Three of the Biggest Questions heading into Championship Weekend

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Championship weekend is the biggest weekend in High School Football. Over the past year, the sixteen championship teams prepared tirelessly for this season. With these sixteen teams, we have a few major questions heading into the weekend. Now, here are the three biggest questions heading into the championships! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Which underdogs will win? </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Caledonia, Forest Hills Central, and Negaunee come in as heavy underdogs this weekend. Cal and FHC are facing defending champions, while Negaunee is facing a resurging powerhouse. Here's the thing; I think one of these teams will surprise people. I can't say who has the best chance of victory out of these three, but we'll just have to see. I don't see any of these three teams as fluke championship teams. All three of these teams have upset at least one team on the road to the championship! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Which athletes will stand out? </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Every year, many players make big names for themselves at Ford Field and are rewarded by bolstering their recruitment. Last year, [player_tooltip player_id='186875' first='Brady' last='Drogosh'] and [player_tooltip player_id='248962' first='Brady' last='Prieskorn'] had outstanding games and received a ton of D1 attention because of it. [player_tooltip player_id='253304' first='M'khi' last='Guy'], [player_tooltip player_id='253307' first='Miguel' last='Botello'], [player_tooltip player_id='251945' first='Ty' last='Hudkins'], [player_tooltip player_id='159621' first='Timmy' last='Kloska'], Kaden McDonald, and others are on watch for having monster games. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Will a first-year coach win? </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Landon Grove (West Catholic), Todd Thieken (Whiteford), DeJuan Rogers* (Belleville) are all first-year head coaches in the state championship. Going in order, we'll start with Coach Grove. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Landon Grove has proven to be the guy for West Catholic. Although West Catholic was great last season, the leadership at WC decided on a change, with came with some critics. After the splash hire of Grove and an incredible season, West Catholic looks like it's back, and they are heavily favored this weekend. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Whiteford coach Todd Thieken has done something similar to Coach Grove. That is, take a good playoff team and make them into a championship contender. Whiteford went 11-2 last season, but now, they have a perfect 13-0 record with a Championship opportunity. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>DeJuan Rogers is the head coach of Belleville after the suspension and subsequent firing of Jermain Crowell. He's a young coach, but he's been excelling in his role thus far. It looks like he has the full respect of the locket room, and I wouldn't be surprised if he's hired as the full-time head coach after this season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Derek Pennington from Caledonia is a 2nd-year head coach who has been excelling. Turning a good T-Wing team into an elite west coast team is a huge task, especially within two years. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->