On behalf of the entire Dakota Football community, we would like to send our deepest condolences to the Reed family on the tragic passing of Keegan Reed. He had an easy smile, a great sense of humor and will be deeply missed. Rest easy Keegan.
Congratulations to Dakota Football alum Tavin Harville
@BossHog_Tay
on signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers! Keep on working hard, the Dakota Community is behind you!
#NFLDraft
#CTL
‼️2022 MAC RED CHAMPIONS‼️
Dakota - 31
Ike - 14
We finish Mac Red play at 5-0 and improve to 7-0 Overall!
Next: Travel to Utica Ford @ 7pm on October 14th!
#Team27
Congratulations on the Dakota players who made the
All MAC Red Division Team:
QB Ethan Hamby - MAC Red MVP
LB Tyler Harper
OL Bo Wheeler
DE Anthony Coleman
RB Joe Cacevic
LB Calvin Watson
OL Joe Pruchnic
DISTRICT CHAMPS‼️
Dakota - 35
Romeo - 20
Dakota captures the schools 12th District Championship and moves on to take on Stevenson for the Regional Championship next Friday!!
‼️2022 DISTRICT CHAMPS‼️
Dakota - 17
Romeo - 0
Dakota captures the schools 13th District Championship!
Next: We move on to the Regional Championship next Friday, November 11th vs Cass Tech/Southfield @ Dakota!
Congratulations to
@SloanCaiden
on breaking the Dakota Football Single Season ALL TIME Rushing Record tonight passing Tom Michalczak!! Sloan is now at 1800 rushing yards exactly this season‼️
Dakota - 34
Roseville - 7
We have now qualified for the playoffs for the 21st year in a row! The LONGEST streak in Macomb County and 5th longest in state history!
#TraditionNeverGraduates
Week 9 Win✅
Dakota - 42
Mumford - 0
Finish the Regular Season 9-0!
* We have qualified for our 22nd Straight Playoff Appearance!
* 3rd Undefeated Regular Season in School History!
Next: Playoff Selection Show will be Sunday Night, 6pm on Bally Sports!
Congratulations to the 2022 Dakota Football Team Captains, selected by their teammates…
Ethan Hamby
Anthony Coleman
Quest Williams
Joe Pruchnic
Calvin Watson
Bo Wheeler
Congratulations to the 11 Dakota Football players moving on to play college football. (Pictured)
DJ Stepney - CMU
Eric Reese - CMU
Clinton Roberson - CMU
Kollin Kralapp - GVSU
Zach Droski - Siena Heights
Zack Mullins - Siena Heights
Mike Pruchnic - Albion
Congratulations to DJ Stepney on being selected the 2020 Tier 1 Macomb County Player of the Year, becoming the 3rd player in school history to do so. We are very proud of you!
Congratulations to the 6 Dakota Football players at our signing day today…
Jayden Giles - Siena Heights
Riley Smalarz - Northern Michigan
Luke Wheeler - Siena Heights
Cooper Phillips - Grand Valley State
Keyone Nixon - Morgan State
Collin Sherrill - Adrian College
Congratulations to Dakota Football alum John Hall
@J_Hall1
on signing with the Seattle Seahawks! Keep on working hard, the Dakota Community is behind you!
#NFLDraft
Congratulations to the 7 Dakota Football players to make First Team All- Macomb County
Caiden Sloan RB
Riley Smalarz OL
Cooper Phillips OL
Luke Wheeler DL
Jayden Giles DL
Keyone Nixon DB
Aiden Mata Punter
Also had 2 players 2nd Team All County:
Aiden Mata DB
Calvin Watson LB
Playoffs Round 1
Dakota - 35
Anchor Bay - 0
- Today’s win was the program’s 200th overall win! (200-89)
- It also extends our streak of winning at least 1 playoff game for the 10th straight year! (Longest in Macomb County)
#TraditionNeverGraduates
Great first day of Max Week. Congratulations to the 7 newest members in the Dakota Football 300 lb. Bench Press Club.
Riley Smalarz 355
Gavin Moore 345
Jayden Giles 330
Caiden Sloan 320
Cooper Phillips 305
Luke Wheeler 305
Vinny Bogovican 300
We want to wish the best of luck to
@Djstepney3
getting his first start tomorrow as a Redshirt Freshman at Nickel and Punt Returner vs Oklahoma State. Game is at 7pm on FS1. We are all rooting for you DJ.
Congratulations to our Freshman Football Team on completing an UNDEFEATED (9-0) season today with a win over Port Huron Freshman/JV-B team 42-0!! Outscoring opponents 259-41… The future is very bright at Dakota!!!
Also, after last night Luke Wheeler has the new single season school record for TFL with 23 this year passing Jordan Rice-Reno and Anthony Coleman has broken Tony Balabani single season sack record with 13.5 sacks this year!! Congratulations
@lukewheels22
@Coleman_DHS
As the 2020-21 school year ends, I would like to congratulate one last time the 15 senior student athletes that will be continuing their academic and football careers at the next level.
15 college commits is the most in one season in Dakota Football History!
#Team25
#GoCougars
From everyone in the Dakota community, we are wishing
@two8xs
the best of luck at his pro day where he will be performing in front of NFL teams tomorrow!
#TheHardWay
“A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.”
A Huge thank you to the 50+ College Coaches that came out to our MAC Dakota College Showcase today, our players and coaches really appreciate your time.
Congratulations to the 2022 Dakota Football 300 lb. Bench Press Club:
Anthony Coleman 330
Joe Pruchnic 330
Mike Pittiglio 305
Bo Wheeler 305
Tyler Harper 300
Calvin Watson 300
Congratulations to the 7 Dakota Football players that were selected to the All-Region Team:
OL Bo Wheeler
WR Owen Colpaert
RB Joe Cacevic
QB Ethan Hamby
DE Anthony Coleman
LB Tyler Harper
LB Calvin Watson
Congratulations to the following Dakota players who made the
All Macomb County team.
1st Team:
QB Ethan Hamby
RB Joe Cacevic
OL Bo Wheeler
LB Tyler Harper
DE Anthony Coleman
WR Owen Colpaert
K Dominic Celestini
2nd Team:
LB Calvin Watson
DL Mike Pittiglio
MAC RED CHAMPS‼️
Congratulations to our Freshman team on beating Ike today 14-6 and improving to 7-0 overall and finishing UNDEFEATED in the MAC RED (5-0).
Congratulations to the 2021 Dakota Football Team Captains as voted by their teammates. Great selections to lead our team.
Caiden Sloan
Jayden Giles
Riley Smalarz
Gavin Moore
Congratulations to the 8 Dakota Football players that were voted to the All Macomb County Team…
1st Team:
Brady Hamby
Tyler Torey
Nick Battaglia
Keleb Pritchard
Jake Kowalkowski
2nd Team:
Austin Tuchowski
Dimari Malone
Trent Morin