Decided to have some fun with the
@MHSAA
football pairings...
WHAT IF... they essentially dropped the district aspect of it and just seeded the region's teams 1-8? Here is what some of the first-round matchups would look like.
@Snooze2you
@goosepoop_fball
@TheD_Zone
Okay Woodhaven, I got the skinny from the
@MHSAA
.
Y'all are the first school since Bay City Western in 2014 to have both your baseball and softball teams in the state championship games.
Both Western teams won the wooden mitten that year.
Hello friends. 👋 Remember me? Been exactly *checks calendar* five weeks since my last prep sports assignment. Covid hit me and then some. Worst four weeks of my life. But I'm happy to report I tested negative as of last Friday and I'm ready to get back to work. 💪
Shout out to
@RealRiverRouge
for still sporting the old Mega Conference board in their gym. Good times!
Can we, uhh... y'know, look into bringing this back with some tweaks here and there?
Always love going in the
@RealRiverRouge
gym and checking out this gem. We not only used to be a proper country, but we used to be a proper conference for high school athletics.
#BringBackTheMega
There's athletes, and then there's freak athletes. And then there's
@NickMarsh_3
.
Ya boy don't throw the phrase "human cheat code" out there often but I'm gonna go ahead and file him under that category.
Dude is a unit.
@RealRiverRouge
@RougeFootball
Shout out to
@HoopsTecumseh
for providing full printouts of final game stats for both teams. This is stuff you really only see at the state finals.
I now declare
@TecAthletics
an honorary member of the Downriver area. The rest of you? Step your game up lol. 👏👏
Here are the area 🏈 teams ranked in terms of playoff points. The top 32 in each division qualify for the postseason so it's time to start jockeying for position.
Couple fun matchups for us this week as
#1
on this list visits
#10
;
#2
hosts
#4
; and
#15
visits
#12
.
Here is what I -believe- to be the current standings for ⚾️ and 🥎 in the Downriver League.
@Warriorbaseba11
wins the league outright with W's on Mon/Wed; would be fifth in six seasons.
@apvsoftball
can win it outright on Mon; they've been atop the DRL for 11 straight seasons.
I propose to you that we
#BringBackTheMega
the *NEW* Western Wayne Athletic Conference.
🚨 DISCLAIMER 🚨
This is not official and should not be taken as gospel. This is just merely my own thoughts on what could and maybe even should happen and how I personally would draw it up.
Shout out to
@romulus_mbb
/
@RomulusGirlsBB
for still sporting the original WWAC in their gym. The WWAC and DRL were formed after the Mega Conference folded. We know
@RealRiverRouge
still shows the old Mega Conference in their gym.
Time to
#BringBackTheMega
? I have ideas. 🤔
Your
@FlatRockFball
team is playing in the Regional Championship game tonight vs Country Day. Kickoff from Mittlestat Field is set for 7:00 pm. Be loud, be proud, and GO RAMS!
#warh
🐏🏈💚💛
To purchase tickets, click on the following link ⬇️
We'll be at
@DivineChildAthl
for the D4 🏈 district final tonight between
@ClarencevilleFB
and
@DCHS_Football14
.
Second meeting between the two schools this season; DC won 15-8 back in Week 5.
Last district title for DC was in '17; Clarenceville last did so in '13.
The Downriver area will be well-represented in the ♂️🏀 state quarterfinals with
@SummitBBall_
(D2),
@ecorseboyshoops
(D3), and
@TA_Wildcats
(D4).
First time since 2012 that the area sends many teams to quarters (Romulus in A, Rouge in B, Inter-City Baptist in D).
Back at it here at the
@LittleLeague
JLWS in Taylor. We're staying local in our coverage today as the host team Taylor North looks to fend off elimination when they face Whitefish Bay (WI).
First pitch coming up shortly.
@RThorning
@CoachFarner
@SmolenskiMark
We are live at Heritage Park. The
@RThorning
led Taylor North all-stars take on the East Region champions from New Jersey coming up at 2p.
Winner advances to Saturday's U.S. title game at 6p; loser plays later tonight at 8p.
@CoachFarner
@SmolenskiMark
Alright, now that 🏒 season is done and over with, decided to screw around here but WHAT IF the
@MHSAA
went to two divisions for hockey, like they do for boys' lacrosse?
