Week Fourteen Picks.

Written Tuesday November 21st at 8:30 PM

Welcome to the 2023 football season, here are our pickers for the season. Here are everyone who is doing picks this season.

 

SANDY DUNES is Sammy Taormina, OAA Now host and blogger.

COTTER is Sean Cotter, Walled Lake Western football and North Farmington basketball video coordinator

DUNLAP is Keith Dunlap, WDIV freelance writer

STICK is Dan Stickradt, North Oakland Sports writer

BURNEY is Scott Burnstein, MIPrepZone and State Champs sports writer.

TIM is Tim English, High School Sports Historian and Blogger.

 

SANDY DUNES 118-41

COTTER 132-27

BURNEY 120-39

DUNLAP 111-48

STICK 126-33

TIM 120-39

 

 

HARPER WOODS vs Grand Rapids South Christian: This is a very interesting matchup of two teams that are different but similar. Both teams have proven quarterbacks although the Sailors haven’t seen the athleticism that the Pioneers will give them. Harper Woods has seen teams that are similar to that of Grand Rapids South Christian. The Sailors are huge up front and have a solid running back along with a proven quarterback and wide receiver combination. Grand Rapids South Christian is the defending Division Four State Champs. Talking to Coach Ron Oden this week, we go full in depth talking about the Sailors and their championship experience which they have in this game. This should be a very interesting matchup that is for sure.

 

SANDY DUNES: HARPER WOODS 45, GRAND RAPIDS SOUTH CHRISTIAN 35.

COTTER: GRAND RAPIDS SOUTH CHRISTIAN 38, HARPER WOODS 28.

DUNLAP: GRAND RAPIDS SOUTH CHRISTIAN 28, HARPER WOODS 17.

STICK: HARPER WOODS over GRAND RAPIDS SOUTH CHRISTIAN.

BURNEY: HARPER WOODS 31, GRAND RAPIDS SOUTH CHRISTIAN 30.

TIM: GRAND RAPIDS SOUTH CHRISTIAN 42, HARPER WOODS 35.

 

SOUTHFIELD ARTS AND TECH vs Belleville: The Warriors earned their first trip to the State Finals with a 40-35 win over West Bloomfield last week. Now they have a very tough task of going up against Belleville who is the two time defending Division One State Champs. The Tigers have proven experience everywhere and no true weakness. They have been dominant especially against Saline, Northville, and Davison which are very good teams. In talking to Coach Aaron Marshall, he said that Southfield Arts and Tech is going to have to play very well if they have any chance of pulling the upset. The defense will be tested in this game, if they play mistake free football then anything is possible in this game.

 

SANDY DUNES: BELLEVILLE 48, SOUTHFIELD ARTS AND TECH 45.

COTTER: BELLEVILLE 56, SOUTHFIELD ARTS AND TECH 14.

DUNLAP: BELLEVILLE 49, SOUTHFIELD ARTS AND TECH 28.

STICK: BELLEVILLE over SOUTHFIELD ARTS AND TECH.

BURNEY: BELLEVILLE 44, SOUTHFIELD ARTS AND TECH 34.

TIM: BELLEVILLE 72, SOUTHFIELD ARTS AND TECH 56.

 

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Week Thirteen Thoughts.

Written Saturday November 18th at 4:35 PM

Harper Woods: The Pioneers had a big 35-24 win over Goodrich on Saturday afternoon. Harper Woods trailed 14-0 early but outscored the Martians 35-10 to close it out. Stephone Buford, Nate Rocheleau, Koby Taylor, Ramounty House, Jacob Oden, and Dakota Guerrant had monster games. The Pioneers have a tall task ahead of them when they play Grand Rapids South Christian next week.

Southfield Arts and Tech: The Warriors earned their first trip to the Division One State finals after overcoming West Bloomfield 40-35 on Saturday afternoon. Isiah Marshall had the winning touchdown run to send Southfield Arts and Tech to Ford Field. Matheis Davis had a big game for the Warriors scoring two touchdowns while Tashi Braceful was solid as well and the defense did just enough and Marshall played really well. Southfield Arts and Tech has a really tall task awaiting them with Belleville next week.

West Bloomfield: The Lakers had a really tough loss to Southfield Arts and Tech falling on the final play 40-35 on Saturday afternoon. The defense couldn’t get it done against Isiah Marshall which ended up being the difference. Brandon Davis-Swain had three big touchdowns while Rick Nance played really well along with Elijah Durham but the defense could not get that last stop and credit Southfield Arts and Tech, they made a great play. West Bloomfield loses Nance, Davis-Swain, among others but they have Kam Flowers, Elijah Durham, Jailen Allos and company coming back. The Lakers will be back next season.

Week Thirteen Recap.

Written Saturday November 18th at 4:30 PM

HARPER WOODS 35, Goodrich 24: The Pioneers are in their first State final after winning a wild game at Livonia Franklin on Saturday afternoon. It was not a good start for Harper Woods, which was almost similar to the game against Croswell-Lexington where they had a really slow start trailing 14-0. Stephone Buford started the scoring with a touchdown run to get them back in the game. They also got a touchdown on a fourth down and 20 to tie the game at the time and got the late score to tie it at 21-21. The Pioneers got going in the second half by outscoring the Martians 14-3 behind a potent offense of Buford, Jacob Oden, Nate Rocheleau, Ramonty House, Dakota Guerrant, Colby Taylor, and company. Coach Rob Oden will lead his team to their first State final but it will be a very tall order as they play Grand Rapids South Christian next week.

 

SOUTHFIELD ARTS AND TECH 40, WEST BLOOMFIELD 35:  It was a wild and crazy game at Troy on Saturday afternoon which featured a power outage and a tense drama. The Warriors started the scoring after getting a fumble recovery. Mathias Davis scored from five yards out and a 7-0 Southfield Arts and Tech lead. The Lakers answered with a 42 yard touchdown pass from Rick Nance to Elijah Durham to tie the game at 7-7. The Warriors responded with an Isiah Marshall to Tashi Braceful from 19 yards out and a 14-7 halftime lead. Southfield Arts and Tech started the third quarter with a 21 yard touchdown pass from Marshall to Tyjuan Esper to go up 21-7. The Lakers got back in in with a Nance to Brandon Davis-Swain 19 yard touchdown pass to make it 21-14 Southfield Arts and Tech and then connected again from seven yards out to tie the game at 21-21 after three quarters. The fourth quarter was a tense drama, the Warriors took the lead back after a Davis one yard score but Davis-Swain answered tying the score at 28-28. Southfield Arts and Tech responded again with Marshall scoring from 20 yards out but the PAT was blocked making the score 34-28 Warriors. West Bloomfield answered again with Nance finding Kam Flowers from 27 yards out making the score 35-34 Lakers. Southfield Arts and Tech had one last chance and connected behind the play of Marshall. Marshall scored from one yard out with no time left sending Southfield Arts and Tech to the Division One State Finals for the first time in school history with a 40-35 win. They will have a really tough task ahead of them when they play Belleville next week.