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McCabe's Michigan Fab 50 Recruits - Class of 2009
01/30/09 12:44:41 | 0 Comments
BEST OF THE MIDWEST
Mick McCabe's Fab 50 Michigan recruits
By MICK MCCABE • FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER • January 29, 2009
Mick McCabe's Fab 50 Michigan recruits:
NAME POS HT WT HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE
1. William Campbell DT 6-5 317 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan
2. Blake Treadwell OL 6-2 270 East Lansing Michigan State
3. Chris Norman LB 6-2 207 Detroit Renaissance Michigan State
4. Andrew Maxwell QB 6-3 192 Midland Michigan State
5. Dion Sims TE 6-5 230 O.L. St. Mary's Michigan State
6. Larry Caper RB 5-11 215 Battle Creek Central Michigan State
7. Edwin Baker RB 5-10 204 Oak Park Michigan State
8. Jeremy Gainer LB 6-1 215 Livonia Clarenceville Michigan State
9. James Jackson WR 6-0 175 Grand Ledge Ohio State
10. Thomas Gordon DB 5-10 199 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan
11. Micajah Reynolds OT 6-5 318 Lansing Sexton Michigan State
12. Cameron Gordon WR 6-2 211 Inkster Michigan
13. Zac Matthias OL 6-5 297 Hemlock Wisconsin
14. Teric Jones RB 5-10 186 Detroit Cass Tech Michigan
15. Reid Fragel TE 6-8 251 Grosse Pointe South Ohio State
16. Bennie Fowler WR 6-2 185 Detroit Country Day Michigan State
17. Donald Spencer WR 6-4 197 Ypsilanti Michigan State
18. Cody Wilson WR 5-11 165 Rochester Adams Central Michigan
19. Dylan Farrington DE 6-5 217 Adrian Bowling Green
20. Jacob Pedersen TE 6-5 213 Menominee Wisconsin
21. Jeff Fantuzzi OT 6-4 276 Macomb Dakota Central Michigan
22. Charlie Chapman OL 6-6 275 Carleton Airport Indiana
23. Chris Blair TE 6-4 217 East Grand Rapids Western Michigan
24. Zurlon Tipton RB 6-1 195 Parkway Christian Central Michigan
25. Austin Collier QB 6-1 188 Standish-Sterling Bowling Green
26. David Box DT 6-2 262 Milan Western Michigan
27. Dana Dixon DB 6-3 171 Detroit Renaissance Michigan State
28. Jamonne Chester WR 6-1 194 Redford Covenant Indiana
29. Josh Hadel OT 6-6 280 Gladstone Western Michigan
30. Will Schwarz LB 6-4 212 Troy Central Michigan
31. Aaron McCord DT 6-3 270 Detroit Crockett Central Michigan
32. Drew Moulton WR 5-11 164 Midland Northwestern
33. Alex Andrus LB 6-4 237 Coopersville Ball State
34. A.J. Westendorp QB 6-2 180 Holland Christian N. Dakota State
35. Jason Johnson DB 6-1 185 Durand Central Michigan
36. Ali Alaboody RB 5-8 168 Dearborn Fordson Bowling Green
37. Shamari Benton DB 6-0 194 Birm. Brother Rice Central Michigan
38. Adam Fenton LB 6-2 204 Birm. Seaholm Central Michigan
39. Kenny Watkins DB 6-0 185 Birm. Brother Rice Minnesota
40. Tyler Van Tubbergen QB 6-4 195 Holland W. Ottawa Western Michigan
41. Robert Bell LB 5-11 225 East Grand Rapids Toledo
42. Jon Czerwienski OL 6-5 265 Fraser Central Michigan
43. Orlando McCord DE 6-4 231 Detroit King Eastern Michigan
44. Corey Sueing DE 6-3 235 GR Ottawa Hills Western Michigan
45. Justice Akuezue DE 6-3 204 Ann Arbor Huron Central Michigan
46. Evan Ray DB 6-0 190 Detroit Finney Central Michigan
47. Kyle Lark LB 6-0 225 Alma Western Michigan
48. Eric Fisher OL 6-7 260 R.H. Stoney Creek Central Michigan
49. Kyle Bryant OT 6-6 270 Detroit Southeastern Bowling Green
50. Rodney Woodland WR 5-7 170 OL St. Mary's Central Michigan -
Freep Best of The Midwest
01/30/09 12:39:49 | 0 Comments
A LOOK INSIDE
About the Best of the Midwest
FREE PRESS STAFF • January 30, 2009
Today the Free Press presents its 21st annual Best of the Midwest team. The team was chosen by college recruiting coordinators with an eye on the Feb. 4 signing date. (The signing period ends April 1.) Each was asked to pick and rank 20 prospects from the original Big Ten states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. The ballot was compiled by sports writer Mark Snyder, based on rankings by Rivals.com. Of the 111 recruits on the ballot, 77 received votes. No player was voted on every ballot. The top 20 vote-getters made the team.
