Top Five Games:
By Sammy Taormina
Groves at Stoney Creek: The Cougars have been rolling clinching the White and making statement after statement. Last week they blew out Southfield Arts and Tech 36-7 on the road. They already have road wins over North Farmington, Seaholm, and Adams this season. This is shaping up to be an interesting game because of last season when a bad exchange caused Stoney Creek the game in Beverly Hills falling 28-23. Groves has been very inconsistent this season but the Falcons are coming off a 38-20 victory over Oak Park in Knight Valley. As mentioned this is shaping up to be a very interesting game.
Troy Athens at Troy: This has been an interesting city rivalry over the years between the “That School Down the Road” and “The rival.” The Red Hawks have really owned this city rivalry in the last two years outscoring the Colts 73-0 and have won seven of the last eight meetings overall. Both teams have some experience although Troy Athens did not play last week. Troy beat Pontiac 49-0 last week. It should be an interesting game to keep an eye on this week for sure.
Rochester at Berkley: This game would had been more interesting if the Bears would had won last week against Bloomfield Hills (lost 35-34 in overtime) but Berkley still controls its own destiny in the Blue with Rochester coming to Hurley Field. The Falcons are 5-0 for the first time since 1993 and have clinched at least a share of the Blue. They can win it outright if they beat the Bears this week. Both teams have experienced players which makes this matchup even more interesting.
Seaholm at North Farmington: The Raiders have rolled over their last two opponents by a combined 52-17 which included a huge 14-3 victory at Oxford last week. The Maples lost a tough one to Clarkston 35-7 after pulling off what was the best win in program history after beating Groves two weeks ago. It will be an interesting quarterback and coaching matchup between Caleb Knoer and Coach Jim DeWald against Jacob Bousamara and Coach Jon Herstein. That will be the matchup to watch as we head into the postseason.
Southfield Arts and Tech at Oxford: Both the Warriors and Wildcats are struggling coming into this game at Wildcat Stadium. Both teams have very good quarterbacks in Isiah Marshall and Brady Carpenter and talented running backs in RaeQuan Lee and Tate Muir. Oxford has scored only three points in two weeks which has resulted in two losses. Southfield Arts and Tech was blown out by Stoney Creek at home 36-7 last week. Both teams will need to fix some things heading into the playoffs next week.