(Same number of teams as lax, by the way -- 129)
@MichHSHockey
@jonathon_kidd
@SeanPBali
@mikeiavasile
And here are the local 🏈 teams ranked in terms of playoff points after four weeks.
The top 32 teams in each division based on playoff points qualify for the second season.
(Left to right)
@maddiehool
: terrific freelance 📸 for the Herald
@folsombrandonj
: one of the best in the biz for HTL
Me: professional gate swinger for photo ops
(Original photo courtesy of
@KatBurras2024
)
@TheDZoneBBall
The Mashhour Bros at Dearborn are walking buckets. Seems like they combine for around 50 every night.
Pioneers are straight cooking right now.
That's a school with less than 300 students dropping 70+ and winning by five scores over a school with 1700+ students.
But sure let's keep saying how school size makes that huge of a difference.
Hats off to you, Whiteford.
If the
@MHSAA
football state playoffs began next week, these Downriver/Dearborn area teams would be in (number is their current rank within their division, based on total playoff points):
I hope I made
@xokookiedough
and other Blissey mains proud!
Y'all ever see a Blissey get a
@PokemonUnite
quadra KO streak (Lapras stole my penta 😭) to start a team wipe at Ray? Me neither.
Shout out to
@Warriorbaseba11
head coach
@CoachFarner
's kid Lucas and the rest of Taylor North LL.
Off to a 2-0 start in the Great Lakes Regional, outscoring the opposition 19-1.
Big time ⚾️ in the Huron League we have today as the Pirates hosted D2 top-ranked
@NBHuronBaseball
.
Both teams along with
@GI_RedDevils
have just one loss in league play. Huron beat Riverview 5-0 in the first meeting way back on April 12.
@NBHuronChiefs
@RCHSPirates
We Need You at Jesse Jenkins Alumni Field this afternoon as your Riverview Pirates host the Huron Chiefs 🏴☠️
@maroonmonsoon01
4:30pm First Pitch
#GoBucs
So many places to be over the next two days with ⚾️🥎⚽️ district finals going on... and of course they're all at the same time AND at different places. 🤦♂️
Don't be mad y'all if I'm not there in person but know that I'm watching and following along as the action unfolds.
As decorated as the HOF coaching pedigree is, it still pales in comparison to the kind of leader and human being he is.
He's not just the coach people and many media see on the sidelines and in pressers to help mold their opinions of him.
This man *IS* Michigan State.
Sooo did anyone else not know that the
@MHSAA
had MPR for baseball this spring, or was it just me? Long overdue in my opinion.
Anyway, here's the top 10 (plus 5) in the Downriver/Dearborn area as we head into May.
Best comment of the day, courtesy of
@ORADistrict
head coach Rashad Reeves... said what so many of us think and feel about sports parents being THE problem.
Shout out to
@GRBaseball2018
, led by a dominant pitching performance from
@Matthewsilka35
, on claiming their first state title. Also, big props to
@Warriorbaseba11
on an incredible season and make their first-ever state championship game.
#Downriver
making a statement!
Oh hey friends 👋. This where I was today. First time, fun experience actually,
@MHSAA
does a good job running this.
Anyway, here are photos including those for
@matthewbmowery
and
@Brady_MSP
.
Something about the
@CHSL1926
playing on the lord's day feels so right.
We're live at Callihan this afternoon for the Cardinal Division title game, a top-10 D3 matchup between
@grpioneers
and
@LcTitansbball
.
Tip-off is in about 10 minutes.
Second straight year the Downriver area will have 3 ♂️🏀 teams in the state quarterfinals beginning next week:
D1 |
@riverrougehoops
(first time since 2021)
D3 |
@grpioneers
(first time since 1989)
D4 |
@ICBChargers
(first time since 2012)
Yes it's early and yes baseball is a weird sport to figure out.
But Taylor make a bit of a statement early in the DRL with their dub over Woodhaven on Monday and giving the reigning league champs AP fits today.
Current playoff picture for Downriver/Dearborn area teams through Week 5.
Of note: FGR has been removed from D5-R19-D38 consideration having only played two games this season.
Great piece by Terry. Impossible not to like and respect Coach Parker at Rouge and what he's done. Would love to see more of the upper echelon of Downriver football take them on. It'd be mutually beneficial for both sides for sure, I know Rouge would love it too.