The biggest shakeup in the rankings came in Division 6 where No. 1 Madison Heights Madison lost to St. Clair Shores South Lake, 54-28, a Division 4 team.

The state’s top recruit Donovan Peoples-Jones (9), left, celebrates after scoring a touchdown with his teammate during the first half. He lead Cass Tech to a 45-27 win over Oak Park during the Detroit Prep KickOff Classic Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016 at Wayne State University’s Tom Adams football field. Regina H. Boone/Detroit Free Press

Madison’s loss opened the door for Millington to move into the top spot in Division 6.

Another No. 1 team to lose was Muskegon, which lost, 38-35, Lincolnshire Stevenson, a powerhouse team from Illinois with an enrollment of 4,179 students, compared to Muskegon’s 1,052. That is why the Big Reds are still No. 1 in Division 3.

Utica Eisenhower’s victory over Macomb Dakota moved it up one spot to No. 4 in Division 1. Davison, which has victories of 50 and 35 points, makes its debut in the Division 1 rankings, along with Grandville and Grand Blanc.

For the first time in years all three Traverse City teams are in the rankings. Traverse City Central joins Traverse City West in the D-2 top 10, but one of the teams could be making a quick exit. They play each other this week. St. Francis is firmly entrenched in the No. 2 spot in D-7.

The only ranked team to lose in Division 4 was Lansing Sexton, which was beaten by Grandville, No. 9 in D-1. Taking Sexton’s place this week is Benton Harbor, which hasn’t been ranked in decades. The Tigers of coach Elliott Uzelac notched an impressive win over Grand Rapids South Christian last week.

There were some good wins by unranked Division 5 teams last week, but no one could break into the Top 10 because all 10 ranked teams won.

Detroit Loyola suffered a 35-14 loss to two-time defending Division 3 state champ Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, but in the long run that loss will only help Loyola, which remains No. 1 in D-7.

Mick McCabe’s rankings

FOOTBALL

Super 10

RK, SCHOOL, REC, DIV

1. Detroit Cass Tech, 2-0, 1

The Technicians keep rolling with 60-0 win over CMA

2. Walled Lake Western, 2-0, 2

An impressive comeback win with the backup QB again

3. Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 2-0, 1

Shamrocks steamroll past Toledo Whitmer, a good Ohio team

4. Muskegon, 1-1, 3

A three-point loss to powerhouse from Illinois is no big deal

5. Detroit King, 2-0, 2

Another lopsided win in the PSL

6. Lowell, 2-0, 2

Impressive comeback win over Rockford

7. Hudsonville, 2-0, 1

Looking good in 38-7 win at Holt

8. Utica Eisenhower, 2-0, 1

A decisive victory over a very good Dakota team

9.Dearborn Fordson, 2-0, 1

The Tractors rolled over Edsel Ford, 48-20

10. River Rouge, 1-1, 4

Rouge thumped Ann Arbor Huron, 70-0

RK; SCHOOL; REC; LW

Division 1

1. Detroit Cass Tech, 2-0, 1

2. Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 2-0, 3

3. Hudsonville, 2-0, 4

4. Utica Eisenhower, 2-0, 5

5. Dearborn Fordson, 2-0, 7

6. Saline, 2-0, 8

7. Northville, 2-0, 9

8. Davison, 2-0, _

9. Grandville, 2-0, _

10. Grand Blanc, 2-0, _

Thursday’s prep football scores from around Michigan

Division 2

1. Walled Lake Western, 2-0, 1

2. Detroit King, 2-0, 2

3. Lowell, 2-0, 3

4. Traverse City West, 2-0, 4

5. Midland Dow, 2-0, 5

6. Portage Central, 2-0, 6

7. Temperance Bedford, 2-0, 7

8. Traverse City Central, 2-0 1-0, _

9. Birmingham Groves, 2-0, _

10. U-D Jesuit, 2-0, _

Division 3

1. Muskegon, 1-1, 1

2. Grand Rapids Christian, 2-0, 3

3. Orchard Lake St. Mary, 1-1, 4

4. St. Joseph, 2-0, 5

5. Allen Park, 2-0, 6

6. Zeeland East, 2-0, 7

7. Stevensville-Lakeshore, 2-0, 9

8. Zeeland West, 2-0, 10

9. Mason, 2-0, _

10. Chelsea, 2-0, _

Friday, Sept. 2 Michigan high school football scores

Division 4

1. River Rouge, 1-1, 1

2. Birmingham Det. Country Day, 2-0, 2

3. Grand Rapids Catholic Central, 2-0, 3

4. Alma, 2-0, 4

5. Corunna, 2-0, 5

6. Marysville, 2-0, 6

7. Ludington, 2-0, 7

8. Croswell-Lexington, 2-0, 8

9. Escanaba, 2-0, 9

10. Benton Harbor, 2-0, _

Division 5

1. Grand Rapids West Catholic, 2-0, 1

2. Menominee, 2-0, 2

3. Lansing Catholic, 2-0, 3

4. Ithaca, 2-0, 4

5. Frankenmuth, 2-0, 5

6. Montague, 2-0, 6

7. Portland, 2-0, 7

8. Ida, 2-0, 8

9. Carrollton, 2-0, 9

10. Freeland, 2-0, 10

Saturday, Sept. 3 Michigan high school football scores

Division 6

1. Millington, 2-0, 2

2. Charlevoix, 2-0, 3

3. Negaunee, 2-0, 4

4. Laingsburg, 2-0, 6

5. Madison Heights Madison, 1-1, 1

6. Grass Lake, 2-0, 8

7. Schoolcraft, 2-0, _

8. Beaverton, 2-0, _

9. Roscommon, 2-0, _

10. Quincy, 2-0, _

Division 7

1. Detroit Loyola, 1-1, 1

2. Traverse City St. Francis, 2-0, 2

3. Pewamo-Westphalia, 2-0, 3

4. New Lothrop, 2-0, 4

5. Saugatuck, 2-0, 5

6. Flint Beecher, 2-0, 6

7. Iron Mountain, 2-0, 7

8. Clinton, 2-0, 8

9. McBain, 2-0, 9

10. Hudson, 2-0, 10

Division 8

1. Muskegon Catholic Central, 2-0, 1

2. Climax-Scotts, 2-0, 2

3. Fowler, 2-0, 3

4. Frankfort, 2-0, 7

5. Ishpeming, 1-1, 8

6. Petersburg-Summerfield, 2-0, _

7. Mendon, 1-1, 4

8. St. Ignace, 1-1, 6

9. Gaylord St Mary, 2-0, 9

10. Harbor Beach, 1-1, 10

Orchard Lake St. Mary’s running back RaShawn Allen dodges a tackle attempt from Detroit Loyola’s Price Watkins during St. Mary’s 35-14 win Friday at Hazel Park.

The Son of Swami is a big Hall of Fame fan.

So nothing pleases the All-Knowing One more than to see his grandmother, Kathy McGee, enter the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in Friday night’s induction ceremony at the Max M. Fisher Music Center.

SOS is thrilled that even at her advanced age, the former Flint Powers girls basketball coach has most of her mental facilities and should realize the honor being bestowed upon one of the greatest coaches in state history.

And it just so happens that SOS is familiar with a few other inductees. About a million years ago, SOS drove to Kalamazoo and spoke with a youngster who was supposed to be the best high school baseball player in the country — Derek Jeter, who was also capable of playing Division I basketball.

SOS also remembers going to Romulus to see one of the best shooters he’d ever seen — John Long, who was hitting three-pointers long before there was a three-point line.

There is also a sports writer being inducted — Tom Gage, who covered the Tigers for a small southeastern Michigan almost-daily paper for almost four decades. But SOS will remember him more for the time SOS covered the Port Huron-to-Mackinac race with him and got him hooked on Harry Chapin.

It has also come to SOS’s attention that the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., will hold its induction ceremony Friday, and among the inductees is a former running back and defensive back from Iron Mountain — Tom Izzo.

Evidently Izzo went on to get involved with basketball in some capacity, but SOS maintains Izzo is really a football coach at heart. If former fellow Iron Mountain grad Steve Mariucci ever decides to get back into NFL coaching, look for Izzo to become his special teams coach.

As for SOS, here are this week’s top games.

Week 3 high school football schedule

Hudsonville (2-0) at East Kentwood (2-0), 7 Friday. Is this the first of two games between these teams this year? In each of the last three seasons, Hudsonville and East Kentwood met in the regular season and then again in the state playoffs. Hudsonville won both in 2013 and Kentwood won both in 2014, before Hudsonville again won both meetings in 2015. Is it Kentwood’s turn this year? Maybe not. Hudsonville Ice Cream 26, Kentwood Kitchens 20.

Traverse City West (2-0) vs. Traverse City Central (2-0) at Thirlby Field, 7 Friday. The West defense will have its hands full trying to stop the running of Devante Walker and Jordan Fisher. And the Titans better not forget about the passing of Tobin Schwannecke, who isn’t playing like a sophomore. It would help if West’s Jacob Pawloski and Chase Childers play like lock-down defensive backs again. Traverse City’s Best 24, Suzy Merchant High 21.

Zeeland West (2-0) at Grand Rapids West Catholic (2-0), 7 Friday. Three-time defending Division 5 state champ West Catholic has played like it in two easy wins. Now it must handle the full-house, tight T-formation running attack of West, which has won three state titles in the last five years (two in Division 4, one in Division 3). West won its first two games this season by five and four points, which is not margin the Dux usually win by, so they may have to throw more than two passes this week. Quack, Quack West 29, Catholics West of Grand Rapids 26.

Northville (2-0) at Walled Lake Western (2-0), 7 Friday. Northville’s Ryan Nelson will need to keep an eye on Western’s Cody White, who will either dominate from the quarterback position or the wide receiver spot. Jack Burke will have to have a big game for the Mustangs as a quarterback and defensive back because Western’s skill position players are outstanding. If the game is close, Northville kicker Jake Moody could be a difference-maker. Walled Lake Casino 28, Northville Downs 20.

Southfield A&T (1-1) at Birmingham Groves (2-0), 7 Friday. Which Southfield team will we see here? The one which was blasted by Detroit King, 39-0, in the opener, or the one which beat Clarkston in overtime in Week 2? A good game by Southfield sophomore QB Sam Johnson is a must and he better keep an eye on Groves ball-hawking DB Ryan Flaherty. Groves has an effective passer of its own in Beau Kewley. AT&T 27, Orange Groves 21 (OT).

High school football rankings, Super 10 and divisions

A soccer ball lies on the pitch.

Boys cross country

Berrien Springs Invite: Stevensville Lakeshore took third place with 86 points at the eight-team invite.

Hartford Teske Invite: Watervliet took second at the tournament with 56 points. Jobe Kerr was first overall in a time of 17:30.

Boys soccer

Dearborn Edsel Ford 8, Wyandotte Roosevelt 0: Justin Stanhope and Kaleb Zemke each scored two goals for Edsel Ford.

Hartland 8, Pinckney 0: Brady Walker had five goals and Corey White scored three times for Hartland (9-1-2).

North Farmington 2, Southfield 0: Christian Olson and Matthew Swarthout scored goals for North Farmington (4-2-1).

Rochester Stoney Creek 4, Oxford 0: Oxford dropped to 4-5 this season.

Southfield Christian 2, Parkway Christian 2: Jonathan Sullivan and Chris Davenport scored goals for Southfield Christian (1-2-3). Jacob Canady and Alex Rodriguez scored for Parkway (2-2-1).

Wyoming 4, Forest Hills Eastern 1: Aidan Jacks scored for Forest Hills Eastern.

Boys tennis

Forest Hills Eastern 6, Grand Rapids Christian 2: Nick Hakken won at No. 2 singles for Forest Hills Eastern.

Mattawan 7, Stevensville Lakeshore 1: Cameron Coates from Lakeshore defeated Scott Smola at No. 1 singles, 6-4, 6-1.

Rochester 6, Berkley 2: Rochester’s Santhosh Narayanan defeated Adam Yaker at No. 1 singles 6-0, 6-0. Rochester improved to 2-2, while Berkley is 2-3.

Girls cross country

Berrien Springs Invite: Stevensville Lakeshore won the tournament with 35 points and had 11 girls earn medals.

