Here are my picks for this week’s District Final Games in Divisions 1-3. (G) Top Games of the Week; (U) Top Upsets; (B) Best Bets
Actual Winners in Bold Face
Division One
Rockford over Grand Haven by 7
Holt over Howell by 3
Canton over Ann Arbor Pioneer by 7
Detroit Catholic Central over Livonia Stevenson by 14
Clarkston over Romeo by 10
Macomb Dakota over Utica Eisenhower by 14
Detroit Southeastern over Detroit Cass Tech by 8
Sterling Heights Stevenson over Warren Mott by 21 (B)
Division Two
Muskegon over Lowell by 6 (G)
Portage Central over Caledonia by 7
Lapeer West over Midland by 7 (U)
Birmingham Brother Rice over Rochester Adams by 7 (G)
Farmington Hills Harrison over Southfield by 7
Grosse Pointe North over Warren DeLaSalle by 3 (U)
Inkster over Redford Thurston by 20 (B)
Brownstown Woodhaven over Southgate Anderson by 6
Division Three
Ogemaw Heights over Escanaba by 6
Linden over Mt. Pleasant by 7 (G)
East Grand Rapids over Byron Center by 28 (B)
St. Joseph over Stevensville Lakeshore by 2
DeWitt over Lansing Sexton by 3
Chelsea over Adrian by 5
Orchard Lake St. Mary’s over Melvindale by 7 (U)
Detroit Crockett over Hazel Park by 8
Games of the Week (G)
Lowell vs. Muskegon
Birmingham Brother Rice vs. Rochester Adams
Linden vs. Mt. Pleasant
Upsets of the Week (U)
Lapeer West over Midland
Grosse Pointe North over Warren DeLaSalle
Orchard Lake St. Mary’s over Melvindale
Best Bets of the Week (B)
Sterling Heights Stevenson over Warren Mott
Inkster over Redford Thurston
East Grand Rapids over Byron Center
THIS WEEK: 19 RIGHT, 5 WRONG
PLAYOFFS TO DATE: 55 RIGHT, 17 WRONG
Prep just curious about your Dakota pick.
I know you picked Ike over Dakota in week 8 correctly and picked CV over DHS last week.
What has changed your opinion to go with DHS by 14 now?
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I thought Merchant might be able to pull off the upset since I’m pretty sure Dakota was thinking that game was in the win column and looking forward to the Ike re-match. DAK took care of business against CHIP and I expect them to do the same this week. They are clearly a better team than IKE and are not going to be surprised twice in the same season. There is something about being able to beat a team twice in the same season, particularly when the first one was an upset.
Good luck with your pick against the Maples. The Maples have only lost one playoff game at home heading into this years playoffs. Where do you think most of their playoff wins have been at as well? Last week the Maples rested up in the second half according to an article that I read online while the Bulldogs had to go OT to beat Airport. The Maples defense is suppose to be playing pretty well right now so I see Adrian moving on.
I like Mt. Pleasant over Linden. An undefeated SVL team losing to a Flint Metro League team, I don’t think so. I didn’t look that one up, but going by instincts that would be interesting if that happened in the past.