Eastpointe rocks Warren Woods-Tower for 2-0 start
These Shamrocks don’t need a four-leaf clover or rabbit’s foot for luck. They can make their own good fortune.
Ken Williams ran for two touchdowns and passed for another in the first half as fast and physical Eastpointe built a 24-0 lead, and the Shamrocks went on to defeat Warren Woods-Tower 40-0 in a MAC Gold Division football game at Memorial Field on Friday night.
Eastpointe’s second victory in as many years over the Titans made the Shamrocks 2-0 to start a season for the first time since 2000. They’ve not allowed a point.
Williams threw a 20-yard pass to Eddie Higginbotham, who completed a leaping touchdown catch by winning a battle with the defensive back for the ball to give the Shamrocks a three-touchdown lead with 10 seconds left in the second quarter.
Dorian Manley then ran for a conversion, tacking on two points the same as Williams and Javon Hawk did after the Shamrocks’ first two touchdowns.
The victory left Eastpointe and Roseville to share the Gold Division lead at 2-0.
Roseville defeated Cousino 44-6 on Thursday.
Eastpointe rode into the game off a 42-0 shutout of St. Clair in Week 1 of the delayed season.
Williams ran one yard for a touchdown with 9:37 left in the second quarter to break a scoreless tie.
His 12-yard touchdown run and Hawk’s conversion with 3:39 to go pushed the lead to 16-0.
Warren Woods-Tower was unable to score despite two interceptions by Mickus Simmons.
“We could get nothing going,” Titans coach Al Gulick said.
FRASER 42, LAKE SHORE 28
Brady Berezowski completed 15 of 22 passes for 234 yards and three touchdowns to lead host Fraser. Brock Warchol rushed eight times for 103 yards and Brett Anderson caught eight passes for 122 yards and two touchdowns as Fraser squared its record at 1-1. Lake Shore is 0-2.
UTICA 36, ANCHOR BAY 8
Utica made its first game
count. The Chieftains, who did not play last week while emerging from COVID-19 quarantine, won the MAC White game. Anchor Bay slipped to 1-1 in the division.
ARMADA 40, YALE 17
Eric Keding threw three touchdown passes to lead host Armada to its second Blue Water Area Conference victory of the season. Tigers are 2-0 for the first time since 2011.
PORTHURON NORTHERN 21, STERLING HEIGHTS 14
Sterling Heights fell to 0-2.
GROSSE POINTE SOUTH 17, EISENHOWER 7
Grosse Pointe South improved to 2-0 inits first season in the MAC Red Division. Eisenhower is 0-2.
STEVENSON 12, DAKOTA 7
Stevenson followed its 2019 playoff victory over the Cougars with a MAC Red victory at Dakota. Stevenson is 2-0. Dakota is 1-1.
CHIPPE WA VALLEY 37, ROMEO 17
Ryan Schuster threw four touchdown passes and Jaillen Howze had an interception to spark Chippewa Valley. The Big Reds are 1-1 in the MAC Red. Romeo is 0-2.
SOUTH LAKE 40, LINCOLN 18
South Lake is 2-0 in the MAC Bronze. The Cavaliers are tied with Lamphere.
NORTH BRANCH28, ALMONT 0
North Branch led 21-0 at halftime and went on to the BWAC victory.
UBLY 59, MEMPHIS 0
Memphis fell to 0-2.
LAKEVIEW28, L’ANSE CREUSE NORTH 6
William Bell scored on a six-yard run and quarterback Tristan Witt followed with a four-yard scoring scamper in the second quarter to help the Huskies build a 21-6 lead in theway to the MAC White victory.
ROSEVILLE 44, COUSINO 6
Eddie Little rushed 12 times for 127 yards and two touchdowns to spark host Roseville. Robert Salter completed five of nine passes for 106 yards and four touchdowns. Tyrell Henry caught three passes for 68 yards and a pair of touchdowns as the Panthers lifted their record to 2-0.
MARINE CITY 38, CLINTONDALE 0
The visiting Mariners improved to 2-0 in the MAC Silver.
Volleyball ST. CLAIR 3, LAKE SHORE 0
Samantha Dietz had nine digs and six points for Lake Shore in St. Clair’s 2512, 25-14, 25-21 victory. Samaia Cotton had eight assists and six points and Rachel Stepanenko seven points with three kills and three digs in the MAC Gold match.
EISENHOWER 3, DAKOTA 0
Sydney Palazzolo led the Eagles at the net with 18 kills and she added 13 digs and served three aces in the 25-21, 25-12, 25-17MAC Red victory. Angelena Tripi had 25 assists plus 10 digs; Kira Buza three kills, and Abbey Biermann 20 digs and 21 assists as Eisenhower improved to 3-0 and 5-1.
MARINE CITY 3, STERLING HEIGHTS 0
The Mariners won in MAC Gold Division action.
ARMADA 3, IMLAY CITY 1
Anika Prisby made 10 blocks and 11 kills to lead Armada to the 25-17, 16-25, 25-18, 25-17 BWAC victory. Kyra Sutton and Brooke Niebauer made nine kills apiece; Livia DeBacker eight kills and 13 digs, and Emily Hanes had 18 digs.
REGINA 3, LUTHERAN NORTH 2
Lutheran North’s Jules Valenti made 17 kills and four blocks and Megan Marshall had 18 assists, seven kills and five aces. Madison Link had 27 serve receptions and 23 digs, and Meredith Johnson had 14 serve receptions with 29 digs.
Soccer STERLING HEIGHTS 7, LAMPHERE 2
Hermez Benjamin and Kris Juncaj scored threegoals apiece and Aldin Saljic had a goal and an assist to carry Sterling Heights. Kol Camovic, Gabe Samano and Sam Tripon had two assists apiece in the MAC crossover game.
Golf L’ANSE CREUSE NORTH 201, ST. CLAIR 226
(At Bello Woods)
L’ANSE CREUSE NORTH: Morgan Jones 45, Kayla Mazure 47, Nicki Mitovski 54, Mila Mitovski 55.
ST. CLAIR: Riley Malczacezyk 54, Bri Pretella 55, Sophy Smith 58, Emma Hill 59. (L’Anse Creuse North is 10-0 and St. Clair 7-3 in the MAC Blue.)
ROMEO 187, FORD205
ROMEO: Sarah Himmelsbaugh 39, Ella Schultz 47, Mia Hengel 50, Jenna Sabath 51.
(Romeo is 8-1.)