Hartford Teske Invite: Watervliet took third at the tournament with 76 points. Allie Pazera was third overall in a time of 22:13.

Girls golf

Fenton 186, Clio 223: Keegan Millers shot a 42 and Molly Gundrys recorded a 44 to lead Fenton.

Lakeland 189, Waterford Mott 237: Lexie Bordeau and Alexis Gurke each shot 46 for Lakeland.

SVL Cluster Match: Lapeer won the five-team tournament with a nine-hole score of 173. Lapeer was led by Baylee Thompson, who shot a 39. Davison finished second in the team standings with 179.

Walled Lake Northern 210, Walled Lake Western 231: Shana Murphy had a 38 for Walled Lake Western to earn medalist honors. Northern improved to 1-1, while Western is 0-2.

Girls swimming

Oxford 147, Ferndale 36: Oxford claimed winners in all 12 events to improve to 1-1 overall.

Girls volleyball

Belleville 3, Clarenceville 0: Linda Hodzic had two kills and two blocks for Clarenceville, while Maddison Jaber went 7 for 7 on serve receive with two aces.

Birmingham Roeper 3, Madison Heights Bishop Foley 1: Roeper dropped the first set 15-25, but responded to win the next three, 25-8, 25-21, 25-20. Alexis Johnson had seven kills, two blocks, eight digs and 11 aces for Roeper (2-5-0), while Audrey Batdors-Barnes added 15 kills, two blocks and two digs, and Katie Booth had 12 assists and six kills.

Canton 3, Wayne Memorial 0: Sammy Pashigan finished with seven kills for Canton, while Sabrina Giacomini added 19 assists.

Imlay City 3, Capac 1: Kenady Kauffman had 10 service points, four aces, five kills and 11 digs for Imlay City, while Ali Harper added 19 service points, eight aces and nine kills.

Mackinaw City 3, Vanderbilt 0: Savannah Grimmer had five aces and four kills for Mackinaw City (1-2), while Kayla Gallagher finished with six aces and Sarah Morse added four kills.

Trenton 3, Carlson 0: Izzy Oakley had 29 assists, six digs and two kills for Trenton, while Kelsey Dionne added eight kills, three aces and two blocks.

Footballs on the field before a game.

Allen Park 24, Woodhaven 0: Antonio Mangiapane was 13-of-18 for 202 yards and one touchdown for Allen Park (3-0). Ryan Fish caught four receptions for 133 yards and one touchdown. The defensive shutout was led by Tyler Marsee with 11 tackles.

Battle Creek Lakeview 42, Battle Creek Central 8: Jayvion Settles finished with 125 yards rushing and four touchdowns for Lakeview (2-0). Michael Miller secured 13 tackles.

Birmingham Brother Rice 41, Elkhart Central (IN) 17: Benjamin Zardus rushed 16 times for 122 yards and three touchdowns for Brother Rice (2-1). Jack Moran rushed 14 times for 111 yards and one touchdown. Mariano Valenti completed 13 passes for 301 yards and two touchdowns. Matthew Jordan had three catches for 165 yards, including a 70-yard reception for touchdown. Jack Sailor secured nine tackles, including one sack.

Carson City-Crystal 50, Blanchard Montabella 18: Drew Stout threw for 352 yards and four scores on 20 completions, and he also had 107 yards rushing on eight attempts for three touchdowns for Carson City-Crystal (2-1). Noah Heckman had four grabs for 150 yards and four touchdowns. Daniel Smith secured 15 tackles and one sack.

• Week 3 high school football scoreboard

Clarkston 38, Oxford 7: Michael Fluegel had 14 rushes for 122 yards and one rushing and receiving touchdown for Clarkston. Additionally, J.T. King, Josh Cantu and Jake Billette had a rushing TD each. Garrett Tyrell threw a 10-yard TD pass to Ryan Miller for Oxford’s lone score of the game.

Dearborn 40, Dearborn Edsel Ford 18: Mikey Phillips completed 12-of-14 passes for 178 yards and three touchdowns in the first half for Dearborn (2-1, 1-0). Adam Elder had three catches for 80 yards and a touchdown. Youseph Saad rushed five times for 100 yards and a touchdown, which came off an 85-yard rush.

Detroit Cody 56, Detroit Douglass 0: Zyaire Gardner rushed eight times for 122 yards and one touchdown for Cody (2-1). Marquise Burnett passed 5-for-7 for 163 yards and four touchdowns. Jaysaar Ball secured nine tackles, three sacks and a 30-yard fumble return for a touchdown. Quinten Allen took an interception 45 yards for a touchdown. Douglass falls to 0-3.

Detroit Delta Prep 32, Detroit Consortium 14: Quarterback Robert Beety III went 8-for-12 with 207 yards passing, two touchdowns and one rushing touchdown for Delta Prep (1-2). James O’Neil had 104 yards receiving with one touchdown. Consortium is now 1-2.

Detroit Denby 40, Detroit Henry Ford 14: Adonte Calhoun rushed for 187 yards and four touchdowns for Denby (3-0). Additionally, Keanan Harris recorded three tackles for loss and two sacks plus returned a fumble recovery for touchdown in the win.

Detroit East English Village 42, Detroit Central 6: Zahmagne March rushed for 175 yards and four touchdowns for English Village (2-1). Lemuel Watley had a TD reception. Delvin Washington threw for 175 yards and two touchdowns, including a 65-yard pass to Watley and another for 50 yards to Cortez Berry. Central slips to 1-2.

Detroit Loyola 38, Marine City 22: DeAnthony Robinson had 16 carries for 175 yards and two touchdowns for Loyola (2-1). Hunter Harris had six receptions for 110 yards. Jimmy Chappell led on defense with 10 tackles and one interception.

Detroit Mumford 26, Detroit Collegiate 14: For Mumford (2-1), Omar Pagan passed 16-for-23 for 252 yards and a touchdown, as well as rushing for 56 yards on four carries. Cerell Lewis rushed eight times for 79 yards and one touchdown, and he also scored on an 84-yard kickoff return. Brandon Green secured seven tackles, one sack and one forced fumble. Collegiate slips to 0-3.

Detroit Osborn 12, Detroit Renaissance 6: Bryant Graham had one catch for a 52-yard touchdown along with a 98-yard touchdown run with 11 seconds left to win the game for Osborn (2-1).

Detroit Western International 42, Detroit CMA 0: Derrick Corbin threw two touchdown passes for Western (3-0). Devin George scored three touchdowns, two of which were receiving and the other a 55-yard punt return. Rodrick Harris, Daryl Ervin and DeMonte Smith all rushed for touchdowns. CMA slips to 1-2.

Farmington Hills Harrison 45, Birmingham Seaholm 7: Brendann Brown had 11 carries, 63 yards and two touchdowns while Devon Pressley had five carries, 62 yards and one score for Harrison.  Harrison was led through the air by Jimmy O’Connor, who finished 9-for-12 with 150 yards and one score.  Seaholm’s Max Schumaker had seven carries and 127 yards and a “reservation for six.”

Ferndale 33, Auburn Hills Avondale 15: SO

Grand Rapids South Christian 33, Forest Hills Eastern 17: SO

Grosse Pointe South 29, Fraser 7: Quarterback Logan Mico went 10-for-22 with 205 passing yards and two touchdowns for South (3-0, 2-0 MAC White). Kicker Cam Shook set a school record in field goals, going 5-for-5 in the contest with the longest coming from 37 yards out. Aidan Komez led the defense with nine tackles, including two for loss. Matthew Bradford scored the lone touchdown for Fraser (1-2, 0-2 MAC White) on an 80-yard touchdown reception.

Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett 42, Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest 19: Connor McCarron passed 17-for-24 for 285 yards and four touchdowns for Liggett (3-0, 1-0 MIAC). Charles Caine rushed 17 times for 101 yards and two touchdowns, and he also had five catches for 139 yards and three more touchdowns. Jackson Walkowiak secured eight catches for 169 yards and a touchdown. Brady McCarron secured 16 tackles.

Holly 21, Flint Kearsley 0: Holly (2-1) rushed for 304 yards in this Flint Metro League matchup. Peyton Bilbia rushed 14 times for 143 yards and one touchdown. Kyle Staple secured 10 tackles, three sacks and forced a fumble.

Livonia Clarenceville 19, Dearborn Heights Annapolis 16: SO

Marine City Cardinal Mooney 51, Dearborn Heights Star International 6: Wyatt Greenia racked up 303 yards and five touchdowns on 13 carries for Mooney (1-2).

Milan 38, Riverview 22: For Milan (3-0, 2-0 Huron), Trace Lindeman rushed 16 times for 115 yards and two touchdowns, and he also snagged two catches for 100 yards and two touchdowns. For Riverview (0-3, 0-2 Huron), Zach Guthrie rushed 18 times for 147 yards and two touchdowns.

Muskegon 63, Fruitport 7: Kalil Pimpleton went 9-for-12 passing for 172 yards and four touchdowns.

Parkway Christian 68, Southfield Christian 22: For Parkway (1-2, 1-0 MIAC), Jacob Bambrick rushed 11 times for 133 yards and three touchdowns, and recorded two more scores off catches. Jackson Allen added 111 yards and one touchdown on seven carries to go along with two touchdown catches and an 82-yard kick return for touchdown. Julian Davis had an 85-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and a 46-yard run for a touchdown. Maurice Hutchinson secured 10 tackles and a fumble recovery, and he also scored four two-point conversions. Brandon Challangoe secured seven tackles and forced a fumble. Bryce Perko added seven tackles and a forced fumble. For Southfield (1-2, 0-1 MIAC), David Robinson rushed 28 times for 251 yards and a touchdown, which came on a 59-yard run. Ricky Brown caught six passes for 45 yards and two touchdowns.

Quincy 38, Athens 0: Ryan Gibson rushed 11 times for 136 yards and three touchdowns.

Redford Thurston 29, Garden City 23: Zachary Crawford threw for 161 yards and two touchdowns for Thurston (1-2). Kyle Becker ran for 55 yards in the loss for Garden City.

Redford Union 35, Dearborn Heights Robichaud 12: Thorton Cain had 12 rushes for 122 yards and three touchdowns for Union (3-0, 2-0). Isaac Grant added 18 carries for 155 yards and one touchdown. Elantre Alston caught a 30-yard touchdown in the fourth for Robichaud (1-2, 0-1 WWAC Red).

Rochester 38, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 32 F/OT: For Pontiac (2-1), Luke Adams rushed 23 times for 187 yards and one touchdown. Eli McLean passed 17-for-27 for 215 yards and two touchdowns. Josh Johnson secured nine catches for 143 yards and two touchdowns. Rochester moves to 1-2.

Rochester Adams 50, North Farmington 3: SO

Romulus 20, Dearborn Heights Crestwood 0: Leading the shutout for Romulus (3-0) was De’Von Mines who had 13 tackles and three sacks. Quarterback Jaylin Tatum threw for 119 yards and one touchdown, and rushed for one more.

St. Clair Shores South Lake 58, Lakeview 14: Jerrod Vines had three receptions for 102 yards, two rushes for 63 yards and three total touchdowns in the contest for South Lake (3-0). Lance Mitchell had 12 carries for 255 yards and two touchdowns. Thran Lewis had 13 tackles and two sacks to lead the defense.

• South Lake’s Vines, Mitchell too much for Lakeview

St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran 37, Covert 12: Jeremy Tolsina rushed for two touchdowns for Michigan Lutheran.

Trenton 33, Lincoln Park 0: In this Downriver League matchup, Connor Charping threw for 305 yards and five touchdowns for Trenton (3-0). Ken Styles had four receptions for 113 yards and a touchdown. Lincoln Park falls to 1-2.

U-D Jesuit 56, Holy Trinity 8: Elijah Collins scored six total touchdowns for Jesuit (3-0). Collins had 111 rushing yards, one 44-yard touchdown reception, a 75-yard kickoff return for touchdown and an interception return for touchdown. Quarterback Noah Stamps-Freeman went 9-of-12 with 129 yards and two touchdowns through the air.

