Written Tuesday September 7th, 2010 at 5:00 PM
Welcome this week inside the Den for more coverage of Dragon Football, after the week against Oxford and surprising results around the area, the Dragon football program didn't want a let down to occur after the upsets around the State this week. They took on Rochester this week, hoping to avoid a letdown heading into their huge week three showdown with upstart Pontiac. But first with the upsets around the state.
Macomb Dakota's 17-10 loss to Romeo wasn't shocking. Romeo has some athletes, even though they lost to Troy 31-7 to start the season. I guess Dakota was looking head to Chippewa Valley was some kind of an understatement. Everybody thought coming into the season Dakota was going to be the kings of the MAC Red, they can still be. The Cougars beat Muskegon two weeks ago, at home. But now with this loss, it gets tighter in the MAC Red.
This season the MAC Red is down this season, Warren Mott (a playoff team from last year) lost to Troy Athens 32-19, and Troy Athens got beat by Pontiac 42-3 last week. Chippewa Valley lost to Dearborn 42-14 at home, add Romeo's loss in there to Troy. Sterling Heights Stevenson got pounded by Howell 35-0 in the Big Day Prep Showdown at Ypsilanti, and Utica Eisenhower won a tight 23-16 battle against arch rival Utica Ford at Sterling Heights Stevenson. It looks like this, Dakota, Utica Eisenhower, and Romeo are the three top teams in the MAC Red this season. What does this do with the Dragons, you ask? well in playoff points. If the Dragons can run the table in the OAA Red then the Dragons don't have to leave the confines of Lake Orion until the State semifinals in the playoffs and if they go east.
The Varsity team took the field on Friday night, hoping to avoid a letdown against the Falcons of Rochester, at Rochester High School. There wasn't no doubt that they avoided a letdown from the Oxford game. Orion rolled with a multiple attack to a 36-7 victory over Rochester, given the fact at one point in the second quarter the Dragons only led 13-7 but Orion answered by scoring 23 unanswered points, leaving the victory well in doubt. The Varsity is 2-0 in the season and 1-0 in the OAA Red, they have a big showdown with the upstart and rising Pontiac Phoenix. The Phoenix are also 2-0 after wins over Southfield Lathrup (27-16) and a shocking beating of Troy Athens (42-3) on Friday night at legionary Wisner Stadium, kickoff is set for 7 PM. Everybody has said that this will be Pontiac's biggest game of their young program's history since the merger of both Pontiac Northern and Pontiac Central.
The JV program took on Rochester at Dragon Stadium on Thursday night. The Dragons rolled 41-9 in the process. The game was an ugly one throughout. The Dragons could not get the mercy rule on the Falcons as the Falcons answered Dragon scores in both the second and fourth quarters. The Dragon JV are now 2-0 and 1-0 in the OAA Red host Pontiac on Thursday night at 6:30 PM at Dragon Stadium.
The Freshman program split their team into two teams this week. The White team played Fraser and the Green team took on Rochester, both games were at Dragon Stadium. The White team rolled over Fraser, 48-0, just with one offensive play the Dragons were leading 20-0 after the end of the first quarter. The Dragons rolled on against the Ramblers with a total dominating performance in the shutout over Fraser. The Green team took on Rochester, they survived a scare, in rout to a 33-12 victory over the Falcons. Rochester's two touchdowns came on the kickoff. Both teams are now 2-0, with the Green being 1-0 in the OAA Red on the season, and will merge back together for a showdown on Thursday with Pontiac at 4:30 PM at Dragon Stadium.
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