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Posted on Wed, Oct 27, 2010 : 10:07 p.m.

Father Gabriel Richard football receiving AP poll votes as it heads into playoffs

By AnnArbor.com Staff

The only Washtenaw County football team represented in this week's Associated Press poll is Father Gabriel Richard High School, which received votes in the Division 5 standings.

Gabriel Richard is one of seven county teams competing in this weekend's playoffs. The Fighting Irish host River Rouge on Saturday at 1 p.m.


FOOTBALL
The top 10 teams in the Associated Press high school football poll, with records in parentheses. Totals are based on 10 points for a first-place vote, 9 for second, etc. The MHSAA will determine playoff qualifiers in eight divisions based on enrollment. The divisions in this poll are unofficial.

DIVISION 1: 1. Canton (9-0), 2. Rockford (8-1), 3. Grand Haven (8-1), 4. Grand Ledge (9-0), 5. Detroit Catholic Central (7-2), 6. Lake Orion (8-1), 7. Detroit Cass Tech (9-0), 8. Romeo (8-1), 9. Holland West Ottawa (7-2), 10. Walled Lake Central (8-1).

DIVISION 2: 1. Farmington Hills Harrison (9-0), 2. Temperance Bedford (9-0), 3. (tie) Birmingham Brother Rice (6-3), Lowell (7-2), 5. (tie) Greenvile (8-1), Muskegon (6-3), 7. Midland Dow (8-1), 8. Farmington (7-2), 9. Wyandotte Roosevelt (9-0), 10. Rochester Adams (7-2).

DIVISION 3: 1. East Grand Rapids (9-0), 2. Mt. Pleasant (9-0), 3. Orchard Lake St. Mary (7-2), 4. Zeeland East (9-0), 5. (tie) DeWitt (8-1), Detroit Crockett (8-1), 7. Middleville Thornapple Kellogg (8-1), 9. St. John's (7-2), 10. Stevensville Lakeshore (7-2).

DIVISION 4: 1. Detroit Country Day (8-0), 2. Lansing Catholic (9-0), 3. Marine City (8-1), 4. Lansing Sexton (8-1), 5. Williamston (8-1), 6. Zeeland West (8-1), 7. Kingsford (7-1), 8. Grand Rapids Catholic Central (6-2), 9. Goodrich (8-1), 10. Edwardsburg (8-1).

DIVISION 5: 1. Grand Rapids West Catholic (8-1), 2. Elk Rapids (9-0), 3. Morley-Stanwood (9-0), 4. (tie) Muskegon Oakridge (7-2), Jackson Lumen Christi (7-2), 6. Buchanan (8-1), 7. Millington (8-1), 8. (tie) Menominee (5-4), Muskegon Heights (5-4), 10. (tie) Birch Run (8-1), Onsted (8-1), Grayling (7-2). (Father Gabriel Richard received votes.)

DIVISION 6: 1. Ithaca (9-0), 2. Constantine (9-0), 3. Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central (8-1), 4. Suttons Bay (9-0), 5. Michigan Center (9-0), 6. Iron Mountain (8-1), 7. Clare (8-1), 8. Ecorse (6-3), 9. Montague (7-2), 10. (tie) McBain (8-1), Saginaw Nouvel (6-3).

DIVISION 7: 1. Hudson (9-0), 2. Ishpeming (9-0), 3. Ubly (9-0), 4. New Lothrop (9-0), 5. Mendon (8-1), 6. Lawton (9-0), 7. Traverse City St. Francis (7-2), 8. (tie) Petersburg-Summferfield (9-0), Springport (9-0), 10. Detroit Loyola (8-1).

DIVISION 8: 1. Fowler (9-0), 2. Climax-Scotts (9-0), 3.
Beal City (7-2), 4. Lake Linden-Hubbell (8-1), 5. Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart (8-1), 6. Crystal Falls Forest Park (8-1), 7. Iron Mountain North Dickinson (8-1), 8. Deckerville (7-2), 9. Ashley (8-1), 10. (tie) St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic (8-1), Sterling Heights Parkway Christian (8-1), Bellevue (7-2).


BOYS SOCCER
Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association

DIVISION 1: East Kentwood, 2. Brighton, 3. Detroit U-D Jesuit, 4. Troy, 5. Forest Hills Central, 6. Canton, 7. Rockford, 8. Walled Lake Northern, 9. Grand Blanc, 10. Grand Haven. (Huron is honorable mention.)

DIVISION 2: 1. Hudsonville Unity Christian, 2. Grand Rapids Northview, 3. DeWitt, 4. Plainwell, 5. St. Clair Shores Lakeshore, 6. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood, 7. Mason, 8. Cedar Springs, 9. Bloomfield Hills Lahser, 10. Birmingham Andover.

DIVISION 3: 1. Grand Rapids South Christian, 2. Grosse Ille, 3. Lansing Catholic, 4. Freeland, 5. South Haven, 6. Flint Powers, 7. Bishop Foley, 8. Traverse City Christian, 9. Lutheran North, 10. Kalamazoo Hackett.