Walled Lake Western 48, Northville 34: For Walled Lake Western (3-0), Cody White completed nine passes for 201 yards and two touchdowns, and he also rushed 11 times for 53 yards and another touchdown. Kam Ford totaled four catches for 100 yards and two touchdowns. Jamon Benson had 11 rushes for 70 yards and two touchdowns, while Jalen Marshall rushed eight times for 40 yards and also scored two touchdowns. Jack Dodge secured three interceptions. Northville falls to 2-1.

• Cody White, Walled Lake Western roll past Northville

Warren Fitzgerald 50, East Detroit 0: Najib Moore led the way with 20 carries for 157 yards and two touchdowns for Fitzgerald (3-0). Quarterback Christopher Eddy threw for 110 yards to go along with a touchdown and an interception. Bruce Hogan collected eight tackles on defense.

Warren Mott 33, Port Huron 7: Mike Pond was 8-of-14 for 167 yards and a score for Mott, who improved to 3-0 and 1-0 in the MAC Red. Additionally, Liam Fogerty recorded 11 tackles and three sacks while James Warner finished with 10 tackles and three sacks in the victory.

Waterford Mott 34, Novi 31: Mott was led by David McCullum, who went 18-of-27 for 368 yards and three touchdowns. For Novi, Alec Bageris threw the pigskin for 199 yards and two scores. Additionally, Nathan Hankerson carried the ball 20 times for 128 yards and two TDs in the loss.

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Footballs on the field before a game.

Birmingham Groves and Southfield Arts & Technology could have played this game on December 26 — it all came down to who returned the most gifts.

Groves (3-0) cashed in late in the third quarter. Griffen Best pounced on a fumble on the Southfield 6-yard line, and Ernest Allen took it into the end zone on the next play for the difference-maker in the Falcons’ 13-7 Oakland Activities Association win.

“It was just a crazy game, you know,” Allen said. “Everybody fought hard, and it went down to the wire. Our defense stepped it up. They were unbelievable tonight, and our offense came through, too. I’m just happy about that.”

• Week 3 high school football scoreboard
• McCabe: Led by Cody White, Walled Lake Western rolls past Northville
• South Lake’s Vines, Mitchell too much for Lakeview

It wasn’t the first gift that Groves received, but it was the first one they were able to do something with. After the Falcons opened the third quarter with a 68-yard scoring drive to tie the game at 7, Collin Heard intercepted Sam Johnson’s pass at the Southfield 12 two plays later.

However, Groves went for it on fourth-and-22 from the 24 and couldn’t convert.

After holding the Warriors on the ensuing drive and getting a short punt at the 33, the Falcons missed a 33-yard field goal attempt.

The gift-giving continued on both sides. One play after Allen put the Falcons ahead, Heard had his second interception of the half at the Groves 26, but the ensuing drive went 3-and-out.

Southfield fumbled the ball back to the Falcons three plays later, but Groves gave it up as Marquise Thorn intercepted a pass with 6:52 to play.

Southfield moved the ball, aided by two late-hit personal fouls and an encroachment on fourth-and-four. But three consecutive dropped passes left the Warriors (1-2) shy of a game-winning score down the stretch.

“We’re going to have to improve,” Southfield A&T coach Tim Conley said. “We have a lot of starters (seven) out, so we’re trying to develop depth. These first three games of the season we’ve played three ranked teams in a row, and we knew it was going to be tough. We’re going to improve. You can see our offense had a tough time.”

Johnson, a sophomore, was 8-for-22 passing, fumbled twice and threw three interceptions.

A turnover in the red zone led to Southfield A&T’s touchdown — the only score of the first half. Keith Powe intercepted a tipped pass at the Groves 9-yard line, and Lorenzo McCaskill took it across the goal line on the next play, breaking two tackles along the way.

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St. Clair Shores South Lake’s Jerodd Vines in a game in 2015.

St. Clair Shores Lakeview knew it was in for a challenge traveling to St. Clair Shores South Lake Friday night.

While both teams were 2-0, when Lakeview beat Royal Oak, 21-0, in Week 1, it was the first victory for the team’s juniors. First, as in ever.

“They didn’t win a game in the seventh-, eighth-, ninth- or 10th-grade,” said Lakeview coach Pat Threet.

“They said ‘Coach, we’ve never won a game.’ They didn’t know what to do. We had some talented kids who quit because they couldn’t deal with the losing. I told them we’re building something here. South Lake has a great program. If we can compete with them up front … “

• Week 3 high school football scoreboard
• McCabe: Led by Cody White, Walled Lake Western rolls past Northville

Unfortunately for Lakeview, their top two quarterbacks were out with injury, leaving freshman Evan Rochon under center.

And the Cavaliers could counter with receiver Jerodd Vines and running back Lance Mitchell. Vines caught two TD passes and raced 56 yards on a jet sweep, while Mitchell rushed for 198 yards on 13 carries in a 58-14 win for South Lake (3-0, 2-0 MAC Silver).

“I thought our defense made great strides tonight,” said South Lake coach Vernard Snowden. “The game plan was to get the ball in the hands of our athletes. We can throw and we can run.”

After a slow start, the Cavaliers put the ball in Mitchell’s hands and he produced. He accounted for all 48 yards on a drive, using 28 and 16-yard bursts to eventually score on a two-yard run with 4:55 left in the first quarter for a 6-0 lead.

“They opened up holes and they did their job, simple as that,” Mitchell said of the Cavaliers’ offensive line. “It’s going to be hard trying to cover our passing game and our running game.”

Behind Chris Wise and Jacen Norman, the Huskies started moving the ball against the Cavaliers, driving to the 11 by the end of the first quarter. Two plays into the second quarter, Wise scored from two yards out to make it 7-6 with 11:47 left in the half.

South Lake head coach Vernard Snowden addresses his team after Friday’s win over Lakeview.

But it took South Lake 14 seconds to get the lead back when Datrell Milling hit Vines with a 51-yard pass-run play.

“This offense can be great,” said Vines. “We can run. We can pass. We can pull it down with the quarterback. We can put a lot of pressure on the defense.”

Lakeview (2-1, 1-1) botched a fourth-down play at its 40, giving South Lake the ball on the Lakeview 13. After a holding penalty, Milling spotted Vines down the middle of the field and the junior did the rest on a 28-yard score with 7:10 left in the half to make it 20-7.

Vines continued his great evening with a 56-yard run with 10:54 left in the third to make it 28-7 after Milling’s two-point conversion run.

Mitchell raced in later from 36 yards to make it 34-7.

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Defense, turnovers help Birmingham Groves defeat Southfield A&T, 13-7

Northville’s Nathan Holloway tackles Walled Lake Western quarterback Cody White during the first quarter Friday, Sept. 9, 2016. White completed 11 of 16 passes for 210 yards and three touchdowns in the victory.

Hey, this quarterback thing is working out pretty well for Cody White.

White, who will be a wide receiver at Michigan State next year, started his third game at quarterback for Walled Lake Western Friday night and led the Warriors to their third straight victory, 48-34, over a Northville team that refused to quit despite a 27-point deficit.

But with White at quarterback, it was difficult for the Mustangs to stop Western’s offense.

“I’m starting to get comfortable back there,” said White. “My receivers are getting timing routes in and I’m hitting them and making big plays.”

• Week 3 high school football scoreboard
• South Lake’s Vines, Mitchell too much for Lakeview

A preseason injury to Johnny Tracy pressed White into the starting quarterback spot for the first time since his freshman year, and against Northville, the No. 7 team in Division 1, he completed 11 of 16 passes for 210 yards and three touchdowns.

Maybe White should forget about the receiver thing until he gets to MSU.

“Oh, I miss it a lot,” he said. “We would like Johnny back here, but his injury is preventing him. We’re just going to do what’s best for the team and try to keep winning.”

The best thing for Western (3-0, No. 1 in Division 2) is to keep the ball in White’s hands as much as possible.

“He’s just an all-around athlete,” said Western receiver Kam Ford. “We’ve grown up together and we’ve been playing together since the second grade. He can do it all. I’ve never seen somebody play so many sports.”

White and Ford teamed up on some terrific plays. Ford caught four passes, including ones that went for 43 and 40 yards.

“We’ve got a good connection,” Ford said. “He throws everything well. He’s an athlete you can put at quarterback and he’ll make something happen.”

One of the things White makes happen is Western’s running attack. White had 11 completions in the first half, and then the Warriors turned to their ground game after intermission.

“We pass a lot more than other teams,” he said. “We’re putting it in the air. They start to back up, and we hit them with the running game. I guess our pass does set up the run.”

White began Western’s second possession of the game with two quick complete passes totaling 38 yards and finished the possession with a 7-yard TD pass to Ford.

The next time the Warriors got the ball, White lofted a 40-yard bomb that Ford hauled in for a 14-0 Western lead with 11 seconds left in the first quarter.

Jalen Marshall followed Ford’s 53-yard punt return with an 11-yard run for a 21-0 lead. It quickly became 27-0 when White completed a 43-yard pass to Ford and a 31-yarder to Jamon Benson before finding Jack Dodge with an 11-yard TD pass midway through the second quarter.

It appeared the rout was on, but Northville quarterback Jack Burke completed three passes to set up his three-yard TD run and then found A.J. Abbott for a 48-yard score with two second left in the first half to make it a 27-14 game.

Northville (2-1) made it a competitive second half but couldn’t make a serious run at Western thanks to Dodge, who tied a record with three interceptions, two of which led to Benson touchdown runs.

“The first one was a broken coverage,” said Dodge. “My guy was wide open, so I was trying to get over there, but the play started and I saw a receiver come straight up wide open so I read it and came up and got it. It’s awesome. I’ve never had three in a game before.”

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Defense, turnovers help Birmingham Groves defeat Southfield A&T, 13-7

Walled Lake Western’s players enter the field ahead of their game against Northville on Monday, September 9, 2016, at Warriors Stadium in Walled Lake, MI.

Addison 28, Vandercook Lake 6

Adrian 29, Ypsilanti Lincoln 22

Algonac 50, Imlay City 6

Allen Park 24, Brownstown Woodhaven 0

Alma 26, Saginaw Swan Valley 0

Almont 50, Capac 21

Alpena 48, West Branch Ogemaw Heights 16

Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 34, Macomb Lutheran North 13