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Ohio led the pack with six players. Illinois and Michigan tied for second with four each, Indiana had three, followed by Minnesota with two and Iowa with one. No Wisconsin players reached the Top 20.
Seven schools on this year's list have placed players on previous BMW teams: Cleveland Glenville, Detroit Cass Tech, Orchard Lake St. Mary's, East St. Louis, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, Minneapolis Breck, and Orland Park (Ill.) Sandburg.
Cleveland Glenville leads all schools with 11 players selected to the team in 21 years. Cleveland St. Ignatius is second with nine. St. Paul (Minn.) Cretin-Derham Hall is third with eight. Bolingbrook (Ill.) and Orchard Lake St. Mary's are tied for fourth with seven players. Cincinnati Colerain and Detroit King have six; Oak Lawn (Ill.) Richards, Warren (Ohio) Harding, Massillon (Ohio) Washington, Farmington Hills Harrison, Birmingham Detroit Country Day and Wisconsin Oak Creek are next with five each. Detroit Pershing, Forest Park (Ill.) Rich East, Joliet (Ill.) Catholic and Westerville (Ohio) South each have four. East St. Louis, Minneapolis Breck and Orland Park Sandburg now have three.
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Twenty-three other players made the honorable mention list by being named on multiple ballots: Craig Drummond (Chicago Morgan Park), Reid Fragel (Grosse Pointe South), D.J. Hunter (Middletown), Patrick Ward (New Lenox Providence Catholic), Jordan Cotton (Mt Pleasant Community), Cameron Gordon (Inkster), Keenan Davis (Cedar Rapids Washington), Sam Longo (Bellbrook), Kyle Koehne (Indianapolis Cathedral), Edwin Baker, (Oak Park), Chris Norman (Detroit Renaissance), Jordan Kohout (Waupun), Shelby Harris (Mequon Homestead), Duwyce Wilson (Columbus East), Jordan Barnes (Ft. Wayne Homestead), Corey Linsley (Youngstown Boardman), A.J. Klein (Kimberly), Blake Treadwell (East Lansing), Storm Klein (Newark Licking Valley), C.J. Barnett (Clayton Northmont), Dan Fox (Rocky River St. Ignatius), Evan Watkins (Carol Stream Glenbard North), Anthony Battle (Chicago Mt. Carmel).
• Other players receiving votes (by state):
ILLINOIS (4): Darren Jones, Jon Budmayr, Mike Trumpy, Michael Buchanan.
INDIANA (6): Jordan Luallen, Dolapo Macarthy, Tyler Eifert, TyQuan Hammock, Edward Wright-Baker, Brooks Michel.
OHIO (6): Nate Klatt, Fitzgerald Toussaint, Bud Golden, Chris Williams, Bradley McDougal, Chris Fields.
WISCONSIN (3): Hank Jacobs, Jeff Budzien, Clay Gosse.
MICHIGAN (6): Andrew Maxwell, Teric Jones, Jeremy Gainer, Micajah Reynolds, Chris Norman, Zac Matthias.
MINNESOTA (2): Matt Garin, Casey Dehn.
IOWA (4): Brandon Wegher, Kyle Lichtenberg, Conor Boffeli, Jake Knott.
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Putnam/Davison... East vs. West, .. Commitment ... Article by McCabe
12/15/08 17:48:00 | 0 Comments
MICK MCCABE
Putnam's resignation from Davison a matter of commitment
December 12, 2008
The heartache from the 38-35 Division 2 semifinal loss to Muskegon hasn't disappeared.
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It may never go away for coach Jeff Putnam or his assistants.
Davison led the eventual state champs by 22 points, only to see their lead crumble in the final quarter.
"We still haven't really gotten closure with the Muskegon game in terms of analyzing the film and taking notes," Putnam said. "We're all about: What did you learn from the experience? How do we get better?"
Let's try this one first: Where are we coaching?
Putnam resigned from Davison this week after a remarkable 10-year run.
The resignation is difficult to figure because Davison was so close to playing for the state title, and it leaves you asking one question: Why?
