Talk about domination; Ann Arbor Pioneer 'gurls' win their NINTH straight swimming championship

Pioneer High School won its ninth straight state title with 349.5 points at the Jones Natatorium on the campus of Eastern Michigan University. NINE, that's incredible. Michigan bound Ashley Cohagen captured repeat titles in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke.

The level of high school swimming in this area is incredible as Ann Arbor Huron finished SECOND to the Pioneers.

Congrats Pioneer, job WELL done (again).

As for the Huron gurls, they also went to the state title game in field hockey but came up short.

Not bad, the local gals seem to dominate at sports, we're very proud of all of you.

Friday Pigskin Parade

Ypsilanti Willow Run (2-2) is home to Dearborn Heights Robichaud (3-1)

Ypsilanti Lincoln (1-3) is home to Ann Arbor Huron (1-3)

Ann Arbor Pioneer (3-1) is home to Temperance Bedford (2-2)

Dexter (1-3) is at Chelsea (3-1)

Saline (2-2) is home to Tecumseh (1-3)

Ypsilanti (2-2) is on the road to Melvindale (2-2)

And Ortonville Brandon (2-2) is at Oxford (3-1) tonight

Friday Pigskin Parade

Ypsilanti Willow Run (1-1) is at Ecorse (0-2)

Ypsilanti Lincoln (1-1) is home to Ann Arbor Pioneer (1-1)

Dexter (1-1) is at Ann Arbor Huron (0-2)

Chelsea (2-0) is at Saline (0-2)

Ypsilanti (0-2) is on the road to Garden City (1-1)

And Ortonville Brandon (2-0) home to Flint Kearsley (0-2) tonight

We also apologize for listing Ypsilanti's home game last week as a road game...

Friday Pigskin Parade

Ypsilanti Willow Run (1-0) is at Dearborn Heights Crestwood

Ypsilanti Lincoln (1-0) is at Dexter (0-1)

Chelsea (1-0) hosts Northville

Ann Arbor Huron (0-1) is at Tecumseh

Ann Arbor Pioneer (1-0) is home to Adrian

Saline (0-1) is at Temperance Bedford

Ypsilanti (0-1) is on the road to Dearborn Edsel Ford

And Ortonville Brandon (1-0) is in Clio tonight

Washtenaw County football rankings for week 1

Time now for the Ypsi City Desk Sports Amalgamated Poll, ranking the best football teams in Washtenaw County

1) Eastern Michigan
2) Chelsea Bulldogs
3) Ann Arbor Pioneer
4) Michigan

EMU with a huge 52-0 victory over Indiana State on Thursday, coupled with Michigan's uninspiring loss to Utah keep Eastern #1 this week while Michigan drops from #2 in our preseason rankings to #4.

Friday Pigskin Parade

We'll dust off the old High School football template and let you know who is playing where locally tonight...

Ypsi Willow Run already has a WIN in the barn as they win by forfeit over Warren Conner Creek West.

Ypsilanti Lincoln is home to Tecumseh

Chelsea is at Ann Arbor Huron

Ann Arbor Pioneer is at Saline

The Dexter Dreadnaughts are at Adrian.

Ypsilanti is home to Milan

Sorry, no MHSAA football page for Ann Arbor Skyline yet, who made their football debut in Fowlerville last night. The MHSAA page seems to not reflect this matchup...

In alma mater news, Ortonville Brandon skunked Holly 20-0

High School pigskin schedules from around the Ypsi City Desk viewing area

YPSILANTI
Aug. 29 MILAN 7 p.m.
Sept. 5 DEARBORN EDSEL FORD 7 p.m.
Sept. 12 at Garden City 7 p.m.
Sept. 19 DEARBORN HEIGHTS CRESTWOOD 7 p.m.
Sept. 26 at Melvindale 7 p.m.
Oct. 4 at Inkster 1 p.m.
Oct. 10 ROMULUS 7 p.m.
Oct. 17 HIGHLAND PARK 7 p.m.
Oct. 24 DEXTER 7 p.m.

