Written Wedensday, November 10th at 12:30 PM
The Lake Orion Dragons came into Friday's home district championship game with Grand Blanc determinded to put yet another banner to the walls of Lake Orion High School.
This week they did just that. The Dragons went on and hammered the Bobcats 54-14 to win their sixth district championship in 11 years. Orion is now 10-1, and moves on to the Regional Finals, where they will host Utica Eisenhower (also 10-1) on Friday Night at 7 PM.
The Eagles got their revenge on Romeo at Swinehart Field on Friday, after suffering their only loss of the season at the hands of the Bulldogs, the Eagles and Bulldogs had to settle things in overtime. In the overtime session, the Eagles scored first and took a 36-29 lead in the process, as Romeo tried to answer, they were picked off by the Eagles defense, and the players stormed the field in happiness of beating the Bulldogs, it was the Eagles first district championship since 2003.
Eisenhower has had some nice wins coming into the Friday night showdown, they went on the road and knocked off Macomb Dakota 10-9 in the process. Friday should be a good one, as the Eagles brings one of the hottest quarterbacks in the state in sophomore quarterback Joe Zerafa, who threw for three touchdowns last week in their win over Romeo.
However the Dragons have a quarterback of their own in Sean Charette, Charette is 6-2 as a starter in the playoffs, one of those wins was over Eisenhower in 2008, when the Dragons needed a late touchdown from running back Branden Oakes to beat the Eagles 7-0 at Orion.
This game will be very interesting on Friday night at Orion, as two traditional teams go at it with the winner either meeting Macomb Dakota (9-2) or Detroit Cass Tech (11-0) in the State Semifinals for Division One. (Both Macomb Dakota and Detroit Cass Tech will play their Regional Final on Saturday at 1 PM in Detroit.) GO GREEN.
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