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2011 Division 4 Final - Zeeland West vs. Marine City

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s. you by Art Van Furniture everything you need for your home Under One Roof art van is Simply the Best by Sam Bernstein Law Firm 1-800 call Sam and shop Taco Bell satisfy your late night cravings at Taco Bell Foreign City Sailors are back in the state championship game for the second time in four years here to defend a perfect 13-0 record, while, away on the

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side of the state, the Zealand West Ducks are also back in the championship game for second time in five years, it's a battle of the undefeated at Ford Field, the Marine City Mariners and the Zealand West Ducks in the

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four state championship game, welcome inside Ford Field to all along with John Wengler.
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I'm Dan Dickerson and John, we're going to see two similar teams tonight. This teams. They both run down the side tee. They both love to run the ball. They run the side tee. Anthony is Mr Everything number 22, he's a four or five guy who can run, has good movement, can make a guy miss, is tough, is a competitor, catches the ball, runs, runs back, kicks the defense , he is really the value and glue of that team. and he goes as far as he takes them. It's a big night for both Anthony Scarcelli and his father Tony, because Tony Scarcelli, the head coach, has already said that this is his last game as head coach.
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We have a good relationship on the field, it's coach and player and off the field, you know, we went to the combines and a day camp or something like that, when colleges will look, it was a great opportunity to bond and work together on those things. , you know, so you can, he's my son on those things and tonight he's number 22 for Marine City for Marine City this is a big night but also for the Zealand Ducks John returns to the championship game for the second time in five years his biggest concern for head coach John Shilito coming in this year was the offensive line because this is an offense that requires a good offensive line.
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He found a couple of guys who took a big step forward this year, especially at left tackle. The first guy there is Cade van Ike, number 63, the big guy who stepped up. huge and developed is a first year starter as a senior tight end Jason Cooper number 41 another senior first year starter both guys solidified an offensive line Jake McKellar is the leader of that offensive line from the right guard position and they have been opening holes all year long for the guys you're watching Derek Postman and Kyle Kajawa it's a run offense the offensive line has been key for them we'll talk about some of the threats with these two teams two run teams that score a lot of points we're getting ready to what could be a very entertaining

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Kick-off is approaching. The next welcome is inside Ford Field. All together with John Wangler. I'm Dan. Dickerson getting ready for a battle of the undefeated and John these are two teams that love to run the football they both run the wing tee they handle it in different ways Marine City well they got a lot of threats but it really starts with the coach's son. Anthony Scalli is Mr Everything Dan 6-1 195 pounds four or five he has a little move that can make a guy lose he can run the ball he can catch the ball he has over 2,500 all-purpose yards he is a great defensive player they go like As far as it goes, he is also the value and glue of that.
It's a big night for Anthony Scarcelli and his father Tony Scarcelli, who has already said that this is his last game as head coach of the varsity team. He says it's been a lot of fun coaching his son these last few times. Some years we have a good relationship on the field, it's the coach and the player, and off the field, you know, we went to the combines and one day of camp or something, when colleges looked, it was a great opportunity to bond and work together on those things, you know, then you can, he's my son on those things and tonight he's number 22 in Marine City.
If you're going to run the football, you need a good offensive line and that was John Shilicho's concern. The head coach of the Zealand West Ducks this year, John opened up gaps for a group of very talented backs, but he needed someone to step up and found a couple of seniors to do well. Number 63, Cade van Ike, on the left side, left tackle. he's stepped up, really solidified that left side, as well as #41 Jason Cooper, the development of him as first-year starters, the senior first-year starters have really gotten that offense back on track. Jake McKellar is the leader of that offensive line from the right guard position that has been opening holes for Derrick Postma and Kyle Kajawa all year, two rushing offenses that score a lot of points for championship-proven teams facing each other, are the Division four finals, two undefeated and we have kick-off when we get back, thank you. you foreign the Marine City Mariners are back in the state championship game for the second time in four years protecting a perfect 13-0 record the Zealand West Ducks also perfect at 13-0 are back in the championship game for the second time in five years it's a battle of undefeated in the division four championship game between the Marine City Mariners and the Ducks of Zealand West Welcome to Ford Field everyone, along with John Wengler.
I'm Dan Dickerson John, we'll be watching a couple of football teams running around. tonight they run the wing tee they run it in different ways Marine City have many threats, but the biggest threat of all is the coach's son, Anthony Scarcelli, he has been difficult to stop this year. Well, number 22 weighs 190 pounds and six. a stick of dynamite can do everything he can run the ball can catch the ball is a 2500+ total offense guy who returns kicks returns puns plays defense as he goes so goes his team he's really Gus and the glue of that offense this It's a big night for Anthony Scarcelli and his father Tony Scarcelli because Tony has just said that this is his last game as head coach of the varsity team and he says it's been a lot of fun coaching his son these last four years.
We have a good relationship in the field. It's the coach and the player and off the field, you know, we went to the combines and a camp day or something like that, when colleges will scout, it was a great opportunity to bond and work together on those things, you know, so you can do it. my son in those things and tonight he is number 22 for Marine City John, if you want to run football you have to have an offensive line and the big concern for Zealand West head coach John Shilito was replacing some very young guys. important out of your line.
Last year they needed to open up holes for a very talented backfield and he found two guys who opened up holes all year on that left side. Well, big No. 63 Cade van Ike, a first-year starter, has really developed and solidified that left side, as well as No. 41 tight end Jason Cooper, their development as first-year senior starters has really made the advance offensive. Jake McKellar on the right side is the leader of that offensive line. They've been opening holes all year for the guys you're watching. Derek Postma and Kyle. Jawa, two football teams, they are explosive, they score a lot of points, we are looking forward to this one, they are two championship proven teams, two undefeated teams, the start of the division four championship game is approaching when we return.
The mhsaa soccer finals are here. for you by Art Van Furniture everything you need for your home Under One Roof art man is Simply the Best by Sam Bernstein Law Firm 1-800 call Sam and shop Taco Bell satisfy your late night cravings at Taco Bell tea inside Ford Field lo We got ready for the division four state championship game, we watched Marine City Mariners head coach Tony Scarcalli coaching his last game as varsity head coach, he said he could coach at some of the lower levels, but he would he decided a long time ago when his son Anthony graduated, he would go with him and what a record he is leaving behind seven years and you saw that Sterling marks that his teams have won at least 10 games every year across the way on the other sidelines John Shillito has built a program at Zeeland West High School, which is a new high school in the Zeeland area.
Seventh year, the only coach they have known for 28 years as a head coach overall, won the state championship in the school's second year of existence in 2006. Zealand West won the draw they postponed. so they will start Marine City will receive Zach Dreyer, the 6-7 senior kicker, kick it and kick it deep to the five yard line. There was a lot of deception in this return, but the Zeeland Ducks were ready for it. Anthony Scarcelli is interested. In the open field along the 40th in Ducks territory, most teams don't punt to the Mariners because of their sneaky return and explosiveness, and sure enough, the Ducks must pay when they punt to Scarelli, who returns it 52 yards, well they call that Starburst uh.
The last guy they wanted to see come out with the ball was Anthony Scarselli. Great play to start the game, as you can see, he was able to remove that hand and the wall was set up there on the left side. He carried her down. The sideline gives him great field position to start this game. Two football teams running that hit the middle and a big win on the first try. Jamie Salisbury if you stay too short. Salisbury John will burn you from that full-back spot. Well, he has done it. great job, he almost had a thousand yards, they just hit that inside trap that goes to Salisbury, he will make you pay Adam Kroll is the quarterback, he is a strong and senior leader on this team, this is a talented young athletic man and his twin brother is on the Marine City defensive line Alex Kroll Adam hands Scarelli and the Ducks defense at second and one is there to fill it in for No Gain setting up the third and short third and one hands the medal of the Ducks are there and Jake McKellar stuffed the run a turnover of two that was just isolated with a lead here they weren't fooled at all because the fullback couldn't get it back they got a great drive uh great stop there for Zeeland Adam Crowell gets the play the sideline look at Van Dort and his size, he's not just a big guy John, he's a very athletic player on both sides of the ball looking to throw Cole fakes, goes deep, has a guy trapped, touchdown, Gunner Gordage, 41 yards, strike, well, they got it.
What they wanted out there, Dan, was a very simple isolation, if you look here on the field, just an outside and up, okay, one of the big plays the corner bit on the outside, a little anxious, put the ball there, a perfectly big play, tremendous pumped finish. They made it clear no matter how much the Mariners run the ball, they will throw to Adam Kroll, as we just saw, he has a good arm, he is a catcher on the baseball team and he threw for almost 900 yards this year, the extra point is over. a little wobbly, but via Gunner Glodich gets behind the secondary on a perfect throw by Adam Kroll and the team that loves to run the ball with a 41-yard touchdown strike in the air.
Please note that this Fox Sports Detroit plus telecast is available in high definition on many systems, including those listed here for a complete list, click the channel finder at foxsportsdetroit.com. John the Zealand West Ducks boy got an emotional boost with two fill plays on defense and then on fourth down through the air. He is defeated by the Mariners. great call, well, you know, the guy he called was offensive coordinator Ron Glodich and that was his son making a big move from the outside and up and Adam Coral really set him up with his puppy face.
Ron Glodes will take over as head coach. When Tony Scarcalli retires from college football after this year, Brad Messbergen receives the kickoff, he's in the open field, one man to go 97 yards, this one looks what he's doing, he goes on his way, right there, nice, Cut there in the end, by messenberger, new record in the state finals 97. return yards what really hurt Marine City was that no one passed the wedge and that's what they were able to line up, they go for two and they get it Kyle Kajawa on the run and the Ducks after allowing a 41-yard touchdown.
Pass Cancer with a 97-yard kickoff return and then take the lead now Red Nesbergen with a state-record 97-yard return becauseNew Zealand West Ducks by one two minutes on two touchdowns two big plays Zealand

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of 8-7 lead John Here's the two-point conversion after the big kickoff return, just a little fast break with Kajala coming off that tee from Dead. Simple basic football, good net execution and you talk about a momentum changer Dan, oh my goodness, we thought it was a deflator because the The Ducks had had great success on second and third downs defensively, then they allowed the big touchdown in the fourth, now they come back with a kickoff return.