Armada 15, Yale 13

Au Gres-Sims 50, Hillman 32

Bad Axe 62, Memphis 6

Bath 17, Fowler 14

Battle Creek Harper Creek 24, Jackson Lumen Christi 14

Battle Creek Lakeview 42, Battle Creek Central 8

Bay City John Glenn 41, Charlotte 7

Belding 34, Hopkins 30

Benton Harbor 47, Muskegon Heights 6

Berkley 44, Hazel Park 13

Birmingham Brother Rice 41, Elkhart Central, Ind. 17

Birmingham Groves 13, Southfield 7

• Defense, turnovers help Birmingham Groves defeat Southfield A&T

Bloomfield Hills 27, Troy 10

Boyne City 40, Cheboygan 14

Bridgman 35, White Pigeon 12

Brighton 45, Westland John Glenn 19

Burr Oak def. Litchfield, forfeit

Byron 34, Burton Bentley 0

Byron Center 21, Holland Christian 19

Cadillac 30, Petoskey 15

Calumet 26, Hurley, Wis. 20

Canton 35, Hartland 21

Canton Salem 55, Walled Lake Central 39

Caro 29, Birch Run 22

Carson City-Crystal 50, Blanchard Montabella 18

Carsonville-Port Sanilac 64, Akron-Fairgrove 38

Cass City 62, Brown City 8

Cassopolis 37, New Buffalo 0

Cedar Springs 17, Greenville 3

Centreville 6, Three Oaks River Valley 0, 4OT

Charlevoix 37, Mancelona 22

Chelsea 33, Dexter 6

Clare 42, Gladwin 6

Clarkston 38, Oxford 7

Clarkston Everest Collegiate 42, Pittsford 22

Climax-Scotts 58, Adrian Lenawee Christian 6

Clinton 28, Adrian Madison 20

Clinton Township Chippewa Valley 26, Warren Cousino 18

Coldwater 17, Battle Creek Pennfield 6

Coleman 42, Vestaburg 0

Colon 35, Bellevue 16

Comstock Park 41, Coopersville 18

Concord 31, Jonesville 8

Constantine 42, Delton Kellogg 21

Corunna 67, Mount Morris 20

Crystal Falls Forest Park 52, Stephenson 32

Davison 56, Flint Carman-Ainsworth 21

Dearborn 40, Dearborn Edsel Ford 18

Dearborn Fordson 34, Belleville 25

Decatur 44, Eau Claire 0

Deckerville 46, Morrice 6

Detroit Cass Tech 57, Detroit Pershing 0

• Parker helps Cass Tech in each phase

Detroit Catholic Central 49, St. Michael’s College, Ontario 7

Detroit Cody 56, Detroit Douglass 0

Detroit Country Day 56, Detroit Allen 8

Detroit Delta Prep 32, Detroit Consortium 14

Detroit Denby 40, Detroit Ford 14

Detroit East English 42, Detroit Collegiate 6

Detroit Edison 30, Hamtramck 14

Detroit King 60, Detroit Southeastern 0

Detroit Loyola 38, Marine City 22

• D’Anthony Robinson’s return is welcomed

Detroit Mumford 26, DCP-Northwestern 14

Detroit Osborn 12, Detroit Renaissance 6

Detroit Public Safety 64, North Adams-Jerome 28

Detroit U-D Jesuit 56, Simcoe Trinity Catholic, Ontario 8

Detroit University Science def. Detroit Westside Christian, forfeit

Detroit Western International 42, Detroit Communication & Media Arts 0

DeWitt 51, Lansing Waverly 14

Dryden 54, Kinde-North Huron 28

Dundee 37, Hillsdale 23

Durand 22, Burton Bendle 0

East Jordan 34, Central Lake 6

Eaton Rapids 42, Ionia 41, 2OT

Edwardsburg 44, Otsego 0

Elkton-Pigeon Bay Port Laker 58, Marlette 0

Engadine 42, Pickford 32

Escanaba 27, Gaylord 13

Ewen-Trout Creek 52, Baraga 16

Farmington Hills Harrison 45, Birmingham Seaholm 7

Fenton 28, Ortonville Brandon 22

Ferndale 33, Auburn Hills Avondale 15

Fife Lake Forest Area 54, Big Rapids Crossroads Charter Academy 6

Flint Hamady 50, Burton Atherton 18

Flint Powers 52, Bay City Central 32

Flushing 28, Clio 14

Frankenmuth 36, Otisville Lakeville 0

Frankfort def. Suttons Bay, forfeit

Freeland 56, Carrollton 19

Fulton-Middleton 36, Potterville 0

Gaylord St. Mary 32, Indian River-Inland Lakes 14

Gibraltar Carlson 21, Melvindale 19

Gobles 52, Galesburg-Augusta 14

Grand Blanc 42, Plymouth 27

Grand Ledge 40, Lansing Sexton 19

Grand Rapids Catholic Central 35, Allendale 20

Grand Rapids Christian 34, Wyoming 6

Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central 35, Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills 14

Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern 39, Grand Rapids Northview 7

Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian 42, Wyoming Lee 12

Grand Rapids South Christian 33, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern 17

Grandville 53, Grand Haven 8

Grandville Calvin Christian 36, Wyoming Godwin Heights 14

Grant 23, Stanton Central Montcalm 6

Grass Lake 53, Jackson East Jackson 0

Grayling 35, Kingsley 21

Grosse Ile 39, New Boston Huron 24

Grosse Pointe South 29, Fraser 7

Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett 42, Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest 19

Gwinn 60, Manistique 6

Hamilton 34, Zeeland East 21

Hancock 14, Northland Pines, Wis. 7

Harper Woods def. Windsor Catholic Central, Ontario, forfeit

Harrison 54, Farwell 22

Haslett 31, Owosso 13

Hastings 58, Jackson Northwest 35

Hemlock 42, Ovid-Elsie 28

Holland West Ottawa 36, Caledonia 21

Holly 21, Flint Kearsley 0

Holt 41, Lansing Eastern 7

Homer 26, Reading 14

Houghton 42, Ironwood 6

Houghton Lake 22, Beaverton 8

Howard City Tri-County 13, Big Rapids 12

Hudson 26, Brooklyn Columbia Central 14

Hudsonville 25, East Kentwood 18

• Hudsonville controls ball (and game) vs. East Kentwood

Hudsonville Unity Christian 34, Holland 26

Ida 43, Blissfield 0

Iron Mountain 48, West Iron County 21

Iron Mountain North Dickinson 24, Munising 6

Ishpeming Westwood 18, L’Anse 16

Ithaca 53, Saginaw Valley Lutheran 0

Jackson 21, East Lansing 14

Jenison 32, Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills 7

Kalamazoo Central 41, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 13

Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Central 21, Fennville 6

Kalkaska def. Benzonia Benzie Central, forfeit

Kent City 30, Holton 0

Kingsford 35, Lakeland, Wis. 0

Laingsburg 27, Dansville 20

Lake City 35, Manton 14

Lake Fenton 61, Flint Beecher 14

Lake Odessa Lakewood 37, Perry 32

Lakeview 42, White Cloud 0

Lansing Catholic 28, Williamston 14

Lansing Everett 33, Okemos 10

Lapeer 48, Bay City Western 0

Lawton 48, Bangor 0

Leroy Pine River 14, Beal City 7

Lincoln-Alcona 52, Rogers City 6

Linden 41, Swartz Creek 16

Livonia Churchill 25, Howell 21

Livonia Clarenceville 19, Dearborn Heights Annapolis 16

Lowell 34, East Grand Rapids 7

Ludington 26, Manistee 13

Macomb Dakota 49, Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse 0

Macomb L’Anse Creuse North 20, Fair Haven-Anchor Bay 19

Madison Heights Madison 22, Clawson 0

Manchester 42, Hanover-Horton 28

Maple City Glen Lake 76, Mesick 6

Marine City Cardinal Mooney 51, Dearborn Heights Star International 6

Marion 42, Manistee Catholic Central 14

Marquette 23, Sault Ste Marie 6

Martin 28, Marcellus 8

Marysville 38, New Haven 22

Mason 31, St. Johns 15

McBain 32, Evart 14

Melvindale Academy for Business And Tech 30, Detroit Community 20

Mendon 44, Comstock 20

Menominee 56, Kewaunee, Wis. 7

Merrill 53, Ashley 0

Merritt Academy 44, Caseville 12

Midland 20, Flint Southwestern 12

Midland Dow 35, Saginaw Heritage 0

Milan 38, Riverview 22

Milford 49, Wayne Memorial 14

Millington 37, Essexville Garber 16

Mio 34, Atlanta 12

Monroe 35, Ann Arbor Huron 7

Monroe Jefferson 20, Carleton Airport 7

Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 44, Flat Rock 15

Montague 53, Shelby 3

Montrose 34, Goodrich 7

Morenci 28, Petersburg Summerfield 24

Morley-Stanwood 19, Hesperia 6

Mount Pleasant 28, Saginaw 0

Muskegon 63, Fruitport 7

Muskegon Catholic Central 42, Muskegon Orchard View 0

Muskegon Oakridge 29, North Muskegon 14

Muskegon Reeths-Puffer 54, Grand Rapids Union 16

Napoleon 33, Michigan Center 20

Negaunee 45, Gladstone 21

New Lothrop 57, Genesee 0

Newberry 48, Bark River-Harris 34

Niles 35, Fairfield, Ind. 12

Norway 49, Gogebic Miners 20

Olivet 63, Leslie 22

Onekama 50, Baldwin 0

Onsted 43, Erie-Mason 22

Oscoda 22, Whittemore-Prescott 14

Ottawa Lake Whiteford 66, Britton-Deerfield 14

Parchment 36, Bronson 19

Parma Western 32, Marshall 30

Peck 36, Kingston 20

Penn, Ind. 10, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 7

Pewamo-Westphalia 49, Saranac 0

Pinconning 50, St. Louis 22

Portage Central 37, Stevensville Lakeshore 0

Portland 33, Fowlerville 0

Powers North Central 68, Ontonagon 36

Quincy 38, Athens 0

Rapid River 36, Webberville 34

Ravenna 55, Hart 22

Redford Thurston 29, Garden City 23

Redford Union 35, Dearborn Heights Robichaud 12

Reed City 41, Fremont 0

Reese 62, Harbor Beach 0

Remus Chippewa Hills 39, Newaygo 12

Richland Gull Lake 35, Mattawan 0

Richmond 29, Croswell-Lexington 26

Rochester 38, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 32, OT

Rochester Adams 50, North Farmington 3

Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 35, Troy Athens 7

Rockford 37, Muskegon Mona Shores 23

Romeo 44, Grosse Pointe North 7

Romulus 20, Dearborn Heights Crestwood 0

Romulus Summit Academy 20, Riverview Gabriel Richard 0

Roscommon 26, Sanford-Meridian 14

Royal Oak 35, Pontiac 0

Rudyard 64, Pellston 6

Saginaw Arthur Hill 18, Flint Northwestern 6

Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 27, St. Charles 17

Saginaw Nouvel def. Chaminade Toronto, Ontario, forfeit

Saline 24, Ann Arbor Skyline 21

Sand Creek 54, Whitmore Lake 28

Saugatuck 50, Bloomingdale 0

Schoolcraft 62, Hartford 0

Shepherd 47, Midland Bullock Creek 19

South Haven 28, Plainwell 19

Southfield Bradford Academy 38, Madison Heights Bishop Foley 10

Sparta 34, Spring Lake 7

Springport 48, Union City 26

St. Clair 31, Clinton Township Clintondale 22

St. Clair Shores Lake Shore 28, Madison Heights Lamphere 0

St. Clair Shores South Lake 48, St. Clair Shores Lakeview 14

• South Lake’s Vines, Mitchell too much for Lakeview

St. Ignace LaSalle 47, Johannesburg-Lewiston 0

St. Joseph 27, Portage Northern 23

St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic 20, Niles Brandywine 6

St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran 37, Covert 12

Standish-Sterling 28, Chesaning 8

Sterling Heights Parkway Christian 68, Southfield Christian 22

Sterling Heights Stevenson 35, Sterling Heights 0

Stockbridge 42, Vermontville Maple Valley 28

Sturgis 14, Paw Paw 6

Tawas 21, Harbor Springs 18

Taylor Truman 42, Taylor Kennedy 13

Temperance Bedford 22, Ann Arbor Pioneer 21

• Temperance Bedford uses ‘magical’ play to edge Ann Arbor Pioneer

Three Rivers 22, Dowagiac Union 21

Traverse City Central 10, Traverse City West 8

Traverse City St. Francis 46, Elk Rapids 7

Trenton 33, Lincoln Park 0

Ubly 54, Vassar 34

Unionville-Sebewaing 48, Sandusky 8

Utica 17, Utica Ford 10

Utica Eisenhower 49, Roseville 0

Vicksburg 45, Allegan 6

Walled Lake Northern 49, Livonia Stevenson 20

Walled Lake Western 48, Northville 34

• Cody White, Walled Lake Western roll past Northville

Warren De La Salle 35, Holy Names-Windsor, Ontario 6

Warren Fitzgerald 50, Eastpointe East Detroit 0

Warren Mott 33, Port Huron 7

Warren Woods Tower 21, Warren Lincoln 8

Waterford Kettering 7, South Lyon 0

Waterford Mott 34, Novi 31

Watervliet 66, Coloma 26

Wayland Union 10, Middleville Thornapple Kellogg 7

West Bloomfield 37, Lake Orion 7

White Lake Lakeland 24, South Lyon East 20

Whitehall 43, Mason County Central 7

Wyandotte Roosevelt 16, Southgate Anderson 12

Wyoming Kelloggsville 42, Buchanan 22

Wyoming Tri-unity Christian 47, Brethren 8

Ypsilanti 14, Tecumseh 7

Zeeland West 38, Grand Rapids West Catholic 22

Friday, Sept. 9 Michigan high school football results, stats

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Walled Lake Western’s players enter the field ahead of their game against Northville on Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, at Warriors Stadium in Walled Lake.

