OT: Detroit Catholic Central Football coach (Mach) Retiring
February 9th, 2017 at 9:12 AM ^
One of his sons taking over? Be interesting to see if they stick with the offense that wins a lot of games, but has struggled in recent years to "win the big one."
February 9th, 2017 at 9:23 AM ^
For those of us who haven't seen CC in, say, 20+ years, what offense have they been running?
February 9th, 2017 at 9:27 AM ^
The same one they were running 20+ years ago.
February 9th, 2017 at 9:27 AM ^
Same thing they ran 20+ years ago. The wham never loses yards.
February 9th, 2017 at 1:41 PM ^
Nailed it in the backfield for TFL, plus a scoop and score. Beat 'em for the District Title and the Friday night crowd in Milford was electric that night!
February 9th, 2017 at 1:45 PM ^
February 9th, 2017 at 9:27 AM ^
February 9th, 2017 at 9:56 AM ^
February 9th, 2017 at 2:48 PM ^
Believe this is why Alex Malzone went to Rice instead of CC like his brother (and I think others in his family).
February 9th, 2017 at 9:28 AM ^
February 9th, 2017 at 9:37 AM ^
In 2015, CC had freshman Austin Brown running O and Sophomore Theo Day on the bench. Both have subsequently transferred out. Theo Day is now a MSU recruit and on Michigan's radar.
February 9th, 2017 at 9:46 AM ^
Started this past season and broke his wrist / arm before the Cass Tech game and didn't play in that game. When did he transfer out, in January?
February 9th, 2017 at 10:01 AM ^
It was sometime after the season. He's going to Madison Heights (MI) Madison.
EDIT: Also, I thought it was his leg that got broken, but I could be wrong.
February 9th, 2017 at 10:10 AM ^
I know he wanted to air it out a little more. Things will probably change over there now.
February 9th, 2017 at 3:42 PM ^
or a steel press....
February 9th, 2017 at 3:41 PM ^
I haven't been to a game in years, but man, it was a mainstay of my childhood. And always Mach coached teams.
Good luck and God Speed coach. I hope they follow you up with a guy like the Wrestling team followed up Rod with Hancock.
February 9th, 2017 at 3:47 PM ^
February 9th, 2017 at 4:58 PM ^
Well, I've never met him personally. But I wrestled for Rod. Hancock came in and took a program that was decent and made it utterly fantastic. Blue and White *varsity* teams? Plus JV and frosh?
My nephew wrestled for him for a bit. I would have loved to wrestle for the guy from what I've heard. And Krause runs an amazing youth camp.
Good Class! Well done! :-)
February 9th, 2017 at 7:45 PM ^
I was not a QB member, but I *loved* Mr. Weinberger.
'Gentleman! Shall we recapitulate?'
February 9th, 2017 at 9:16 AM ^
February 9th, 2017 at 9:22 AM ^
Hearing Harbaugh is in play for CC.
-RCMB
February 9th, 2017 at 9:18 AM ^
February 9th, 2017 at 9:20 AM ^
Detroit Catholic Central for those of you who don't know what "CC" is.
February 9th, 2017 at 9:23 AM ^
February 9th, 2017 at 10:39 AM ^
It's Novi Detroit Catholic Central.
Renaissance High School in Detroit took over the Catholic Central building when they left Detroit. When they moved to a new, larger building next door about 10 years ago, a foreign language elementary school (FLICS) moved in.
The more you know...
February 9th, 2017 at 11:41 AM ^
The name of the School is Detroit Catholic Central. Yes, it has moved over the years. It was in Redford when I went there, but moved to Novi in the '00s. The rumor is that the school got a large donation of land which allowed them to upgrade the facilities. Thus, the move to Novi. The name reflects the tradition of the school and ties to Detroit.
February 9th, 2017 at 3:39 PM ^
The Redford campus. It was an old middle school if I remember correctly.
My wife teaches HS and I always chuckle when the kids at her school complain about their facilities. They had a practice field. We had a couple of fields that seemed to be half made out of gravel. They have a track the wrestlers run on. We ran to telegraph (apparently inhaling diesel fumes helps conditioning... ;-) )
Still, I loved it. Racing down inkster to get to school on time, then looking super hang dog and apologetic to Mrs. Bales if you couldn't make it ("Honest Mrs. Bales, the traffic was horrible...)
Screwing around with your buddies after summer workouts. Being able to walk to the 7/11 after school. Seeing (other people) take 'Beatrice' signs. That one house with like 3 green Ford LTD's out front directly across from the school.
I'm sure with the amount of testosterone fueled male drivers zooming through the neighborhood on the way to breakfast drive that the locals hated us, but to me it was a pretty sweet campus.
February 9th, 2017 at 7:07 PM ^
Your post took me down memory lane. It was a really special place.
Thanks.
February 9th, 2017 at 7:42 PM ^
I agree. Very special.
Did you ever have Mr. Rossi?
February 9th, 2017 at 8:16 PM ^
February 10th, 2017 at 2:46 PM ^
February 9th, 2017 at 10:48 AM ^
In Novi. I still struggle with why CC and Country Day continue with the Detroit moniker when they and all the other catholic league schools moved out of the city decades ago. Country Day is in Beverly Hills fergodsakes.
February 9th, 2017 at 11:34 AM ^
I've always wondered about this myself actually, and I wonder if for them it is now simply a branding / tradition thing to retain the city in the school name. I mean, it's easier for those less familiar with the area too when discussing the school outside of the region too. I could see a scenario where if you mentioned to someone not familiar with the area that Country Day is in Beverly Hills, they'd perk up for a moment and ask, "THE Beverly Hills?", to which you respond, "No, a Beverly Hills".
February 9th, 2017 at 11:46 AM ^
As an alum, I can tell you that tradition is very important at CC. The name is very much a part of that. It also reflects that it is still the same school that has been in existence since the 20s.
Also, in response to Eaglet, U of D Jesuit is still in Detroit,
February 9th, 2017 at 12:16 PM ^
I guess that makes a bit more sense from a tradition statnd point, but still seems odd to me unless there is still a relationship with the city that those schools still have (philanthropic or otherwise). I was excluding U of D from that for obvious reasons but was curious since OLSM (my alma mater if you couldn't tell from my user name) started in Detroit as well but moved out to Orchard Lake around 1907 (before the others existed) and changed their name at some point since then and aren't Detroit St. Mary's, but still honor their traditions. According to their history page, CC has moved 5 times with it appearing to have left the city proper around 1978 to go to Redford. Country Day moved back in 1957. Both of them were in the city much more recently by comparison. It seems more of a sematics issue than anything else, but I have just always been curious.
February 9th, 2017 at 9:21 AM ^
the Body can Achieve.
He had an incredible career!
February 9th, 2017 at 9:24 AM ^
February 9th, 2017 at 9:34 AM ^
'81-'85
February 9th, 2017 at 11:21 AM ^
It was before my time, but you must've played with Mark Messner!
February 9th, 2017 at 11:59 AM ^
I played against Messner freshmen year when he was at Hartland. He destroyed us. Only game we lost but it was 33-0.
February 9th, 2017 at 3:30 PM ^
was one of my favorite players at both levels. Great player. Great guy.
February 10th, 2017 at 2:51 PM ^
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February 9th, 2017 at 9:49 AM ^
amazing teams
February 9th, 2017 at 9:59 AM ^
February 9th, 2017 at 10:02 AM ^
Damn Walled Lake Western... They ruined one of my years, too.
February 9th, 2017 at 11:43 AM ^