Brad messberg at 97 yards, a new record in the state finals and then Kyle Kajal, you got 2,000 rushing yards on the The Zeeland West team well, the two key plays of this first quarter. They would have been kickoff returns that look messberg and could be caught from behind. Jake Badonovic was hitting Chase and he just outran him to the end zone. There's a good look at kicker Zach. Dreyer, six foot seven, is a football player who will probably play basketball in college and as you can see, Automatic Touchback with big legs and these Ducks fans are excited.
Below us, Marine City will be back on offense Adam will drag the quarterback as we said he has a strong arm, this is his first year as a starter, he is a senior and he is a leader in this offense and his head coach, Tony Scarcalli, says he is very impressed with how the other kids listen to him it's not always easy as a first year starter, he's a strong running back, tough arm, he's rushed for over 280 yards this year, another baseball player, he's a catcher and as we mentioned, his twin brother Alex is on the defensive line and they apparently love to challenge each other in practice, there is an open hole on the left side and he makes his way over the 35 as Anthony barely, good luck trying to pin this guy , John, you said it openly, he keeps the offense going with those four or five. very simple speed just one play off tackle look at Scarelli's cut there look how it explodes he's in he's one leg away from escaping everything I'll tell you he's a threat to go all the way every time he makes a good shallow cut he stops in the lane there and you have to keep Anthony in mind because I'll tell you he can make a tackle with his ankle and maybe take it, the distance he'll hardly get it again and he comes out of a tackle and after going 19 yards. on the previous play he gets close to the first down marker before Jake McKellar tackles him.
Look at some of the other threats. Jamie's Salzburg, the fullback again approaching 1,000 yards, not many threats received. Dylan Ferguson is the greatest and again that. Marine City offensive line Anthony Alba and Jacob Grosso are the leaders on that offensive line Josh Biskner is a tight end who has done an excellent job turning to the right side as the Gunner boasts about cutting off the touchdown pass and the Ducks are on he Brad messbergen who's 97 yard touchdown return on the kickoff stopped him in his tracks along with Derek Postma, they gave him a four gain that was just a little hitch screen out there Dan gave him the ball, they're messing around a little soft in the corners they wanted to see if they could make something happen after a quick catch a good solid safe football game look at the Zealand Ducks defense allowing only 13 points per game Marcus Lambert will be one of the great players on defense one of the linebackers Goalie Adam Kroll gained five for Kroll and that puts him just a yard away, third and one now as Carl steps up to make this third down play from the sideline, third and one.
The Ducks run defense has been good early in this game. You can come? up with a great stop here leading 8-7 early two tight ends to the right side giving the right side a good block Jamie Salisbury following his blockers four yards and a first down Brayden Worley up to make the stop for the basic football of the Ducks there picking up On that first down, just an isolation play on the right side, they separated a guy and a wing and that got there. Good job, they widened their splits at that point, they knew they had to take the first down and the first down worked for the Mariners and he barely makes his way to the left side of the line and has another nice gain on the first down, Anthony averages Scarcalli averages 10 yards for Kerry, well, John, one of the big holes on defense for the Ducks is that young man on the right.
Josh Blanton will not play in this game tonight. All-state the last two years suffered an injury late in the semifinal over Comstock Park and it was a devastating blow to the Ducks' defense. He is really the heart. and the soul of that defense gives up the middle and a bit of running space for Jamie Salzburg McKellar, who is one of those key inside supporters to replace Josh Blanton, one of the things you're seeing with Marine City is the multiple formations, that's the big difference, they run very similar running plays but they get them out of different formations when you look at the other side Zealand, they're always in the same formation these guys want to split you up in confusion, they throw the right side, Scarcelli hits it just as he crosses the 30 and he will be missing Brad Messberg and the safety up top with a big hit to stop him before the first down.
Well, that's a good shot from Messbergen because he barely had much running power in that corner. Yes, he did, he lowered his shoulders. that mesquippin floor got there and hit them good football game on both sides crowds on both sides standing the whistle before the play we had moment let's see the interesting timeout John that timeout came literally a split second before the snap well Tony or the coach's outfit they obviously saw something they didn't like and they wanted to capture that, a very crucial Drive that came here to score, they wanted to make sure they did it right.
John Shillito knows this, he has lost a great player in Josh Blanton, but he told his sons that we simply need more players to play well because you can't replace Josh Blanton, a player of his caliber, in just one week. You know it's going to be a challenge for us and it's hard to replace a guy like Josh. a great leader for us has been a great leader for three years, leading tackler on our defense for all three years, but we have guys ready to step up and get the job done. I think we'll be fine for a coach, right?
John, you don't want to dwell on the fact that one of your star players is out and yet you have to acknowledge the fact that one of your Stark players is out and we're going to miss him, well, my favorite coach, uh bo always schembecker. I used to say one man goes down one man goes up and when you have a show like Zealand West you have guys waiting in the wings and a lot of them just need a chance, you're never going to replace Josh but you're going to give it another guy to let it make its mark, so fourth and one, the timeout call with Marine City trailing by one point.
Midway through the first quarter, the Ducks' run defense has been tough early. Full House backfield Shillito came up short on the first try, fights forward and is They are going to be very close at the moment with his mark on John, I think he is missing Jake McKellar leading the charge again along with Drew Lopez and Kyle Kajawa. Well, from this point of view, it seems that he is missing a little, just an isolation play, they gave Anthony a good push. fighting for that first down doesn't seem like he got it, you talk about guys stepping up, it looked like Kyle Kachawa stepped into that hole to stop the very talented Anthony Scarcelli got the first down, Ducks take over Downs, look now the road to the final The Zealand Ducks came here with an average of 44 points per game, they beat Comstock Park in the semi-finals 30-6 Marine City, since they are in the middle, a short game they have scored a lot of points in their games from playoffs 45-55 and 45 to tough 15-7 win over Detroit Crockett let's take a look at starting quarterback Clay Coatney running this Wing tee first year starter is a junior was at JB last year is a playmaker according to his head coach John Chilito makes good decisions another talented baseball player, that's really his passion, he called him a fighter and also said that sometimes in the classroom you don't know whether to hug him or hit him, but Clay Coatney was very impressed, he said I need a mechanic to run this offense and Clay Coatney has He did it in his first year as a starter, right, he doesn't, she'll tell us the coach is really the godfather of this too tight T offense.
In this state, everyone watched him over the years and tried to emulate that he has a type. who could pull the trigger and Clay Coat and run to Perfection Valley of the offensive line they need. No wonder it's effective as they are offensively with that guy pulling the trigger after Malone stopped on second down, going up third and staying long. It's Coatney on the contraband kept it on his hip and he's going to go up timidly when Gunner Glodich stopped him before the first attempt after a gain of six, he'll take him to fourth place and that's the best thing about that offense.
It's if you have a magician with the ball who put it on his hip, they're covering him, he turned around and it took him at least a few seconds to figure out who had the ball and he did a good job, able to run and get down. and I put him in position there for a fourth-and-one. It's surprising these guys don't make fun. These guys don't excite any of the coaches. How about this on fourth and one? Cody gives the right side to Kyle Kachawa and he gets the first down. going to Ford on fourth and one from inside their home 40 and they get it right, that's confidence, that's confidence in that offensive line, uh, actually, it was basically a straight play, uh, powerful football coming out of that side. right, his strength, uh, following the Big Fellas.
Up there, Kajala got a great first down, first real possession for Zeeland, they scored on a kickoff return, now Cody, heading downfield, has a man and is out of reach of Derrick Postman, thousand-yard rusher on a receiving threat, too, John, these are two. offense we talk about running the wing t how we like it this is fake look at this fake here look at him set it up well and then get the ball out all they did here was a little flag route had the guy open uh you know they'll do it I'll come back to that again , two-wing T offenses, John, but they're very different, aren't they? and how they are executed.
Oh yeah, well, Marine City is a multi-set team. You will see the same formation for scratch. and down there, every play hits the left side and there's nowhere for Derek Postma to go. We take a look at the rest of Zealand West's starting running backs and receivers and again that offense isn't going to throw the ball much. Kojawa over a thousand yards Postma. over a thousand yards van Dort is the big threat they receive if they want to throw the ball. The offensive line we talked about, those two key guys, Jason Cooper, Cade van Ike, Kate Van Knight at left tackle and Cooper, the tight end, have really solidified an area of ​​need on the left side Lopez, the senior center, and Messbergen, the left guard, are both two-year starters.
Cody keeps him on third and long, with no room to run. Aaron Logan saw Jared Headley at the Stop and a loss of two. Cody again doing a good job. Fake work you're seeing about two ball fakes every time they come back that time he tried to keep it. A good penetration forced him to cut inside directly towards the man chasing him, this time on Fourth and 13 he will be punted by Derek postma the star running back is also the punter and averages 35 yards per punt. Anthony Scaracelli and Aaron Logan saw deeply. You wonder if he'll even punt the ball to either of them or if he'll try to angle it away.
He punts a good punt. with Hang Time forcing the fair catch thanks to some not-so-great work from Derek's coach, 35-yard punt right at his season average for the Mariners to get the ball back behind by a single point, so we take you to Marine City from Ford Field, the Google Earth snapshot. as we take it up and back through Marine City north and east of downtown Detroit from above Marine City, fast pitch, that's a lateral and now they're going to go downfield and there's barely a free man to beat and it dribbled just inside the 20 Brad Messbergen with a touchdown saving tackle Logan saw with the throw when Garcelli got behind the secondary the old double pass the only thing they do with Andy they move him you have to keep it in mind on the football field that time which they went with a double pass, as you can see, we threw it by the ear and then we went to set up a formation that is a good throw by Aaron, a great local tackle to save the game, well, Brad Messbergen is doing a lot of things right from the beginning for the The Ducks save six points right there, see if the defense can take advantage, they deliver the loose ball from the middle on the ground and there it is, there is a big turnover, so Messbergen makes thetouchdown-saving tackle on the next play.
