League play is amongst us and there were some great matchups this past week with three teams from the Catholic League Central in this week’s top six teams led by #1 University of Detroit-Jesuit. The Saginaw Valley Conference boasts two undefeated and top 10 teams in Flint Carman-Ainsworth and Flint Powers. Detroit Cass Tech joins Detroit King in the top 25 and there are some upcoming battles in the Charter School-Gold. The Ottawa-Kent leagues are getting after it with Rockford, Muskegon, Hudsonville, Hudsonville, Hudsonville Unity Christian, Byron Center, and Grand Rapids Northview all with strong opportunities to play late into March.
The parity of this season coupled with team’s stepping up their strength of schedules has proven to be very entertaining as shoe in wins aren’t guaranteed. Detroit Renaissance and Auburn Hills Avondale are on the cusp of the Top 25 despite defeating Top 25 teams. Here’s this week’s State Champs! Top 25 Statewide Rankings:
1. U of D Jesuit (9-1/4-0 CHSL-Central) – Division 1
Last Week’s Ranking: 1
Key Wins: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, Brother Rice, Clarkston, West Bloomfield, Ferndale, Toledo Whitmer, Toledo St. Francis DeSales
Loss: Old Redford (forfeit)
Last week: Wins on Jan 7th vs. Toledo Whitmer and Jan 10th vs. Toledo St. Francis DeSales
This week: Jan 14th @ Detroit Catholic Central, Jan 17th @ Warren DeLaSalle
2. East Lansing (10-1/5-0 CAAC-Blue) – (Division 1)
Last Week’s Ranking: 4
Key Wins: Warren Lincoln, Warren De La Salle, Hamtramck, Lansing Waverly, Grand Ledge, Lansing Sexton, OLSM
Loss: Muskegon
Last week: Wins on Jan 7th vs. DeWitt, Jan 10th vs. Holt, and Jan 11th @ East Kentwood vs. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s in the Gotta Get It Classic
This week: Jan 14th @ Davison, Jan 17th vs. Okemos
3. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s (7-5/2-1 CHSL-Central) – Division 1)
Last Week’s Ranking: 5
Key Wins: Rockford, Wayne Memorial, Warren De La Salle, Toledo Whitmer, Toledo St. John’s, Auburn Hills Avondale
Losses: University of Detroit-Jesuit, Indianapolis Cathedral, Village Charter (FL.), IMG Academy (FL.) East Lansing
Last week: Win on Jan 7th @ Toledo Central Catholic. Losses on Jan 9th vs. IMG Academy @ Oakland U. and Jan 11th vs. East Lansing @ East Kentwood in the Gotta Get It Classic
This week: Jan 17th vs. Detroit Catholic Central
4. Rockford (10-1/2-0 OK-Red) – Division 1
Last Week’s Ranking: 6
Key Wins: Grand Rapids Northview, Forest Hills Northern, Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Byron Center, East Kentwood, and Warren De La Salle
Loss: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s
Last Week: Wins on Jan 7th vs. Byron Center @ Cornerstone, Jan 10th vs. East Kentwood, and Jan 11th vs. Warren De La Salle @ East Kentwood in the Gotta Get It Classic
This week: Jan 14th vs. Hudsonville, Jan 17th @ Grandville
5. Brother Rice (12-1/2-1 CHSL-Central) – Division 1
Last Week’s Ranking: 7
Key Wins: Ferndale, Walled Lake Central, Warren De La Salle, East Kentwood, Warren Lincoln
Loss: University of Detroit-Jesuit
Last week: Wins on Jan 7th vs. Detroit Douglass, Jan 10th @ Detroit Catholic Central, Jan 11th vs. Muskegon @ East Kentwood in the Gotta Get It Classic
This Week: Jan 17th @ Toledo St. Francis De Sales
6. Muskegon (8-1/2-0 OK-Green) – (Division 1)
Last Week’s Ranking: 2
Key wins: Wins on Jan 7th vs. Hudsonville and Jan 10th @ Byron Center.
Loss: Brother Rice
Last Week: Wins on Jan 7th vs. Hudsonville and Jan 10th @ Byron Center. Loss on Jan 11th vs. Brother Rice at East Kentwood in the Gotta Get It Classic.
