Jared Purcell

[email protected]. Editor of local sports for @MLive. @theoaklandpost alum. Proud coach for @berkleyxctf. @Cubs winning the World Series was transcendent.

[Jared Purcell @JaredPurcellDET]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow]

I’ve never seen a QB this hyped walking down a tunnel…

Feels like Bryce Underwood is about to go WILD

[Hugh Bernreuter @BernreuterHugh]

Freeland scores in final minutes to avoid a shutout, but Swan Valley earns a 16-6 win to claim its second consecutive Battle of the Mountain trophy. @SwanValleySport @JaredPurcellDET

[Lee Thompson @LeeTsports]

John Glenn wraps up 35-7 win over Garber for third straight win in Cross-River Rivalry. @JaredPurcellDET

[Lee Thompson @LeeTsports]

Bay City Central gets its first win under first-year coach Marc Jarster, who left his state championship program at Gladwin to take on this new challenge. Wolves down Flint Kearsley 34-13. @JaredPurcellDET

[Matthew Ehler @matthewehler]

FINAL: Vicksburg 22, Northview 7. Bulldogs turn to phenom RB Ja’Kobi “the jet” Reed in the second half, and the sophomore speedster delivers a 2-TD, 200-plus yard monster night for a big comeback win. @VHSDawgs @JaredPurcellDET

[Eric Ingles @Eric_Ingles]

Columbia Central 34, Michigan Center 14, Eagles are 2-0 after starting 0-2 last year
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[Josh VanDyke @JVanDykeMLive]

Final Score: Mona Shores 33, Portage Northern 0. Sailors bounce back with an impressive win in their home opener. @MSSailorFball @ShoresAthletics @JaredPurcellDET

[Lee Thompson @LeeTsports]

Garrett Hilborn returns kickoff 75 yards to quickly counter Garber’s first score. Glenn back in charge at 28-7 at 5:14 of third. @JaredPurcellDET

[Eric Ingles @Eric_Ingles]

Through 3, Columbia Central 34, Michigan Center 14. MC offense going 3 and out, downs, interception this half
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[Josh VanDyke @JVanDykeMLive]

Touchdown Mona Shores. Kevin White Jr. plows through a defender and into the endzone for a 10-yard TD run. Mona Shores 33, Portage Northern 0 with 5:21 left to play. @kevowhite_28 @MSSailorFball @ShoresAthletics @JaredPurcellDET

[Eric Ingles @Eric_Ingles]

Bauston Pilaczynski makes it 34-14 Columbia Central
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[Josh VanDyke @JVanDykeMLive]

Touchdown Mona Shores. Owen Terpstra scores from 1 yard out on the first play of the 4Q. Mona Shores 26, Portage Northern 0 with 11:58 left to play. @OTerpstra5 @MSSailorFball @ShoresAthletics @JaredPurcellDET

[Hugh Bernreuter @BernreuterHugh]

Swan Valley all-stater Kam Reynolds catches a perfect 50-yard pass from Keller Bedford to give Vikings 16-0 lead over Freewith 10:17 left in 3rd quarter. Reynolds has six catches for 143 yards at this point. @SwanValleySport @JaredPurcellDET

[Snooze2you @Snooze2you]

Grandville scores on a 47-yard pick six by Gavin Roskam. Grandville 14, Cass Tech 13 at 10:13 in the 3rd. #GrandvilleFootball #mhsaafb

[Josh VanDyke @JVanDykeMLive]

Touchdown Mona Shores. Owen Terpstra finds a wide open Kyle Himes Jr. for a 25-yard scoring strike. XP is good. Mona Shores 19, Portage Northern 0 with 5:59 left 3Q. @MSSailorFball @ShoresAthletics @KyleHimesJ @OTerpstra5 @JaredPurcellDET

[Eric Ingles @Eric_Ingles]

Scoreboard unkind at the moment for both 2025 Cascades title game teams with Hanover-Horton tied and Michigan Center trailing
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[Lee Thompson @LeeTsports]

John Glenn with an impressive drive, takes 21-0 lead on Garber wtih 2:09 to play in first half of Cross-River Rivalry. 2025 Golden Helmet POY Garrett Hilborn with 3 yard TD run. @JaredPurcellDet

[Hugh Bernreuter @BernreuterHugh]

Some 1st-half Saginaw-area scores: Dow 17, Heritage 14; F'muth 17, Alma 3; Ovid 20, Birch Run 14; Bullock Creek 14, Hemlock 0; Meridan 28, Howard City 0; Valley Lutheran 14, Kalkaska 0; Millington 13, USA 6; Vassar 22, Cass City 21; St. Charles 24, Fulton 20. @JaredPurcellDET

[Eric Ingles @Eric_Ingles]

Sammy Truax to Elias Losey for a 92 yard TD, Columbia Central 27, Michigan Center 14, 39 seconds til half
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[Matthew Ehler @matthewehler]

HALFTIME: @NVWildcatFB 7, @VHSDawgs 0. Both teams moved the ball in the first half, but a combined 4 TODs and an INT left little points. Northview’s Hunter Umstead scored from 5 yards out and that’s the difference so far. @JaredPurcellDET