Friday Night Lights 2010: 11-2
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Performance of the Week:
FL RB Demetrius Hart
Last Week: Dr Phillips pastes Gateway 59-0.
Senior Demetrius Hart ran for 187 yards and five touchdowns in two quarters...
Hart,a Michigan oral commit, had three scoring runs of more than 40 yards. Eric Harrell, a sophomore, relieved Hart in the second half and rushed for 72 yards and a touchdown.
The Sentinel also provides video. The video shows that Hart also had an interception viciously stolen from him by teammate Roderick Ryles. Stats below (and photo at right) from the Dr. Phillips website:
| Demetrius Hart 2010 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | Rushing | Receiving | Returns | ||||||||||
| Opponent | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Avg | Rec | Yds | TD | Avg | Ret | Yds | TD | Avg |
| Edgewater | W 48-7 | 20 | 79 | 2 | 3.95 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 15.67 |
| Osceola | W 49-7 | 19 | 98 | 3 | 5.16 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 15.67 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 11.50 |
| Olympia | W 49-0 | 17 | 224 | 3 | 13.18 | 5 | 68 | 1 | 13.60 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Cypress Creek | W 52-0 | 14 | 168 | 4 | 12.00 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.00 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Boone | W 45-0 | 18 | 142 | 3 | 7.89 | 5 | 132 | 1 | 26.40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Evans | W 62-6 | 8 | 178 | 3 | 22.25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 19.00 |
| Oak Ridge | W 56-28 | 21 | 126 | 3 | 6.00 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 9.25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Gateway | W 59-0 | 11 | 190 | 5 | 17.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 36 | 0 | 18.00 |
| Totals | 8-0 | 128 | 1205 | 26 | 9.41 | 20 | 304 | 2 | 15.20 | 16 | 212 | 0 | 13.25 |
This week: Dr. Phillips travels to Freedom on Friday at 7:30.
FL QB Kevin Sousa
Last week: Lake Nona is held off by Tenoroc, 20-26. Sousa's coach tells Tom that Kevin finished 19/24 passing for 389 yards and 2 TDs with a pick, while rushing 13 times for 121 yards and another score.
| Kevin Sousa 2010 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||
| Opponent | Result | Comp | Att | % | Yds | Yds/Att | TD | Int | Rush | Yds | Yds/Att | TD |
| Harmony | L 17-50 | 17 | 39 | 43.59 | 256 | 6.56 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 184 | 12.27 | 0 |
| Oak Ridge | L 0-48 | 6 | 13 | 46.15 | 34 | 2.62 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 4.43 | 0 |
| University | L 21-59 | 9 | 24 | 37.50 | 151 | 6.29 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 67 | 7.44 | 1 |
| Sebring | L 7-41 | 8 | 17 | 47.06 | 126 | 7.41 | 1 | 4 | ? | 20 | 0 | |
| Lake Wales | L 6-42 | 14 | 21 | 66.67 | 199 | 9.48 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 64 | 4.92 | 1 |
| Auburndale | L 31-35 | 13 | 20 | 65.00 | 197 | 9.85 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 150 | 8.82 | 1 |
| Celebration | W 34-14 | 14 | 26 | 53.83 | 247 | 9.50 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 131 | 8.19 | 1 |
| Tenoroc | L 20-26 | 19 | 24 | 79.17 | 389 | 16.21 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 121 | 9.31 | 1 |
| Totals | 1-7 | 100 | 184 | 54.35 | 1599 | 8.69 | 12 | 11 | 90 | 748 | 8.31 | 5 |
This week: Lake Nona visits Winter Haven on Friday at 7:00.
OH OL Jack Miller
Last week: St. John's defeated Toledo Catholic Central 39-14 in the Hardcore Football Game of the Week. Video:
This week: 9-1 St. John's hosts Greg Brown's Fremont Ross in Round 1 of the State Playoffs. The game is Saturday (time TBD) at BGSU's Doyt Stadium.
MI OL Jake Fisher
Last week: TC West fell to Rockford 14-35 in Round 1 of the State Playoffs.
On defense, Jake Fisher led the way with 12 tackles.
WZZM has video highlights:
This week: Traverse City West's season has ended with a 6-4 final record.
OH DE Chris Rock
Last week: DeSales needed a win and some help to make the playoffs. DeSales beat Cleveland Benedictine 35-24.
This week: 5-5 DeSales faces rival Bishop Watterson in Round 1 of the State Playoffs.
MI DE/LB Brennen Beyer
Last week: Plymouth defeats Saline 27-7 in Round 1 of the State playoffs. Beyer notched 2 sacks for 20 yards on a single drive - but there's no other mention of him. Another article:
Plymouth’s defense also flourished, with Fox and senior Brennen Beyer doing serious damage on Saline quarterback Trey Heren and Hornet running backs throughout the game...
Beyer had one sack and half of another, along with several crisp tackles. Beyer had one sack and half of another, along with several crisp tackles. “I just got off the ball really well and got to the quarterback,” Beyer said.
Local fluff on Beyer and his teammate, ND commit K Kyle Brindza.
This week: The 8-2 Wildcats will face cross-campus rival Canton this weekend.
TX LB Kellen Jones
Last week: St. Pius X beat Houston Christian 49-7. Jones's coach tells Tom that Kellen had 8 tackles, 1 for loss with a sack. He also blocked a punt for St. Pius X.
| Kellen Jones 2010 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Result | Tackles | TFL | Sack | FFum | |
| Trinity Christian | W 33-7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sealy | L 7-56 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Episcopal | W 31-27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Worthing | W 20-12 | DNP - ankle | ||||
| St. Thomas | W 28-10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kelly | W 28-0 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Houston Christian | W 37-13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kelly | W 35-7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Houston Christian | W 49-7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1* | |
| Totals | 8-1 | 73 | 23 | 6 | 3 | |
* Blocked punt.