There is not much movement in the rankings this week, which means either the rankings are accurate, or a shakeup is on the horizon.

That shakeup could come this week when Novi Detroit Catholic Central hosts Ohio powerhouse Cleveland St. Ignatius and Saline hosts Temperance Bedford.

There should be some changes in Division 2 after the high-profile matchup with No. 5 Portage Central playing at No. 7 Traverse City Central.

Warren Mott, which faces Macomb Dakota this week, broke into the Division 1 top 10 after Northville lost to Walled Lake Western.

Week 3 scoreboard

Dearborn Fordson uses 4th-down conversions to top Belleville

Big-time players lift Detroit Loyola, Cass Tech to football wins

Traverse City West, which lost to Traverse City Central, was the only ranked team to lose in Division 2 and has been replaced by Grosse Pointe South.

The big news in Division 3 is that two-time defending champ Orchard Lake St. Mary’s lost at Mishawaka Penn, 10-7, and is the only 1-2 team ranked in any division. Sound crazy? Do you want to face St. Mary’s in the state playoffs?

Three-time defending Division 5 champ Grand Rapids West Catholic lost to defending Division 4 champ Zeeland West, but is still No. 1. It wasn’t like West Catholic laid an egg in the loss.

Maple City Glen Lake is back in the Division 6 rankings, two weeks after a 21-13 loss to Traverse City St. Francis, No. 2 in Division 7. Glen Lake could be a force in the state playoffs.

Detroit Loyola’s 38-22 victory over Marine City only cemented the Bull Dogs’ hold on the top spot in Division 7, although St. Francis continues to impress.

The biggest changes occurred in Division 8 where Ottawa Lake Whiteford, Lake Linden-Hubbell and Norway all made their debut in the rankings.

Mick McCabe’s rankings

FOOTBALL

Super 10

Rank, School, Record, Division

1. Detroit Cass Tech, 3-0, 1

The Technicians continue to roll through the PSL

2. Walled Lake Western, 3-0, 2

Impressive offensively, but defense looked shaky vs. Northville

3. Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 3-0, 1

The Shamrocks face a huge test Friday hosting Cleveland St. Ignatius

4. Muskegon, 2-1, 3

Rebounded from loss by scoring 63 points

5. Detroit King, 3-0, 2

Another romp through the PSL

6. Lowell, 3-0, 2

An impressive victory over East Grand Rapids

7. Hudsonville, 3-0, 1

The defense was terrific in beating East Kentwood

8. Utica Eisenhower, 3-0, 1

Should be tested Friday by Chippewa Valley

9. Dearborn Fordson, 3-0, 1

A dominant win over Belleville

10. River Rouge, 2-1, 4

A second straight shutout for the rouge defense

Division 1

Rank, School, Record, Last week

 1. Detroit Cass Tech, 3-0, 1

 2. Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 3-0, 2

 3. Hudsonville, 3-0, 3

 4. Utica Eisenhower, 3-0, 4

 5. Dearborn Fordson, 3-0, 5

 6. Davison, 3-0, 8

 7. Grandville, 3-0, 9

 8. Grand Blanc, 3-0, 10

 9. Saline, 3-0, 6

10. Warren Mott, 3-0, —

Division 2

 1. Walled Lake Western, 3-0, 1

 2. Detroit King, 3-0, 2

 3. Lowell, 3-0, 3

 4. Midland Dow, 3-0, 5

 5. Portage Central, 3-0, 6

6. Temperance Bedford, 3-0, 7

 7. Traverse City Central, 3-0, 8

 8. Birmingham Groves, 3-0, 9

 9. Grosse Pointe South, 3-0, —

10. U-D Jesuit, 3-0, 10

Division 3

 1. Muskegon, 2-1, 1

 2. Grand Rapids Christian, 3-0, 2

 3. St. Joseph, 3-0, 4

 4. Allen Park, 3-0, 5

 5. Zeeland West, 3-0, 8

 6. Mason, 3-0, 9

 7. Chelsea, 3-0, 10

 8. Edwardsburg, 3-0,–

 9. Battle Creek Harper Creek, 3-0,–

10. Orchard Lake St. Mary, 1-2, 3

Division 4

 1. River Rouge, 2-1, 1

 2. Birmingham Det. Country Day, 3-0, 2

 3. Grand Rapids Catholic Central, 3-0, 3

 4. Alma, 3-0, 4

 5. Corunna, 3-0, 5

 6. Marysville, 3-0, 6

 7. Ludington, 3-0, 7

 8. Escanaba, 3-0, 9

 9. Benton Harbor, 3-0, 10

10. Hamilton, 3-0, —

Division 5

 1. Grand Rapids West Catholic, 2-1, 1

 2. Menominee, 3-0, 2

 3. Lansing Catholic, 3-0, 3

 4. Ithaca, 3-0, 4

 5. Frankenmuth, 3-0, 5

 6. Montague, 3-0, 6

 7. Portland, 3-0, 7

 8. Ida, 3-0, 8

 9. Freeland, 3-0, 10

10. Algonac, 3-0, —

Division 6

 1. Millington, 3-0, 1

 2. Charlevoix, 3-0, 2

 3. Negaunee, 3-0, 3

 4. Laingsburg, 3-0, 4

 5. Madison Hts. Madison, 2-1, 5

 6. Grass Lake, 3-0, 6

 7. Schoolcraft, 3-0, 7

 8. Roscommon, 3-0, 9

 9. Quincy, 3-0, 10

10. Maple City Glen Lake, 2-1, —

Division 7

 1. Detroit Loyola, 2-1, 1

 2. Traverse City St. Francis, 3-0, 2

 3. Pewamo-Westphalia, 3-0, 3

 4. New Lothrop, 3-0, 4

 5. Saugatuck, 3-0, 5

 6. Iron Mountain, 3-0, 7

 7. Clinton, 3-0, 8

 8. McBain, 3-0, 9

 9. Hudson, 3-0, 10

10. Sand Creek, 3-0, —

Division 8

 1. Muskegon Catholic Central, 3-0, 1

 2. Climax-Scotts, 3-0, 2

 3. Frankfort, 3-0, 4

 4. Ishpeming, 1-1, 5

 5. Mendon, 2-1, 7

 6. St. Ignace, 2-1, 8

 7. Gaylord St Mary, 3-0, 9

 8. Ottawa Lake Whiteford, 3-0, —

 9. Lake Linden-Hubbell, 3-0, —

10. Norway, 3-0, —

A soccer ball lies on the pitch.

Boys Cross Country

Plymouth 15, Livonia Franklin 48: Ethan Barnes placed first with a time of 17:00.

Wayne Memorial 15, Westland John Glenn 45: Blake Barber was the front runner, winning the race with a course PR time of 18:05.5

Field Hockey

Wixom St. Catherine of Siena 3, Dearborn 1: Bianca Ivezaj, Alexa Rastigue and Jaidyn Bozyk each scored in the win for Wixom.

Girls Golf

Fenton 172, Holly 213: Margaret Berry and Keegan Miller both shot a 39, and Molly Gundry shot a 45. Fenton improves to 4-0.

White Lake Lakeland 198, Walled Lake Western 223: Alexis Gurke earned medalist honors by shooting a 47.

Soccer

Auburn Hills Avondale 1, North Farmington 0 SO

Detroit Caesar Chavez Academy 8, Romulus Summit Academy 0 SO

Grand Rapids Covenant Christian 3, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern 1: Levi Jacobs scored the lone goal for Forest Hills.

Oxford 2, Bloomfield Hills 2: Mitch Morawski scored both goals for Oxford (4-5-1, 1-1-1 OAA White).

Southfield Christian 1, Huron Valley Lutheran 1 F/OT: Jonathon Sullivan scored the tying goal for Southfield (1-3-4, 0-1-2).

Swim and Dive

Auburn Hills Avondale 97, Holly 87: Annie Hinman placed first in both the 100 and 200-yard freestyle races for Avondale.

Wyandotte Roosevelt 97, Huron 73: Huron’s Katy Henning had two first place swims in the 200m individual medley and the 100m breast stroke.

Boys Tennis

Lake Orion Community 4, North Farmington 4: North Farmington’s team of Keith Jackson and Scott Katz won in two sets, 6-2 and 6-3.

West Bloomfield 4, Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 4: West Bloomfield won the tiebreaker.

Volleyball

Bloomfield Hills 3, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook 0: Alexa Rousseau recorded 21 assists and six aces. Olivia Smith had nine kills and eight aces. Sara Teer had 11 kills. Bloomfield Hills moves to 15-4.

Canton 3, Westland John Glenn 0: Sabrina Giacomini set up 24 assists and added five aces. Ciara Walenga led the Canton attack with eight kills.

Fenton 3, Ortonville Brandon 0: Fenton was led offensively by Jessica Warford with 16 kills, and Kiley Aldred had 18 assists.

Lapeer 3, Flint Carman-Ainsworth 0: Leah Bentley finished with 12 kills and four digs, while Teghan Hogan also recorded three blocks and 21 assists.

Mackinaw City 3, Alba 0: Mackinaw City move to 2-2 (1-1 NLC).

Novi 3, South Lyon East 0: Ally Cummings recorded 15 kills. Claire Pinkerton had 13 digs, and Erin O’Leary added 32 assists.

Romulus Summit Academy 3, Canton Preparatory 0: Iyana Whalen led the team with 9 aces.

Southfield Christian 3, Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest 0: Rebekah Wilson had 16 assists and Senior Grace Allan had a team high 12 digs. Emily Van Dyke served seven aces, and Tiara Francisco added seven kills.

Tecumseh 3, Monroe 2: Monroe’s Chloe West recorded 50 assists, and Lexi Leone added 21 kills and 14 digs in the loss for Monroe.

Watervliet 3, Hartford 0: Mercede Daugherty recorded 24 assists, five aces and five digs for Watervliet.

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The Michigan High School Athletic Association says its unique sideline concussion-testing program for athletes in football and other sports is having a positive impact, though long-term funding is an issue as it heads into its second and final year.

Member schools in the pilot program removed players for possible concussions at a higher rate than schools that were not, executive director Jack Roberts said.

“They’re proving that they’re good, but people are going to have to respond with support locally,” Roberts said. “We cannot sustain this forever.”

His group today released results of its first head-injury survey of more than 750 member high schools from 2015-16 sports. It received data from nearly every school.

The association started the program last fall with 62 high schools. It includes baseline testing of athletes in football and other sports to help with concussion diagnosis.

The association spent $10,000 last school year to start the program. It expects to spend $30,000 this year but will have fewer schools — 34 — involved because of the expense and commitment. They also will concentrate on sports that have the highest incidence of head injury.

“I hope that we can demonstrate their value and encourage sponsorship, grant support,” Roberts said. “But it’s going to take, I think, some investment by the people in the communities. The moms and dads are going to have to think that this is important and worth contributing to to make the programs safer for their children.”

Here is some information on what’s happening in Michigan:

WHAT IS BASELINE TESTING

Baseline testing is a combination of memory, reaction time, attention and stress assessments. It is done in major pro sports because it is considered an objective and individualized tool to help decide whether to remove an athlete from a game. While all states have laws that address preventing concussions in youth sports, many are weak, and none require baseline testing.

WHY IT MATTERS

Michigan schools reported 4,452 head injuries in boys and girls sports, or 5.9 per school. Contact sports had the most head injuries. Ranking first was 11-player football, with 49 head injuries per 1,000 participants, followed by ice hockey, with 38, and 8-player football, with 34. Girls soccer had 30 injuries per 1,000 participants, and girls basketball ranked fifth, with 29 injuries per 1,000.

But that likely is only part of the picture. Health and safety advocates fear that concussions often go undetected in high schools because of inconsistent protocols at districts unwilling or unable to spend money for detection. It’s often on players to self-report concussions, or on coaches, who have many responsibilities and sometimes little training to recognize symptoms.

WHY NOT ALL SCHOOLS

Schools typically don’t argue with the benefit of testing, but cash-strapped districts often say that the cost of offering such programs is prohibitive.