Drew Lopez recovers big fumble Drew Lopez. big fortuitous play on that soccer ball, looks like there was a little mix up on the handoff here, yeah what happened. Cuervo hit him high, hit him on the shoulder pads, he wasn't ready for that, you can see, he hit him high up. here for the Ducks to regain the lead at their own 20. loses loses the ball recovers it has Running Room gets a block by the false sidelines before being tackled at the 34. boy, there's something in the air today at least we' I've seen a lot of failed trades and shots, yeah, look at these kids.
I mean, there's a lot of nerves, a lot of pressure out there and you know, it's a different animal when you come in, you're playing for a state championship like this. Look at the defensive line of the Marine City Mariners defense allowing 15 points per game, linebacking core Russell Burns and Glodich, but Donna back in that secondary in the middle gives absolutely nothing there as the Mariners swarm and stop Marcus Lambert without game. Marcus Lambert, another boy. To keep an eye on, he has gained over 500 yards this year rushing in that Wing T and had 180 yards in a playoff game in that trap play that they just stopped right and the free tackle game are the two keys to stopping the Zeeland if they stop those two plays, they're going to have a lot of success today so far they haven't had a lot of success moving the ball and then consistently consistently against the Mariners thanks now pretty good Running Room left side that moment for Derrick Postman right over a thousand yards coming into this one game and so is Kyle Kajawa, six yard gain setting up third and five and that will be the last play of the first quarter, the game started with two touchdowns in the first two minutes and will end just that way with those two touchdowns, since defenses have started making big plays, a record-breaking 97-yard touchdown run on a kickoff after this 41-yard touchdown pass on the two-yard conversion gives the Ducks the lead in an eight-seven .
Zealand West after a quarter of play in the division four championship game, it's time for our school profile on Marine City brought to you by law firm Sam Bernstein that we show you where it was about 50 miles northeast of Detroit in the Sinclair River, so residents look across the river and see Canada on the other side. It's an old school with a new field. The school was built 50 years ago, but a classroom pool was added in 75, and then major additions in 2001 and 2002. Americans originally called the community Yankee Point because many settlers came from the northern tier of the states, but the migration of the late 18th and 19th centuries originating in New England, right now, let's get down to the margin.
Shannon Hogan standing. by I'll Tell You How Dan the Marine City soccer players are like local celebrities, they even had a police escort out of town today. I'm here with Sergeant Jim Haslop, who is actually also the first-year football coach, he described the scene to me downtown. It was absolutely incredible, we took the team from the high school to downtown and we have downtown, the people lining the streets, it was just incredible, incredible banners, the Flyers, you name it, to throughout the

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, all the up 26 502 we almost got here, we saw people and it seems like everyone followed them because Ithaca had the largest fan section before this game and I think Marine City has definitely beaten them.
I'll send them back to you, thank you. Shannon's move at the line was move on the offensive line for the Ducks, smart play there by Zeeland going with the hard count long compound and getting it off the sides, well one of their guys jumps, yeah, if you saw the defensive man jump, but you can see the The defense also cheered, so now he settled in third and ten Ducks didn't throw the ball as much as the Mariners do. Cody again incredibly passed for 600 yards on just 53 attempts, throwing 10 touchdown passes. The coach said he's a solid pitcher, see if he can hit.
Up here he will and he has a big target which is the truck door into the open field running over the Mariners before Jack Madeline takes him down. Great decision. Great call at tight end, just a little outside release. You try to bring this guy down a little bit. a little fake to freeze the linebackers, he'll finger the ball and then just fumble it here, fake, in there, boom, boom, stumbling, clumsy, big guy makes a great first down, turns right side and throws over the tackles . Kyle Kajawa pulls into 35th and right. on the first down marker before Anthony Scarelli, who was the only two-way player for the Mariners, knocked him down.
Kajawa did a good job with the lean body keeping his shoulders flat always forward, getting that extra yard. He's on his own once you cross that line of scrimmage. Zealand West have plenty of two-way players Marine City Mariners have just one on Anthony's score, seven running down the left side and finding little in the way of Running Room Postman and he wasn't afraid of the first try and that can be something that We're keeping an eye on as the game progresses because the number of two-way players that Zealand has obviously been playing outside for the last few months and coming inside the Dome, we're at 70.
It's not 35 or 40 and great, there may be an effect that can affect this game of football, eight two-way players against one, that's definitely something to keep in mind. John Shillito, well aware of this, third and short, Colton, hits the right side and booms. that right side for the first down a gain of five Kyle Kajal a good block forward McKellar and Lopez on his right side along with Josh Blanton's brother Nathaniel Bland inside the 30 yard line the Ducks of Zealand West with the advantage in trying for add more here in the second quarter keeping it on his hit Cody on the right sideline lowers his head and makes it right near the first down marker.
Escasolli takes him down, but not before a gain of nine, that's the danger of that. Offense, you keep running that tackle or that dive and then he puts it on his hip there and Courtney does a good job, it's a good solution, mounts it and then hides it on his hip going around with great ball handling, good football , kept was in the guts of kajawa for a long time, didn't it? He rides it there when your safety is on the line making all these plays, that's a problem, second and short right side of kajawa thrown to the ground, no that's John Pung with the first Carry. of the game The junior running back gains five on the first down and that is enough for the first down 13 five on the second down for the 15-yard line of the first down in the Ducks relentlessly moving the ball down the field state champions in 2006. the Mariners state champions in 2007.
Neither team has lost the game 1510. Same formation every time. Many different plays are run from this formation. Delivery is to the mailman and is stacked right at the line of scrimmage. Alex Kroll and JJ Russell lead the defensive charge for Marine. One thing about City about the Marine City defense, Dan, they are very, very fast, they prefer to sacrifice size on the defensive end for quickness, so they are a great team, great speed, great pursuit, they react very, all right, excuse me second and ten to the right side of the Ducks. turning on a tackle but can't keep his feet, it's Kyle Kajawa again, we see Anthony Escalli very busy in that defensive backfield coming in to make the play, the best play they run is that off the tackle with Kajawa they keep hitting that side. that right side, they keep coming back to it, that's their strong side, they got their best back coming off the tackle and pretty soon they realize he's going to pull it, keep it and come back around third and seven, well , they put it in the air again The moving man is the postman.
They are going to roll. Colton looking for the mailman left it open and barely missed it in the end zone. He got away from the defense a little bit, but the shot was out of reach for him. What they tried to do. About that, when they got a guy moving and they tried to flood, they tried to flood the field there, okay, they caught the guy moving, but he got trapped, so they couldn't flood, it would end up being a one-man route. The guy was knocked down, he was still wide open. I know he wishes he had that one again, so on fourth down, Dreyer is Zeeland's kicker, but he only has one field goal all year, so the Ducks will try.
Look at that tight end, look at that. goes over your tight end looking for him he wasn't there in trouble he called me he doesn't throw it into the end zone the jump and the ball is knocked down Jake madanovic they tried to go back to that Dan but Dominic was there and he knocked him down he went looking for Jordan Vandoren , the 6'5, 275 pound sophomore, good conference, Van Dort couldn't get open early, made a jump, good job defensively, there are three guys there, almost intercepted by Anthony, three guys to cover a man and they did it. the work for the Mariners to take control deep in their own territory up the middle absolutely nothing there this Ducks run defense has been difficult Jamie Salisbury the fullback gets the carry and gets nothing on the first down Big Bang to start this game two TDS in the first two minutes and eight seconds and no scoring since Zealand West clung to a one point lead, well you know both touchdowns were on kick returns.
These defenses played very well today in their first half. I'm goalie Adam Pro. Derek Postman will drag him into the backfield, one of the eight two-way players, the thousand-yard running back, an excellent linebacker, plus you talk about the team speed for Marine City, uh, you watch The Pursuit that uh Zeeland has here. They have guys flying around getting to the ball very fast, very agile, Team speed, great penetration, loss of six on the play, third and 16 from their own six. The Mariners have been willing to get the ball in the air. They've had some great passing plays. early, but you certainly wouldn't think it here, latest play review Adam Cole, senior quarterback, looking for a third-and-16, they're probably going to throw a dropback down the left side just finished, great tackle in the open field by Marcus Lambert. gain of eight but well short of the first down Lambert did a great job on that screen they tried to set it up here and throw back Lambert wasn't fooled in the slightest watch him come up and make a play if these guys tell me grabbed his jersey and then he wrapped those legs around, great read and Lambert is the outside linebacker who moved inside to take Josh Blanton's spot.
Clayton presses is the punter and takes it to midfield for messberg. messbergen has a Running Room flag. so this is a legal block on the return and this will get the Ducks back into their own territory instead of a first down at the Mariners 32 a block on the backside 38 yard punt 21 yard return and there it is there it's right there on your screen right there it looked like he was barely ready to make the play he was flying. I know he forced the block in the back to move him back inside the West Zeeland Ducks 45 yard line. 8-7 Lead Midway through the second quarter of the division four state championship game, two undefeated Ducks moved the ball on their final drive with a lot of misdirection, but the delivery went up the middle and there was nothing there for Brad and Messbergen.
We're talking about 2,000. Kickoff returners postma and kajawa messbergen yards gained 850 yards this year, tonight they'll split time in the backfield with Marcus Lambert, that was just an inside track with some counterattacking in the backfield, then you're on that dead tee there. There are so many options you can put stress points on each hole along the line, that moment is simple but very effective, yes Courtney under center, give the right side to Kajawa Kajal is in the open field, a man to Whoever overcomes comes and tries to overthrow him, he cannot. do it and in the end zone Kyle Kajawa breaks two tackles and increases the Ducks' lead.