DIVISION 4: 1. Auburn Hills Oakland Christian, 2. Lansing Christian, 3. Muskegon Western Michigan Christian, 4. Burt Lake Northern Michigan Christian, 5. Greenhills, 6. North Muskegon, 7. Hillsdale Academy, 8. Suttons Bay, 9. Adrian Lenawee Christian, 10. Jackson Christian.


BOYS WATER POLO
Michigan Water Polo Association

STATE TOP TEN: 1. Huron, 2. Rockford, 3. Birmingham Groves, 4. East Kentwood, 5. Jenison, 6. Pioneer, 7. Hudsonville, 8. Dexter, 9. Grandville, 10. Zeeland.


VOLLEYBALL
Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association

CLASS A: 1. Bloomfield Hills Marian, 2. Rockford, 3. Farmington Hills Mercy, 4. Portage Central, 5. Portage Northern, 6. Zeeland East, 7. Novi, 8. East Kentwood, 9. Fraser, 10. Sterling Heights. (Pioneer is honorable mention.)

CLASS B: 1. North Branch, 2. Fruitport, 3. Duran Area, 4. Morely Stanwood, 5. Carleton Airport, 6. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern, 7. Fremont, 8. Lake Odessa Lakewood, 9. Battle Creek Harper Creek, 10. East Grand Rapids.

CLASS C: 1. Bronson, 2. New Lothrop, 3. Houghton, 4. Allen Park Cabrini, 5. Reese, 6. Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central, 7. Adrian Madison, 8. Lawton, 9. Iron River West Iron City, 10. Lawrence.

CLASS D: 1. Battle Creek St. Phillip Catholic Central, 2. Eben Junction Superior Central, 3. Engadine, 4. Bessemer AD Johnston, 5. Athens, 6. Crystal Falls Forest Park, 7. Pellston, 8. Leland, 9. Adrian Lenawee Christian, 10. Deckerville Community.


BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
MichiganCrossCountry.com

DIVISION 1: 1. Detroit Catholic Central, 2. Pinckney, 3. Saline, 4. Grand Blanc, 5. Highland-Milford, 6. Saginaw Heritage, 7. Temperance Bedford, 8. Brighton, 9. Dexter, 10. Rockford.

DIVISION 2: 1. Ionia, 2. Mason, 3. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern, 4. Grand Rapids Christian, 5. Richland Gull Lake, 6. Fremont, 7. St. Joseph, 8. Mattawan, 9. Haslett, 10. Gaylord.

DIVISION 3: 1. Grandville Calvin Christian, 2. Shepherd, 3. Lansing Catholic, 4. Hillsdale, 5. Perry, 6. Napoleon, 7. Benzie Central, 8. Frankenmuth, 9. Whitmore Lake, 10. Schoolcraft.

DIVISION 4: 1. North Muskegon, 2. Bridgman, 3. Harbor Springs, 4. Concord, 5. Hesperia, 6. Potterville, 7. Hillsdale Academy, 8. Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart, 9. Albion, 10. Carson-Port Sanilac.


GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
MichiganCrossCountry.com

DIVISION 1: 1. Grand Haven, 2. Rockford, 3. Traverse City Central, 4. Grosse Pointe South, 5. Brighton, 6. Pinckney, 7. Saline, 8. Midland Dow, 9. Northville, 10. Salem. (Dexter is honorable mention.)

DIVISION 2: 1. Grand Rapids Christian, 2. Hamilton, 3. Ada Forest Hills Eastern, 4. Ionia, 5. Warren Regina, 6. East Grand Rapids, 7. Ostego, 8. East Lansing, 9. Cedar Springs, 10. DeWitt.

DIVISION 3: 1. Hanover-Horton, 2. Benzie Central, 3. Flint Powers, 4. Kent City, 5. Leslie, 6. Jackson-Lumen Christi, 7. St. Louis, 8. Lansing Catholic, 9. Stockbridge, 10. Grandville Calvin Christian.

DIVISION 4: 1. Harbor Springs, 2. Hesperia, 3. North Muskegon, 4. Hillsdale Academy, 5. (tie) Fowler, Saugatuck, 7. Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart, 8. Grand Traverse Academy, 9. Concord, 10. Royal Oak Shrine.


GIRLS SWIMMING
Michigan Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association

DIVISION 1: 1. Saline, 2. Bloomfield Hills Marian, 3. Holland West Ottawa, 4. Huron, 5. South Lyon, 6. Pioneer, 7. Novi, 8. Rockford, 9. Zeeland, 10. Livonia Stevenson.

DIVISION 2: 1. Farmington Hills Mercy, 2. Holland, 3. Birmingham Seaholm, 4. Birmingham Groves, 5. Hudsonville, 6. Farmington Hills Harrison, 7. Grosse Pointe South, 8. Skyline, 9. Okemos, 10. Temperance Bedford. (Dexter is honorable mention.)

DIVISION 3: 1. East Grand Rapids, 2. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood, 3. Milan, 4. Bloomfield Hills Lahser, 5. Alma, 6. Plainwell, 7. Bloomfield Hills Andover, 8. Hamilton, 9. Grosse Ille, 10. Grand Rapids Christian.