Welcome to the 2018 OAA football season. We will pick games this season with my good friends in the media this season, here are the pickers for the season. Anthony Taormina-Host Between Taorminas and History Now on ONTV, Scott Burnstein-State Champs insider, Oakland Press sports writer, Keith Dunlap-Detroit Free Press sports writer, Dan Stickradt-North Oakland Sports senior editor, and Sean Cotter-Farmington video coordinator. Anyway good luck everyone this season.
DUNES 99-34
TRAIN 98-35
DUNLAP 106-27
STICK 95-38
BURNEY 100-33
COTTER 101-32
Chelsea at Harrison
This will be the fourth meeting between the schools with the
Hawks holding a 3-0 edge over Chelsea with the last meeting being in 2003 to which
Harrison won 65-64. The Bulldogs won 35-14 last week over Milan on the road.
The Hawks in what will be their final home game ever should be excited and pumped up. Harrison won 13-10 over Birmingham Detroit Country Day
after the “Harrison Miracle” last week in overtime in Birmingham. There will be a lot of emotion heading
into this matchup on Saturday afternoon.
DUNES: HARRISON 28, CHELSEA 17
TRAIN: HARRISON 28, CHELSEA 14
DUNLAP: HARRISON 20, CHELSEA 17
STICK: HARRISON 31, CHELSEA 30
BURNEY: HARRISON 21, CHELSEA 17
COTTER: HARRISON 21, CHELSEA 14
Farmington vs DeWitt @ Lansing Catholic
This will be the first ever meeting between the two schools.
The Falcons have seemed to found a rushing attack racking up nine touchdowns
from the ground in two weeks including last week’s 34-3 blowout of South Lyon
East. This week, Farmington will have a ton of challenges including a trip to
Lansing Catholic to play a Panthers team that is undefeated on a Saturday
afternoon. DeWitt needed a 28 yard field goal and strong defense to oust East
Lansing 9-7 last week. The Falcons are a different animal but the key will be
if they can get their passing attack going and if they do, watch out.
DUNES: DEWITT 17, FARMINGTON 14
TRAIN: DEWITT 42, FARMINGTON 14
DUNLAP: DEWITT 34, FARMINGTON 13
STICK: DEWITT 28, FARMINGTON 20
BURNEY: DEWITT 30, FARMINGTON 20
COTTER: FARMINGTON 20, DEWITT 17
Livonia Franklin at Groves
This will be the tenth meeting between the schools
with the Patriots holding a 0-8-1 advantage with the last meeting being in
1971. The Falcons got revenge by beating Birmingham Brother Rice 38-24 last
week and they were rewarded with another home game against the Division Two
State runner up in Livonia Franklin. The Patriots needed a 27-25 home win over
Temperance Bedford to get their third district title in four years despite
having 468 total yards last week. Groves has played a tougher schedule than
Livonia Franklin but the Patriots are well coached and play in a very good
Kensington Lakes Activities Association. Livonia Franklin has also gone through
some adversity as they haven’t had their coach for a few games but he’s back
now and they have nothing to lose. This is a game of two different styles and
it will be interesting to see which style of play comes out on top.
DUNES: GROVES 42, LIVONIA FRANKLIN 14
TRAIN: GROVES 35, LIVONIA FRANKLIN 14
DUNLAP: GROVES 28, LIVONIA FRANKLIN 14
STICK: LIVONIA FRANKLIN 28, GROVES 14
BURNEY: GROVES 24, LIVONIA FRANKLIN 23
COTTER: GROVES 38, LIVONIA FRANKLIN 28
West Bloomfield at Belleville
This is the first meeting between these two teams. Both
teams have multiple Division One recruits including three players, two from
Belleville and one from West Bloomfield going to Michigan State. The Lakers won
in overtime 20-17 over Novi Detroit Catholic Central. The Tigers won 49-33 over
Monroe last week. West Bloomfield had someone on their staff lost a family
member last week when they always play for someone’s honor they are that scary
good. Belleville is talented as mentioned so this will be an interesting
matchup. I wonder if coach Mark Dantonio will show up for this matchup knowing
that three future Spartans are playing in this game.
DUNES: WEST BLOOMFIELD 31, BELLEVILLE 17
TRAIN: WEST BLOOMFIELD 24, BELLEVILLE 21
DUNLAP: WEST BLOOMFIELD 24, BELLEVILLE 20
STICK: WEST BLOOMFIELD 35, BELLEVILLE 34
BURNEY: WEST BLOOMFIELD 34, BELLEVILLE 31
COTTER: WEST BLOOMFIELD 42, BELLEVILLE 35
Clarkston at Lapeer
This will be the fifth meeting all time between the two rivals
with Clarkston holding a 4-0 edge but oddly enough this will be the first
meeting in Lapeer between the two squads. The Wolves needed a 26-6 win over
Lakeland last week to keep their season alive. The Lightning won 35-10 over
Oxford last week and has scored 35 points in the last two weeks. This maybe
Lapeer’s best chance to take Clarkston out of the playoffs with the Wolves
making the trip up to Lapeer and the Lightning has a ton of experience.
DUNES: LAPEER 28, CLARKSTON 7
TRAIN: CLARKSTON 28, LAPEER 24
DUNLAP: LAPEER 17, CLARKSTON 10
STICK: LAPEER 24, CLARKSTON 21
BURNEY: CLARKSTON 28, LAPEER 27
COTTER: CLARKSTON 24, LAPEER 21
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