Ferndale Wins First State Crown since 1966

Written Saturday March 25th at 9:15 PM

I guess it’s time to owe apologizes.

The Ferndale Eagles won the Division Two State Championship and their first crown since 1966 with a 44-38 win over Grand Rapids South Christian on Saturday night at the Breslin Center.

The Eagles started the season at 1-5 and went on to win 16 of their last 17 games to win the crown. They play in one of the toughest conferences in the State in the Red and have played a very tough non conference schedule.

This is the same program that lost to Grand Rapids Catholic Central twice in the last two years.

Ferndale loses seven seniors next season including Cameron Reed, Caleb Renfroe, Noah Blocker, Chris Williams, Jaydon Hardiman, and Jakoby Jackson.

They have Trenton Ruth and Markiese Young coming back next season.

Williams had 16 points, Blocker had seven points, and Reed had four points.

Ferndale kept the Sailors top scorers in check limiting Jake DeHann and Jake Vermaas to 28 combined points (14 points each.)

Also congrats to Juan Rickman for getting the Eagles to the promise land in five years coaching the program.

Stay tuned to OAA Now for the latest on this developing story.