Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Football stars from Brother Rice, Orchard Lake St. Mary's, Detroit Country Day, Groves, West Bloomfield, and Athens signed their National Letters of Intent on Wednesday.
National Signing Day is today and Patch is covering local events throughout the afternoon. Check back for photos and live coverage of the top Oakland County football stars signing their National Letters of Intent (NLI). 6 p.m.: Mitch Robinson admitted this afternoon his first experience with Northwood University football was, in a word, "ugly." The Avondale High School senior quarterback said he attended his first game last fall and left at halftime when the score was 34-7. "I said on the way home that I didn't want to go there. I didn't want to be a part of that." But then Robinson grew to know the coaches and the school's reputation for academics. The combination of the two helped wipe away the bad memories of his first impression. On …
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Coaching staff shakeup at University of Illinois benefits Brother Rice running back.
Brother Rice running back Devin Church wanted an opportunity to play on college football’s biggest stage. Now, he has it. The standout senior verbally committed to play at Northern Illinois back in August, but changed his mind over the weekend following an official visit at the University of Illinois. "I really liked it – from the players to the coaches. It's Big Ten (football) and a great academic school," Church said in a phone interview Tuesday. "I just thought it was a better opportunity." On Sunday, he announced via Twitter that he had decommitted from Northern Illinois and was headed instead to Urbana-Champaign. The switch coming less than two weeks before National Signing Day (Feb. 1). It was the ultimate payoff for the 5-foot-9…
Friday, November 25, 2011
Devin Church’s three touchdowns lead the Warriors 24-14 over Lowell, and to a Division 2 championship on Friday afternoon at Ford Field.
DETROIT – Devin Church stole the show in the Division 2 state football finals on Friday afternoon. In front of a lively crowd at Ford Field in Detroit, Church helped carry his Brother Rice team to a 24-14 victory over Lowell. The senior running back ran for 244 yards on 33 carries and all three of the Warriors' touchdowns. “He’s been doing that this year and for the last three years,” longtime head coach Al Fracassa said. It was Church’s electrifying 54-yard run at the end of the second quarter that put Brother Rice on track to bring home the school’s seventh state championship. With the game tied 7-7, Lowell had to punt the ball in the final minutes of the half after a quick three-and-out. Church didn’t waste any time breaking the tie on …
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The senior running back leads the way for the Warriors in school's run to a seventh state title.
DETROIT – Devin Church might have saved his best for last. In the Division 2 state finals on Saturday, the Brother Rice senior running back torched the Lowell defense for 244 yards on the ground and three touchdowns in his team’s 24-14 win. “Pretty darn impressive,” Lowell head coach Noel Dean said. “ I don’t want to belittle what they do as a team, but No. 1 is a fantastic football player and I’ve seen some pretty good ones.” Dean’s defense came into the game having given up only 995 yards on the ground all season. The Northern Illinois University-bound back had more than 150 yards by halftime. He scored on a 7-yard run to give Brother Rice an early 7-0 lead in the first quarter. He added a 54-yard touchdown run before the half and then…
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