What a run, great individual effort, shot, magical work, following his blockers, makes a good cut that reaches the outside. A guy won't be denied to stop him. Bullied his way through gets to the end zone great effort great effort Jordan van Dort way behind the play is injured and down the field right at midfield what a determined run by Kyle Kajawa as we watch Jordan van Dort, the sophomore tight end on the field at midfield John Schiller told the Duck head coach that this is a unique talent six five 275 pound sophomore tight end and they are working on him right now touchdown run for the Ducks we will return after these words Jordan vandoren doing left the field under his own power after Kyle Kajawa's touchdown, it's time for our school profile in Zealand West presentedby Belle Tire as we take you from downtown Detroit to the west side of the state, a record 6,054 Bridge volunteers spent 44,600 hours of work in community classrooms in Zeeland West or in 2010

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This exceptional community engagement program has grown rapidly since its inception 16 years ago two high schools in the Zeeland West Zeeland school district is the new one located in the On the same campus you can see that they were just a few hundred feet apart for a long time, they were the girls from Zealand East or just the zeeling girls and that's of course c-h-i-x so when Zealand West came and they wanted to be the Ducks it had to be be d-u-x why wouldn't it be there? Vamos Pumpkin Fest is part of what Zealand organizes each year, unlike other regional festivals, support for Pumpkin Fest comes from the Zealand community and its benefits return directly to the community, Pumpkin Fest. celebrating its 17th year at Zeeland West High School Zealand West just got the big play from Kyle Kajawa what a run and now they will go for two once again leading by seven trying to make nine the goalie and Clay Company scores two more for the Ducks, excellent ball handling with that fake cotton, he does a good job of putting the ball on his hip, he really does it and they are so effective running inside, all he does is a great fake, he mounts it, he holds the ball in that hip and beats everyone. the corner I don't think anyone saw him until he was in the end zone.
That's some excellent ball handling by Clay County. He receives high marks from his head coach for the work he has done. He is a third-year freshman starter and has done a great job leading this. The Ducks' offense, so the Mariners, very tough on defense, have allowed some big plays in the first half on a kickoff return, the defense has been bent a little but it doesn't break and then they allowed the Kyle Kajawa's long-distance touchdown run. The key, I think I thought that Marine City's defense could handle this offense well and, you know, they did a good job so far, they are very difficult to last four quarters against what will be key, Dan is if Jordan Vandoren is their El Number one blocker can return in this football game, Zach Dreyer with another Touchback, what a valuable weapon he is, you can't kick the Mariners with the threats they have there on the kickoff.
So head coach John Shilito's instructions to uh, Zach Dryer kicked it into the end zone for the Automatic Touchback and did it twice, saw the big comeback the first time, well now Marine City John goes on offense , we've seen them put on a little bit of everything so far. some success, but the turnover seems pretty big right now, well it's very crucial for these guys to respond on this drive, they're going to throw it on first down, fake, turn to the left, cross to the right looking deep and take down glotich, who is behind his man a couple of The facing number ones gloated against Messbergen, but he just took him down, that's some pretty good arm strength from Adam Groves first to complete the game, well that was a good route, it was close, well covered, I probably could have run the ball. he was there too, he broke containment, he could pick up five ten yards if he won football averages, five yards rushing, he doesn't run much on second down, his pass is broken up and incomplete, which is a good thing. if he had just caught it, he would have. they've lost a couple yards Drew Lopez at five nine 255 pound nose tackle got up and blocked that one, he's showing a nice vertical UPS on that one, they tried it, it was a double slot that time They tried to run a little hit screen for just barely and Lopez did a great job of getting his hands up in the passing lane, so a couple of shots on the first two and now the Mariners face third and ten and once again Kroll He rolls to his right, looks downfield and looks deep and just missed his man.
Paul Kelly, the intended receiver, missed it by a few inches, otherwise Kelly went for six, they're opening up some guys on this here, it's Kelly's runs that time, he was really an up route, they froze Coachella, they froze there. a minute and he ran next to him, luckily the ball was knocked down, pretty hard run or hard enough throw to crawl. The race didn't even have a chance to place its feet and throw and missed by a few inches that it would have liked. having that one back, Messiburgin is at it again, would lead by nine in the second quarter and Marine City will burn its second timeout of the first half.
He faces fourth and ten. His head coach, Tony Scarcalli, didn't like what he saw. Zeeland West was something big plays long touchdown run long kickoff return with a nine point lead interesting we are here because you are the most united team we have ever had oh nine more talented than you ten more talented you did not get here you totally trusted Talent, you are the tightest group we have ever had. The tightest group by far, when the game starts, you support each other, you can do your job, don't do anyone else's job, do your job and worry about why play, okay?
We're playing from the beginning and that's all you care about about the next play. Let's see if we can play that cut. The mhsaa Super Show features highlights from the state final competition and many of the other sports being crowned champions this fall. Sports season you can enjoy a glimpse of tremendous individual and team achievements at the mhsaa Fall Super Show premiering Sunday, December 18 at 9:00 a.m. and 5 30 p.m. by Fox Sports Detroit who is working for three punt plays for the Mariners. dropping pressure from Clayton and gets a foot in it messberg messbergen into his own 34 takes it to the 44 before knocking down a good open field Tackle by Mitch meppelink a junior on the defensive line for Zealand West manages to tackle that moment by Josh bissner to Marine City Zealand West gets the ball back leading by nine with four minutes left in the first half.
You see the multiple formations for the Mariners, same formation every time for the Ducks, they give up the middle, not much, messbergen, a couple of yards on first down running down the right side Aaron Loken saw the senior linebacker tackle him after the short gain. We'll call it a game of just one thing about these guys in Zeeland: they're very, very patient if they stop you a couple of times. They're going to keep running, they're so confident in this offense that it will eventually wear down the defense 370 yards per game on the ground, which has been the average game for the Ducks this year running on the left side, it's postma, it's got a first.
He crossed 45 into Mariners territory earlier, but cleans it up. DJ Burns helps out in a game of 12. That was actually the same play to the left side with Postman that they had success getting to the right with Kujawa. The same play. They take out a guard, they kick him, he runs, Lane, good effort, Kajawa shows that he is a good blocker and a first down duck runner moving relentlessly down the field. Here is Kajawa. Oh, he just tripped over the flag in the defensive backfield. Could Jowell almost break free again? he just had a long touchdown run on the last Drive, let's see what the penalty is.
Barely on the tackle again holding up the offense, it's interesting that the flag came from the defensive side of the ball on the opposite side of the field, exactly mate. so they'll back this one point up foul that takes it back to the Marine City 48 yard line so first down and 16 now for the Ducks and again the concern for the Ducks is all of their two way players on if they can get it. worn down, but right now, John, they're doing a good job of wearing down this Mariners defense and they're not shooting one bit. The big hole on the left side of the postman across the 40 yard line returns about 80 of those yards with a strong follow-up first down, we'll call it a gain of nine, they just came back, ran those same two plays, two plays before That moment, as he turned the corner, he caught them leaning in the wrong direction, good decision, driven by doing a good job. picking up that second and eight additional yards from the 40-yard line.
This is a big possession for the Ducks and especially the Mariners trying to stop the Ducks. The Mariners need a stop already down nine postma on the left side in the open field again for the 25-yard line before Alex Crowell knocks it down, but the holes are getting bigger and bigger on that left side we highlighted earlier led by Casey Messburger and Kate Van Ike in a game of 15. Well, they found something to like there in that. left side and they keep hitting him this is just basic football here you're kicking we're stealing he comes in on the shot it's just good football Jason Cooper on that left side and the tight end getting open In that big hole, Coatney's goalie this time looked like he wasn't he was going to get nothing, but he came out of an inning and ended up with a nice gain on the first try before bedovonik took him down with Logan's Hall, well, you're going to get hit all the time. with postma or kajawa and then suddenly kodio put it on his hip and walked out.
He has been well trained to put the ball on hip movement, yes he has used it to great effect so far, he is very good with football, very good at hiding. The ball ran down the right side and this time for Kajawa there was no room to run at all. Loken Saul came up and stopped him in his tracks for a two-yard loss on second down, setting up third and long for the Ducks to count in one minute, the Ducks still have three timeouts left Marine City has won, well , you know, this is four-down territory for these guys, so they're not in a rush, they had a lot of time, they got a lot of third-and-seven timeouts, oh, a couple of Moving Men and it was Postman with a moving man to the right who made the misstep forward and that will back the Ducks five yards.
I thought it was Canadian football. The offensive began. Five yard penalty. On third try, John Shillito could be heard over her. The field microphone said before the penalty. I called a timeout, but obviously I didn't understand it and you can see the obvious penalty there, that's one of the reasons they don't move much. You know, they're just not used to it. third and 12. Jordan vandordu was injured earlier, he's back in the game, big tight end on the right side, number 81. Keep an eye on him. Cody, looking to the right side, has both and he has fallen below the first attempt, but like you said. four down territory, that's a big comeback on third down, Anthony scarcelli again with the hit after a gain of nine, that time they just faked the fast break inside, he rolled out and tried to make a little flood pass there, that one time we give out the soccer timeout.
I'll see what they had left in their bag of tricks there for the first try. I let a lot of time run on the clock with three timeouts for John and up to 14 seconds, if they get a first down they have to watch. for the end zone they now got two plays. Well, aspiring high school athletes and coaches are trained in sports as they gain knowledge and skills. The same expectation should be true for game officials. Unfortunately, some people expect referees to start off perfect and then get better. We need to keep the refereeing ranks strong so be good sport, support everyone in the game, players, coaches and officials to become registered game officials.
Go to mhsaa.com, so 14 seconds to the Ducks' fourth down and three with the timeouts he can certainly execute. the ball here if you want, but like you said John, you might actually get three plays if you call two quick timeouts, three might be ambitious too. I think two are looking for them to return to vandoren. Get to Van Derek, everyone on your feed here at Ford Field, he fumbled, but a flag waves and again a false start favors the Ducks here, so now fourth and eighth, what does John Shillito have here? The postman has been very effective on this trip. left side to try to run or throw it 14 seconds left the Zealand West Ducks try to increase a nine point lead they will try to throw Cody looking down the middle at vandoren to the six yard line timeout called Jordan vandoren the big one The tight end with soft hands he makes the catch with a gain of 18.
Nothing special. Vandor did a good job of getting his body between the defender. You can see him at Van's door, letting go, just going down the middle of the field, putting his body in the middle. the defender and the ball he keeps makes the guy make a great catch great presence and then the balls down there pick up that huge first down Play What a Target and you put that body between the ball and the defender good luck trying tododge Well you know a lot of guys don't know how to do that and he does a good job of protecting that defender with his ball with his body he froze the linebacker, they got the ball over the linebackers in front of the safeties. little guy behind him, boy, John, this guy could really be something as he barely takes him down, but Jordan van Dort again, just a sophomore, yeah, 6'5 280.
