COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After Michigan beat Ohio State with stunning ease for the second straight year, Wolverines defensive lineman Cam Goode grabbed a huge maize and blue flag and rushed with teammates to the block "O" in the middle of the Ohio Stadium turf.
DETROIT (AP) — The Buffalo Bills crashed Detroit's Thanksgiving party, making themselves at home for their second victory in five days at Ford Field.
ANN ARBOR (AP) — Seven Michigan State football players have been charged for their actions during the postgame melee in Michigan Stadium's tunnel last month, according to a statement Wednesday from the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — While the Detroit Lions are starting to find their way under second-year coach Dan Campbell, the New York Giants looked lost for the first time this season under first-year coach Brian Daboll.
MHSAA Playoffs
REED CITY – A persistent downpour mashed the football field at Reed City High School into a swampland on Friday night. And as the raindrops continued to bog down the surface into the second half, layers began to stack themselves and bury Muskegon Catholic Central players.
WHITEHALL — Two teams with prizefighter mentalities took the field at Whitehall for Friday night’s Division 4 district final, and Fruitport delivered whatever shots they could take at the undefeated Vikings.
Michigan State coach Mel Tucker promised swift action in the wake of a fight between Michigan State and Michigan players in the tunnel at Michigan Stadium Saturday night immediately after the Wolverines' 29-7 victory over the Spartans.
Mel Tucker said Sunday morning that he will take "swift and appropriate action" in the wake of a fight between Michigan State and Michigan players in the tunnel at Michigan Stadium Saturday night immediately after the Wolverines' 29-7 victory over the Spartans.
MUSKEGON – The scoreboard at Kehren Stadium was sputtering on Friday night due to an area power surge. And for good chunks of the first half, so was the home team.
FRUITPORT — Occasions as big as Friday night haven’t come around at Fruitport too often lately.
MUSKEGON – Muskegon Catholic Central football isn’t one for slow starts. Better yet, they’re not accustomed to slow seasons.
The Ludington Orioles football team was able to punch its ticket into the MHSAA playoffs thanks in part to being in a new conference for 2022.
SPRING LAKE — Troy Rosencrants knew his dad influenced many people as a longtime teacher and coach at Spring Lake High School. But even so, Troy says he’s been surprised by the outpouring of messages he’s received since his father’s death.
FRUITPORT — The last time Doc Pierce Field hosted a football playoff contest, some of Fruitport’s current roster hadn’t been born yet – the rest were in diapers.
Western Michigan Christian got revenge at the perfect time in their Division 4 district final at home on Friday.
Fruitport football will host its first playoff game since 2006 on Friday, when they host Ludington (7-2) in a Division 4 pre-regional contest.
COOPERSVILLE – Heading into the finale of the regular season, Spring Lake football had initiated a glimmer of postseason hope. Hot off one of the biggest upsets in 2022, the spirits around the program were beaming.
Grand Haven's season finale for 2022 came on the road at Hudsonville, a place that's been famously difficult for the Buccaneers to pick up a victory.
FRUITPORT — Friday’s regular-season finale at Doc Pierce Field felt like it would never end.
Six used to be a magic number.
Scores and more from a jam-packed weekend of high school sports:
BIG RAPIDS — When Jack Provencher lunged into the end zone on a chilly fall afternoon, it wasn’t just any touchdown.
For a good chunk of the first quarter on Friday night, Hudsonville Unity Christian could do no wrong. Already up 18-0 and already fearing the worst, Spring Lake coach Cody Mallory called a timeout.
GRANDVILLE – Still very much wet behind the ears, Grand Haven football is starting to mature and play for each other in the remaining weeks of the season.
HAMILTON — High school football coaches are film junkies by nature. They keep odd hours to prepare their team for future opponents, but not before going through the good and bad of their previous game.
Scores and more from the weekend’s action:
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Michigan running game coordinator Mike Hart is in stable condition but will spend the night at a hospital in Bloomington, Indiana, after being carted off the field during the first quarter of Saturday's game against the Hoosiers.
FRUITPORT — They’ve heard the chatter, the speculation and the doubters.
The Buccaneer football team, cheerleaders and band members celebrated Senior Night on Friday.
Up against one of Division 1’s best teams in Caledonia, Grand Haven gave a solid account of themselves in their final home game of 2022.
SPRING LAKE TWP. — With the playoffs slipping further out of reach, Spring Lake football needed some sort of adjustment heading into its Friday night matchup with Hamilton.
SPRING LAKE TWP. – There’s extended history behind Fruitport’s defense. Longtime defensive coordinator Larry Rueger was the man behind it, coining the Trojans’ “Blood D” nickname in the early 2000s.
GRAND HAVEN TWP. — Through six weeks of their season, a young Grand Haven team is getting older, and running out of time, running out of excuses.
SPRING LAKE TWP. — Alex Lee won’t lay a finger near the wooden oar that divides the midnight blue from the scarlet red. That’d be bad juju, and he’s got a valid point for it.
As part of its homecoming celebration, Grand Haven High School hosted its annual Powder Puff football game Wednesday. The junior class came out on top with a win over the seniors in the championship game.
On the road at Holland Christian, Spring Lake football held a tight lead into the final minutes, but the Maroons edged out a 21-20 victory.
Michigan State blew up the market for college football coaches last season by giving Mel Tucker a massive 10-year contract as the Spartans charged out to a 9-1 start in his second campaign.
JENISON — All it takes sometimes is one play. A turnover, some trickeration, or maybe even a field-flipping punt.
FRUITPORT — For a team that had been on the road for the first four weeks of their season, Fruitport football definitely played like a team that missed their home on Friday night.
Other local teams in action on Friday night:
Scores and more from the weekend’s high school sports action:
HUDSONVILLE – There are fireworks, and then there’s what happened on Friday night in Hudsonville.
ALLENDALE — It wasn't pretty, and won't make for pretty reading.
Citing illness and injuries to several players ahead of Friday's scheduled game at Rockford, Grand Haven football will forfeit the contest.
Fruitport football is very used to life at Hope College. They run a handful of summer camps there and are nice and familiar with the layout.
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