After the first round of the MHSAA State Playoffs, only two teams remain from the PSL. Those teams are East English Village and Cass Tech. Last week,The Village beat Marysville, while the Technecians took out Grosse Pointe South. This week we move onto the District Championship. The Bulldogs will travel to St. Clair to play on Saturday at 7:00 PM, while Cass Tech will return for a home game to battle the Pioneers of Dearborn High on Saturday as well with a 1:00 PM kickoff. These two teams could very well end up at Ford Field playing for MHSAA State Championships. Please show your support for these two teams in their journey for greatness.
Archive | October, 2012
Southfield 22 King 19
28 Oct
In a game where two teams meet in the opening week of the season, no one expects one team to beat another team twice in one season. But that was not the case for this pre-district contest between Southfield and King. This game was nail biter and no team in this game deserved to lose. The first quarter breezed by with both teams unable to put points on the board, but in the opening minutes of the 2nd quarter, Southfield qb Tre Walton scored on a td qb sneak to put the Blue Jays up 7-0. Later in the 2nd, Gerald Gates of Southfield scampered up the middle for a 30 yard td to put the Jays up 14-0. But the Crusaders would score on a Mycial Allen td to go into the lockers with a deficit of only seven. King would come out hot in the 2nd half. Avonte Maddox cut the Blue Jay lead to only one on a td run. Later in the 3rd, Northern Illinois recruit Mycial Allen hauled in a 77 yard td pass from Devaun Williams to give King the lead. That would be all the scoring for King the rest of the way. The Crusader defense did not allow a touchdown for the most of the 2nd half. But Southfield scored when they had to, on their last possession, Gerald Gates scored and Jeff Madison got the two to put Southfield on top by 3. King would drive all the way inside the Blue Jay 10, but a 4th down desperation pass from Devaun Williams would fall incomplete giving Southfield the win. King’s remarkable season finishes at 6-4, but not without a Detroit Public School League City Championship. The Blue Jays now move onto the district Championship to face Oak Park, winners of the OAA White Division. Who defeated Southfield 24-18 in week four of the season.
Game of the Week 10/26/12
26 OctMy game of the week selection usually takes place on Thursday, but for this week it will happen on a Friday. The game of the week for the first round of the MHSAA State Playoffs will feature a rematch of the Prep Kickoff Classic, with Martin Luther King leaving the City of Detroit to battle the Blue Jays of Southfield High School. If you remember the game back in August, the Crusaders had control for most of the game, but stalled in the fourth quarter due to their seven turnovers. The defense looked very good for MLK, only allowing a total of 21 points to a team that ended up beating perennial power Farmington Hill Harrison. Southfield’s offense is quite interesting from what we have seen from them in the years past. Their quarterback Tre Walton, a converted wide-receiver, lines up in the pistol with a running back in a three-point stance directly behind him. They will send a receiver in motion trying to create a triple option and try to take advantage of Walton’s running ability. If the Crusaders find a way to figure the offense out, they will most likely have no problems winning the game. But I am not convinced that after last weeks city championship performance, where they gave up 48 points to East English, they will be able to contain this potent Blue Jays Offense. Who needs to stop the ball when you score 51 points? That is what the Crusaders did last week. Devaun Williams was flawless connecting with Mycial Allen for two touchdowns. King also got production on special teams with Avonte returning a kickoff for 81 yards. This game will be a shootout. The Blue Jays will give the Crusaders a battle, but King will march on to the district final.
Southfield: 35 King: 42
Enjoy the first round everyone!
2012 MHSAA Playoff Teams from the PSL
23 OctCongratulations to all of the 2012 MHSAA State Playoff participants from the PSL. A good majority of the teams selected from the DPS could very well end up playing at Ford Field for the State Championships. Here are the six teams that qualified, their first round opponents and the start time for each game.
Cass Tech @ Grosse Pointe South (Friday 7:00 p.m.)
Cody @ Oak Park (Friday 6:00 p.m.)
King @ Southfield (Friday 4:30 p.m.)
Marysville @ East English Village (Friday 7:00 p.m.)
Central @ St. Clair (Saturday 7:00 p.m.)
Douglass @ Grosse Pointe University Ligget (Saturday 3:00 p.m.)
The 2012 PSL City Championship Game
21 Oct
The 2012 Detroit Public School League City Championship lived up to all the hype it had it received, for the offenses that is. Both teams put on offensive clinics with King scoring 51 and the Bulldogs putting up 48. Defenses were in short supply as both teams seemed to move the ball at will against their opponents. The Village got off to a quick 20-0 start with touchdowns coming from Desmond King, Khalid Hill, and defensive-lineman Antoine Benford on a fumble recovery. But that would be the largest lead the Bulldogs would have as the Crusaders put up 32 points unanswered between the 2nd and 3rd quarters. At one point in the 3rd quarter, King had built a 39-20 lead. The Bulldogs cut into the deficit early in the 2nd half with Nathaniel Bowlware scampering up the middle for a td to put East English only down 11. But on the very next kickoff, King speedster Avonte Maddox returned the kickoff for a 81 yard electrifying td return. Senior Desmond King would not have his final regular season game in the PSL become a blowout as he scored the next two touchdowns for the Bulldogs to put them down only five points with less than three minutes remaining. The Bulldogs were able to get the ball back with under a minute remaining trailing by 5 and needing a touchdown for the win. But a Anton Curtis’ pass was intercepted by King Senior Sa’von Thomas to put the game on ice for the Crusaders. It has been a truly remarkable run for the Crusaders, who started the season 0-3 and won their next six games, including a 44-13 blowout of top-ranked Cass Tech. It was a victory well-deserved for King who had faced adversity all season, and have responded with great character and perseverance.
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