Well, and he's got some fantastic feet. , Dan, that's all I'm saying, you find guys that big. a lot of them don't have the kind of feet and athleticism that Vandor has and he's a real prospect and he's a tremendous high school football player even as a sophomore, so a timeout was called on nine seconds left in an eight-play, 50-yard drive. Four minutes were eaten off the clock here in the second quarter, the Ducks have time for two plays and again you would think Van Buren would be a target? They have a timeout so they can execute it if they want.
Courtney will give the right side. and stopping short of the goal line is kajawa and the Ducks will burn their last down J.J Russell and a guy whose name we've been calling a lot Anthony Scarselli at tackle Anthony is a great football player, but when you pronounce his name like Por As much as we have him on the defensive end, that means they're getting a lot of yards beyond the line of scrimmage and he's already been involved in a dozen tackles. I think John, yes, takes the advantage of the back defense with the solid football of the side.
We've already run that play 10 times this half, they go both ways, to the right, to either post, but to the left, kajal, to the right side, so what are you doing here? John, on the last play of the half, leading by nine, they're not going to kick the field. Objective I think you're going to get him to cover me in the race and see if he can. I think you know, release a tight end or a back. Give him a choice. If he can get to the corner or if they get stopped, he will have. Someone to throw the ball too.
Courtney already scored an extra point on a goalie. That's what happens with this offense. It may be a wing. Same training, but they sure look at you a lot once they start running. Play Well. What can they do? the play may look the same but they block it differently, so it's the same play but they block it differently, so the gist is that it's more than one player and more than one look, last play in the first half, great play for both teams. especially Marine City and two guys, two guys were with the truck door wide open and the postmark on the wide side, okay, Cody delivers it perfectly, coming out here, you got the mailman coming out, two guys wide open in pair, take your pick, perfect shot to postma vandor thought was behind him. but it was perfect for Derek Postma, yes, the last play of the first half is a touchdown and now he's timed out before this two-point conversion attempt.
Marine City has to be a little exhausted on defense, it was a long physical journey. Drive Tony barely unhappy. With one of the referees, you think he wanted a timeout before the last play. He really he is giving it to the leading officer of the Brazilian West. Very, very impressive, in their last two attacks, Marine City stopped them and now they are just hitting. the ball, but also John mixing in at key moments, good shots by Clay Coatney, they have been very, very opportunistic, it's a ball fake, you flood the wide side of the field and when you have a truck door out there, they have to hit account of him and uh.
Courtney did a good job drawing the linebacker in, she really got to choose between two guys, she did a great job with that trick, they slammed the truck door from the right side to the left side that time and it really opened up the whole play from the ten side 55-yard Drive eats the last 4-16 of the first half and now this two-point conversion by John is the difference between the two-possession game and a very, very critical three-possession game, they don't get it, so Marine City is still to two touchdowns. a successful two point conversion and Marine City have to score well three times and Zeeland are receiving the ball to start the second half so after the timeout the first half is already over but one last play for the two point conversion attempt points Courtney the give broken tackle in the end zone Postman was trapped two yards behind the line of scrimmage but kept his legs moving two more for the Ducks and a 17-point lead yes, there's a reason it was scored on post 22 touchdowns is over a thousand yards from one guy not bringing him down with the arm tackle won't make them come back as happy.
What an impressive first half after Marine City took a seven point lead, the Ducks of Zeeland West responded with 24 unanswered points to take a 17 point lead into the half. I've been mostly on the ground with some well-timed pitches, but let's take a look at how they got to this point leading by 17 largely on the ground. It was Kajawa towards the right side. Some beautiful runs from Courtney, but John has really been spreading the ball around. He does a good job. You have Kajawa on the right. You have Postman on the left. and you have company on both sides depending on what they want to do and you have the great friend, okay.
Shannon Hogan is now on the field where Zeeland West head coach John Shillito called, you've got to be happy with that first half, what did you see? from the man on your Marine City team, well, you know, I thought that on our part we made a great effort on defense, in particular, you know that they scored on us very quickly after returning the long kick and they caught us on a pass, but I thought that the rest of the half we played excellent defense. I thought offensively, you know, we made some big plays, we're not very consistent, but I don't think on that side of the ball, but obviously we're happy, what effect does it have on a game going into the half when you score like that with just a few seconds left? , that's big, you know, going from 16-7 to 24 7.
That's a big boost for our kids, going to the locker room makes it a little more difficult. They return from the locker room to Marine City. Okay, thanks coach. Good luck with the rest of the game. Daniel, I'll give it back to you. Alright. Shannon. I guess they knew what they were doing using those timeouts. John. I was wondering why. They didn't call anyone before, but they gave themselves enough time. Excellent first half by the Ducks, the defense shut down the Mariners, the offense made big plays and a 17-point lead in the division four state championship game at Ford Field and Zeeland West. after falling behind 7-0, 24 points unanswered and have a 17 point lead at the half, welcome back to Ford Field Zealand West here for the second time in five years, the school has only been around for seven years but There were five. years ago they won their first state championship in their second year of existence it was impressive 22-nothing victory over Coopersville everyone ducks from the start Aaron vandenbelt capped a five-yard Scamper into the end zone Vanden Belden in the end zone again 22 - nothing, victory John Shilito talked about the differences between the 2006 championship team and this year's team.
This team is not as big in the backfield, a little faster, defensively, I think we play with a little more speed than in o6. um, but you know, the path is similar um and we had a big win against Catholic Central this year, we had a big win against Grand Rapids Catholic Central and 0-6 in the district championship game, similarly, in that sense It has been very impressive. first half for the Ducks, the 97-yard kickoff return after giving up the big play touchdown and that launched the Ducks on a 24-point explosion. They score early, they score late and they have a 17-point lead at halftime.
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This was a great play with Constantine driving. Josh Slater picks up the loose ball, the linebacker there and he went for the touchdown and all of a sudden. a 14 point game, John turns into a 21 point game, at that point it looked like Constantine might come back with the game with a touchdown that was a break, it really was that was the nail in the coffin and they had too much. after that, he just couldn't come back today Mendon in division eight, a 33-0 win over Fowler and then a showdown between the Titans Brother Rice and Lowell and Brother Ice comes out with a 10-point win Devon Church 257 total yards in that division two championship game and three touchdowns explosive Runner and put all his talent on display in division two Ithaca, the winner of 28 points in the room and we are wrapping up a very full day, the first day of the football finals American state secondary schools and it was Zealand West who were on top throughout the second quarter, they led by 17 in the foreign championship half game between Zealand West and Marine City and this game got off to a great start John Wangler , you had the early 41-yard touchdown pass from Adam Kroll to Gunner Glodeich, but immediately Zeeland's dice respond, they can run the ball.
Brad Messbergen on the 97-yard kickoff returns, that's a state record and then the important two-point conversion and John. Suddenly the Ducks had the lead, yeah right. It was the first time we saw the mailman get to the end zone, uh, I mean, Kajawa did a great job coming out so well, that was a butterfly run, the Jawa to the right, the mailman to the left, here he is following his main blocker, there, big play, dragging. guys in the end zone amazing last effort by Kajawa here it is uh they told me a little bootleg puts the ball on his hip we saw him do it four or five times that first half big fake touchdown here's the big pass play Two guys wide open take your pick, touchdown, Zeeland's total yards in that first half, you can see Zealand West over 200 Marine City, some early offense, John, but you gotta give the Ducks credit, their offense really stopped the Mariners after their early drives , they made big adjustments. uh they abandoned Run Marine City they abandoned the run a little too quickly they went to the pass which is not really their game and in this second half they are going to have to establish the run again and somehow find a way to slow down Zeeland's offense.
It seemed like they were going to look for a score that would have given them the lead after falling behind at seven years old. It was a touchdown that saved the drive for Bergen, who would return the kickoff to Scarelli and then, on the next play, fumble the ball. Otherwise this would be the first. The half could look a lot different, that really hurt, that touchdown at the end of the first half really was a tough one to break the momentum. Zeeland will receive the ball from the first to the second half. Marine City has to stop them at the first advance and come back and get their legs back. them again, yes, because if the Mariners had stopped on that fourth or final play of the first half, we would have looked different, but instead, they are down three points at halftime in the playoffs. division four.
A 17 point lead for the Zeeland West Ducks. We are back with the start of the second half after these words. 17 points lead at half time for Zealand West. Tony Scarcalli, the head coach of the Marine City Mariners, is on the sidelines with our coach Shannon Hogan, the last time he gave these guys a pep talk at halftime. Did you say okay? We said we have another half of football. I mean, you know, we suck in a couple areas of the game. We usually don't turn the ball over. We can't turn the ball over in a moment.
From the 20-yard line we can't give up, we can't give up a kickoff return other than that, you know, we don't play horrible defensively considering what we're up against here, but, hey, for 99 of these. Children, this is the last time you will put on sanitary pads. I have 41 shoes, how do they want to remember how they want to go out? So I thought the kids were very focused, ready to go and we have 24 minutes to do it. something happened, thank you very much, coach, good luck with the rest of the game.Dan will send it back to you.
Okay, Shannon and Zealand will get the ball to start the second half, so as John mentioned, this will be a very important first possession for Marine City to try to stop a West Zealand offense that has been very efficient in the first half. . This was Marine City's score in the first half. The gunner reveled in the 41-yard touchdown. Marine City Mariners fans are hoping for some magic in the second half for Marine. City took an early 7-0 lead and then the Ducks of Zealand West with three touchdowns and three two-point conversions 24 unanswered points to win that first half and John, this is a Marine City team that is built to wear down other teams, but it looked like West Zealand's offense, if not wearing down the Mariners' defense, certainly did a great job of pushing them back a bit.
They did a good job. Dan, they are a great offensive line and they have great backs. Moon City. It's a smaller, faster bumper that's built more for Speed. This is the type of offense that gives them 183 yards in the second quarter for the Ducks and look at that moment of possession, that's what they want to do because the Mariners want it. If it's not a meeting, they want to speed up the offense and they want to wear down the Ducks who have all those two-way players, they couldn't do that in the first half, yeah, you're absolutely right, idiot.
