River Rouge 30 Muskegon 7 D-3 Final

[biggunsbob]

Division 3 HS semifinals

Note: Muskegon is the best team in the state, and while this is a sweet run by Dewitt Beating last years d4 title winner Edwardsburg on the road I think they bow out here. Chelsea which has been to two recent finals in both d3 and d4. Losing last season to the Eddies,and in 2015 to Orchard Lake St Mary's is always good and tough. River Rouge has my attention after smoking orchard lake st marys 49-14. RR also bounces between d3,d4, and d5 losing in the d5 title game in 2015. Four studs in this semifinals but i feel there is just one super stud. It's the Big Reds.


Semifinals
At East Kentwood Saturday november 23rd 1:00 Pm.
DeWitt (10-2) 92.000 at Muskegon (12-0) 113.778

Muskegon 28 Dewitt 21 Final .

At Dearborn Saturday November 23rd 1:00 pm
SF2 River Rouge (11-1) 83.889 at Chelsea (12-0) 105.444

River Rouge 14 Chelsea 7 Final.



Bracket.
https://www.mhsaa.com/DesktopModules/MHSAA-Tournaments-Brackets/PrintableBrackets/2019-FB-M-3.pdf

Scores
Regionals
R1 Muskegon 49, East Grand Rapids 10
R2 DeWitt 35, Edwardsburg 14
R3 Chelsea 28, Allen Park 27
R4 River Rouge 49, Orchard Lake St Mary's 14

Districts
R1-D1 Muskegon 48, Cedar Springs 10
R1-D2 East Grand Rapids 41, Byron Center 14

R2-D1 Edwardsburg 16, Zeeland West 2
R2-D2 DeWitt 40, St Johns 7

R3-D1 Chelsea 28, Coldwater 21
R3-D2 Allen Park 42, Riverview 26

R4-D1 Orchard Lake St Mary's 56, Flint Kearsley 26
R4-D2 River Rouge 35, Redford Thurston 8

Pre-Districts
R1-D1 Muskegon 69, Marquette 7
R1-D1 Cedar Springs 34, Mount Pleasant 7

R1-D2 Byron Center 49, Spring Lake 14
R1-D2 East Grand Rapids 42, Lowell 14

R2-D1 Zeeland West 38, Zeeland East 7
R2-D1 Edwardsburg 42, St Joseph 8

R2-D2 St Johns 17, Mason 7
R2-D2 DeWitt 21, East Lansing 13

R3-D1 Chelsea 28, Parma Western 21
R3-D1 Coldwater 48, Pinckney 14

R3-D2 Allen Park 39, Trenton 15
R3-D2 Riverview 22, Gibraltar Carlson 8

R4-D1 Orchard Lake St Mary's 52, Marysville 0
R4-D1 Flint Kearsley 20, Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 19

R4-D2 River Rouge 53, Detroit Mumford 0
R4-D2 Redford Thurston 35, Eastpointe 8

 

[biggunsbob]

Division 3 championship Enrollment in (parenthesis)

Saturday November 30th, 7:30 pm.


Public (954) Muskegon (13-0) vs Public (992) River Rouge (12-1).

Muskegon is 510-191-10 since 1950. In title games they have struggled in recent years losing 5 of the last 6 they have been in since 2012. They are 1-3 in d3 title games. 3-2 in d2 title games, and 2-0 in class A title games. This year they are amazing 638-106 points for and against. They have 5 shutouts, and 3 other games they held other teams at 10 or under. Last week Dewitt did give them a stressful 28-21 semifinal game. The Big reds have not missed the playoffs since 1999..

http://michigan-football.com/f/muskegon.htm

River Rouge since 1950 is 349-280-10 and have not missed the playoffs since 2009. This year they are at 479-99 points/against, and also have 5 shutouts have 4 other times held teams at 10 or under. The panthers only loss was 17-14 to GR CC who is in the d4 title game. Beating Orchard lake st Mary's by a lot has caught my attention. I see one final in 2015 in which they lost.

http://michigan-football.com/f/rvrrouge.htm

Big Reds by -5

Both teams have some great wins on the schedule. This my be a defensive struggle.

Big Reds have beaten
Warren De Lasalle
Detroit MLK. D2 finalist
EGR
Dewitt.
Muskegon Mona shores. D2 finalist.
Cedar Springs.

The panthers.
Chelsea
orchard lake st marys.
GR CC (d4 finalist)
Detroit CC
Redford.

 

[biggunsbob]

They got my attention after smashing Orchard Lake St Mary’s.

 

[biggunsbob]

First title in program history for RR!

 

[gotime909]

2nd year in a row that Cam Martinez was outplayed by another qb in the final.

 

[biggunsbob]

These type of teams sadly are 1 dimensional in the regular season mostly running their best guys they have and when they have to throw things get upset for them. It’s all I got.


Like I mentioned I knew River Rouge would be tough. Orchard lake St. Mary’s hardly ever gets thumped like that. It’s why I had the big refs only -5 instead of double digits. Oh well ok conference still did alright.