The High School Football Huddle
Rockford won its third Michigan Division 1 high school football championship in five years beating Lake Orion 26-14 Saturday at Ford Field. Click here for a game recap story.
Rockford won its third Michigan Division 1 high school football championship in five years beating Lake Orion 26-14 Saturday at Ford Field. Click here for a game recap story.
East Grand Rapids continued its domination of Michigan Division 3 football. EGR beat Inkster 43-24 Saturday for its third straight title and fifth in the past seven years. Click here for game story.
Muskegon Oakridge's 26-14 win over Ovid-Else gave the city of Muskegon its third title in three tries at this weekend's Michigan high school football championships. In addition to winning the school's third championship in four years, the Eagles stopped the state's top running Chris Robinson from setting a new single-season rushing record. Robinson needed 164 yards to break the record, and Oakridge held him to 117-yards on 14 carries. Click here for a game story.
2007 Division 7 runner-up Traverse City St. Francis is now the reigning 2008 champ. The Gladiators beat Ubly 41-13 Saturday to win the title. Click here for a game story.
Michigan's winningest program added another state championship trophy to its case Friday. The Muskegon beat Warren DeLaSalle 34-14 to win the Division 2 title. It's the school's sixth since the state's playoff system began, and 17th overall. Click here for game story.
Holland Christian quarterback A.J. Westendorp was nearly perfect Friday in leading the Maroons to a 35-20 win over Detroit Country Day in Michigan's Division 4 state championship game. Westendorp set state finals records for completions, passing yards and total yards with a 26-for-33 performance for 318 yards. He had 426 yards in total offense. The victory gave the school its first title in just six years of varsity play. Click here for game story.
Muskegon Catholic Central won the battle of the unbeatens beating Crystal Falls Forest Park 40-0 to win the Michigan Division 8 high school football championship Friday. Six different players scored for the Crusaders, who outgained their opponents 523 total yards to 129.
Muskegon has spent the better part of the last five years in the national spotlight with teams that have consistantly found themselves ranked by national polls like the USA Today Super 25. With two Division 2 state titles since 2004, the Big Reds are hoping to add to the trophy case this year. Muskegon improved to 10-0 Friday night with a 49-13 first round playoff win over Holland, which was making its first post-season appearance.