WILLOW RUN
Aug. 29 WARREN CONNOR CREEK ACADEMY WEST 7 p.m.
Sept. 5 at Dearborn Heights Crestwood 7 p.m.
Sept. 12 ECORSE 7 p.m.
Sept. 19 at Redford Thurston 7 p.m.
Sept. 26 DEARBORN HEIGHTS ROBICHAUD 7 p.m.
Oct. 4 at Dearborn Heights Annapolis 1 p.m.
Oct. 10 RIVER ROUGE 7 p.m.
Oct. 17 at Dearborn Edsel Ford 7 p.m.
Oct. 24 DETROIT OLD REDFORD ACADEMY 7:30 p.m.

LINCOLN
Aug. 29 TECUMSEH 7 p.m.
Sept. 5 at Dexter 7 p.m.
Sept. 12 PIONEER 7 p.m.
Sept. 19 at Chelsea 7 p.m.
Sept. 26 HURON 7 p.m.
Oct. 3 SALINE 7 p.m.
Oct. 10 at Temperance Bedford 7 p.m.
Oct. 17 GRAND BLANC 7 p.m.
Oct. 24 at Adrian 7 p.m.

CHELSEA
Aug. 29 at Huron 7 p.m.
Sept. 5 NORTHVILLE 7 p.m.
Sept. 12 at Saline 7 p.m.
Sept. 19 LINCOLN 7 p.m.
Sept. 26 DEXTER 7 p.m.
Oct. 3 at Adrian 7 p.m.
Oct. 10 at Pioneer 7 p.m.
Oct. 17 TECUMSEH 7 p.m.
Oct. 24 TEMPERANCE BEDFORD 7 p.m.

DEXTER
Aug. 29 at Adrian 7 p.m.
Sept. 5 LINCOLN 7 p.m.
Sept. 12 at Huron 7 p.m.
Sept. 19 SALINE 7 p.m.
Sept. 26 at Chelsea 7 p.m.
Oct. 3 PIONEER 7 p.m.
Oct. 10 TECUMSEH 7 p.m.
Oct. 17 at Temperance Bedford 7 p.m.
Oct. 24 at Ypsilanti 7 p.m.

GABRIEL RICHARD
Aug. 29 DEARBORN HEIGHTS STAR INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY 5 p.m.
Sept. 6 ALBION Noon
Sept. 13 MADISON HEIGHTS BISHOP FOLEY Noon
Sept. 20 DETROIT LOYOLA Noon
Sept. 27 SAGINAW NOUVEL Noon
Oct. 3 at Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 10 at Riverview Gabriel Richard 7 p.m.
Oct. 17-18 Detroit Catholic League crossover
Oct. 24 DUNDEE 4 p.m.
or
Oct. 25 Detroit Catholic League Prep Bowl* 4 p.m.
* at Ford Field, Detroit

HURON
Aug. 29 CHELSEA 7 p.m.
Sept. 5 at Tecumseh 7 p.m.
Sept. 12 DEXTER 7 p.m.
Sept. 19 at Temperance Bedford 7 p.m.
Sept. 26 at Lincoln 7 p.m.
Oct. 3 PINCKNEY 7 p.m.
Oct. 10 ADRIAN 7 p.m.
Oct. 17 at Pioneer 7 p.m.
Oct. 24 SALINE 7 p.m.

MANCHESTER
Aug. 28 at Clinton 7 p.m.
Sept. 5 MICHIGAN CENTER 7 p.m.
Sept. 12 NAPOLEON 7 p.m.
Sept. 19 at Vandercook Lake 7 p.m.
Sept. 26 at Addison 7 p.m.
Oct. 3 HANOVER-HORTON 7 p.m.
Oct. 10 at Grass Lake 7 p.m.
Oct. 17 EAST JACKSON 7 p.m.
Oct. 24 at Onsted 7 p.m.

MILAN
Aug. 29 at Ypsilanti 7 p.m.
Sept. 5 at Flat Rock 7 p.m.
Sept. 12 CARLETON AIRPORT 7 p.m.
Sept. 19 GROSSE ILE 7 p.m.
Sept. 26 at Monroe Jefferson 7 p.m.
Oct. 3 at New Boston Huron 7 p.m.
Oct. 10 at Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 7 p.m.
Oct. 17 RIVERVIEW 7 p.m.
Oct. 24 BELLEVILLE 7 p.m.

