The 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 --------------------------------- 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. Finally retired from a long NFL career, Harris hosted a camp at Houseman Field last weekend. USA Today named its first All-USA high school football team in 1982. 10. This blog has an odd reverence for alot of players from the rr/hoke years. . Don't see the updates? But Conant Gardens is unlikely to leavethe citizenry there are quite proud to be Detroiters, and are often found on the front lines of grass roots revival efforts. It's hard to think of a better top two at LT from any other school in the 1990 to today time period. If you have a score. Like Herrington, Fracassa produced mostly Spartans. Andy Hircko, Torrington. Watching him compete in track was mindblowing. 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. OT: How does TCU's season stack up to other Cinderellas? It was wonderful. There are repercussions for taking Buckeye George Steinbrenner's blood money. Overrated with bad serviceOh, wait - this isn't Yelp? Also the parents had to shine car lights on the field for late practices because Crockett had no lights of their own. Notre Dame NT Paul Grasmanis had played there recently and Brandt drew favorable comparisons as he collected various All-American honors. Love the description of Clawson. 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). Martin got to spend one year on the old campus before they moved over to the new one, however he missed their state title years; the amazing run of six state championships from 1995 to 2003 was before his time, but he still got to play for another coach of the Michigan Hall of Fame, Tom Mach, who coached the Shamrocks for 41 years (winning 10 state titles), and is third all time behind Fracassa and Herrington in wins. I kind of agree with Gardner over Henson. It remains a juggernaut in Michigan high school athletics. by Blarvey. 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. 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. Return policy. High around 40F. TUEBOR is Latin for "Pothole!" The Gatorade State Player of the Year award was established in 1985 to recognize the nation's most outstanding high school student-athletes for their athletic excellence, academic achievement and exemplary character. Advertisement 3. . Then Barwis came along and you know the rest. Cass Cass Cass, and I'll warn you now the next guy also went to Cass. Ask Demorest, whose Seaholm Maples faced the Hawks in the playoffs his sophomore and junior years, how tough the green and yellow were. Backup: Kelvin Grady, East Grand RapidsThe rest of the field: Dennis Norfleet. Made the snap for Remy Hamilton's game winning field goal against Notre Dame in '94. This gives us a pool of 171 players to choose from whose careers most of us are somewhat familiar with. "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. 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 Love both Devin and Drew by stephenrjking. 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. 4A. Though the school has "Ottawa" in the name,it's inKentCounty, close to the heart of GR. Also from Pershing: The Four Tops. 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. I was there. West Michigan produces some great talent! In 1999, Sports Illustrated named him the seventh greatest sports figure from the state of Michigan. 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. 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. 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. The Free Press named him all-state but it was too late to save his lowly recruiting rankings. Not only is Lewis the one tiny Cass Tech cornerback who Made It, he was the star of Wilcher's first two (2011 and 2012) state championship teams and was drafted three spots ahead of Delano. Historically Wyandotte was the sandy beach where the people (Hurons) lived and traded while Detroit was the fort town protecting the narrowest point of the river. The guys (@GamblingPodcast) are giving out their college football predictions for week one, including Colby's Six pack and Top 25 games. [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. These are the most prized high school football players in high school football history. 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. . He transferred to Inkster, following coach Greg Carter from recently closed Saint Martin de Porres, and exploded, leading them to two straight state finals. In reply to You lost me there with your by rob f. Lawrence Reid the 2000s middle linebacker. 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. Privacy Policy We still haven't replicated it, not even once. 26. . Michigan offered Shazor, an early five-star and the Wolverines' first commit of the 2001 class, without looking twice at Stan's son. He tried basketball and was immediately the best player on the court. Zeeland is a moderately sized town best known as the town that means you're about to get to Holland. 