Football

As a senior at Sterling Heights Stevenson during the 2009 season, Jason Fracassa lit up the high school football world with his aerial display. Fracassa shattered the MHSAA career totals for passing yards and touchdowns held by Mill Coleman of Farmington Hills Harrison...

The last time many people saw Quincy Crosby was during his final high school football game at Ford Field back in 2012, when the 6-foot-3, 280-pounder was a senior captain for Muskegon High School. The next time many see Crosby, he will be front and center, and impossib...

Into a world filled with the challenges of World War I, a new menace arrived It didn’t wear colors or plead allegiance to a flag. It held no prejudice. It knew no borders.

For the second time in four years, Jerry Angers walked onto Ford Field last fall with his Maple City Glen Lake football team seeking an MHSAA Finals championship. It is not likely he’ll do so again.

Owosso seniors Hunter and Colton Blaha, born 11 months apart, have been competing with each other nearly every day of their lives. The Blaha brothers have channeled that competitiveness into a work ethic and sense of community that has helped lift the Owosso High Schoo...

It was a measuring stick for the season. It was Michigan vs. Ohio State, except inside state and county lines. It was tradition. The Morenci-Hudson football rivalry was like a lot of other football rivalries across Michigan. Often pitting cousin against cousin and frie...

Over the past three weeks, John Shelton IV has established a new school record for wrestling wins while also reaching a rare milestone with his 150th career victory. While most would be elated and content, the East Grand Rapids senior wants more and has his sights set ...

Mareyohn Hrabowski has become the state’s most-discussed emerging star from last weekend’s MHSAA 11-Player Football Finals after leading River Rouge to an arguably unexpected 30-7 win over Muskegon in the Division 3 championship game.  The Panthers&rsq...

This week, MHSAA assistant director Brent Rice discusses the video review utilized for the first time at last weekend's Football Finals, and how it was successful.

The latest State Champs Sports Network's “Clip of the Week” features Brighton's Ruben Salinas making an awesome one-handed catch in the Division 1 Football Final against Davison.

Teams that reach the MHSAA Football Finals have been running around in helmets and pads for just short of four months, starting when we’re keeping an eye out for high temperatures and finishing as we watch the snow fall. Plenty of notable moments fill those four ...

River Rouge wasn’t intimidated by Muskegon’s national acclaim or 859 football victories, the most by any Michigan high school. If anything, the chance to knock off the unbeaten and top-ranked Big Reds brought out the absolute best in the Panthers.

Zach Gillespie was just part of what was out of rhythm for Lansing Catholic during the first half of Saturday’s Division 5 Final against Almont. But somehow, the Cougars and Raiders were tied. And that meant Lansing Catholic was in position to win.

Davison senior wide receiver Latrell Fordham strolled into the postgame press conference with his left arm in a sling, and an enormous smile on his face. Fordham played a huge role in Davison’s 35-25 victory over Brighton in the MHSAA Division 1 Final on Saturday...

This week was the right time for Carter Thelen to pull out the film from sixth grade, to remember the start of this year’s seniors playing football together a third of their lifetimes ago. “It was kinda emotional, because this was our last game playing with...

Joey Silveri and his Grand Rapids Catholic Central teammates wanted to prove Friday they had the talent to match up with Detroit Country Day. It turns out, the Cougars had the talent to overwhelm the top-ranked football team in Division 4 as they cruised to a 44-0 vict...

If Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central could draw up the perfect game for its preferred style of play, it might look a lot like Friday’s Division 6 Final. Yes, the Falcons defeated Maple City Glen Lake to win their first championship since 2014, so that makes it mem...

Brady Rose walked into Ford Field on Friday carrying the backup quarterback tag.  After a performance that showed he was a backup in name only, the Muskegon Mona Shores junior walked out with the Division 2 Football championship.

An arduous playoff road over the last five weeks pushed Reading up against some of the most established football programs in Michigan high school history. Pre-District opponent Mendon is tied for 10th with 12 MHSAA Finals football titles. Semifinal foe Fowler has ...

This weekend’s MHSAA 11-Player Football Finals at Ford Field will conclude another decade for the most played and watched high school sport in Michigan. We’ll roll into this year’s games remembering some decade-enders of the past from 1979, 1989, 1999...