Helping The Cause

Wayne State University's football team is in the midst of an epic playoff run.

The Warriors are set to face off with Winston-Salem University down in North Carolina in the Division II national semifinals aka THE FINAL 4 this weekend.

Not surprisingly, Wayne State's grind-it-out-at-all-costs gridiron assault has a little Oakland County flavor to it, again proving why this area is one of the country's elite breeding grounds for Grade-A prep talent.

There are 19 OC studs in all dotting the Warriors 2011 roster.

On the offensive side of the ball there's Josh Renel of RH Adams, a workhorse in the WSU backfield who has already run for 1300 yards and 14 touchdowns so far this fall. He's also caught 22 passes for 200 yards, giving him 1,500 total yards from scrimmage and when you throw in his return yardage on special teams over 2,000 all-purpose yards.

Going over to the defense, Oakland County's pigskin prowess really starts to shine.

Southfield's Antwon Robinson (S), South Lyon's Aaron Cornett (CB) and Birmingham Brother Rice'a Mazen Jaddou (S) all start in the Warriors secondary. Robinson has 4 picks already and Cornett three picks and 80 tackles, second best on the team. Jaddou has 62 wrap-ups and two interceptions.

Brother Rice's Eddie Viverette (LB) leads the squad in tackles from non-secondary members with 70 to go along with a team-high seven sacks.

Maurice Davenport, also of Southfield, starts for WSU at linebacker alongside Viverette and has racked up 45 tackles.

Here is the rest of the OC Express charging the Warriors attack

William Lyons (Southfield) Donald Brown (Southfield), Kaunda Hancock (Brother Rice), Anthony Baskin (South Lyon), Ryan Moulding (South Lyon), Jordan Kidd (Milford), Rocky Mikulec (Milford), Tim MacLean (Birmingham DCD), Kenny Loney (Walled Lake Western), Chris Pyant (Farmington Hills Harrison), Ben Walker (Lake Orion), Jimmy Kinaia (Troy Athens) and Nate Theaker (Lakeland)