Don't be surprised if you heard what Tony just said: they have 41 upperclassmen, right, these guys are fighting dogs, they're not going to go out without a fight. High and short kick placed at the 22. and postma will be dragged down at the 30- yard a great early possession just an eight yard return for the Ducks on the short kickoff with decent field position on their own line 30 yards and the Mariners just need a stop, they couldn't stop the Ducks in the second quarter and they had to set the pace for the second half, they had to give them a three and in this case, if they want to get back into this ball game, They couldn't have asked much more of that young man, first-year junior Clay Coatney. starter the way he ran the offense in the first half John, he's a tremendous ball handler and his fakes, uh, he threw the ball well, he did a good job running more offense in the Full House backfield, you'll see that on every down. , the yield is on the right side of Kyle Kajawa what a double whammy Kujawa and Postma we set it up coming in and they delivered what's so interesting is that coach Filito is very patient, right?
You know you can stop that play a couple of times, but they will continue. to hit you and hit you and it's almost until you cry man and then they start hitting those cracks and then Cody keeps it on a second try from the goalie and seven we're going to try to vote as much clock as possible on the left side to take Derrick Postman and a two-yard gain came to the 35. And we'll call it third and five for the Ducks on their first possession of the second half. The interesting thing is that they are happy with three four yards of carrying.
They're not greedy because they don't like putting and they don't care, it's four down territory very close to anywhere on the field. 10 play a 55-yard drive to end the first half and now third and five on the first possession. of the second half and a Flinch in the backfield when Coatney moved away from the center, someone in the backfield, well, when Cody was asked to lift the ball in the air, he did it very effectively. Jordan van Dort has two big catches for a total of 41 yards, that's what Coach said coming into this game that he's a very efficient passer and he takes advantage of his opportunities to see if they put the ball here.
Postma has also been a Target rolling left and is looking for Van Dort and has him in Redfield Van Dorn's footsteps. off the tackle he's on the sideline within ten steps inside the tackle to the five the big man with a big play 64 yards vandor is a load look at this this is really all in the door of his truck everything they do he takes off legs to the right you drag vandoren through the formation you're going to clean up what this guy here squares his shoulders Cody does a great job squaring his shoulders right hand lunges back left makes a great play look at the big guy turn from that move rumbling down the sidelines, you talked about his feet, John, we just saw a good example, they got an extra five yards coming inside the tackle, they give him gains in post mode on the left side, about four towards the two , another look at the big 64 yards. gain for Josh or for Jordan vandoren, there you go, that's a great balance, yeah, he's 6'5 275 and here he's looking for contact, you want to take me down, he's a throwback tight end, right there, three catches, they've all been big. and the Ducks who tried to score on their first possession of the second half turned the right side and Kujawa racked up a loss of two J.J Russell combining on the tackle and again you would expect John, this is four down territory, so now those are two big Downs for the Mariners you don't see that very often and those guys that have a negative play always go forward, even if it's by a yard or two, that's one of the real benefits of that offense is that there is very, very few negative plays on third and goal. on his hip goalie Coatney racked up another loss now we're on fourth down again Zach Dyer with a good leg but only one field goal all year can certainly do it from here, but John Shilitos certainly makes it look like he's on his hip, but overnet comes here and there from The Corner Spot, good job holding and then getting help on fourth down to the Ducks five yard line and a timeout called by Marine City, great great play, this could be the game for Marine City if they can get a stop here, but a touchdown certainly makes it awfully difficult.
This would change the momentum. They have to stop these guys, especially after that big play. Get the boost change back to Moon City. Tony Scarcalli has some words of inspiration for his team in so far on the bench they couldn't wait to find a way to stop big man Jordan van Dort or really in the last few possessions they just couldn't stop the Ducks the Ducks have been relentless moving the ball down the field Well, you can see the important thing: they are running 49 yards at that moment. I mean, this is an offense that's putting up almost 300 yards a game and you got 49 in the first half, that's really been the difference and again, this isn't it.
It's usually an offense, it's a big play offense in terms of coming from behind if you have to come from behind and yet they do it, they are explosive talking about Marine City, they have some big ones, I mean this guy , Charlotte, they have some big guys that can do it. This happens, but your basic offenses want to control the ball and they want to move it up and down the field and keep that other offense off the field, but by rushing the ball and they haven't been able to do that today, they can't. down three scores right now they don't want to think about falling behind on any other big play in this game fourth and goal for the crazy foreign touchdown nothing special everything they did in that they just threw the big drop on the floor stay down the move, the great execution of the throw that saw the mismatch was straight at him, it was very precise, the throw on the run, he really has it, he places his feet, throws that time, throws to the right, thrown to the right or to the left, It has been very, very effective. ahead for the extra point, he's up and it's good to give West a touchdown on his last three possessions.
The extra point here makes it a 24-point game. Clay County launches the Run vandoren Unstoppable and Zealand West with a 24-point lead. Welcome back to Ford Field. Well Zeeland West just scored again the score is now 31-7 over Marine City and Zealand West is actually the second school in the last two years as a dual school to get here to the final and so far they are looking a bit better than Plymouth last year, what I mean by dual school is take a look at their campus map. Zealand was actually split into Zealand West and Zealand East a few years ago and Zealand West didn't even have sports teams until 2005.
The strange thing though is that these kids are at school together all day, so you could be sitting in a chemistry class with a guy who will be playing for Zealand East and they are there in class with you so it's a bit unique there, zalen bought to have a great night here tonight, again for you and Shannon the head coach of Zealand West, John Chilito, says it really is the best kind of rivalry, John, where they have guys, they are really friends, good friends off the field because of what Shannon just said, sometimes they share classrooms and yet in the field still want to beat each other.
This wasn't a great rivalry between Jalen West and Evanese for a while, but now it's a really good rivalry. They're both in the playoffs this year, that's impressive, you know they play great football on the west side of the state and you know obviously these programs are reflected in an onside kick that keeps him away from that deep trio for the Mariners and it will be DJ Burns who grabs it. with an onside kick, then crosses a 25 yard line and there's still plenty of time left, but again, John, there's an offense that took over four minutes off the clock and it's not a great strike offense, it's a Mariners offense with high scores. it's not a quick-strike offense, but it's not a quick-strike offense, overall, yeah, and they're going to have to get a couple quick scores to get back into this game and generally, like you said, Dan, that's not it. their daily bread, we have seen them crawling throwing the ball very. effectively safety unbalanced we'll call him unbalanced here many different looks for the offense the fake for barely the handoff up the middle there's just nothing there for Jamie Salisbury two great plays Bryn tiemeyer at tackle two great plays in this game in the first In the half Of the first four passes you can see four completions for a hundred yards, one was by Lokenthal on a little turn very lateral to the left, but they have guys that can get behind the secondary, well, they've had some guys running free.
They just didn't make the passes and they're going to have to throw the ball to get back into this game. They have to get a couple of quick scores. We have an injury. The whistle blew so an injured Ducks player could make his own. very far from the field, thank you Casey Messbergen, the series of brother combinations of him. Casey Messbergen is a brother of Brad Messbergen who told you about Josh Blanton. His brother Nathaniel Blanton is also on this team. You can get the latest news on your favorite teams on Fox Sportsdetroit. com, an experienced team of writers and reporters cover the professional and collegiate ranks, plus watch live streaming of select mhsaa Championship events, get exclusive story analysis videos and much more at foxsportsdetroit.com.
Escasolli in the middle and it's going to be a good two yard shy You win on second down, but that brings third and two and the clock running again Nathaniel Blanton at tackle for Zealand West, you talked about a job that a linebacker was missing All-State, a big hit, had some players crying after a win over Comstock. Park, that's how much he meant to this team, someone else stepped up and they said on the bus ride home that no one talked about Danny because he was so strange that they lost the defensive leader of the tight-knit team and their loss really affected these young people. men give up the middle, that's a first down and you'd think Marine City would hustle a little bit more on the first first down since the first quarter for Marine City, you can see Tony scarcelli.
I think he wants his offense to move a little faster, turn the right side and the Ducks are all over the place Tyrell Woodward Jake McKellar Brad Messbergen combined at tackle John this is an offense in recent weeks has hunkered down near the line hit trying to force the issue which Holland played quickly. around, they're ready to go, but they're not really doing it, their entire offense has been a Tempo offense game for exactly 24. changing the play. Give up the middle ducks, it's all good. Jamie Salisbury, there's no room to run inside. That time to go up third and long, that time Dan got unbalanced again into the field and they just tried that fast track into the field and, I'll tell you, and West is doing a great job, up front, defending that.
We are not at all fooled by the imbalance or the multiple problems above. Third and seven Mariners have not scored since their first possession of the game. Looking down, the field has a man on the first goal. Out of bounds at the 47-yard line and then a penalty on Paul Kelly on the catch and we'll see what the penalty is if they call a late hit. You know Kelly was still running after going out of bounds. He wanted me to pick up this flag. 13 yard gain, let's see what they do. decide here fake contraband on the right look at it Squarehis shoulders throw a deep good pass great job here we'll see it right here in boom you can't do that foreigner plus he didn't think the play was over I don't I don't think, I don't think I saw it go out of bounds, yeah, exactly, Unfortunately, the referee was right in front of the first down, just outside the 30-yard line.
They will throw, in and out of the hands of a reliable receiver, Dylan. Ferguson was open throwing balls with his hands on the second try, they're going to give them a little bit of protection there in the corners, they want to keep them in front of them, you know they're going to bend, but they just don't want to break, yeah. they score they want to make them take a lot of time off the clock time is certainly an ally right now for Zealand West the Ducks lead by 24. no one in the backfield Cole's goalie has nothing Marcus Lambert inside moving in from the outside to replace Josh Blanton he got the ball on third and long quick drop, quick throw and catch, but his feet came out from under Dylan Ferguson when he made the catch and that makes it a fourth down, a good catch by Ferguson and a risky little pass here , the defense there. he did a great job driving with this football clock that, oh, if he had made a play with his inside arm, you know, he knocked that ball down and caught it, it was a great catch by Ferguson, he redeemed himself and came back right away. and made the catch I know he slipped on the grass, he's making the catch when his feet came out from under him, great game timeout called on the field by the Ducks before this fourth reminder, you can get the latest on your favorite teams at foxsportsdetroit. com is an experienced team of writers and reporters covering the professional and collegiate ranks watch live streams of mhsaa Select Championship events get exclusive stories, analysis videos and much more, all available now on foxsportsdetroit.com watch Tony scarcelli, It has to be quite something for him, John, he decided some time ago that when his son Anthony graduated, that would be his last year, he told his staff that four years ago and he stood firm in his decision, he still plans to train, reach to the lower levels, perhaps the seventh.
