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Record Win Streak Setters Meet in Opener
September 4, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Friday’s varsity football season opener between Ithaca and Hudson at Alma College was the first time the teams had met on the field.
But the programs have been mentioned in the same conversations concerning record success frequently over the last decade. They are the only programs statewide that have won more than 44 consecutive games during the state’s long history of the sport.
The Hudson teams from 1968-1975 put together a 72-game winning streak that remains the MHSAA record and fourth longest in national high school football history. The Tigers’ streak ended at the first MHSAA Finals with a loss to Ishpeming in the inaugural Class C championship game.
Beginning on opening night 2010 and until a loss in the 2014 Division 6 Final, Ithaca mounted a serious challenge to Hudson’s accomplishment, winning 69 straight games to rank second in Michigan and tie for seventh on the national winning streak list. The Yellowjackets’ run included four straight Division 6 championships. Coincidentally, both teams won their first MHSAA Finals titles in 2010 – Hudson won Division 7 that fall.
Ithaca won Friday’s first matchup against Hudson, 38-24, and the teams came together after for this photo below (and partially above).
Journalist’s Schools to Remember Him
Southwestern Michigan is mourning the loss of Sturgis Journal sports editor Corky Emrick, who died unexpectedly Aug. 19.
The high schools he covered for two decades also will be honoring the memory of their ardent supporter.
Bronson, Burr Oak, Centreville, Constantine, Colon, Mendon, Sturgis, Three Rivers and White Pigeon all will be wearing helmet stickers and uniform patches with “CE” in green and yellow during this 2019-20 school year.
Emrick joined the Journal staff fulltime in 1999 and took over as sports editor in 2008, according to the paper’s report after his death. Click to read that Sturgis Journal piece in full.
STATE CHAMPS! Michigan: Extra Point Week 6
September 30, 2022
This week on STATE CHAMPS! Extra Point: Sydney Cariel and Devin Gardner recap the notable games from Week 5 and preview the marquee games going into Week 6.
1:18 - Dakota vs. Chippewa Valley Recap
2:03 - Caledonia vs. Grandville Recap
3:18 - West Bloomfield vs. Rochester Adams Recap
6:06 - Top 20 Rankings Presented by ALTA Equipment Company
6:44 - Detroit King #2 in Rankings
7:47 - Rockford #15 in Rankings
8:44 - Detroit Catholic Central #9 in Rankings
10:48 - Brighton #18 in Rankings
11:46 - Mr. Football Update presented by Hungry Howies
14:54 - DMC Gamechangers
18:13 - Anvil Award Updated presented by Hungry Howies
23:18 - Preview of Week 6 Games
27:34 - Davison at Walled Lake Western Preview