It's been a few days since the game on Friday, and I am now recovered from it. I would have said it was the cold, but I am what you would call... a "wimp" I get to work in the heated pressbox at St. Joe so I have no problems whatsoever with weather or cold during games.
I wish I could say that it was the wind and cold that downed my Bears last Friday, It was kinda funny, the weather map on Friday from the Weather Channel had a huge low pressure system in Illinois moving towards Michigan. Ironic, because that map had a huge red "L" surrounded by a swirling storm of snow and rain and misery.
Well, that's exactly what happened at Dickinson Stadium last Friday for St. Joe, a huge "L" storm, without a lot of pressure came in to St. Joe and the winds coming from the south, blew away the Bears in the District finals. The rain played by Zak Wasserman, and the snow, provided by Coco Johnson, who snowed over the Bears defense in the second half to put the game out of reach.
St. Joe's season finishes at 10-1, Lakeshore now also 10-1 will host the East Lansing Trojans on Saturday afternoon at Kohn-Lehmann Field at Al Stockman Stadium at 1:00.
Now I can't tell you much about East Lansing, except that they are 8-3 on the season. Two of their three losses are against playoff teams. The Trojans were defeated by Lansing Everett 29-7, Everett is 7-3 and lost to Lowell in the District Championship game 62-42 in Division 2(yes 104 points). East Lansing also lost to Grand Ledge 36-35, Grand Ledge is 10-1 and lost to Rockford 56-14 in a Division 1 District Championship game. Now, the third loss for East Lansing is a little perplexing. The Trojans were defeated 27-17 in week 5 to Lansing Eastern (try to stay with me on this. East Lansing and Lansing Eastern...) Lansing Eastern finished the year at 2-7. We don't know the circumstances of that game, not without spending 1.99 to buy the game article from the Lansing State Journal's archives. But if you wanted to read the preview from the LSJ, Click here.
As for the other big game on Friday night. I'll say this.
If college football needs a reason to have a playoff for a championship here's the example. The South Haven Rams basically were seeded 4th in the "Wolverine Conference District" The Rams went on the road and beat the top seed Paw Paw. Then a week later, they went on the road again and avenged a loss earlier in the season by defeating Three Rivers, at a place where the Rams have had very little success.
Well this week's game for the Rams again has them on the road, but it's going to be an unfamiliar place for South Haven Coach Sam Nichols. Holland Christian. The Rams head coach had a coaching role with Holland Christian in helping start the Maroons football program. He knows the program and he knows the weeknesses and strengths of many of his former players and hopefully that will give the Rams an edge to possibly gain the Rams first Regional title to go along with the District title they picked up a week ago.
OK that's it for me.
I'll be checking in every so often, I've even decided to keep posting during baskeball season.