PROGRAMS AVAILABLE

Many sideline concussion-testing programs are on the market. Michigan is testing the Illinois-based King-Devick Test affiliated with the Mayo Clinic and Maryland-based XLNTbrain Sport. The association provides them for free to the participating schools. Long term, Roberts says he thinks that the association could fund it, in part, with a $3 to $5 fee per student. But the association also is working to get grants.

HOW IT WORKS

Baselines with the XLNTbrain Sport are determined during 30-minute sessions by athletes at computers. The tests measure reaction time, attention, memory and stress by completing a series of exercises that involve such things as word recognition. Athletes suspected of a head injury undergo a sideline assessment done in about five minutes with an iPhone or tablet app. It assesses memory by providing words for the athlete to remember. It asks questions that require the athlete to recall the hit. The athletes also hold the phone as they stand for 20 seconds with eyes open and then closed to check balance. That assessment is compared with the athlete’s baseline data to help determine whether they can return to play.

WHAT’S NEXT IN MICHIGAN

Roberts hopes that universities, health care systems and the National Federation of State High School Associations will help analyze the data from last year and this year. The association plans specifically to work with Michigan State University’s Institute for the Study of Youth Sports to explore possible changes and additions in coaches’ education.

Michigan schools try gold standard of concussion tests

Footballs on the field before a game.

Suttons Bay pulled the plug on its football season last week, and it is perfectly understandable.

The school has only 85 students, and when injuries hit through the first two games, there weren’t enough healthy bodies to continue.

But the week before Suttons Bay threw in the towel, Benzie Central canceled the remainder of its season after one week, and that is another matter.

Only 11 juniors and seniors came out for football at Benzie Central, an alarmingly small number.

Benzie Central, located in the northwest part of the Lower Peninsula, is a Class B school with 500 students.

Is this the beginning of an antifootball revolution? Have safety concerns over concussions taken their toll on parents?

On the surface, it looks that way but may not be the case.

“Benzie football is not dead, it really isn’t,” coach Jason Katt said. “The immediate reaction is that it is, and it’s not.”

This is the third season for Katt, 43 a former assistant at Lowell, and right away he knew the program was headed for tough times when he noticed how few freshmen and sophomores, who are now juniors and seniors, were in the program.

“I’m telling you, I’ve tried everything from tryout camps to meet the program events to one-on-one home visits to lollipops and suckers,” Katt said. “I’ve done all that stuff, and nothing has taken.”

The stunning side of this is that there are 51 senior boys and 54 junior boys at Benzie, and surely more than 11 should be interested in playing football.

Benzie is amid a rough stretch as far as winning and losing games. The Huskies won one game the year before Katt took over and promptly went 0-9 and 1-8.

Losing makes selling your program difficult, but this is football we’re talking about.

That is why Katt began building a foundation for the program at the lowest level, a pre-K through sixth grade flag football program.

When only 11 upperclassmen showed up for the beginning of practice this fall, Katt reached down to the sophomore class and brought up six to the varsity.

“To a family, I talked to every one of the parents and promised them they would go one way going into the game,” he said. “You can’t control things after the first play.”

In the first quarter, two upperclassmen were injured, and by the end of the game, all six of the sophomores were going both ways in what turned into a 43-8 loss to Scottville Mason County Central, which helped convince Katt there was no reason to go forward.

Benzie Central is continuing its JV program, which has 30 players, and Katt is convinced the varsity program will return next fall and be strong in future years.

“There is some serious hope,” he said. “If it was a (grade) 7-12 antifootball establishment, I don’t know that any of us coaches would be hanging around. We would just go out and fish and hunt.

“But it’s a football town, and there’s so much potential. Our current sophomores, our current freshmen, current eighth-graders, current seventh-graders, they just love football. And I’m not going to lie to you, that’s why I’m still here.”

Contact Mick McCabe: 313-223-4744 or mmccabe@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @mickmccabe1.

Lowell coach Noel Dean

This is the week Lowell’s Red Arrows become Pink Arrows.

For the ninth consecutive year, Lowell will host a Pink Arrow event, which raises money to help cancer victims and their families. Lowell football coach Noel Dean said money raised this year could help the nine-year total surpass $1.5 million.

This year’s event will hit home even more closely for the football team. Ten players on the team have a parent who has been a cancer patient.

“I knew there were a couple, but I didn’t realize how many,” Dean said. “It’s a heck of a message for people to really see what kids are going through. There’s just a lot going on here. We’re talking about specifically parents. That’s not even siblings or grandparents, aunts or uncles. It’s amazing.”

Lowell is believed to be the first program in the country to play a game in which the players wear pink jerseys. On the back of each jersey is the name of a person who has dealt with cancer.

This has turned into more than just a football game. At 3:30, the Lowell soccer team plays Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills and the volleyball team plays a match against Ottawa Hills on a sports court located at the track’s high-jump pit.

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Local restaurants set up a food court, and the proceeds go to the Pink Arrow fund.

At 6:30, the football players are introduced along with either the person whose name is on the back of their jersey or a representative from that family before the game against Ottawa Hills.

Pink T-shirts are available at the gate for $15, and they serve as a ticket to the game. Regular admission is $5.

This has evolved into an event supported by more than just the football program.

“It’s unbelievable,” Dean said. “Our whole downtown is pink. They have banners hanging from everywhere. Everyone in this community will be wearing a pink shirt.”

Victory Day on Saturday

The South Lyon football field will be turned over to special members of the community Saturday when the football program hosts its Victory Day, a game-day experience for children 6 through 21 with cognitive and/or physical impairments. In addition to getting an opportunity to play football, children also can march with the school band and cheer with the cheerleaders. The event begins at 10:30 a.m.

Irish’s Kizer a shining multisport example

If you need another reason your kid should not specialize in one sport, meet Notre Dame quarterback DeShone Kizer, who will play against Michigan State on Saturday night. In an opening 50-47 double-overtime loss to Texas, he completed 15 of 24 passes for 215 yards with five touchdowns and added 77 yards rushing on 13 carries. According to footballscoop.com, he had an efficiency rating of 206.5, the highest Week 1 rating for any quarterback facing a Power 5 team.

Kizer, who attended Toledo Central Catholic, is a terrific athlete who attributes that to playing football, basketball and baseball in high school.

“I think that was one of the best things that ever happened to me, to play three sports,” Kizer told footballscoop.com. “It allowed me, 1) to create athletic ability that it takes to be able to adjust on the fly when you’re playing at this high level. And 2) I’m learning more about the quarterback position every day than I ever have. To go through all three sports in high school, I never really locked into one, so there’s a lot of stuff I wasn’t able to learn in high school where people have preached it since they’ve been 8 years old.”

To end the debate on specialization, footballscoop.com pointed out that 224 of 256 players chosen in last year’s NFL draft were multisport athletes in high school.

Coach of the Week

Millington’s Roger Bearss is this week’s Detroit Lions/Farm Bureau Insurance Michigan High School Coach of the Week. Millington is 3-0 and ranked No. 1 in Division 6. This is Bearss’ seventh season at Millington, where he has a 59-12 record. He also has been a head coached at Bad Axe, Frankfort, Newberry and Frankenmuth. He is 128-79 in 21 years as a head coach.

Contact Mick McCabe: 313-223-4744 or mmccabe@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @mickmccabe1.

Gia Milana, who plays outside hitter for the Romeo Bulldogs varsity volleyball team, spikes the ball during practice at Romeo High School in Romeo on Aug. 12, 2015. The Bulldogs are defending state champions.

Girls volleyball

Auburn Hills Oakland Christian 3, Southfield Christian 0: Southfield Christian was led by Kaelin Ray with five kills and four blocks, while freshman Emily Van Dyke had 13 digs.

Croswell-Lexington 3, Imlay City 0: Melissa Rahn had seven service points, Erika Vanderploeg added six kills, 17 assists, three digs and six service points, and Kennady Kaufman finished with six kills and eight digs for Imlay City.

Essexville Garber 3, Otisville LakeVille 1: Savannah Davedowski finished with 14 kills for LakeVille, while Hannah Eaton had 18 assists and Taylor Granger six kills.

Mackinaw City 3, Alanson Littlefield 2: Kayla Gallagher had 13 kills and five aces for Mackinaw City (3-2, 2-1 Northern Lakes Conference), while Alaina Martin added 14 assists and seven aces.

Novi 3, Livonia Stevenson 0: Abryana Canon had 13 kills, while Katie Peterson added four digs and served 100% for Novi and Ally Cummings finished with 13 kills.

Boys soccer

Ada Forest Hills Eastern 5, Wayland Union 2: Jacob Howell, Garryn Johnson, Sam Dziuba, Aidan Jacks and Mitchell Eagle scored goals for Forest Hills Eastern.

Detroit Henry Ford Academy 4, Summit Academy 1: Daniel Serrato scored for Summit Academy.

Fenton 1, Lake Fenton 1: Fenton tied the game on a late goal by Liam Adams, while goalie Noah Martin made six saves.

Hartland 2, Milford 1: Tony Rizzo and Brady Walker each had goals for Hartland (10-2-2, 2-1-1 KLAA), both of which were assisted by Corey White.

Lake Orion 2, West Bloomfield 1: Lake Orion got two second half goals in the win. Armin Niksimaee scored for West Bloomfield with the assist by Nickon Katibai.

Livonia Clarenceville 1, Detroit Cesar Chavez Academy 0: After a scoreless first half, Clarenceville scored early in the second half on Armin Andelija’s goal. Jon Murphy earned his fourth shutout in net with eight saves.

Oxford 3, Flushing 1: Jack Kitchner scored the go-ahead goal and senior Nick Wright added a goal to pad the lead for Oxford (5-5-1, 1-2-1 OAA White).

Girls golf

Birmingham Marian 177, Warren Regina 240: Marian was led by Maddie Mustion (42), Julia Kraus (42), Alexandra Robb (42) and Katelyn Jenny (51).

Fenton 182, Flushing 182: Flushing won the tiebreaker as Kerrigan Parks shot a 36 to medal for Flushing and Kayla Gerhardt had a 44. Fenton’s Keegan Miller shot a 42 and Margaret Berry a 45.

Southgate Invitational: Trenton won the tournament. Jordyn Vaclav finished second overall for Trenton with a score of 85, while Kate Plassman shot 90 and finished in the top 10. Ann Arbor Huron placed second in the team standings, led by medalist Emma Polski (77).

Girls swimming

Oxford 95, Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 91: Stoney Creek won 10 of the 12 events, with four swimmers winning eight of the individual events. Oxford’s divers helped the Wildcats a victory.

Farmington Hills Harrison Hawks’s Cam Cooley, right, celebrates his touchdown with Theo Lucas against West Bloomfield on Friday in Farmington Hills.

