1. Oak Park
2. West Bloomfield
3. Adams
4. Clarkston
5. Southfield Arts and Tech
6. Groves
7. Ferndale
8. Harrison
9. Avondale
10. Troy
WEST BLOOMFIELD 17, ADAMS 16
GROVES 32, HARRISON 31
SOUTHFIELD ARTS AND TECH 24, ORION 16
FERNDALE 36, NORTH FARMINGTON 0
CLARKSTON 48, OXFORD 0
TROY 24, BERKLEY 9
FARMINGTON 46, PONTIAC 6
ROCHESTER 28, SEAHOLM 27
OAK PARK 48, STONEY CREEK 0
AVONDALE 21, ROYAL OAK 7
BLOOMFIELD HILLS 48, TROY ATHENS 0
Clinton Township Clintondale 30, HAZEL PARK 14
BIG WIN: West Bloomfield. The Lakers had to overcome a solid
Adams squad on the road 17-16 on Friday night. West Bloomfield scored on two
big passing plays and got a field goal to secure a big win. The West Bloomfield
win creates a four-way tie on top of the Red with the Lakers, the Highlanders,
Clarkston, and Southfield Arts and Tech. This will be interesting to close out
the final four weeks of the regular season.
TOUGH LOSS: Seaholm. The Maples lost a heartbreaker at home to
Rochester 28-27. Seaholm’s playoff hopes are all but dashed after this tough
loss. The Maples will go to Stoney Creek next week to play the Cougars.
TEAM ON THE RISE: Avondale. The Yellow Jackets are finally
putting things together following a 21-7 win over Royal Oak on the road behind
their starting quarterback Adam Mathier. Mathier accounted for 200 yards in
total offense. He had one passing and rushing score on the night. Avondale will
host Farmington next week.
TEAM THAT’S IN TROUBLE: Troy. Yes, the Colts sit at 4-1
after a 24-9 win over Berkley but look at who Troy plays to close out the
season. They have to go to Groves next week, then they host Seaholm, and then
in two weeks travel to Oak Park before closing out the season with Troy Athens.
The Colts right now are riding high but looking at the schedule, it looks
bleak.
WHAT HAPPENED: Oxford. The Wildcats were no match at home
against Clarkston on Friday night as the Wolves won 48-0 in front of a shocked
Oxford crowd. Clarkston used the big plays against the Wildcats. Oxford has another
tough one next week as they travel to West Bloomfield to play the Lakers.
TEAM THAT NEEDS A HUG: Harrison. For the second straight
season Groves beats the Hawks again, this time in triple overtime at 32-31. The
Falcons played a strong first half while Harrison played a strong second half.
This has been tough luck lately for the Hawks against Groves and at home too
that makes matters worse. Last season it was 14-7 in favor of the Falcons, this
might be more painful losing a game like this. Harrison goes to Rochester next
week.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME: Hazel Park. What happened to former Troy coach Gary
Griffith’s defense against Clintondale??? Now I know the Dragons have a good
offense and came in at 3-1 but for Hazel Park whom is bigger in enrollment than Clintondale to allow 30 points and fall 30-14 at home is not a good
feeling. The schedule will ease up a little bit for the Vikings as they have
Pontiac next week. Hazel Park still controls their own destiny in the Blue but
they have to address things and quick.
Sammy, curious to what you think is going wrong at Orion. It's just so surprising that one of the top football programs in the state has been down for 4+ years now? Is it just talent not playing football and playing other sports or is it coaching. What happened over there? Such a big school to be struggling. I use to love watching Orion Clarkston every year because it was always the biggest game in Oakland county and one of the biggest in the state in week 9.
ReplyDeleteYou have some down years, what happened at Orion is while the Dragons have been successful for a long time, Orion is going through a few years where they are down. The talent is not as much there as it used to be but that's not saying that they play and work hard. Clarkston had a similar situation from 2001-2004 and slowly built themselves back to where they are today. Every team has their ups and downs.
ReplyDeleteAlso the league has gotten better, West Bloomfield went open enrollment which is why they are consistently good. Southfield merged schools. Bloomfield Hills is benefiting from adding Paddock from Brother Rice. The teams in the league has gotten better.
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