Written Friday March 23rd at 10:30 PM
The Clarkston Wolves will play for a State Championship for a second straight season.
They will play Holland West Ottawa at 12:15 PM on Saturday at the Breslin Center.
The most interesting part of this matchup is that the Wolves and Panthers played each other in the State Football playoffs in Holland where Clarkston trailed by two scores to stun Holland West Ottawa.
The Panthers are a defensive first team which limited Novi to 50 points in the State semifinals in a 53-50 win.
Holland West Ottawa is led by its point guard Xavier Wade. Wade is a two way standout, he also played in that regional final loss to Clarkston. Wade had 13 points against Novi. The Panthers also have three point specialist Drew Pederson. Pederson had 12 points (four three pointers) and two in the fourth quarter sparking Holland West Ottawa's late run against Novi. The Panthers also have Tyler Bosma in the paint and he was huge getting 13 points and 12 rebounds in their game against Novi.
Lets look at the matchup more in depth.
Guards
This will be an interesting matchup between Xavier Wade and Foster Loyer. I'm not sure how they would match out with Holland West Ottawa being a defensive first team, not to mention CJ Robinson vs Drew Pederson. There will be a ton of scoring on both sides here but give me the Wolves because of Loyer. ADVANTAGE: CLARKSTON.
Forwards
Taylor Currie vs Tyler Bosma will be a great matchup in the interior to go along with Nick Wehmmeyer vs Nick Wells and Liam Cavanaugh vs Chase Waslik. These three matchups inside could determine who wins the State Crown. I like Clarkston in this matchup especially with Currie. ADVANTAGE: CLARKSTON.
Coaching
Steve Windemuller vs Dan Fife. I know how good Windemuller has been for Holland West Ottawa but come on now it's Dan Fife. ADVANTAGE: CLARKSTON.
Bench
I don't trust the Wolves bench in this matchup. Give me the Panthers, they use their bench more in games, gives them more options. ADVANTAGE: HOLLAND WEST OTTAWA.
Prediction
You can not play a half court game with Clarkston. Also if the Panthers can stop Currie, Robinson, and especially Loyer they have a shot in this one considering that the Wolves don't use it's bench at all. I think Clarkston will have enough to repeat as State Champs. PICK: CLARKSTON.
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- I have highest function of autism (Asperger Syndrome.) I'm a huge Dallas Stars fan. I like to play and watch football, especially when the Dragons play on Friday nights. I am a 2006 alum and used to play football for the Dragons. I ran track, I ran the 100, 200, 400 meter dashes along with shot-put and discus. During my time in Orion I was a manager for Junior Varsity Boys Basketball team. I'm the volleyball, girls basketball, and football announcer for the team and do the book on the road for girls basketball. I do the clock for volleyball in the fall along with girls basketball in the winter and announce some boys basketball games as well. In the spring I coach shot-put at Scripps Middle School, in my fifth season coaching. I run the shot-put for high school meets. I played Special Olympics Basketball, I've won three gold medals for them. I host "Between Taorminas" which is on ONTV along with a podcast called "OAA Now". In other various things outside of Lake Orion, I love to jet ski over Saginaw Bay. Saginaw Bay is basically my life. I'm a trained weather spotter for the National Weather Service for Oakland and Huron counties.
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