Adrian Madison 33, Britton-Deerfield 0

Allen Park 29, Southgate Anderson 7

Allendale 53, Comstock Park 46

Ann Arbor Pioneer 44, Ann Arbor Huron 0

• Pioneers blank crosstown rivals for first win of season

Ann Arbor Skyline 35, Monroe 22

Armada 35, Imlay City 24

Battle Creek Harper Creek 56, Hastings 25

Battle Creek Lakeview 35, Mattawan 0

Bay City Central 49, Saginaw Arthur Hill 0

Bay City Western 7, Saginaw 6

Beal City 43, Lake City 7

Belding 26, Charlotte 7

Bellaire def. Brimley, forfeit

Belleville 38, Redford Union 0

Bellevue 28, Adrian Lenawee Christian 12

Benton Harbor 64, Muskegon Orchard View 0

Big Rapids 27, Fremont 0

Birmingham Brother Rice 13, Warren De La Salle 3

Birmingham Detroit Country Day 47, Detroit Consortium 0

Birmingham Groves 45, North Farmington 0

Birmingham Seaholm 29, Farmington 28

Blissfield 12, Onsted 0

Bloomfield Hills 23, Ferndale 20

Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood 36, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes 21

Boyne City 33, Kingsley 0

Breckenridge 56, Blanchard Montabella 6

Brighton 24, Pinckney 20

Brownstown Woodhaven 42, Gibraltar Carlson 24

Buchanan 47, Mendon 0

Byron 34, Burton Atherton 8

Cadillac 14, Alpena 13

Calumet 40, Houghton 6

Canton 34, Livonia Franklin 21

Carrollton 46, Standish-Sterling 7

Carson City-Crystal 34, Coleman 18

Caseville 40, Carsonville-Port Sanilac 36

Cedarville 34, Onaway 14

Charlevoix def. Suttons Bay, forfeit

Chelsea 38, Ypsilanti Lincoln 16

Chesaning 34, Midland Bullock Creek 12

Clare 20, Harrison 12

Sept. 16 Michigan high school football scores, stats

Clarkston 30, Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 0

Clarkston Everest Collegiate 10, Madison Heights Bishop Foley 0

Climax-Scotts 63, North Adams-Jerome 0

Clinton 61, Whitmore Lake 25

Coldwater 28, Parma Western 14

Comstock 26, Bronson 16

Constantine 68, Coloma 35

Corunna 37, Goodrich 0

Croswell-Lexington 48, Almont 28

Davison 42, Flint Southwestern 6

Dearborn 42, Dearborn Heights Crestwood 6

Dearborn Divine Child 44, Center Line 0

Dearborn Edsel Ford 68, Dearborn Heights Annapolis 22

Dearborn Fordson 49, Garden City 6

Decatur 26, Bloomingdale 0

Deckerville 38, Peck 0

Delton Kellogg 48, Fennville 28

Detroit Cass Tech 48, Detroit Southeastern 0

Detroit Cody 54, DCP-Northwestern 6

Detroit East English 48, Detroit Denby 18

Detroit King 59, Detroit Western International 0

Detroit Mumford 61, Detroit Communication & Media Arts 0

Detroit Old Redford 13, Romulus Summit Academy 0

Detroit Osborn 16, Detroit Collegiate 12

Detroit Pershing 16, Detroit Douglass 8

Detroit Renaissance 27, Detroit Ford 0

DeWitt 47, Mason 0

Dowagiac Union 53, Allegan 7

Durand 35, Burton Bentley 8

East Grand Rapids 42, Middleville Thornapple Kellogg 0

East Lansing 39, Lansing Eastern 0

Edwardsburg 30, Paw Paw 3

Elkton-Pigeon Bay Port Laker 26, Reese 20

Engadine 68, Pellston 0

Essexville Garber 28, Otisville Lakeville 20

Farmington Hills Harrison 28, West Bloomfield 0

• Hawks’ defense bends, but doesn’t break all game

Fenton 42, Flint Kearsley 21

Flint Carman-Ainsworth 41, Flint Powers 7

Flint International 44, Akron-Fairgrove 0

Fowler 44, Fulton-Middleton 19

Fowlerville 14, Eaton Rapids 0

Frankenmuth 43, Bridgeport 6

Freeland 12, Alma 6

Gaylord 51, West Branch Ogemaw Heights 0

Gaylord St. Mary 46, Mesick 7

Gladwin 33, Farwell 7

Gobles 57, Hartford 7

Grand Blanc 41, Milford 14

Grand Haven 42, Holland West Ottawa 23

Grand Ledge 28, Okemos 21

Grand Rapids Catholic Central 44, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern 7

Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern 24, East Kentwood 23

Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills 42, Fruitport 20

Grand Rapids South Christian 52, Grand Rapids Christian 42

Grandville 36, Hudsonville 6

Grass Lake 26, Manchester 0

Grayling 38, Cheboygan 14

Greenville 35, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central 34

Grosse Ile 49, Flat Rock 20

Grosse Pointe North 35, Port Huron 28

Grosse Pointe South 48, Utica Ford 14

Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett 50, Southfield Christian 12

Harbor Beach 34, Marlette 32

Harbor Springs 42, Indian River-Inland Lakes 0

Hemlock 37, St. Louis 19

Hesperia 54, Holton 6

Hillman 26, Rogers City 14

Hillsdale 52, Erie-Mason 0

Holly 28, Clio 24

Holt 28, Lansing Everett 21

Homer 59, Jonesville 30

Houghton Lake 54, Sanford-Meridian 12

Howell 21, Hartland 13

Hudson 28, Dundee 6

Hudsonville Unity Christian 24, Zeeland West 22, OT

Ida 58, Brooklyn Columbia Central 34

Ithaca 45, Pinconning 0

Jackson Lumen Christi 33, Jackson Northwest 0

Jenison 42, Grand Rapids Union 12

Johannesburg-Lewiston 47, Central Lake 14

Kalamazoo Central 31, Battle Creek Central 22

Kent City 52, White Cloud 0

Kingsford 36, Sault Ste Marie 14

Laingsburg 56, Potterville 0

Lake Fenton 42, Mount Morris 21

Lake Odessa Lakewood 51, Vermontville Maple Valley 21

Lake Orion 52, Oxford 35

Lansing Sexton 41, Jackson 28

Lansing Waverly 55, Owosso 21

Lapeer 48, Saginaw Heritage 13

Lawton 54, Galesburg-Augusta 6

Lincoln-Alcona 58, Au Gres-Sims 20

Livonia Churchill 54, Plymouth 28

Lowell 41, Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills 6

Macomb L’Anse Creuse North 42, Fraser 26

Macomb Lutheran North 42, Harper Woods 6

Manistee 14, Muskegon Heights 12

Marcellus 38, Eau Claire 24

Marion 34, Traverse City Christian 6

Marshall 24, Battle Creek Pennfield 21

Marysville 56, Marine City 32

Menominee 35, Gladstone 6

Merritt Academy 36, Hale 32

Michigan Center 48, Jackson East Jackson 6

Midland 31, Mount Pleasant 28

Midland Dow 56, Flint Northwestern 6

Milan 35, Monroe Jefferson 31

Millington 47, Birch Run 6

Montague 34, Mason County Central 0

Montrose 29, Flint Beecher 15

Morley-Stanwood 13, Lakeview 7

Morrice 42, Kinde-North Huron 20

Muskegon 49, Byron Center 14

Muskegon Catholic Central 42, Ludington 12

Muskegon Oakridge def. Shelby, forfeit

Napoleon 50, Addison 8

Negaunee 35, Iron Mountain 13

New Boston Huron 7, Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 6

New Lothrop 51, Flint Hamady 16

Newberry 22, Iron Mountain North Dickinson 20

North Branch 33, Caro 15

Northville 31, Canton Salem 21

Norway 50, Manistique 13

Novi 42, South Lyon East 14

Novi Detroit Catholic Central 28, Cleveland St. Ignatius 21 (OT)

Oak Park 44, Rochester Adams 43 (OT)

Olivet 42, Perry 24

Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 33, U-D Jesuit 10

Ortonville Brandon 49, Swartz Creek 8

Oscoda 40, Mio 6

Otsego 30, South Haven 25

Ottawa Lake Whiteford 34, Petersburg Summerfield 28

Owendale-Gagetown 43, Burton Madison 32

Parchment 32, Niles Brandywine 14

Pewamo-Westphalia 76, Bath 0

Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 26, Berkley 3

Port Huron Northern 30, St. Clair 19

Portage Northern 24, Niles 21

Portland 36, Lansing Catholic 35

Portland St. Patrick 39, Tekonsha 0

Rapid River 48, Ontonagon 36

Ravenna 28, North Muskegon 20

Redford Thurston 38, Dearborn Heights Robichaud 0

Remus Chippewa Hills 40, Howard City Tri-County 0

Richmond 27, Yale 20

River Rouge 42, Hamtramck 0

Riverview 30, Carleton Airport 14

Riverview Gabriel Richard 29, Allen Park Cabrini 7

Rochester 29, Auburn Hills Avondale 28

Rockford 31, Caledonia 6

Romeo 28, Sterling Heights Stevenson 7

Romulus 35, Livonia Clarenceville 0

Roscommon 20, Beaverton 14

Royal Oak 28, Troy 21

Rudyard 68, Posen 28

Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 31, Ovid-Elsie 24

Saginaw Nouvel 24, Bay City John Glenn 17

Saginaw Swan Valley 56, Shepherd 27

Saline 24, Temperance Bedford 23

• Patteri boots winning FG after missing PAT earlier

Sand Creek 38, Morenci 36

Sandusky 52, Memphis 0

Saugatuck 60, Martin 0

Schoolcraft 50, Bangor 0

South Lyon 27, Livonia Stevenson 21

Southfield 38, Troy Athens 14

Sparta 27, Coopersville 16

St. Charles 27, Saginaw Valley Lutheran 7

St. Clair Shores Lakeview 26, Madison Heights Madison 21

St. Ignace LaSalle 46, East Jordan 8

St. Johns 27, Haslett 7

Stephenson 42, Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas, Wis. 24

Sterling Heights 48, Roseville 12

Sterling Heights Parkway Christian 22, Auburn Hills Oakland Christian 14

Stevensville Lakeshore 31, St. Joseph 12

Stockbridge 70, Leslie 32

Tecumseh 20, Adrian 14

Three Rivers 28, Sturgis 14

Tol. Waite, Ohio 49, Ecorse 20

Traverse City West 22, Petoskey 20

Ubly 28, Brown City 6

Unionville-Sebewaing 24, Cass City 22

Utica 35, Fair Haven-Anchor Bay 34

Utica Eisenhower 42, Clinton Township Chippewa Valley 0

Vandercook Lake 14, Hanover-Horton 12

Vassar 24, Bad Axe 20

Vestaburg 41, Ashley 12

Vicksburg 24, Plainwell 8

Waldron 42, St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran 7

Walled Lake Northern 48, Waterford Kettering 6

Walled Lake Western 43, Walled Lake Central 8

Warren Cousino 56, Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse 14

Warren Fitzgerald 24, St. Clair Shores South Lake 20

Warren Lincoln 28, Clinton Township Clintondale 16

Warren Michigan Collegiate 28, Southfield Bradford Academy 0

Warren Mott 27, Macomb Dakota 20

• Mott erases 20-7 deficit in second half

Warren Woods Tower 56, St. Clair Shores Lake Shore 14

Watervliet 34, Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Central 19

Webberville 55, Litchfield 0

West Iron County 48, Ironwood 16

Westland John Glenn 26, Wayne Memorial 19

White Lake Lakeland 37, Waterford Mott 32

Whitehall 52, Hart 14

Williamston 42, Ionia 17

Wyandotte Roosevelt 34, Lincoln Park 14

Wyoming Godwin Heights 42, Hopkins 6

Wyoming Kelloggsville 26, Wyoming Lee 0

Wyoming Tri-unity Christian 58, Manistee Catholic Central 0

Ypsilanti 50, Dexter 20

Postponements and cancellations

Leroy Pine River vs. McBain, susp.

Grant vs. Reed City, susp.

Elk Rapids vs. Kalkaska, susp.

Ann Arbor Pioneer

Until Friday night, it had been a frustrating season for Ann Arbor Pioneer.

Expected to be one of Division 1’s top teams, the Pioneers were blown out by powerful Muskegon in the opening week and suffered close losses to Detroit-Jesuit and Temperance Bedford.

But Pioneer was able to take out its frustrations Friday against crosstown rival Ann Arbor Huron. The Pioneers jumped all over the River Rats from the get-go, coasting to a much-needed 44-0 win.

“It was kind of tough (to lose the first three games),” said Dexter Ferrell, who had three long runs for touchdowns. “We just came together as a team and started playing ball. This one was on our offensive line, and we depended on them to carry us through the game.”

• More scores from Friday night

Quick-strike plays were the story throughout the game. On Pioneer’s second play from scrimmage, Ferrell took the ball on a sweep right, hit a dead-end and reversed direction to cover 37 yards into the end zone. Ferrell also had scoring runs of 63 and 37 yards after the halftime break.

Following Ferrell’s first score, Huron (0-4, 0-2) had the ball for only two plays until Pioneer’s Antjuan Simmons, an Ohio State commit, stepped in front of a pass and returned it 36 yards for another score.

More Huron miscues enabled Pioneer (1-3, 1-1) to pad its lead. Punting from their own 14, the River Rats got a bad snap that the punter had to fall on in the end zone for a safety. In the second quarter, Jaden Lamberti intercepted a pass at the River Rat 26, and Cedric Benton dashed into the end zone on the first play after the turnover.

It wasn’t just Pioneer’s offense making the statement. On defense, the Pioneers had the two interceptions and limited Huron to minus-5 yards total offense in the first half.