This week: Jan 14th vs. Caledonia, Jan 17th @ Muskegon Mona Shores, Jan 18th vs. Warren Lincoln @ North Farmington in the Horatio Williams’ Foundation’s Freedom Games
7. Flint Carman-Ainsworth (8-0/2-0 Saginaw Valley Conference) – Division 1
Last Week’s Ranking: 9
Key wins: Lansing Waverly, Port Huron Northern, Muskegon Mona Shores, Goodrich, Pewamo-Westphalia
Last Week: Win on Jan 10th @ Midland
This week: Jan 14th @ Saginaw United, Jan 17th vs. Grand Blanc
8. Detroit Old Redford (8-0/3-0 Charter School League-Gold) – Division 2
Last Week’s Ranking: 10
Key Wins: West Bloomfield, Detroit Loyola, University of Detroit-Jesuit (forfeit)
Last Week: Wins on Jan 7th @ Lincoln-King and Jan 11th vs. Jalen Rose Academy
This week: Jan 13th @ Romulus Summit Academy, Jan 17 @ Detroit University Prep Art & Design, Jan 18th vs. River Rouge @ North Farmington in Horatio Williams’ Foundation’s Freedom Games
9. Flint Powers (10-0/1-0 Saginaw Valley Conference) – Division 2
Last Week’s Ranking: 11
Key Wins: Riverview Gabriel Richard, Imlay City, Goodrich, Schoolcraft
Last Week: Wins on Jan 7th vs. Mt. Pleasant, Jan 10th @ Midland Dow, Jan 11th @ Mt. Morris
This week: Jan 17th @ Saginaw United
10. Warren Fitzgerald (9-1/2-0 MAC-White) – (Division 1)
Last Week’s Ranking: 14
Key Wins: Auburn Hills Avondale, Imlay City, Waterford Mott, Center Line
Loss: Grosse Pointe South
Last Week: Wins on Jan 7th vs. Utica and Jan 9th @ L’anse Creuse North
This week: Jan 15th vs. Utica Eisenhower and Jan 17th @ Sterling Heights Stevenson
11. Detroit Cass Tech (7-1/4-1 Detroit PSL-Blue) – Division 1
Last Week’s Ranking: NR
Key Wins: Macomb Dakota, Detroit King, Michigan City (IN.), and Detroit Pershing
Loss: Detroit Renaissance
Last Week: Wins on Jan 7th @ Detroit Pershing and Jan 10th @ Detroit Western
This week: Jan 14th @ Detroit Southeastern and Jan 18th @ North Farmington in the Horatio Williams’ Foundation’s Freedom Games
12. Hudsonville (7-2/2-0 OK-Red) – Division 1
Last Week’s Ranking: 12
Key Wins: Hudsonville Unity Christian, Whitehall, East Grand Rapids, Detroit Catholic Central, Muskegon Mona Shores, West Ottawa, Grand Haven
Losses: Grand Rapids Christian, Muskegon
Last Week: Loss on Jan 7th @ Muskegon and a win on Jan 10th vs. Grand Haven
This week: Jan 14th @ Rockford and Jan 17th @ East Kentwood
13. Hudsonville Unity Christian (9-1/3-0 OK- Black) – Division 2
Last Week’s Ranking: 13
Key Wins: Grandville Calvin Christian, Grand Rapids Covenant Christian, Forest Hills Northern, Grand Rapids South Christian, Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Grandville
Loss: Hudsonville
Last Week: Wins on Jan 7th @ Zeeland West and Jan 9th @ Holland
This week: Jan 14th @ Wyoming, Jan 17th vs. Hamilton, Jan 18th @ Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills vs. Detroit Henry Ford in the Martin Luther King, jr. Hoops Classic
14. Detroit King (8-2/2-2 Detroit PSL Blue) – Division 1
Last Week’s Ranking: 3
Key Wins: East Kentwood, Birmingham Groves, Saginaw United, North Farmington, Auburn Hills Avondale, Kalamazoo Central
Losses: Detroit Cass Tech, Detroit Renaissance
Last Week: Win on Jan 7th vs. Detroit Denby and a Jan 10th loss @ Detroit Renaissance
This week: Jan 17th vs. Detroit Pershing
This week: Jan 14th @ Ferndale and Jan 16th vs. Clarkston
16. Wayne Memorial (6-2/3-0 KLAA-East) – Division 1
Last Week’s Ranking: 16
Key Wins: Oakville Prep (Canada), Dearborn, Elyria (OH.)
Losses: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, Birmingham Groves
Last week: Wins on Jan 7th vs. Livonia Churchill and Jan 10th vs. Dearborn Fordson
This week: Jan 14th vs. Livonia Franklin, Jan 17th @ Westland John Glenn, Jan 18th vs. Warren De La Salle @ North Farmington in the Horatio Williams’ Foundation’s Freedom Games
17. Romulus Summit Academy (8-1/4-0 Charter School League-Gold) – Division 2
Last Week’s Ranking: 17
Key Wins: Detroit Renaissance, Ferndale, Park Forest Rich (IL.)
