DeWitt vs. Muskegon-Orchard View

Network: FSN Detroit
Announcers: Matt Shepard, Stan Edwards
Format: DVD (2 disks)
Quality: 9.0 (Converted Directv SLP/VHS Master)
Notes: Commercials edited out... Includes halftime.

Game Notes

Orchard View Cardinals win 31-14 as DeWitt is denied again in its 3rd straight championship game.

After the Panthers strike first on Chadd Fletcher's 9-yard TD run, Orchard View takes over and dominates. Spencer Bush (Ferris State) scores on a 1-yard run w/ 1:46 left in the 1st quarter tying it. Bush runs for 115 yards and adds another 1-yard TD run in the 3rd quarter, extending the Cardinals' lead to 21-7.

The Cardinals take the lead late in the 1st half when Marcus Ezell makes a great one-handed catch and sprints to the end zone for a 50-yard TD pass from Ryan King. Ezell also adds a pair of INTs. King adds a 1-yard TD run in the 4th quarter as the Cardinals build a 28-7 lead.

Junior CB/RB Clint Allen (Eastern Michigan) adds 50 yards rushing. Orchard View also includes junior DB Josh Thorp (Michigan Tech).

DeWitt also includes LB Justin Braska (Western Michigan), who makes 10 tackles, and TE/DE Mat Brynick (Michigan Tech).