Huron, which suffered through a winless season last year, hasn’t beaten its nemesis since 2002.

“It’s always good to win against a rival team,” coach Jari Brown said.

Warren Mott coach Tom Milanov addresses his team after the win over Macomb Dakota Friday.

Four games into the season, Macomb Area Conference Red Division favorite Macomb Dakota couldn’t afford another loss with two teams still undefeated.

Warren Mott was one of those teams and, with two offensive starters out, Dakota went out and used its next-man-up mentality to take a 13-point lead in the second half.

But Mott kept making plays, forced a couple of turnovers, benefited from a couple of penalties and pulled out a 27-20 victory.

Key sacks from James Warner and the final one from Liam Fogerty secured the victory, improving the Marauders to 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the Red.

“That last sack was amazing,” said Mott’s Cortland Cross, who finished with 118 yards on 19 carries and the winning score. “The defense wouldn’t give up.”

• More scores from Friday

Mott entered the game having allowed just 21 points, and the Marauders were without star defensive back/running back Jayvon Wilson, who was out for disciplinary reasons.

Dakota was still missing star running back Kaiser Carelton, who has a stint issue in his knee, and wide receiver Evan Sivec, who got hurt in the Utica Eisenhower loss.

“It was an undisclosed issue and he’ll be back next week,’’ Mott coach Tom Milanov said of Wilson. “It feels great. It was a heck of a battle in the MAC Red. We have a great team and we believe in ourselves.’’

The Cougars fell to 0-2 in the Red and 2-2 overall.

“I told them we blew it,” Dakota coach Greg Baur said. “It wasn’t anything they did. It was on us. We got down to the 1-yard line and scored and got a penalty, which took us out of that drive. We didn’t recover an on-sides kick. We faked a punt inside our one and got good field position. We had a holding penalty, and then we had some unreal penalty where the officials said our kids were taunting an official somehow, which is unbelievable.”

The Cougars struck first on a 20-yard pass from Brett Droski to 6-foot-4 Jaylen Hall with 4:26 left in the first quarter to make it 7-0.

Dakota’s speed was evident as Droski hit Ronye Walker with a 32-yard catch-and run, and Hall’s 19-yard run on a reverse set up the Cougars with a first down at the Mott 1 to start the second quarter.

Dawson Sloan plowed his way through to start the second, giving the visitors a 14-0 lead.

Mott found an offensive spark with reserve Onyeka Ojinaka in the backfield, who rushed for 118 yards.

He gained 40 yards on four carries, including a one-yard TD run with 8:58 left in the half to cut the deficit to 14-7.

Contact Perry A. Farrell: 313-222-2555 or pafarrell@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @farrellperry.

Farmington Hills Harrison’s Guam Lee Jr. runs the ball during the win over West Bloomfield on Friday in Farmington Hills.

It’s a good indicator you’re having a prosperous night when even a blocked field goal attempt goes your way.

Farmington Hills Harrison was leading, 21-0, in the first half Friday night over visiting West Bloomfield when the Hawks brought in kicker Carl Hanpeter to try a 50-yard field goal on the Hawks’ fourth drive of the game.

The attempt started out low and was blocked by the Lakers’ line, but the ball kept traveling well behind the line of scrimmage, where a West Bloomfield player tried to return it.

He fumbled on the tackle and, after a lengthy scrum, Harrison was awarded the recovery on the Lakers’ 12-yard line.

On the next play, Cam Cooley scampered around the left end for a touchdown and a 28-0 Harrison lead just halfway through the second quarter, making the Oakland Activities Association crossover outcome seem certain even without knowing the final score.

Well, turns out that was it.

• More scores from Friday

After a very lackluster second half by both teams, nothing changed on the scoreboard except the clock.

“I was happy with the way the offense played early,” said Harrison coach John Herrington. “We got a little bit out of sync in the second half, but overall we played well.”

The Hawks’ defense set the standard, keeping a talented core of West Bloomfield wide receivers out of the end zone despite some big plays by quarterback Bryce Veasley.

The Lakers junior was 16-for-42 passing, but connected on big plays of 39, 32, 31 and 29 yards. He totaled 204 yards throwing, but the Hawks’ defensive backs kept everything in front of them.

“The defense was excellent all game,” said defensive back Trey Walker, who grabbed an interception on West Bloomfield’s final drive. “They were good with the pass, but we stopped them.

“I got beat deep, but my teammate, Cam Cooley, helped me out deep,” Walker said about the interception. “Then I saw the ball and reacted, caught it and just tried to keep my feet in bounds to seal the game.”

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Herrington had similar praise of the defensive unit, which held West Bloomfield (2-2) to minus-13 yards rushing.

“The defensive backs are good and when they make plays, and they played like it,” he said. “They stayed on some excellent receivers. We played East Kentwood and they had the same kind of receivers and they kept them down, too. I’m just proud of the way they played. And we only rushed three guys a lot of times, and they were able to put a little pressure on him (Veasley). Overall, a very good defensive effort.”

On the third play of the game, Harrison (323 yards total offense) scored on a 30-yard pass play from Jimmy O’Connor to Devon Pressley for a 7-0 edge.

Harrison (3-1) scored again on its second drive, when Brendann Brown rushed 9 yards for the score.

The Hawks’ third possession was capped by a 10-yard reception by Jeremy Cooper from Noah Hendricks, who replaced an injured O’Connor.

Saline QB Zach Schwartzenberger

Wes Doxsie’s 27-yard field goal had given Temperance Bedford a one-point lead with 1:42 left and Saline’s Vinnie Patteri was nervously pacing the sidelines.

Saline was trailing by one because Patteri had missed an extra point in the third quarter.

“I knew my team was going to bring it down to near the end zone, and I was going to get a second chance,” Patteri said. “If not, they were going to score a touchdown. But I was ready to do it.”

He had to be ready because quarterback Zach Schwartzenberger heroically led the Hornets down the field, all the way to the Bedford 3-yard line with seven seconds to play.

Patteri had his chance, but before he could attempt the field goal, Bedford called a time-out.

“This is a chip shot,” Schwartzenberger, the holder, told him. “This is a kick you warm up with before every practice. You’ve done it a million times. Just do it again.”

Patteri did it again.

Patteri’s 22-yard field goal Friday night gave Saline a 26-24 victory.

This was an offensive explosion.

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Each team punted only once and when Saline (4-0, 2-0 in the SEC Red, No. 9 in Division 1) punted with 10:21 left in the fourth quarter, it didn’t see the ball again until after Doxsie’s field goal.

Following a penalty on the first play of the series, Saline was on its 8-yard line. On fourth-and-10 from its 20, Schwartzenberger scrambled, looking for Bryce Wolma, and then completed a pass to Andrew Diuble, who took off for a 44-yard gain.

“We got a matchup,” Schwartzenberger said. “We had our two best receivers running up the middle of the field — Wolma and Diuble. Diuble was wide open, made the catch and made guys miss, got up field and got a huge gain for a first down.”

Schwartzenberger gained 15 yards on the next play and running back Connor Hibbard (133 yards, 20 carries) had a key 10-yard gain to set up Patteri’s attempt.

“Of course, I was a little bit nervous,” Patteri said. “But the job had to be done. God gave me a second chance.”

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Saline coach Joe Palka thought it was appropriate that Patteri had the opportunity to redeem himself.

“After the extra point miss, we thought it was important, and we have confidence in him,” Palka said. “He does it every day in practice. It was good to get him back on the field and let him win the game.”

Bedford (3-1, 1-1, No. 6 in Division 2) was penalized 15 yards on the field goal, which was assessed on the kickoff. Patteri squibbed the kickoff and recovered it himself so Bedford never got to run another play.

“That was just sealing the deal,” Patteri said. “It felt amazing.”

“Amazing” is a good way to describe Schwartzenberger, who completed his first 12 passes before receivers dropped the next two. He finished 16 of 20 for 241 yards and two touchdowns.

“I was really fired up for this game,” he said. “Bedford is a great team, it’s a great rivalry. You’ve got to play your best game against them.”

In addition to his passing, Schwartzenberger added another 73 yards on 11 carries in only his fourth game as a starter.

“He’s just a kid that’s been in the program four years, kind of waited his turn to make plays and that’s what it’s all about — patience,” Palka said. “He’s just a competitor — a great baseball player, a scholarship player to Toledo. He’s just a competitor and that’s what you look for in your quarterback.”

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Ann Arbor Pioneer’s Antjuan Simmons.

The Big House is literally a few first downs away from Ann Arbor Pioneer’s Hollway Field. In fact, Pioneer followers who want to attend a home game often have to sidestep maize-and-blue faithful who park their campers on school grounds the night before a Wolverines’ contest.

So, why then, has Antjuan Simmons, the Pioneers’ best college prospect, given his verbal commitment to Ohio State? He wasted no time tweeting his choice out last March 1, and hasn’t wavered from his dedication to the Scarlet and Grey.

“Everything’s real good with them,” Simmons said after Pioneer’s 44-0 victory over cross-town rival Huron Friday night. “I’m looking to get down there and visit (officially) in the next few weeks.”

Does that mean other schools – namely Michigan, and Michigan State – have backed off?

“Of course (they’re still after me), it’s a recruiting process. A lot of schools are still going to recruit me, and that’s it, really,” he said.

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He doesn’t feel slighted because nobody wearing a block M and khakis has been sleeping on his couch, though.

“I don’t really have anything to say about that,” Simmons said. “It’s a recruiting process; they wanted their guys early on and it just went from there. I don’t have anything bad to say about their coaches; I have the utmost respect for those guys, and we’ll just go from there.”

A Free Press Dream Team running back from last fall, the Buckeyes will look to use the 6-foot-1, 215-pound Simmons primarily at linebacker. When he carries the ball, it takes several tacklers to bring him down. But Simmons also leads the Pioneer defense from the middle, where he hits hard, can get in the backfield quickly and is adept at pass coverage, too.

Ann Arbor Pioneer’s Antjuan Simmons.

Friday, he helped set the tone for the blowout win by stepping in front of a Huron pass and returning it 36 yards for a touchdown. On offense, he carried the ball 5 times for 47 yards, and had one would-be 39-yard scoring sprint called back due to a penalty.

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The Pioneers’ really didn’t need to give Simmons the ball much, given that teammate Dexter Ferrell scored on outside runs of 37, 63 and 37 yards. But that was fine with Simmons, who said it was more of a lift for his team to beat a cross-town rival after the Pioneers underwhelmed in their first three games.

“We were real hungry to get our first win and get this thing turned around. We’re in a playoff atmosphere right now, so we’ve just got to play hard, play with an attitude and come to play,” he said.

The Pioneers’ were expected to be one of the top Division 1 teams in the state – and still may be – so Simmons said the Pioneers were surprised to reach week four while still looking for their first W.

“I’m not even going to lie to you,” he said. “We had real, real high expectations and the talent level is there. It was a good learning experience for us; it showed us that we can’t just have talent to win games. We’re really coming together as a team right now.”

After losing big to a powerful Muskegon team in the season opener, the Pioneers dropped closer games to University of Detroit-Jesuit and Southeastern Conference foe Temperance Bedford.

Ann Arbor Pioneer’s Antjuan Simmons.

Pioneer coach Jari Brown said the Muskegon loss affected his team’s performances in the second and third games.

“I don’t think our kids knew the magnitude of who we were playing, and I think we had a hangover from that game,” he said. “Week two was a short turnaround, playing Thursday after Saturday, and I don’t think we really had time to heal and move on.”

Brown and Simmons both say the team is gradually putting things together, and the Huron win brought confidence back.

“We executed; it was a lot better than the past few weeks,” Simmons said. “We came out on defense first and set the tone, got a three-and-out, hit a few guys. We spent all of our practices working hard and getting our base stuff right and it really showed. It’s not where we wanted to be, but it’s a lot better than what it was last week.”

The Pioneers hopes to continue the momentum with league rivals Monroe and Saline coming up. “I really want to get to the level that I want to play at, keeping it real humble, making me play for my brothers, play with my heart and play with a chip on my shoulder. A lot of people are still doubting us and I want to prove them wrong.”

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