Dragons beat Clarkston to win the Red, Davison in Round One. Also preview of Grand Blanc.

Written Saturday October 30th, at 8:00 PM

What a two weeks to be a Dragons fan

One you take down your arch rival and then win a first round playoff game the next week, both games were at Dragon Stadium by the way.

That's what happened to the Dragons Varsity football team as they defeated the Clarkston Wolves 28-7 last Friday night to win the OAA Red for the third time in five years.

The Michigan High School Athletic Association's state playoffs drew their pairings of each match-up from division's one through eight. The Dragons are in division one because the state goes by enrollment when they determine playoff seeds, in a form of 32 teams. The Dragons drew the Davison Cardinals in the first round, also the Dragons were placed in region three, district one, a pairing with Davison, Grand Blanc, and Clarkston in one region, while in the other region were, Utica Eisenhower, Romeo, Rochester, and Utica. Davison came in with a 7-2 record after suffering a set back last week to Grand Blanc 10-7. In the other side of the draw in the region Grand Blanc drew Clarkston, at Clarkston.

The Dragons had no problem with the Cardinals, outscoring them 33-7 after three quarters, the Dragons went on to win their first round playoff game 42-7 over the Cardinals and move on to the second round.

The Dragons now move on to the second round, which to all of us is the District Championship game and the round of 16 to you Basketball minds. The Dragons will play the Bobcats of Grand Blanc. Grand Blanc comes into the showdown with the Dragons at 7-3 overall, The Bobcats are not intimated playing the Dragons, especially on the road. The Bobcats have played on the road so many times, traveling down to Livingston County, and into Oakland County, as well as games in Genesee County, which is their home county. Much of that is what conference Grand Blanc plays in. Grand Blanc plays in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association, they compete against the likes of Hartland, Howell, Milford, Plymouth-Canton, Brighton, and Lakeland. About two seasons ago in 2009, the Bobcats moved to the Kensington Lakes Activities Association from the Big Nine Conference, to play in a conference and not risk being an independent.

The Bobcats have been a desperate team, starting the year at 2-3, and their star running back and Michigan recruit Justice Hayes was lost for the season to a broken wrist he suffered in their week three overtime loss (42-35) at Milford. Grand Blanc's losses this season, have been to playoff teams. Their first one was to state ranked Canton (62-20, road), Milford (42-35, overtime, road), and Howell (28-14, road)

However the Bobcats do have another running back that the Division One schools are looking at, especially Michigan in junior Detrick Goff. Goff had 15 carries for 102 yards in their 38-14 destruction of the Wolves. The Bobcats led 24-7 after the first half, and never looked back over the Wolves.

Also lets not forget Grand Blanc also has a passing game led by senior quarterback Ryan Morley and they have a strong receiving core. Morley was 16 for 19 for 168 yards of total offense with three touchdown passes. The Bobcats had 363 yards of total offense over a tough Wolves defense. The Bobcats defense had two turnovers from the Wolves however that set the tempo of the game in the first half, one led to a Grand Blanc score, while the other one had a 17 yard touchdown return that gave the Bobcats a 14-0 lead and never looked back.

Expect a good game Friday Night at Orion between two rivals, who don't like each other. Both teams have had a history of knocking the other out of the playoffs in the last 40 years or so that these two proud teams have met. GO GREEN, and a Happy Halloween.

Dragons fall this week at Harrison

Written, Tuesday October 19th, at 8:30 PM

Hello fans once again in the Dragons Den, sorry I've haven't been writing for a few weeks now because of my busy schedule at Oakland and what has been going on throughout Lake Orion.

This week the Dragons went to Farmington Hills for a 40 year anniversary of Farmington Hills Harrison High School and it's only known coach John Herrington.

The Hawks wouldn't disappoint the home fans as they came in the number one team in division two while the Dragons were number two in division one. The Hawks steamrolled the Dragons in a surprising 28-6 victory on Saturday afternoon sending the Dragons to their first loss of the season.

This week the Dragons are now 7-1, all ready playoff bound, and if the season ended today the Dragons would be on the road to Romeo and to Clarkston at some point because of playoff points. The Wolves have 96, the Bulldogs have 93, while the Dragons have 91.

Thankfully the Dragons have another game yet to play, it's bragging rights, and it's for the OAA Red title. That showdown is set for Friday Night at 7 PM with Clarkston at Lake Orion. Clarkston enters the game also 7-1, there only loss was to Adams in week one. The Wolves are led by a strong defense, and their offense has came along as the season went on. This should be an interesting contest. JV and Freshman teams respectably are a combined 39-1, if you count that the Dragons play two Freshman teams, this should be war on Thursday at Clarkston Jr High and Clarkston respectably. The other freshman team will play Oxford on Thursday afternoon at Lake Orion to close out their season. GO GREEN.