Week Five Recap.

Written Friday September 23rd at 11:55 PM

INSIDE THE OAA TOP 10:

1. Groves

2. Bloomfield Hills

3. Adams

4. Clarkston

5. Oak Park

6. West Bloomfield

7. Rochester

8. Ferndale

9. Harrison

10. Orion

Scores:

GROVES 36, SEAHOLM 0.

ORION 21, SOUTHFIELD ARTS AND TECH 14.

OXFORD 28, FARMINGTON 21.

OAK PARK 41, NORTH FARMINGTON 0.

CLARKSTON 40, TROY ATHENS 21.

ADAMS 21, HARRISON 9.

HAZEL PARK 19, ROYAL OAK 14.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS 35, AVONDALE 14.

FERNDALE 45, PONTIAC 7.

Birmingham Detroit Country Day 36, TROY 14.

WEST BLOOMFIELD 36, STONEY CREEK 19.

ROCHESTER 41, BERKLEY 27.

Standings:

Red:

West Bloomfield: 3-0, 3-2

Clarkston: 3-1, 4-1

Orion: 3-1, 3-2

Southfield Arts and Tech: 2-1, 2-3

Stoney Creek: 1-3, 1-4

Oxford: 0-3, 2-3

Troy Athens: 0-3, 1-4

White:

Groves: 3-0, 5-0

Harrison: 2-1, 3-2

Adams: 3-1, 4-1

Oak Park: 3-1, 3-2

Seaholm: 1-3, 1-4

Farmington: 0-3, 1-4

North Farmington: 0-3, 0-5

Blue:

Bloomfield Hills: 4-0, 5-0

Rochester: 2-1, 3-2

Berkley: 2-1, 3-2

Hazel Park: 2-1, 2-3

Royal Oak: 2-1, 2-3

Ferndale: 2-2, 3-2

Troy: 1-2, 1-4

Ferndale: 2-2, 3-2

Pontiac: 0-3, 0-5

Avondale: 0-4, 0-5

BIG WIN: Orion. The Dragons were motivated after seeing a tweet from Southfield Arts and Tech quarterback Sam Johnson III on Thursday night that stated that “They don’t know sorry in advance Lake Orion.” Orion made Johnson III eat his words in a 21-14 victory at Southfield Arts and Tech over the Warriors. The Dragons was the better and more disciplined team. They were also the more physical team and it showed against a good Southfield Arts and Tech team. The Dragons now sit at 3-2 while the Warriors sit at 2-3 with games against West Bloomfield, Oxford, and Oak Park coming up. One thing we all know is don’t use Twitter to motivate the other team, sometimes the karma comes back to get you.

TOUGH LOSS: Farmington. The Falcons were about to go to overtime but they let a turnover cost them their game against Oxford. The Wildcats would use the turnover to their advantage as Ethan Williams scored the winning touchdown with 19 seconds left to give Oxford win number two in a 28-21 victory in Farmington. This was another bad loss for the Falcons and coach John Bechtel as he is clearly in the hot seat now. This was also a huge win for the Wildcats as they look to have turned the corner a bit after giving up 52 points to Orion last week. Farmington plays at Adams next week and still have tough games with West Bloomfield and Groves. Oxford goes to Stoney Creek to play the Cougars and have home dates with Troy Athens, Southfield Arts and Tech, and Harrison going forward.

TEAM THAT NEEDS A HUG: Harrison. The Hawks saw their six year winning streak snap against Adams on Friday night in Farmington. The Highlanders beat Harrison 21-9 and look to be on track to make a return to the playoffs for the first time since 2013. This was the first time the Hawks lost to the Highlanders since 2009 and to make matters worse it was also Harrison's homecoming as well. The Hawks have to play Oak Park, Oxford, and Groves coming up so these next three games will tell a lot about Harrison going forward.

WHAT HAPPENED: Berkley. The Bears were looking to get back on track against Rochester on Friday night but it did not happen as the Falcons went into Hurley Field and beat Berkley 41-27. Rochester has won three straight games since an 0-2 start. They have a great chance to make the playoffs for the first time since 2010. The Bears will have to get back to the drawing board as they have lost two straight games. This does not look good for Berkley right now, especially defensibly where they have allowed 67 points in the last two games (33.5 ppg), not good.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME: Royal Oak? Ravens coach Ray McMann has to be sick on his stomach losing to Hazel Park 19-14. To make matters worse this game was their homecoming game. The Ravens looked good beating Troy 28-21 last week and was going up but the Vikings had nothing to lose. This is a huge upset considering that Hazel Park was 2-30 coming into the game and both of their wins came against Pontiac. The Vikings still have tough games coming up if they want to make the playoffs with Ferndale and Rochester on the schedule. Royal Oak we thought seemed to turned the corner, well guess not and it likely cost them a trip to the playoffs.