5 outstanding prep football performances from Week 9
Saline’s Zach Schwartzenberger. These five high school football players turned outstanding performances to help their teams win Week 9 games. Zach Schwartzenberger, Saline The 6-foot-0, 185-pound...
View ArticleMichigan high school football playoff pairings (updated with times)
Romeo’s Christopher Zanke lifts the Divisin 1 state championship trophy at Ford Field on Nov. 28, 2015. These are the pairings for this weekend’s first round games. Teams were divided into four-team...
View ArticleMcCabe: Canton comes back from 0-2 start to make playoffs - The Chiefs win...
Canton tight end Jake Dattillio Tim Baechler had a plan for attacking Canton’s football season. He divided the nine games into three distinct groups. “All off-season I was looking at our first six...
View ArticleLivonia Stevenson (5-4) rallies to sneak into state football playoffs
Livonia Stevenson QB Chris Tanderys Livonia Stevenson coach Randy Micallef’s parting words to his football team Sunday night were: “Welcome to the playoffs.” With a 5-4 record and on the bubble, those...
View ArticleSubmit Q's for prep football guru Mick McCabe
Mick McCabe High school sports expert Mick McCabe will be here at 11 a.m. Tuesday to answer your questions about the soon-to-start high school football playoffs and other preps topics. Submit your...
View ArticleOct. 25 Michigan high school sports results
Taylor Joachim a 6-foot-4 senior at Stevensville Lakeshore high school takes part in volleyball practice. Girls swimming Holly 96, Ortonville Brandon 88: Holly’s Alex Karakuc won the 100 freestyle...
View ArticleRivalry rematch: Macomb Dakota vs. Chippewa Valley in playoffs
Clinton Township Chippewa Valley football coach Scott Merchant, left, oversees practice for a playoff game against Macomb Dakota. The last time Clinton Township Chippewa Valley hosted rival Macomb...
View ArticleBedford QB Joey Wiemer: 'Falling big guys, it's just fun'
Temperance Bedford quarterback Joey Wiemer talks about Bedford’s 43-21 Division 2 victory over Wyandotte. Video by Mick McCabe/DFP
View ArticleMcCabe: QB Joey Wiemer helps Bedford advance with punishing runs - Stubborn...
The Kicking Mules’ Joey Oehlers rushes for a TD against Wyandotte. QB Joey Wiemer ran for 164 yards for Temperance Bedford. Temperance Bedford just might want to begin keeping track of its yards after...
View ArticleCanton tops Northville, 55-29, for second consecutive week
The Canton high school offensive line chases a kickoff during a game against Livonia Churchill on Friday. It’s fairly typical for two high school teams to combine for a load of yards of offense in a...
View ArticleMichigan high school football: First round playoffs results
Wyandotte Roosevelt’s Joshua Thompson (51) holds a flag prior to his team running out onto the field before Temperance Bedford’s 43-21 win in the state playoffs Friday. Saturday’s results Royal Oak...
View ArticleLate TD lifts Clarkston Everest over Waterford Our Lady
Clarkston Everest Collegiate may not have been thrilled to face Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes in the first round of the Michigan high school football playoffs. Before this season, the teams had met...
View ArticleMcCabe: Cass Tech looks stellar in 35-7 win over Dearborn Fordson
Detroit Cass Tech opened the Division 1 playoffs with touchdowns on its first two possessions of the game, and the Technicians looked very much like the No. 1 team in the state, if not the universe....
View ArticleRecruiting: Where Michigan's top 25 football players are going
All statistics are through Week 8. 1. Donovan Peoples-Jones Detroit Cass Tech, 6 feet 2, 202 pounds, wide receiver/defensive back Stats: Had one interception and four TDs, including two on punt...
View ArticleMichigan high school football district finals matchups
Cass Tech’s (17) Marc Oliver scores a touchdown during Cass Tech’s 35-7 win over Dearborn Fordson Saturday in Detroit. Michigan high school football district finals R-region; D-district, game times...
View ArticleBotched call forces Athens and Dakota back to soccer field
A soccer ball lies on the pitch. A rule was misapplied in the boys soccer Division 1 regional final between Macomb Dakota and Troy Athens last week, so the game will be resumed from the point of the...
View ArticleTop 25 Michigan high school football teams: Oct. 30
Here are Mick McCabe's Top 25 high school football teams in the state of Michigan after the first round of the playoffs, counting down to No. 1. 25. Southfield A&T, 7-3, Division 2. Can the...
View ArticleFive standout high school football playoff performances
Macomb Dakota’s Brett Droski These five high school football players led their teams to state playoff victories with outstanding performances: Brett Droski, Macomb Dakota: The 6-foot-3, 200-pound...
View ArticleMcCabe: Walled Lake Western survives close shave in first round - South Lyon...
2. Walled Lake Western, 9-1, 2. Hopefully, the alarm clock went off against South Lyon. Walled Lake Western, the No. 1 team in Division 2, was 3 yards from watching the rest of the state playoffs from...
View ArticleMichigan's top football recruit includes U-M, MSU in Top 5 - Detroit Cass...
Detroit Cass Tech’s Donovan Peoples-Jones is honored as a 2017 U.S. Army All-America on Oct. 1, 2016, in Detroit. Detroit Cass Tech star Donovan Peoples-Jones has narrowed his list of potential...
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