End of July 2012 Michigan HS Football Update

In the past, if you recall before my merger last July, I did these updates weekly.  I would provide news of players who were offered, committed, articles, and basically anything related to Michigan High School Football.  This is the first update I have done since then, for those of you who follow me on Twitter @TheD_Zone you know I basically have big news every week, sometimes numerous big news during a week.  For this July update, I'll try to cover as much as possible.

• Yesterday, Rivals.com released their final Michigan team in the rankings, Cass Tech.  In the top 100 is Cass Tech, Brother Rice, and De La Salle.  Click here to view the recap of the Michigan teams.
• The D - Zone's Southeastern 30/30 Rankings for D1-3 and D4-8 are expected to be released the 2nd week of August.
• Football Previews which were done by the respective coaches, are in the process of being released.  Click here to view the Previews which have already been published.  Also it is not too late to fill out a Preview for your team, all you need to do is click on this link and fill out the questionnaire. 
• This offseason both Community High School and Highland Park High School announced that they would not field teams for the 2012 season.  However a solid source has told me that Community will be back to having a team and I have also seen the rumors of Highland Park coming back to have a team.  Both Community and Highland Park play in the Michigan Metro Athletic Conference.
• I know you are still asking yourself about the Class of 2013 watch-list and when it will be updated.  The answer is, I am not completely sure how I will do it yet.  I may remove the limit of 300 since, that's a pretty small number.  
• Yesterday was a big day for Michigan kids committing to colleges, as three players committed to a college.
• The first commit was Cass Tech's Center, Dominick Hamilton who committed to Akron University.  Click here to read his comments on committing. 
• The next commit was Chandler Park Academy's DE, Andre Turner who committed to Western Michigan University.  
• The last commit of the day, was when East English Village Prep (Merge of Crockett and Finney) DB, Desmond King de-committed from Central Michigan University and committed to Ball State University.
• The total of Michigan High School Football players committed to D1 colleges is now, 41 players with 29 coming from Southeastern Michigan and 12 from elsewhere in the state.  Click here to view the whole list of committed players from the state of Michigan.
• On the other hand here are some of the players from Michigan who have been offered in recently.
• 2013 Defensive Back / Receiver, Houston Glass of East Kentwood was offered by Buffalo.
• 2013 Defensive End, Dan Davis of Grand Blanc was offered by Cincinnati. 
• 2013 Receiver, Breon Briggs of Consortium was offered by Robert Morris.
• 2014 Offensive Lineman, Tommy Doles of Grand Rapids Christian was offered by Iowa State.
• The Prep Kickoff Classic (Formerly: Big Day Prep Showdown) will be kicking off in week 1 at Wayne State with six huge games: Dearborn vs. Chippewa Valley, Southgate Anderson vs. Woodhaven, Oak Park vs. East English Village Prep, Eisenhower vs. Port Huron, King vs. Southfield, and Brother Rice vs. Cass Tech. 
• It was announced this past week, that there will be a similar event held at Ford Field in week 2 of the season with a doubleheader of Lake Orion vs. Troy Athens and Eisenhower vs. Henry Ford II.  Click here to view more about this new event named The Gridiron Classic.
• Last weekend I was able to get a sneak peak and was welcomed onto the Orchard Lake Saint Mary field.  If you haven't heard yet, the Eaglets have installed Red Turf.  When I was there it was nothing but just a red layer of turf.  Photo 1, Photo 2, and Photo 3. This week a current OLSM player posted pictures of the field that have the end zone painted and an "M" logo at midfield.

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