Thursday, February 9, 2017

With Mach's retirement does Division One Open Up???

Written Thursday February 9th at 12:10 PM

Does the retirement of Novi Detroit Catholic Central coach Tom Mach really open up Division One this upcoming season???

Mach retired on Wednesday after spending 41 years at the Catholic School. He won ten State Championships and been to 17 State Finals as coach of the Shamrocks.

Mach finishes his coaching career as the fourth winning coach all time in State History with 320 wins and 97 losses.

It will be interesting whom the Shamrocks go with as their next head coach. He could change the offensive philosophy up, traditionally Novi Detroit Catholic Central is a run first football team.

But are the Shamrocks vulnerable now that Mach is gone???

That is an interesting question.

There are a few teams that could be threats to Novi Detroit Catholic Central especially in their district if they get to the playoffs. City rival Novi has had a resurgence in recent years along with their arch rival Northville, Plymouth has been to a State Final in their history, Canton is a powerhouse, and Saline has been a State Finalist before.

That’s not mentioning Detroit Cass Tech.

The Technicians are the defending Division One State Champs. Detroit Cass Tech brought in five Division One prospects from Southfield Arts and Tech, along with one from Birmingham Brother Rice, and one from Birmingham Detroit Country Day.

Any OAA Schools Possibly involved in Division One.

Northern Oakland County and Northern Macomb County will always have a strong say whom will be in the Division One State Finals. There are powerhouse programs in this area, that have not only won State Championships and have had State Final appearances.

In Macomb County, you have Macomb Dakota, Chippewa Valley, Utica Eisenhower, and Romeo. All of those programs are expected to be very good this season.

In Oakland County, you have powerhouse programs like Clarkston, Orion, and Adams in there. In the central and southern part of the county you have programs like West Bloomfield and Southfield Arts and Tech that are starting to emerge as powers.

It will be interesting to see how the Shamrocks will look like in 2017, so we’ll see what happens.
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