By Staff
DETROIT – Muskegon has been crowned the city of champions in Michigan, following a pair of victories at Ford Field in the Michigan High School Athletic Association state football finals this past weekend.
Muskegon High School held off Warren DeLaSalle 32-30 to win the Division 2 finals, while Muskegon Catholic Central defeated Grass Lake 35-7 to win the Division 6 crown.
Muskegon Catholic Central defeated Decatur to win the regional title on its way to Detroit.
Also winning championships were Macomb Dakota, East Grand Rapids, Zeeland West, Menominee, Saginaw Nouvel and New Lothrop.
Macomb Dakota defeated Rockford 38-16 in the Division 1 title game, while East Grand Rapids knocked off Farmington Hills Harrison, 35-10, to win the Division 3 championship.
Zeeland West won the Division 4 title with a 22-0 victory over Coopersville. In the Division 5 title game, Menominee routed Madison Heights Madison, 41-6.
Saginaw Nouvel doubled up Inkster 28-14 to win the Division 6 championship. In the Division 8 title game, New Lothrop romped past Crystal Falls Forest Park, 34-13.
Division 1
Macomb Dakota 14 17 7 0 – 38
Rockford 7 3 0 6 – 16
MACOMB – Greg Gay 1 yd run (Harla kick)
MACOMB – Gay 4 yd run (Joe Harla kick)
ROCKFORD – Curtis Mobley 7 yd pass from Tom Fusee (Mark Schlaudt kick)
MACOMB – Harla 31 yd field goal
ROCKFORD – Schlaudt 21 yd field goal
MACOMB – Gay 76 yd pass from James Stallons (Harla kick)
MACOMB – Quentin Trotter 1 yd run (Harla kick)
MACOMB – Gay 1 yd run (Harla kick)
ROCKFORD – Alex Caurdy 1 yd run
Division 2
Warren DeLaSalle 13 3 7 7 – 30
Muskegon 6 6 14 6 – 32
MUSK – Ronald Johnson 36 yd fumble recovery (Conor Donovan kick failed)
WARREN – David Blackburn 57 yd pass from Brian Lewis (Kyle Torzy kick failed)
WARREN – Jimmy Berezik 7 yd run (Torzy kick)
MUSK – Chris Crawford 52 yd run (D.Hughes-Arnold rush failed)
WARREN – Torzy 30 yd field goal
MUSK – Crawford 83 yd run (Donovan kick)
WARREN – Berezik 89 yd kickoff return (Torzy kick)
MUSK – Ashton Leggett 2 yd run (Donovan kick)
MUSK – Johnson 47 yd pass from Crawford (Donovan kick failed)
WARREN – Berezik 3 yd run (Torzy kick)
Division 3
Farmington H.H 7 3 0 0 – 10
E. Grand Rapids 7 14 14 0 – 35
FARMHARR – Craig Sacha 1 yd run (Dan Sirovy kick)
EGR – Luke Glendening 9 yd run (Michael Wilson kick)
FARMHARR – Sirovy 42 yd field goal
EGR – Kelvin Grady 3 yd run (Wilson kick)
EGR – DeMarcus Grady 3 yd run (Wilson kick)
EGR – DeMarcus Grady 7 yd run (Wilson kick)
EGR – Kelvin Grady 19 yd run (Wilson kick)
Division 4
Zeeland West 8 6 0 8 – 22
Coopersville 0 0 0 0 – 0
ZEELANDW – Aa. VanDenBeldt 5 yd run (Andrew Plaska rush)
ZEELANDW – VanDenBeldt 4 yd run (VanDenBeldt pass failed)
ZEELANDW – Aaron Raap 3 yd run (Ryan Vandort rush)
Division 5
Madison Heights 0 6 0 0 – 6
Menominee 13 14 7 7 – 41
MENOMINE – Matt Eisenzoph 1 yd run (Blake Chouinard kick)
MENOMINE – Eisenzoph 18 yd run (Chouinard kick failed)
MENOMINE – Mike Hansen 8 yd pass from Chouinard (Chouinard kick)
MADISON – James Ryan 1 yd run (Jason Flynn pass failed)
MENOMINE – Jacob Pedersen 61 yd pass from Chouinard (Chouinard kick)
MENOMINE – Ethan Shaver 5 yd run (Chouinard kick)
MENOMINE – Matt Eisenzoph 4 yd run (Chouinard kick)
Division 6
Inkster 0 14 0 0 – 14
Saginaw Nouvel 7 7 7 7 – 28
SAGINAWN – Nicholas Birnba 3 yd run (Ryan Palmer kick)
SAGINAWN – Timothy Ryan 6 yd pass from Bradley Sonntag (Ryan Palmer kick)
INKSTER – Aaron Shavers 7 yd run (JJ Snelling kick blocked)
INKSTER – Renty Rollins 5 yd pass from Shavers (Derrick Coker pass from Shavers)
SAGINAWN – Nicholas Awrey 30 yd pass from Sonntag (Palmer kick)
SAGINAWN – Birnba 9 yd run (Palmer kick)
Division 7
Grass Lake 7 0 0 0 – 7
Muskegon C.C. 7 21 0 7 – 35
GRASSLAK – Doug Rogan 53 yd pass from Austin Cole (Rogan kick)
MUSKCC – Donnie Miller 4 yd run (Mychal Galla kick)
MUSKCC – Adam Shireman 27 yd run (Galla kick)
MUSKCC – Miller 10 yd run (Galla kick)
MUSKCC – Tim Baker 14 yd fumble recovery (Galla kick)
MUSKCC – Galla 15 yd run (Galla kick)
Division 8
New Lothrop 7 7 13 7 – 34
C.F. Forest Park 0 6 0 7 – 13
NL – Brent Ruddy 20 yd pass from Mike Vincke (Jordan Brown kick)
FP – Andrew Gussert 3 yd pass from Kyle Roberts (Kyle LeVacque rush failed)
NL – Mike Griffin 23 yd pass from Mike Vincke (R. Emmendorfer kick)
NL – Mike Vincke 13 yd run (Jordan Brown kick)
NL – Emmendorfer 1 yd run (Emmendorfer kick failed)
NL – Mike Vincke 5 yd run (Brown kick)
FP – B. LaChapelle 1 yd run (Calix Sholander kick)