In eighth grade, he said one of the best high school coaches in our state and he's done a wonderful job there in Marine City and you know they have a great program. He leaves him with good news 80 and seven. That's Tony Scarelli's record with Marine. City quickly launches behind Scarcelli, he was eliminated by the disorder. Bergen's postman coverage and incomplete pass on fourth down and the Ducks will get the ball back with a 24-point lead and take it to Shannon Hogan, who has more information on that decision from Tony Scarcelli. and his decision to retire after this year, Shannon, yeah, you guys were saying he decided four years ago, but offensive coordinator Ron Glodeich is taking over and his son Gunner is actually a senior who's playing tonight, so that there is a lot of history between father and son. lines here with this team, but I think they have a bright future ahead of them in the program, guys, well, they have built the program and John, as you know, I mean, when you maintain that continuity, he hands it off to an assistant who also has been there.
For a long time, they've obviously built something very special, there were 10 winning seasons in each of the last seven years. You can keep it up because that philosophy and the way they do things will stay out after Tony's carousel, at least, so he's built the foundation. you know, and he won a state championship in high school, a war in the woods, he's a successful college player, he's coached in the state for a long time, he knows how to do it second and five caught me in the goalie since I passed a tackler but a very short gain, if ever again, on second down Ken Biscorner, the senior linebacker on the stop leading to third down, the Mariners simply haven't been able to stop the Ducks, see Cody limping a little as he returns to that meeting excellent play running the offense running the ball throwing the ball he's done everything very, very well and he's just a young man on the right side turning off a tackle into the open field across the 45 yard line Kyle Kachawa just won't get taken down in First Contact John I tell you I'm so impressed with Kujawa he's uh he levels out he runs downhill he's done it on both sides of the ball this is basic football you only get a running back you throw a guard no one takes him down first hit has nice shallow cuts, he is a good football player, gains 20 yards for kajawa who has had a great night, he is a senior, same as derek postman, same as brad messberg , which are their three best running backs in that backfield, but with John Chilito says this offense works for a lot of different players as they give minutes and good running space Marcus Lambert is a sophomore and will return, but John Shillito believes in you guys connecting guys.
This is not to take anything away from anyone except this. The offense works with new faces and that's what you have to have, obviously, year after year you will have new faces. This offense works, it really works, it's a system, right? And he, he, the guys start running this system when they're young, they learn. the system and they run towards perfection the only thing that the system has is that it stresses the defense at each point of the defensive line, you can attack any hole that Courtney gives to the left side to postma short gain at third and the shorts are at second and shorts go up third and short just outside the 40-yard line.
Zealand West down early seven nothing has scored 31 unanswered points, that's four touchdowns and three two-point conversions. The Mariners haven't had an answer, they haven't been able to stop the Ducks in those last three possessions. I have to return the kickoff on the last three possessions. Thank you under Center to keep your feet on the left side moving. Postman first and more. There haven't been many times tonight where a Ducks running back has been stopped by that first offense list, well, you know. It looks like they're running out of breath a little bit on defense, you know he keeps his feet moving, look at him here, it looks like he stopped, okay, get out of there, you know the guys have been on the field a lot, okay?
Marine City's defense has been out there a lot and they have these drives that have a cumulative effect in the third fourth quarter, these guys get hit on the right, Anthony Scalli again making the tackle in the secondary hand off the middle to Marcus Lambert and that is the At the end of the third quarter, the foreign Ducks responded to the challenge in the third quarter by protecting a 17-point lead, they made it bigger and a 24-point lead until the final 12 minutes. Alright, one of the best parts of the high school football state finals is the cheering sections and my favorite part is the roller coaster cheering, so Zoe is going to show us how to do it, buckle up, let's go. take a walk, go Zoe, my head hurts, I'm too old for this, oh my God, that was it. really like a rollercoaster, they could have done that once or twice this year Shannon made me dizzy just watching it Alexander did a pretty good job trying to hang in there she put in a great effort kids ducks with a ball and a 24 point lead to start the last quarter kajal on Kerry on second and six gets a pair from J.J Russell in the stop for the Mariners looking at the score for the fourth in this game.
The second quarter is really the kind of turning point in this game. Had two big plays early on and then Zealand West took over. in the second quarter remember 180 yards in the second quarter and look at the totals now in the second and third quarter that time of possession really stands out and puts a big smile on John Shillito's face bursting into open space Marcus Lambert cuts to the right into the end zone touchdown ducks 28 yard touchdown run number eight wow, that was one of his basic plays Dan, that was the trap, inside trapped for Lambert, will they get used to it, but he'll cut it here ?
Good job come on they get off the cue and then they run that little inside trap with Lambert cuts it off for a big touchdown credit to Jason Cooper that downfield block allows Lambert to cut back to the right and make it look easy the extra point is up and it's good from Zach Dreyer Zealand West looking for their second state championship in five years and they're rolling right now Belle Tire brings you the mhsaa football finals get the lowest tire price period at Belle Tire Zealand West fans enjoy this one their ducks scored touchdowns in their last In four possessions they have worn down a very good Marine City Mariners defense and John Shillito, the head coach, talking to his team on the sidelines, is on the verge of another state championship.
Do you know what's so awesome? Dan Marine City has been stopping that trap this entire second. Half of them probably got stopped eight or nine times and he just kept going with it and finally got busted with Lambert there, but you know, that's what you can do when you have that type of offense and they just wear you down and you can stop them and stop them, but in At some point you're going to explode and that's what happens. It's hard to play four quarters and play against a team like that and have your defense on the field for that long, for that long again. that time of possession 19 minutes to six in a couple of quarters was all Zeeland dodges the kickoff is good by Zach Dreyer and in the end zone once it gets into the end zone it's an automatic Touchback and that's the third of game for Zach Dreyer, so for the Marine City Mariners right now, John just plays a tough fourth quarter and comes out with his head held high, well, they'll come out swinging, I guarantee that's all you can do, right?
You know? Like Coach Scarelli said, you know, he told those guys at halftime, how do you want to go out? How do you want them to remember you? And these guys won't give up until the final whistle blows, so you can expect these last 11 minutes to be action-packed and no let-up on either side. 31 point lead for the Ducks of Zeeland West. Quick throw to Scarcelli looking for a block that is a good defensive play in the open field by John Pung, who fought off a block and maintains a very dangerous position. runner in the open field, barely with a very short gain on first down, that's the second big play that pong almost made that interception there on the other side of the field.
He's done a great job, especially when you go up against a guy like Anthony. scarf salad, there's a look at junior cornerback John Pung for the Mariners at second and long he has intercepted Nesberg and cleared the flag throw from the end zone on the play. I think the touchdown will hold up well, you can't throw late to the flag that's been true for a long time, you know, I've had a similar experience and it's not fun, we'll see what the decision is, but the Mariners believe this touchdown will stand. will keep it as a personal foul on a dead ball, oh, no offense, the touchdown is good, look at that break. there, Messbergen, tremendous break, sat right on that route, they tried to execute a cut to Anthony Scarelli and he wasn't fooled, he broke right on that ball, sat on it and came up with a pick six penalty that will be applied in the kickoff.
Mass Bergen with a 32 yard interception return, knew the big play in the second or first quarter of this game when he had the touchdown saving tackle in an 8-7 game on Anthony Scarcelli, could have been a very different look for this game which is very early if you don't make that call, the extra point is good. Escasolli was tackled at the 20-yard line instead of scoring and then the Mariners fumbled on the next play, one going for six. Otherwise, we go back to 2006, the first championship for Zealand West a 22-nothing shutout over Coopersville was only the second year of existence there has only been one high school in Zealand for a long time and then they split Zealand East Zealand West in 2005 in the The following year in the second year for Head Coach John Shillito, the state championship with a 22-0 shutout victory over Coopersville and his team.
John, this looked like a great matchup on paper, two undefeated, two very good teams that the Marine City Mariners had come up against after winning their semi-final. game 45-6 and you've got to be impressed with what we've seen at Zealand West. They are simply unstoppable right now. Yes, their offense really matches up well with Marine City's defense. They have a big, fast and aggressive offense. fast in Marine City and they adjust the divisions and make it very difficult he fakes the handoff and maintains it after receiving the onside kick and he is going to make a very short return through the 30 yard line The Mariners return to the offense with the lead now in 38. the clock will run, he will run unless there is a timeout or an injury or for a penalty or a score but incomplete pass, the clock will continue running if you see it on the screen, that's whyThat this happens every time there is a lead of 35 points or more tonight made him come out of the left side shotgun carries and a nice gain.
Brayden Worley sticks his head in there in a nice inning. It's a gain of nine on the first down for Kroll in the rushing offense he's trying to save. Something about this pass in and out of Dylan Ferguson's hands, a good shot from Cole, Rick Ferguson couldn't hold on, so the third and short crawl is a first-year starter, so he'll be among that kind of last year that he will leave along with Jamie Salisbury and Anthony Scarcelli, goalie on third and short, and he will be very close to a first down dragged towards the goalie and where you saw it, it is in fact a first down.
Kate Van Ike Minda makes a stop, it's a group that seems new. I guess it's easier to be on the field when you're on offense and move the ball, right? Yes, you don't get as tired when you move the ball. It's a lot more fun and all these two-way players still look fresh. here in the fourth quarter between Salisbury with the carrier, I'll tell you Zealand West, uh, really during the fourth quarter and it's a good job, they've been rotating some guys in there trying to give them a little bit of a breather and keep them fresh. of those guys and especially on the defensive line, which is where you think you'd really see the officials timeout look like an injury to one of the Mariners players, Anthony Alba, coming out of the championship game and it's been all Zeeland West from the fast pitch in the second quarter left Jamie Salisbury Worley again in the stop for the Zealand West Ducks gain of six leading third and short once again no offensive clock gathered running and again Crow will keep doesn't get much but it's enough for the first try passing the midfield in New Zealand West territory Aaron Ruiz in the stop The Mariners try to get a score that they have not scored since the first minutes of this game pressure in the backfield and coral is sworn by that attacking defense of the Ducks Trent thick hit the screen if that didn't work well on penetration there and they're just encroaching on the ball right now.