This week: St. Pius rematches St. Thomas on Friday at 7.
OH CB/S Greg Brown
Last week: Fremont Ross defeated Sandusky 21-7.
Just 2:08 later, Fremont Ross would take its first lead of the night when Greg Brown took a reverse 20 yards for the score.
The Fremont Ross Forum Blog has no mention of Brown. There's also a highlight video on Youtube. Brown is #3 on the purple team.
This week: 9-1 Ross faces Jack Miller's St. John's Jesuit team on Saturday at Bowling Green.
MI CB Delonte Hollowell
Last week: Cass Tech beat Southeastern 35-0 in Round 1 of the State Playoffs. Link has video, but no Hollowell.
Next Week: The 10-0 Technicians host Dearborn Fordson in Round 2 of the State Playoffs on Friday.
FL OL Tony Posada
Last week: Plant had a bye week.
Next week: Plant faces Chamberlain on Friday.
Season Complete
MI WR Shawn Conway
Seaholm's season is over, with a 4-5 record. Conway finished the year with about 22 catches for 375 yards, and 11 kick/punt returns for 393 yards. Seaholm's coach resigned following the final game.
November 2nd, 2010 at 1:49 PM ^
We definitely need a good high school recruiting class but, given our awful lack of depth in the upper classes (which isn't going to change overnight), shouldn't we be looking at JUCO players too? I'm willing to assume that Juco players are generally less talented than those coming through high school (on the assumption that if they were all that great, they'd already be taken), but they're also a year more mature, both physically and experience-wise.
Couldn't we use some solid, fairly mediocre, but older/more mature defensive players, even if just to get our total numbers up to where they should be? Maybe it also lets us redshirt some of next year's freshmen that really need to be redshirted, however great they will one day be (paging a certain freshman db from Florida...)
November 2nd, 2010 at 1:59 PM ^
Michigan doesn't usually recruit JUCO players. Rich Rod has actually commented that there were some holes that he would have normally filled with JUCO recruiting in the past. It's usually a problem with the academics...
That said, we are looking at Byron Moore, who could fill a hole at safety.
November 2nd, 2010 at 2:06 PM ^
Thanks for that link. I recall a discussion a few weeks back of UM's history with JUCO players in years past. But Moore does look interesting (and a cut above what I had in mind in my message -- he seems like a genuine prospect that had some fairly unique circumstances; I was thinking more of "journymen," if that term makes sense in college recruiting).
November 2nd, 2010 at 1:50 PM ^
I really hope he is that missing link to our offense next year. That, or Fitz stays healthy enough to give us a running game besides Denard.
November 2nd, 2010 at 2:21 PM ^
Yeah I hope so too. Either Fitz is healthy next year and able to go or Hart is able to consistently punish defenses. I will take either at this point.
November 2nd, 2010 at 2:00 PM ^
Hart is averaging 1.2 points per carry.
November 2nd, 2010 at 2:16 PM ^
Wow. That is a really fun stat.
November 2nd, 2010 at 2:25 PM ^
Can't wait to see him in a winged helmet!
I wonder how any coaching change speculation/rumors affects D.Hart's commitment?
November 2nd, 2010 at 2:39 PM ^
From what he said during his commitment, Michigan is his school. He thinks he can fit into any system and he feels that he belongs at Michigan because it's the only place he felt like family. I don't think any rumors are going to change his mind.
November 2nd, 2010 at 2:01 PM ^
traverse city v rockford played in a blizzard, apparently
November 2nd, 2010 at 2:32 PM ^
it's considering what players like Hart, Beyer, and Jones can do in a Michigan uniform.
November 2nd, 2010 at 2:42 PM ^
It never fails. I always look forward to the sheer joy Dee Hart's stats give me no matter what happened during the previous weekend.
November 2nd, 2010 at 2:54 PM ^
Beat Fremont. We need to meet Whitmer to avenge the loss earlier in the year.
oops, wrong board -- maybe...
November 2nd, 2010 at 3:42 PM ^
I don't know if this has been pointed out before but it seems that there are some errors with Lake Nona's schedule. They're actually 0-9 this year and they lost to Celebration 21-28. Their first game was against Citrus where they lost 0-14.
November 2nd, 2010 at 8:39 PM ^
The Citrus game was an exhibition.
November 2nd, 2010 at 4:22 PM ^
No one else is thinking this? Since ND is doing as bad as it is, maybe someone should tell Brennan Beyer to start doing some of his own recruiting on his ND committ kicker teammate. I know we've got one on scholarship, but how's that working out for us? The situation is so bad, we had to move our punter to kickoffs.
November 2nd, 2010 at 8:40 PM ^
I would imagine everybody's thinking it. Doesn't sound like he's a realistic threat to decommit though.
November 2nd, 2010 at 5:09 PM ^
Denard and Dee Hart together could sure be exciting. One of the main reasons I want Rich Rod around next year.
November 2nd, 2010 at 5:28 PM ^
Two highlight reels coming out of the backfield would be awesome. It would probably cut into Denard's rushing stats a bit, but it'll be amazing to watch.
November 12th, 2010 at 5:48 PM ^
The way things are now, it wouldn't be such a bad thing to cut down on Denard's carries. He's getting plenty dinged up and if the two of them can combine for the same kind of stats, Robinson runs a lower risk of injury and can still pose a threat to run. With Smith, Hopkins, and Fitz(?) already here, bringing in Hart is the good kind of an embarrassment of riches to have in the backfield.
November 2nd, 2010 at 6:10 PM ^
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