"That's a tough one to answer in a public forum," Putnam said. "I've thought about it for weeks. How do you say it? It wasn't a good fit for me anymore. That's the best way I can put it without getting into particulars."
For 10 years, it seemed like the perfect fit.
Putnam, 53, is not a job jumper. He has been head coach at two schools and has a 159-77 record. He was at Lapeer West in 985-97 and won the '95 Class A state championship.
In 1999, he moved to Davison, where he turned around a struggling program and was 76-34 with 15 of the losses coming in his first three seasons.
"I don't want to say the wrong thing, and it comes back and they say: 'Aw, you left bitter.' " Putnam said. "We did a lot of good things in 10 years. Davison is a great community, and it's a good school system."
After all eight state football championships were won by schools from the west side, I wrote about why teams on that side of the state were flourishing.
Among the reasons I gave were improved coaching, vastly superior facilities and incredible community involvement. That prompted an e-mail from a coach on the east side, saying the No. 1 component is administrative commitment.
I thought that was a given, but evidently it isn't.
Many administrators I know on the west side are proud of what they can do for coaches, like making sure assistants are hired as teachers in the building.
On the east side, some administrators are fearful of being viewed as pro-athletics, which some interpret as being anti-academics.
I believe academics and athletics go hand-in-hand. To me, the football field and basketball court are additional classrooms.
"I just don't view athletics as extracurricular," Putnam said. "To me, athletics is a very significant part of the total package, like government is, like band is. Kids are drawn to different programs. I think there's great values in athletics, life lessons you can learn there. All these programs are important."
The trick is to find administrators who value athletics and deem them to be an integral part of school life.
"I do believe it revolves with leadership at every level," Putnam said. "It comes down to priorities and what you value. When I went to Davison, they were at the point they wanted to restore the program. They asked what it takes to be successful, and you make a commitment to it.
"They have to be as committed to the success of the programs as the coaches are."
In the end, that may be why Putnam and his staff will be looking at the Davison-Muskegon film while waiting to hear from a school wanting to make a commitment.
Wouldn't it be something if they ended up coaching on the state's west side?
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All-KLAA gone overboard?
11/14/08 09:13:49 | 0 Comments
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McCabe on the "Silliness of the Catholic League"
08/26/08 08:44:23 | 0 Comments
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It began in January with a report that U-D Jesuit was attempting to leave the Catholic League's Central Division for football.
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That prompted a letter from Catholic League director Vic Michaels insisting that U-D had never requested a move. But too many people connected with the school had told me that U-D athletic director R.J. Lomas -- now the former AD -- repeatedly said U-D was leaving the Central for the report not to be true.
Well, here in the first week of the season, it is difficult to tell who is in the Central Division and who isn't.
Novi Detroit Catholic Central, Birmingham Brother Rice, Orchard Lake St. Mary's, Warren De La Salle, U-D Jesuit and Dearborn Divine Child are listed in the Central. However, only St. Mary's plays five league games; Rice, CC, De La Salle and U-D play four. Divine Child plays only three league games.
How can everyone in a six-team league not play five league games? Who's eligible to play in the Prep Bowl?
"They're all eligible," said Michaels. Winning percentages will determine the Prep Bowl participants.
This makes no sense. Divine Child will not play Brother Rice or De La Salle, and U-D will not play CC.
"When we initially set that up, U-D was not going to play St. Mary," Michaels said. "And then they agreed to play Week 2 out of our season to allow for an imbalanced schedule but still the opportunity to make the Prep Bowl."
If you're in a division, you should play all teams in your division, right?
"No," said Michaels. "The board felt, and the athletic directors felt, we could have a league where everybody doesn't play everyone and still allow them to remain in that division. It's not uncommon in the Big Ten, for example. There are schools that don't play each other in the Big Ten and they still have a Big Ten champion. We just kind of followed a guideline similar to that."
Comparing the six-team Central to the 11-team Big Ten is like comparing apples to automobiles. And the Big Ten teams play the same number of games.
"This isn't the first time we've done this," Michael said. "We've been doing it for two or three years in the Intersectional leagues. When Notre Dame Prep moved into the Intersectional, they didn't play Light & Life and Urban Lutheran."
Notre Dame Prep didn't play some teams because it was ridiculously larger than those teams. U-D is not the smallest school in the Central.
"They asked for relief," Michaels said of U-D. "Realistically, there isn't a whole lot of relief. We don't have a number of schools at that level to put them in."
But U-D's enrollment is just under Rice's and significantly above St. Mary's, which is why it was ludicrous for Lomas to want out of the Central. And he did want out.
