Detroit News Metro Detroit high school football rankings, Week 8

Here are Detroit News sports reporter Brandon Folsom’s Week 8 zone rankings for Metro Detroit high school football teams.

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North 

1. Detroit Catholic Central (7-0) — defeated Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, 27-20. 
2. Howell (7-0) — defeated Brighton, 14-13. 
3. Clarkston (7-0) — defeated Lake Orion, 56-21.
4. Oxford (6-1) — defeated West Bloomfield, 51-7.
5. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s (5-2) — lost to Detroit Catholic Central, 27-20. 
6. Birmingham Brother Rice (5-2) — lost to Toledo Central Catholic, 49-27.
7. Hartland (5-2) — defeated Dearborn Heights Crestwood, 68-34.
8. South Lyon (5-2) — defeated South Lyon East, 21-10.
9. Walled Lake Western (6-1) — defeated Walled Lake Northern, 77-28.
10. South Lyon East (6-1 ) — lost to South Lyon, 21-10.

East 

1. Romeo (7-0) — defeated Sterling Heights Stevenson, 63-21.
2. Grosse Pointe South (6-1) — defeated Utica Eisenhower, 42-6.
3. Harper Woods (6-1) — defeated Birmingham Seaholm, 47-7.
4. Warren De La Salle (4-3) — defeated Toledo St. John’s Jesuit, 27-24.
5. Macomb Dakota (4-3) — defeated Clinton Township Chippewa Valley, 31-23.
6. St. Clair Shores Lakeview (5-2) — defeated Port Huron Northern, 42-12.
7. Utica (6-1) — defeated Warren Mott, 49-10.
8. Marine City (7-0) — defeated St. Clair Shores South Lake, 70-22.
9. Port Huron (7-0) — defeated Warren Cousino, 56-6.
10. Almont (7-0) — defeated Macomb Lutheran North, 28-27.

West

1. Saline (7-0) — defeated River Rouge, 42-21.
2. Dearborn Divine Child (7-0) — defeated Detroit U-D Jesuit, 27-0.
3. Gibraltar Carlson (7-0) — defeated Woodhaven, 31-28.
4. Dearborn Fordson (6-1) — defeated Canton, 35-13.
5. Northville (6-1) — defeated Belleville, 30-7.
6. Allen Park (6-1) — defeated Wyandotte Roosevelt, 35-20.
7. Belleville (4-3) — lost to Northville, 30-7.
8. Redford Thurston (6-1) — defeated Melvindale, 45-0. 
9. Woodhaven (5-2) — lost to Gibraltar Carlson, 31-28.
10. Ecorse (7-0) — defeated Hamtramck, 50-0.

Detroit 

1. Detroit Cass Tech (7-0) — defeated Detroit Renaissance, 67-0. 
2. Detroit King (6-1) — defeated Detroit Southeastern, 49-0.
3. Detroit Edison (6-1) — defeated Harper Woods Chandler Park, 38-0.
4. Detroit Central (6-1) — defeated Detroit Denby, 6-2.
5. Detroit Denby (5-2) — lost to Detroit Central, 6-2. 
6. Detroit East English Village (5-2) — defeated Detroit Mumford, 35-6.
7. Detroit Cody (6-1) — defeated Detroit Douglass, 62-0.
8. Detroit CMA (4-3) — defeated Detroit Northwestern, 48-12.
9. Detroit Southeastern (5-2) — lost to Detroit King, 49-0.
10. Detroit Pershing (3-4) — defeated Detroit Osborn, 10-6.

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