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. The newspaper has named a team every year since 1982. 1907 Wayland High School Football Team, MA Old Photo 8.5" x 11" Reprint . It truely lacked perspective of how talented Lloyds teams were. Ben Gedeon on the other hand was very good, but he still was nowhere near Irons, Gold, Foote, or Harris. Good stuff. 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. $24.99 + $3.00 shipping . Of course among them only Delano looked older than his coach. Bold games since 1975 represent when the State Playoffs games started. In reply to Ottawa Hills isn't in Ottawa by iheartlarryfoote. Marie; Sean Trombley, Lake Fenton; Bryce Bondy, Carlton, Airport; Owen Burk, Allendale; Cade Foster, Gaylord; Devin Spears, Melvindale; Landon Raczkowski, Parma Western; Mike Nicaj, Ortonville-Brandon; Cayden Schneider, Coopersville; Brandon Matthews, Forest Hills Northern; David McDaniel, Garden City; Kendall Williams, Farmington; Mario Robinson, Muskegon; Theo Ellis, Port Huron Northern; Max Murphy, Swartz Creek; Exziar Edwards, Jackson; Spencer Rivera, Fenton; Trevon Davis, Ypsilanti Lincoln; KeSean Sandifer, Mona Shores; Nevin Hughes, Riverview Richard; Ontayvean Fry, Parchment; Jack Clancy, Bad Axe; JaVon Kimpson, Chippewa Valley; Henry Brown, Warren Woods Tower; Jake Billette, Clarkston; Devin Spears, Melvindale, Tyler Amos, Portage Northern; Kobe Manzo, Lake Orion; Robbie Tracey, Lakeland; Andre Chenault, Chippewa Valley; Abraham Jaafar, Dearborn Fordson; Christian Brown, Temperance-Bedford. 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?". In reply to Lawrence Reid the 2000s by Seth. 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. Jake Long and Jon Runyan Sr. are interchangeable IMO. 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). He wasn't wrong. Anyway he shined, playing linebacker, left guard, kicker and punter as he earned an honorable mention all-Detroit as a sophomore and led Crockett to a state championship as a junior. Michigan High School Athletic Association 1661 Ramblewood Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823 Office 517-332-5046 Sofran was fired and the job went to Fracassa's former DC, Adam Korzeniewski, who had been coordinating Seaholm's defense. DIVISION TWO No local. 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. It was Tech's only two losses. 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. Jackson Lumen Christi 15, Traverse City St. Francis 12, Michigan high school football state finals: Here's who won this year. While Devin was at Michigan Inkster was also closed, its students dispersed to four other school districts. Thank you Fielding H Yost! He was also a star point guard for the basketball team. Desmond Morgan also played there. Finally we're covering my parents' alma mater, and Michigan's famous pipeline, Cass Technical High School, the great magnet high school of Detroit. 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. 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. because you can't sue us if we warn you. If you have a score to report, post it on Twitter using the #mipreps hashtag. 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. Downriver football is often overlooked, but the nation found DeLong, the top prep kicker prospect in the country in 1992. My only real disagreement/change would be Drew Henson over Devin Gardner. Love both Devin and Drew. The newspaper has named a team every year since 1982. 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?" The Wolverines also finished second in the 1985 Associated Press poll, and have. But I don't think he was really all-anything. 2022 MGoBlog. MICK McCABE:Warren De La Salle's Triston Nichols, somehow, helps win state title with a torn ACL? 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. In 1999 Saginaw High School got more attention from the suddenly exploding recruiting industry than any other high school in the country due to the #1 recruit in the country for most of the cycle, wide receiver Charles Rogers. Class A -- Final Traverse City 29, Troy 3 - Game Summary. This is awesome. Lapeer, Michigan, is the moderately-sized town at the junction of US-24 and I-69. 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). 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. In reply to No Derrick Alexander? Why chosen: The senior had a team-high 39 tackles for loss, along with 116 tackles, 12 sacks and five forced fumbles in 15 games. 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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2HW7_rgrr4&t=177s. Special thanks to michigan-football.com, a highly valuable resource. Farmington Hills Harrison is entering its final season this fall after the (my) school district decided the building that most resembled a prison was the least worth keeping. Two-time first-team AP All-American (1985, 1986). In reply to Key is "if he had returned. Will 2024 be a record year for football players drafted? "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. While Cass is the magnet, King is the high school for downtown and midtown Detroit. To submit changes, mail to: MHSAA Record Book, 1661 Ramblewood Dr., East Lansing, MI 48823. 