"R.J. Lomas was the athletic director, and I'm sure he felt he was speaking for U-D," Michaels said. "Their alumni, their president, they didn't want out. You know what, maybe he was talking about himself, because he's out of the Central Division."
Yes he is, but it is still difficult to tell who is in and who isn't.
Contact MICK McCABE at 313-223-4744 or mmccabe@freepress.com.
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McCabes Top 25 teams for 2008 (21-25)
08/24/08 22:20:48 | 0 Comments
I'll update as more are released
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Mick McCabe has selected the state's top 25 teams. We'll unveil five each day until we reach No. 1 Thursday.
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21. Lansing Everett
In 2007: 9-2. Playoff record: 2-4. Top players: QB Reggie Williams; RB Devon Beauford; WR Michael Frisbee; DB Lavelle Walker; DB John Ross.
Outlook: Nine starters return from Everett's most productive offense in more than 60 years. Williams ran and passed for more than 1,000 yards, and Beauford rushed for more than 1,500. The defense isn't as experienced, but it is talented.
22. Muskegon
In 2007: 9-2. Playoff record: 23-12.
Top players: LB/FB Jason Hannett; QB Elan Banks; RB Tony Davis; OG D.J. Merritt; WR Karey Webb; DE Carlton Johnson.
Outlook: The Big Reds return just three starters, so this is a rebuilding season. The process will be helped now that coach Tony Annese is returning. Although inexperienced, this is a bright group that has run the system at lower levels.
23. Coopersville
In 2007: 8-4. Playoff record: 20-10.
Top players: LB/OT Alex Andrus; OT/DT Jake Daley; QB Brett Pfahler.
Outlook: The Broncos made the playoffs the hard way, losing their first three games and then winning eight straight, including two playoff games. Andrus (Ball State) is one of the state's top linebackers.
24. Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley
In 2007: 7-4. Playoff record: 16-9.
Top players: TB KyeRell Williams; LB/RB Alex Dzierbicki; OT/DT Brent Vergauwen; NG Brandon Cathey; WR Tyler Danna.
Outlook: The MAC Red is the toughest league in the east, and the Big Reds will be in contention thanks to excellent lines. Chippewa Valley should be able to move the ball as Williams emerges as one of the best backs in Macomb County.
25. Flint Carman-Ainsworth
In 2007: 2-7. Playoff record: 4-6.
Top players: LB/RB Lance Simmons; OG Ricky Clemons; DB/WR Devon Elam; DT/OG Tremondae Branch; OT Aaron Brandt.
Outlook: Nate Williams, who inherited a Flint Hamady program that was 8-82 in 1996-2005 and turned in 7-3 and 8-2 seasons, takes over at Carman-Ainsworth. Look for an improved defense that struggled mightily last season.
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McCabe's Top 25 Players
08/24/08 22:18:52 | 0 Comments
Looks like we'll have to wait day to day for more rankings ... I'll update this as the new rankings become available.
I'll also copy and paste these since the news and freep links seem to go bad so quick these days ....
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Free Press sports writer Mick McCabe has selected the state's top 25 players. We'll unveil five players each day until we reach No. 1 on Thursday.
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Orlando McCord
OT/DT
Detroit King
Vitals: 6-4, 245
Scouting: In '07, he was overshadowed by the defensive exploits of All-America teammate Nick Perry, but he was solid as a two-way performer. He has the versatility to play several positions but will probably be a DE in college.
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Tevon
Conrad
OT/DE
Detroit Pershing
Vitals: 6-8, 309
Scouting: A winter on the basketball court helped him slim down from 325 pounds and proved invaluable to his footwork. He is a devastating run blocker who has learned to stay low when coming off the ball.
23
Thomas Gordon
DB/QB
Detroit Cass Tech
Vitals: 6-0, 210
Scouting: An ankle injury forced him to miss the first four games last season. He can run and pass, which will make him dangerous in the PSL, but college coaches look to use his speed in the secondary, probably at a safety spot.
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Cody
Wilson
WR/DB
Rochester Adams
Vitals: 5-9, 180
Scouting: He recorded 60 tackles and six interceptions in '07. He will play slotback this season so Adams can take advantage of his route-running abilities as well as hand him the ball on counters. Committed to Central Michigan.
21
Cameron Gordon
WR
Inkster
Vitals: 6-3, 205
Scouting: A transfer from Melvindale, college coaches love his physical approach. He runs exact routes and has excellent speed. His toughness combined with his speed makes him a nightmare for DBs.
