Prep Football Picks - Week 9

Picks – THE OC's Top Games

Lake Orion v. Clarkston – C-Town pride shines bright on Friday night!!!!!

TEAM K-Rich 27, LO 23

Novi Detroit CC v. OL St. Mary's – Senior quarterback Danny Clements throws a critical last-second TD to lead OLSM to the Catholic League crown

OLSM 20, CC 17

Birmingham Groves v. Birmingham Seaholm – Maples down their intra-city rivals and ride win-streak into the playoffs!!!

Seaholm 32, Groves 28

Pontiac NDP v. AA Gabriel Richard – "Good Looking" Jake Romeo gets himself a couple of TDs in the Fighting Irish's win at Ford Field

NDP 31, Gabriel Richard 26

HW Chandler Park v. Birmingham Brother Rice – Burney loves him some Rice junior linebacker Luke "The Duke" Cherocchi…..this kid is getting better and better every game and by next season will be a spitting image of his two big bros….AND THAT's SCARY!!!

Rice 30, Chandler Park 18

RO Shrine v. Detroit Loyola – The Knights take home a CHSL crown when Connor Franeck finds Jack Wangler in the end zone in DOUBLE OT……..Francek-to-Wangler is one of the OC's great pass-catch combos and what Burney likes most about them is that they will reunite on the field once again next season as seniors………THAT'S PRETTY SCARY TOO!!!!

Shrine 36, Loyola 33

Southfield-Lathrup v. Southfield – On the subject of great QB-WR connections in the OC, the Bluejays get 4 TDS from senior field general Justin Danzy (2 to "Big Diesel" himself, Ron Thompson, 1 to Leviticus Payne and the other to Trey Walton) and march on to the postseason

Southfield 38, SL 21

Farmington v. FH Harrison – HAWKS=RANGERS, FALCONS=TIGERS……and it probably won't be that close, either

FHH 41 Farmington 24

Oxford v. Oak Park – REALLY? Is there any doubt what's going to happen here? O-Town FACTOR BACK Prescott Line tops the 300-yard mark to finish off his EPIC regular season romp through the OAA

O-Town 42, OP 25

Troy Athens v. Troy – Get busy my main RED HAWKS HOMEBOY Ivan Karchenko!!!!

Athens 27, Troy 20

Holly v. Ortonville Brandon – The Bronchos Pat O' Connor runs wild on the OB defense, racking up another Buck-Fifty and two TDs and TEAM HORSE snares its program's first league title since the Eisenhower administration

Holly 32, OB 24

BH Andover v. BH Lahser – You can't stop Lahser senior captain Nate Cole, you can only hope to contain him!!!!

Lahser 28, Andover 26

West Bloomfield v. Pontiac – Yaktown rolls and Coach Zube finds himself in the thick of the race for OC Coach of the Year!!!

Pontiac 41, WB 23

Lakeland v. Milford – Head coach Pat Fox's first year back on the sidelines leading the Mil-town gridiron gang translates to the Mavs returning to the playoffs with their takedown of the Eagles

Milford 29, Lakeland 25