Loss: Walled Lake Central
Last week: Win on Jan 7th @ Jalen Rose Academy
This week: Jan 13th vs. Old Redford, Jan 14th @ Warren Michigan Collegiate, Jan 17th @ Detroit University Prep
18. Grand Rapids Northview (8-2/3-0 OK-Gold) – Division 1
Last Week’s Ranking: 23
Key Wins: Grandville, Ferndale, Warren Lincoln
Losses: Rockford, Ann Arbor Huron
Last Week: Wins on Jan 7th vs. Wyoming, Jan 10th vs. Middleville-Kellogg, Jan 11th vs. Warren Lincoln @ East Kentwood in the Gotta Get It Classic
This week: Jan 14th @ Grand Rapids West Catholic and Jan 16th @ Wayland Union
T-19. Clarkston (9-2/4-1 OAA-Red) – Division 1
Last Week’s Ranking: 8
Key Wins: West Bloomfield, Ferndale, North Farmington, Northville
Losses: University of Detroit-Jesuit, Auburn Hills Avondale
Last Week: Win vs. Jan 7th vs. Rochester Adams and a loss on Jan 10th vs. Auburn Hills Avondale
This week: Jan 14th @ Troy Athens, Jan 16th @ Birmingham Groves, Jan 17th vs. Walled Lake Western
T-19. Byron Center (8-4/1-1 OK-Green) – Division 1
Last Week’s Ranking: 18
Key Wins: Warren Lincoln, Grand Rapids South Christian, Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Muskegon Mona Shores, Lansing Catholic
Losses: Grandville, Grand Rapids Covenant Christian (forfeit), Rockford, Muskegon
Last Week: Losses on Jan 7th @ Rockford and Jan 10th vs. Muskegon, Jan 11th Win vs. Grand Blanc @ East Kentwood in the Gotta Get It Classic
This week: Jan 14th @ Muskegon Reeths-Puffer, Jan 17th vs. Caledonia
20. Warren Lincoln (5-4/2-2 MAC-Red) – Division 2
Last Week’s Ranking: 19
Key Wins: Ann Arbor Huron, Port Huron Northern, and Chippewa Valley
Losses: East Lansing, Birmingham Brother Rice, Byron Center, Grand Rapids Northview
Last Week: Wins on Jan 7th vs. Port Huron Northern and Jan 9th vs. Chippewa Valley. Loss on Jan 11th vs. Grand Rapids Northview @ East Kentwood in the Gotta Get It Classic
This week: Jan 15th @ Macomb Dakota, Jan 17th vs. Grosse Pointe South, and Jan 18th vs. Muskegon @ North Farmington in the Horatio Williams’ Foundation’s Freedom Games
21. Lansing Waverly (7-2/4-1 CAAC-Blue) – Division 1
Last Week’s Ranking: 20
Key Wins: Belleville, Grand Ledge, Okemos
Losses: East Lansing, Flint Carman-Ainsworth
Last Week: Wins on Jan 7th @ Grand Ledge and Jan 9th @ Okemos
This week: Jan 16th vs. DeWitt and Jan 18th vs. Lansing Sexton
22. Belleville (8-1/3-0 KLAA-West) – Division 1
Last Week’s Ranking: 21
Key Wins: West Bloomfield, North Farmington, Ypsilanti Lincoln, Redford Thurston
Loss: Lansing Waverly
Last Week: Wins on Jan 7th @ Westland John Glenn, Jan 10th vs. Livonia Franklin, Jan 11th vs. Redford Thurston @ Belleville in the Tigers’ Showcase
This week: Jan 14th @ Dearborn Fordson and Jan 17th @ Livonia Stevenson
23. Ann Arbor Huron (7-2/4-0 SEC-Red) – Division 1
Last Week’s Ranking: 22
Key Wins: Grand Rapids Northview, Ann Arbor Pioneer, Port Huron Northern, Ypsilanti Lincoln, Dearborn
Losses: Warren Lincoln, Detroit University Prep
Last Week: Wins on Jan 9th @ Ypsilanti Lincoln and Jan 11th vs. Dearborn @ Belleville in the Tigers’ Showcase
This week: Jan 14th @ Ann Arbor Skyline and Jan 17th @ Monroe
24. Detroit University Prep (9-3/5-0 Charter School League-Gold) – Division 2
Last Week’s Ranking: 25
Key Wins: Ann Arbor Huron, Detroit Voyageur, Adrian, Grand Ledge
Losses: University of Detroit-Jesuit, West Bloomfield, Detroit Catholic Central
Last Week: Wayne Memorial, Ann Arbor Huron
This week: Jan 14th @ Detroit Lincoln-King and Jan 17th vs. Romulus Summit Academy
25. Dearborn (8-2/3-0 KLAA-East) – (Division 1)
Last Week’s Ranking: T-24
Key Wins: Ann Arbor Pioneer, Northville, Grand Haven
Losses: Wayne Memorial, Ann Arbor Huron
Last Week: Wins on Jan 7th @ Livonia Franklin and Jan 10th @ Westland John Glenn. Loss on Jan 11th vs. Ann Arbor Huron @ Belleville in the Tigers’ Showcase
This week: Jan 14th vs. Livonia Stevenson and Jan 17th Dearborn Fordson
Dropped out – T-24 West Bloomfield (5-7/2-3 OAA-Red) – Division 1
Last Week’s Ranking: T-24
Key Wins: Detroit University Prep, Detroit Renaissance, Ferndale, Rochester Adams, Center Line
Losses: University of Detroit-Jesuit, Muskegon, Clarkston, Old Redford, Belleville, Birmingham Groves, North Farmington
Last Week: Losses on Jan 7th @ Birmingham Groves and Jan 10th vs. North Farmington