This Week in Football: August 29 – September 4

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Week 2 is in the books, and we're moving on to week 3! This week we saw what some teams are really made of. There were many teams with impressive Week 1 Wins that further proved themselves this week, as well as 0-1 team that impressively clawed their way to 1-1. So now, let's look at the Most Impressive Wins, our Player of the Week, Team of the Week, and recruiting news! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Most Impressive Wins This Week</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong>Alpena 18 </strong>Marquette 16 </em>- Marquette is usually one of the strongest team in the North, and they're usually a consistent playoff team. Great win for [player_tooltip player_id='249503' first='Jake' last='Zann'] and Alpena against a team that was heavily favored. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>Clarkston 62 </em></strong><em>Southfield A&amp;T 56</em> - An amazing bounce-back to Clarkston's Week 1 loss against Davison. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>Corunna 35 </em></strong><em>Pinckney 28</em> - A great win for an impressive D5 team over a equally good D3 team.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>Grand Haven 49 </em></strong><em>TC West 21</em> - A beatdown for Grand Haven after a questionable week 1 performance. This win impresses me.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>Grandville 45 </em></strong><em>Byron Center 27</em><strong><em> </em></strong>- Grandville is a sneaky-good team in the OK-Red that now has 2 impressive wins against great teams. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>West Ottawa 21 </em></strong><em>Portage Northern 10</em> - The Panthers haven't looked this good in a very long time. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>Petoskey 43 </em></strong><em>Bay City Western 17</em> - Petoskey has a great defense led by [player_tooltip player_id='249497' first='CJ' last='Hibbler']. His stats have been through the roof. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>Rockford 31 </em></strong><em>Mona Shores 27 </em>- Down 27-7 late in the 3rd Quarter, Rockford pulled off a monumental comeback. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>Reeths-Puffer 34 </em></strong><em>St. Johns 14</em> - Even though RP won against this team 19-6 last season, you can really see the 21'-22' improvement here. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>Troy Athens 42 </em></strong><em>Berkley 6 </em>- Either I've severely underestimated Athens or overestimated Berkley. Perhaps both.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>Zeeland West 28 </em></strong><em>Cedar Springs 0 </em>- I'm high on both of these teams, and honestly, I would have picked Cedar Springs to win this one. Great shutout win for the Dux. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>DET Catholic Central 44 Davison 34 </em></strong>- Very impressive win for DCC after Davison handled Clarkston last week. DCC is an extremely strong team.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>East Kentwood 19 Brother Rice 17</em></strong> - After a close loss to Muskegon a week ago, EK gets one of their most impressive wins in a while. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>Oxford 17 </em></strong>Groves 14 - Amazing win and amazing moment for Oxford's first home game of the season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>Lapeer 56 </em></strong><em>Traverse City Central 42 </em>- The Lightning earn a win against the 2021 DII Runner-Up. This team is good. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>De La Salle 49 </em></strong><em>Muskegon 16</em> - Stock up for DLS and stock down for Muskegon. Big day for Drogosh and Nichols, while [player_tooltip player_id='226712' first='Mason' last='Muragin'] bullied the Muskegon O-Line.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Player of the Week</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size">[player_tooltip player_id='249497' first='CJ' last='Hibbler'] - 324 Yards, 1 RecTD, 2 Rush TD, 5 tackles</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Team of the Week</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rockford</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Recruiting News </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='251945' first='Ty' last='Hudkins'] offered by Western Michigan </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='212358' first='Corey' last='Sadler'] (26') offered by Pittsburgh </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='30338' first='Christian' last='Johnson'] commits to Grand Valley State </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->