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. 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. My wife and I lived at 14 and Crooks while saving up for our house, and I still trek out there for Pho because there's nothing like it for miles out here. NOTE: Only coaches who are members of the association may nominate and vote in the all state selection process. Its purpose since its founding in the 1910s was to give every Detroiter with the will and intelligence a chance at a top-notch education, however by the middle of the century they rigged entry exams and then later created tracks (e.g. 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. 8A. 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. Neither is Ottawa Hills High School in the neighborhood of Ottawa Hills (which is a few miles north). 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. HUDL Visit Website. Foote and he are similar players. In a normal year he'd be among the best in-state prospects but 2008 was a huge year for the state, with Nick Perry (USC), Dann O'Neill, Jonas Gray (ND), Mark Ingram (Bama), Cissoko, and Fred Smith (MSU) all joining Martin as four-stars. But Brandt was more modern Jenison than Grasmanis-like in personality. Like a lot of people at Jenison, Brandt's first interest was hunting, and even today his former Michigan teammates say don't bother trying to get him to watch Michigan football on a Saturday after deer season begins. Sponsor of the IHSFCA. 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. 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. The much-beloved coach was just 57. He was good enough at that to leave early for the NFL, where he had 840 yards and 8 TDs last season. 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. When he arrived a sophomore, BG was already one of the best young players of his class. 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. Jarett Irons had the MIKE spot on lockdown but Sword managed to displace Rob Swett and Clint Copenhaver (the NAMES!) You lost me there with your mention of Lawrence Reid, Seth. Lee Brennan, Bristol Good list and thanks for compiling. Watch: Chippewa Valley vs. Clarkston Division 1 title game highlights. Backup: Clarence Williams, Cass TechThe rest of the field: Kevin Grady, Ed Davis, Drake Johnson, Jerome Jackson, Justice Hayes, Thomas Rawls, Jesse Johnson, Teric Jones, Austin White, Kelly Baraka, Reggie Benton. Drew left early. Reasons are 1) Until the late '80s Michigan was a very regional recruiter. If you care about Henson's welfare you should be grateful he didn't play behind the sieve that "protected" Gardner. 2. Backup: Terrance Taylor, MuskegonThe rest of the field: Gabe Watson, Larry Harrison, Alex Ofili, Brion Smith. Sports Gambling Podcast. CATEGORY TITLE. Graham didn't learn this until he was informed he can't play any other sports for the duration of his high school career. Ben Braden and 1970s center Will Hart came from there, and so did my houseguests this weekend. $24.99 . He had a life-threatening neck injury that killed his senior season and stuck us with slow-ass Carl Diggs. Backup: Ryan Van Bergen, WhitehallThe rest of the field: Brennan Beyer, Rondell Biggs, Jake Frysinger, Nathan Brink, Quintin Woods, Andre Criswell. Edge to Henson. Meet the 2021 Michigan high school football All-State teams, Divisions 1-8. New Cass is a beautiful modern structureif you're in Detroit I recommend visiting the library for a panoramic view of the whole city. 22. MHSFCA Dream Team Archives; MHSFCA All-State Teams. 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. We would focus in part on the . The filter bar below allows you to search all state winners since 1985. MHSFCA Michigan High School Football Coaches Association. 31-08-2021 1 6. All State Football Team Michigan Below are the local players selected in each division. Lentz himself grew up on a 21-acre farm with 12 horses. MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER COACHES ASSOCIATION. No one that thicc should be able to move that fast. Head coach "Wild" Bill Murray coached there for 21 seasons, finally retiring the same week as Carr. Born in Inkster, he went to their main rival, Robichaud in Dearborn Heights, where he destroyed just about every state scoring record while also winning a total of nine state championships between football and track for the Bulldogs. 2022 All-News-Herald 1st Team Football. 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. Here's another guy I covered during the three-star post. 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. 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. Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Sponsors.

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