Bobcat football team No. 9 in sportswriters poll

Whiteford comes in at No. 9 this week in the Michigan Sportswriters High School football poll.

Here’s the complete poll?

Division 1

Rank, School (Record)  Points  Previous

1. Detroit Cass Tech (4) 5-0) 49 1

2. Detroit Catholic Central (1) (5-0) 46 2

3. Saline (5-0) 40 3

4. Davison (5-0) 34 4

5. Hudsonville (5-0) 21 7

6. Macomb Dakota (5-0) 19 5

6. Rockford (4-1) 19 9

8. West Bloomfield (5-0) 18 5

9. Grand Blanc (5-0) 12 10

10. Clarkston (4-1) 11 NR

Others receiving votes: 11. East Kentwood 3; 12. Howell 2; 13. Brighton 1.

Division 2

Rank, School (Record)  Points  Previous

1. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s (4) (3-1) 48 1

2. Portage Central (1) (5-0) 44 2

3. Gibraltar Carlson (5-0) 41 3

4. Dexter (4-1) 37 4

5. Grosse Pointe South (5-0) 30 6

6. Muskegon (3-2) 21 9

7 .Midland Dow (4-1) 17 NR

8. Portage Northern (4-1) 11 NR

9. Muskegon Mona Shores (3-2) 10 6

10. South Lyon (5-0) 6 NR

10. Grand Rapids Northview (4-1) 6 9

Others receiving votes: 12. Walled Lake Western 4.

DIVISION 3

Rank, School (Record)  Points  Previous

1. DeWitt (3) (5-0) 47 1

2. Detroit King (2) (3-2) 44 3

3. Mount Pleasant (5-0) 44 2

4. Niles (5-0) 35 5

5. Gaylord (5-0) 26 10

6. Zeeland West (4-1) 25 8

7. Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills (4-1) 13 6

8. Lowell (4-1) 11 4

9. Cedar Springs (4-1) 8 NR

10. Warren Fitzgerald (4-1) 4 NR

Others receiving votes: 11. Hastings 8; 12. Owosso  4; 12. Adrian 4; 12. Ypsilanti Lincoln 4.

DIVISION 4

Rank, School (Record)  Points  Previous

1. Harper Woods (4) (5-0) 48 1

2. Goodrich (5-0) 42 2

3. Hudsonville Unity Christian (1) (5-0) 34 3

3. Dearborn Divine Child (5-0) 34 3

5. Williamston (5-0) 29 7

6. Chelsea (4-1) 21 5

7. Portland (5-0) 20 6

8. Escanaba (5-0) 12 NR

8. Macomb Lutheran North (5-0) 12 8

10. Freeland (4-1) 9

Others receiving votes: 11. Big Rapids 6; 12. Ludington 5; 13. Battle Creek Harper Creek 1; 13. Haslett 1.

DIVISION 5

Rank, School (Record)  Points  Previous

1. Grand Rapids Catholic Central (4) (5-0) 49 1

2. Frankenmuth (1) (5-0) 40 2

3. Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard (5-0) 38 3

4. Grand Rapids West Catholic (4-1) 28 4

5. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep (3-2) 27 5

6. Richmond (5-0) 24 9

7. Saginaw Swan Valley (4-1) 17 7

8. Armada (4-1) 14 8

9. Michigan Center (5-0) 11 6

10. West Branch Ogemaw Heights (4-1) NR

Others receiving votes: 11. Monroe Jefferson 9; Whitehall 5; Romulus Summit Academy  5.

DIVISION 6

Rank, School (Record)          Points Previous

1. Traverse City St. Francis (3) (5-0) 48 1

2. Almont (2) (5-0) 46 2

3. Montrose (5-0) 34 4

4. Jackson Lumen Christi (2-3) 32 3

5. Marine City (4-1) 29 7

6. Ecorse (5-0)   28 5

7. Warren Michigan Collegiate (4-1) 24 8

8. Kent City (5-0) 11 9

9. Kingsley (3-2) 10 6

10. Ida (4-1) 7 NR

Others receiving votes: 11. Detroit Edison 3; 11. Kalkaska 3; 11. Olivet 3; 13. Boyne City 2.

DIVISION 7

Rank, School (Record)          Points Previous

1. Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central (5) (5-0) 50 1

2. Ithaca (5-0) 43 2

3. Pewamo-Westphalia (5-0) 41 3

4. Menominee (5-0) 34  4

5. Elkton-Pigeon Bay Port Laker (5-0) 25 6

6. Millington (4-1) 17 7

7. Charlevoix (5-0) 14 7

8. Leslie (4-1) 10 5

9. Ottawa Lake-Whiteford (4-1) 9 9

10. North Muskegon (4-1)      8 NR

Others receiving votes: 11. Cass City 7; 11. Schoolcraft 7; 13. Saginaw Valley Lutheran 5; 13. Clinton 5.

DIVISION 8

Rank, School (Record)          Points Previous

1. Hudson (3) (5-0) 46 1

(tie)  Harbor Beach (1) (5-0)  46 2

3.  Beal City (1) (5-0) 43 3

4. White Pigeon (5-0) 32      4

5. Fowler (4-1) 26        5

6. Springport (5-0) 21  6     

7. Allen Park Cabrini (5-0)   20  9

8. Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central (4-1) 16     7

9. New Lothrop (4-1) 13 10

10. Maple City Glen Lake (3-1) 6 11

Others receiving votes: 11. Ubly 3; 11. Iron Mountain 3.

8-PLAYER, DIVISION 1

Rank, School (Record)          Points Previous

1. Indian River Inland Lakes (3) (5-0) 48 2

2. Norway (1) (5-0) 44 4

3. Martin (1) (5-0) 43 3

4. Kingston (5-0) 29 5

4. Pickford (4-1) 29 1

6. Blanchard Montabella (5-0) 26 5

7. Bessemer (5-0) 22 7

8. Merrill (4-1) 13 NR

9. Climax-Scotts (4-1) 8 NR

10. Bay City All Saints (3-2) 6 8

Others receiving votes: 11. Newberry 5; 12. Gobles 2.

8-PLAYER, DIVISION 2

Rank, School (Record)          Points Previous

1. Deckerville (3) (5-0)             47         1

2. Mendon (1) (5-0)    45         2

3. Onekama (1) (5-0) 40         3

4. Felch North Dickinson (5-0)           36         4

5. Portland St. Patrick (5-0)  29         5

6. Gaylord St. Mary (5-0)        21         6

7. Britton Deerfield (4-1)        20         7

8. Grand Rapids Sacred Heart (5-0) 19         8

9. Morrice (4-1)            7            10

10. Lake Linden-Hubbell (4-1)           5            NR

Others receiving votes: 11. Hillman 3; 12. Powers North Central 2; 13. Mio 1.

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