High School Sports Blog

Posted by Tom Markowski (The Detroit News) on Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 4:38 PM

Possible Upsets I Didn't Select

The second intrigues me for this reason. You have teams that have won a playoff game but sometimes teams get satisfied that they won one game. Other teams, like Rockford for example, are hungrier.

Let's look at some upsets, at least upsets in my eyes.

Muskegon Catholic Central lost four games but could be battle tested to get past Climax-Scotts, my pick to win Division 8. C.C. needs to complete a couple of big passes to win this showdown.

The good weather conditions could just be what Linden needs to pull off the upset of Mt. Pleasant. Linden is the top seed but Mt. Pleasant has played a much tougher schedule. Linden's passing attack needs to be on target.

The game I will will be at, Orchard Lake St. Mary's at Melvindale, looks like an upset waiting to happen. St. Mary's has played at least five teams better than any team Melvindale has faced. But does that translate into a victory for the Eaglets?

In Division 1, Rockford could be had tonight even though the Rams are at home. They haven't blown anybody out lately and Grand Haven has played Rockford and knows what to expect. Should be a good one.

Ann Arbor Pioneer could be the team that knocks out Canton. Pioneer has the athletes and the depth to do it. The teams in the KLAA didn't fair well in the first week of the playoffs and maybe the league, even its best teams, aren't as good as we thought. This could be the one to look for as far as upsets.

Let's see how I do with these possible upsets when the weekend is over.