John Schillitz is actually rotating some of those players, giving them a chance to play in a division or four championship games. Garcelli gets the ball on second and forever and recovers a good chunk before Blanton and McKellar take him down, they've gone to that screen twice now in their Drive, uh, both times with quite a bit of success, third and eight shots from the shotgun towards the left side and it was going to be short even. if it had been caught by Gunner gloedage, who had the 41 yard touchdown reception in the opening minutes of this game, even if he does catch it, it would have been several yards short of a first down, so fourth and long for Adam Kroll for now. fourth and eight two touchdowns in the first two minutes of the game, we thought we could have a tremendous trip because of the way these two teams had scored points.
The Mariners averaged 43 points per game and the Ducks 44 coming into this game, but it's only been the Ducks who put up the big numbers in trouble crawls tour fighting for its life needs a long gain on fourth down and won't make it comes a couple of yards before reaching the Ducks 40 yard line and the ball goes in Downs, great job for Western New Zealand, great effort by West Ducks on the crawl, broken game, trying to get the quick out, got penetration of that tackle, good individual effort, may have been his last play here of the night, well, mhsa.tv will do it.
You'll have live streaming coverage of the post-game press conferences for this contest, plus you'll find an archive of all of this weekend's championship games. Well, additional coverage of the football finals on mhsaa.tv. Finality when you are a senior is tremendously difficult. to take, isn't it John? He really is. You always remember your last game. You know you win or lose. And you know for most of these kids it's probably going to be the last time they put pads on and soccer really is the best game. The high school football game is the best and for them to not be able to play again is hard.
It's going to take a while. Zealand West calls a timeout. It looks like John Shilito would like to have some of his reserves in this game. He has some. guys that are at the two safeties and we haven't seen some action and I'm sure you would love to get them in this game right now, yeah, they want to give everyone a chance to get on the field at a Ford Field and play in a game state championship game and it's very difficult for the seniors on both sides, very, very difficult, that's the Mariners bench and again it's difficult to say that they don't want to hear it now, but they got to the state championship game that they had. the last game of the year there is only one team that goes home happy in each division these guys made it to the championship game they had a perfect season for the first 13 games it's tough but they had a great season if you look at their record Dan in the last four years and there aren't many high schools in this state that can even come close to matching what they've done the last four years, 10+ wins every year under Tony Scarelli, who retires after this game tonight as director of the university team.
The coach hands things over to his offensive coordinator, Ron Glodeich. Well, some new faces for the Zeven Ducks and what a thrill it is for some of these youngsters. Clay Coatney, the quarterback is still running the offense, to hit the middle and there are many. Running Room J.R Russell, sorry for the carry that time, a 15-yard gain for the senior to get into the game. His first carry of the game is 15 yards and what game do they call inside track? Can you say bread and butter? It was the inside trap of the offensive tackle, I mean, they make a living with those two plays, 15 yard gain, a small collision in the backfield, this time it's Micah Gargalot, a senior who also has the opportunity to carry the ball so a couple of seniors who haven't had a chance to play tonight get a couple of carries and a couple of good plays for these two facets Micah gargoyle West's ducks fell behind early got a return of Brad Messbergen's 97-yard kickoff to take the lead when they got the two-point conversion and have been rolling since they gave their left side to Mitch Hessian and he will get a first down across the game's 35-yard line of the Mariners, it's seven yards and I think you can say that's why.
John Shiloto called that timeout, yeah, he was looking over his bench, he wanted to make sure that all the guys on his second team got in this game. We've seen three new players now carry the ball on the last three plays. Well, he's a class act, a great one. Coach, he's done a wonderful job for many years, what he's given this time is another group getting their first carry of the night. Corey Duchesne, a junior fullback, four different players have carried the ball on the last four plays and all of his first carries. night for Zealand West, you know where Coach Shillito is from, right?
Dan Royal Oak Michigan Kimball and he reminded me that we were on the same summer basketball team in 1972. It couldn't have been that long ago, it shouldn't be in Peach's baskets back then on the right side hit Hessian and a good gain for ASEAN, a big carry to the 12 yard line, which is a 20 yard play for Hessian and the Mariners defense right now has worn down well, they have. a lot of substitutions too, yeah, that's right, you know, that's the scary thing about that offense, you know, they just plug guys in, I mean, they just keep rotating in new running backs and, uh, there's not much drop that they would have missed. some talent last year had to give up the middle to Grant postma Grant Postman, Derek postma's younger brother, five different running backs now getting their first carry of the night and Tony Scarisella, you can see him rotating players on defense to as he gets some playing time.
For some of your seniors who haven't had a chance to play in a championship game yet, well, you have 41 of them, so imagine trying to get all those guys in the game last. A couple of plays in the game of the division four championship game and the Ducks are going to take a knee and have to make one more play while we're in the final minute here at Ford Field and the fans on both sides, the Ducks fans below us and the Mariners fans below us. across the way with their orange, all standing right now recognizing their teams, the Ducks Will Come Away with the championship and the Mariners Will Come Away with a very memorable run to the state finals and will be one game away from the championship finale of the game Colton takes a knee and for the second time in the school's short history for the second time in five years the Zealand West Ducks are state champions in division four that young man has a lot to be happy about, the quarterback of junior field Clay Coatney ran Offense to perfection tonight, he was a wizard.
He was so downtrodden not only by the way he faked and ran the ball, but also by the way he threw the ball. Dan just received a celebratory headbutt, but from one of his teammates that he didn't realize. He didn't have his helmet on I didn't feel I didn't feel anything Tony scarlli who was retiring after this game as head coach of the varsity team shaking hands we return to our play of the game presented by the Spartan stores in his neighborhood it was the return of Brad Messbergen's kickoff, state record 97 yards, the first big play because the Marine City Mariners had just scored on a 41-yard touchdown pass.
Messbergen makes that kickoff return for a touchdown, the two-point conversion and the The Ducks, two minutes later, had a lead and didn't give up the rest of the way. An impressive performance saw Detroit Country Night School's four West Division state champions. A podcast member of this game is a copyrighted presentation by Michigan High School Athletic. Association on Fox Sports Detroit without reproduction, retransmission or other distribution of the images, descriptions or stories of this game taking place without express written consent. The Zealand West Ducks division four champions and John couldn't be more impressed with the way they performed. today Marine City got overtaken by the Brazilian west it was that good uh Lucy is a good football team in the west of New Zealand a great football team doing those guys uh offensively they put on a wing football clinic T they had closed divisions they just came at you they ran a trap they ran off the tackle nothing special they threw the ball they kept them off balance they had a lot of weapons and they just put on a clinical offense and defense they did a good job of swarming the ball and I was very impressed with the speed of their team and the fact that eight guys were going both ways and they looked fresh throughout the game and really from top to bottom they are a great coach, they did a great job and they were very well prepared.
It was fun to see such a well-coached team play like that. well, but for our entire team and my teammate John Wenger along with Shannon Hogan, this is Dan Dickerson with our final score in the division four title game Zealand West the Ducks for their second championship in five years 45 Marine City seven have you been watching the nhsaa football finals see you later and good night everyone from Ford Field along with John Wengler. I'm Dan Dickerson and what a first day of championship football here at Ford Field today we saw a couple of fantastic games and John the two United games.
It might have seemed lopsided on paper, but we had the privilege of seeing two very good secondary offenses performing at their peak in Ithaca and also later in the cup against the Zealand West Ducks if you look at some of the highlights from the first game we saw. He made the division six final today Terry Smith, the second year quarterback, he certainly impressed us, oh Travis Smith, he had 300 total yards of offense throwing and running, he ran that offense to perfection. Constantine tried and tried, they just couldn't stop and when they tried to come. Back Constantine with the ball loses it Josh Slater grabs it and takes it the other way for six which was a break for the back it really was after they finished was that one was his nail in the coffin and then an Excellent clash if you look presenting the Ithaca Trophy takes home the division six championship in the second game we did tonight Brad Messbergen with a record-setting 97-yard kickoff return after the Marine City Mariners scored early in a 41-yard touchdown pass.
That was a great play because all of a sudden the Ducks, who could have been the underdog in this game, who knows, but that was a great opening point, the two-point conversion to Kyle Kajawa and they had theadvantage for a good job that really set the pace. the rest of the game the run game was a strength as you said they stuck with their bread and butter even when it didn't seem like it was working it worked for guys like kajawa who didn't get stopped kajala on the right Postman for the left now covered of clay to the quarterback who saw this several times tonight the contraband kept it on his hip two point conversion and then he continued to throw the ball with great precision it landed at the end of the first half it was the breaker of game two and there you see John Shillito accepting that championship trophy, his second being Zealand West in the last five years, well this was the day here at Ford Field Mendon in division 8, an easy winner over Fowler 33 to nothing Tyler Harris with three total touchdowns in that game Brother Rice out for Home win number 405.
Brother Rice beats Lowell two powers in this state in football 24-14 Devin Church with 257 total yards and three touchdowns, put all his plan or talents on display in that game over Lowell now We have four more games tomorrow, it starts at 10 o'clock bright and early. The failure of Pawama West Division Seven against Saginaw Nouvelle. Two undefeated teams face off to start the day. Detroit Cass Tech. What a wonderful story. Division one. Detroit Catholic Central John. It's going to be a fun heavyweight scrimmage game right there, Dan division five, it's Flint Powers against Lansing Catholic and then we'll wrap up eight games in two days, Orchard Lake Saint Mary's against Mount Pleasant John and I'll give you that game tomorrow night to end. eight games of football action here at Ford Field in the high school championships.
I hope you enjoyed our coverage on day one, we saw some very good offenses and we must mention some very good defenses in the two games we did tonight for John Wangler I. I'm Dan Dickerson for foxsportsdetroit.com

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