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Posted on Thu, Nov 12, 2009 : 10:56 a.m.

Manchester defending against deception in Division 6 football regional against Monroe St. Mary

By Rich Rezler

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Manchester's Brent Schriber, left, and Robby Carver tackle Grass Lake's John Vuocolo during a first-round playoff win. Manchester shut down Grass Lake’s Wing T offense in a 10-8 win, and will face a similar -- but stronger -- attack against Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central on Friday. (Mark Bialek for AnnArbor.com)

No, the budget crisis hasn't hit Manchester High School so severely that the football team doesn't have full-sized footballs.

There's a good reason behind the Flying Dutchmen using little plastic souvenir footballs in practice Wednesday night.

Manchester is preparing for the deception of Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central's Wing T offense it will face in a Division 6 regional championship game at 7 p.m. Friday at St. Mary's Navarre Field. (Rest of the story)

Comments

Engineer

Fri, Nov 13, 2009 : 12:01 a.m.

Monroe St. Mary has the best players a scholarship can buy. Private schools need their own playoff class. Monroe played class B all year now they are playing class C teams. Not right. Go Dutch!!!

chic'_agent

Thu, Nov 12, 2009 : 11:37 a.m.

The Flying Dutchmen's points per game has been down since their week eight victory over Grass Lake, a game in which they lost their leading receiver Corwin Every to a sprained MCL...