PIONEER
Aug. 29 Saline* 8 p.m.
Sept. 5 ADRIAN 7 p.m.
Sept. 12 at Lincoln 7 p.m.
Sept. 19 HOWELL 7 p.m.
Sept. 26 TEMPERANCE BEDFORD 7 p.m.
Oct. 3 at Dexter 7 p.m.
Oct. 10 CHELSEA 7 p.m.
Oct. 17 HURON 7 p.m.
Oct. 24 at Tecumseh 7 p.m.
* at Eastern Michigan University's Rynearson Stadium

SALINE
Aug. 29 Pioneer* 8 p.m.
Sept. 5 at Temperance Bedford 7 p.m.
Sept. 12 CHELSEA 7 p.m.
Sept. 19 at Dexter 7 p.m.
Sept. 26 TECUMSEH 7 p.m.
Oct. 3 at Lincoln 7 p.m.
Oct. 10 at Milford 7 p.m.
Oct. 17 ADRIAN 7 p.m.
Oct. 24 at Huron 7 p.m.
* at Eastern Michigan University's Rynearson Stadium

Pioneer High School decides to impose cameras in and around the school

Ann Arbor Pioneer High School HAS decided to post cameras in and around the school at a cost of $80,000.

OK Pioneer, it's your call but next time you find yourselves short on money, DO NOT come back to the community hat in hand. 80 large can buy a lot of books and school supplies and pay a lot of bills.

You've made your choice, we hope you're happy with it, cause we're not. We don't think this'll stop crime or incident one, you see crime all the time where cameras are present, the local and national nightly news would go off the air if they couldn't use security video for stories.

It's a fact.

Pioneer student assaulted, iPod taken, Cameras STILL a bad idea

A student at Pioneer High School was reportedly robbed on Friday in a Pioneer hallway and reported it to police yesterday that his iPod was stolen and other threats were made. He said he recognized one of his attackers as a fellow student.

So, what would cameras have stopped? Nothing. The kid can identify the fellow student so again, cameras not needed.

YCD supports Ann Arbor Pioneer students in fight against cameras

Not JUST cameras, cameras EVERYWHERE. $80,000 worth of cameras in and around the high school. The Ann Arbor Pioneer students, bless them, have decided they do not want invasive cameras everywhere and have, along with their parents and with help from the ACLU, are trying to stop Ann Arbor School Superintendent Todd Roberts from making the high school into more of a prisoner camp. Of course the usual meme is being trotted out by some school officials, security reasons, theft deterrant yada yada yada. All words. Nothing more.

YCD asks, we have cameras all over the place and yet the crime rate is way UP. These cameras will not stop fights or theft or crimes, they don't in regular society. Crime does not drop when cameras are present. Jesus, look at the news, almost every night somebody is seen committing a crime on a store or convenience store video camera. It didn't stop anything.

No, you Ann Arbor Pioneer kids hold firm. Johnny would not have stood for this kind of thing when he went to school, school should not be run like Jackson Prison. I mean we have the head count and the feeding part down, do we really NEED (and the key question here is do we NEED these cameras) to go the Full Jail Monty with cameras?

Also kids, if they DO impose these cameras on you, maybe a school class project on the power of magnets in the hallways is needed, you know, big invasive magnets that screw up video feeds.

Friday night pigskin parade

Ypsi Willow Run (3-4) is home for Dearborn Edsel Ford.

Ypsilanti Lincoln (0-7) is at Adrian. Keep plugging away guys, we'll NEVER desert you!

Chelsea (7-0) is in Tree City to take on Ann Arbor Pioneer (2-5)

Dexter Dreadnaughts (3-4) are at Saline (4-3)

Ypsilanti (6-1) is at Highland Park

Ann Arbor Huron (3-3) is at Muskegon Heights

Friday night pigskin parade

Ypsi Willow Run (2-4) is at River Rouge.

Ypsilanti Lincoln (0-6) is at Tecumseh. C'mon guys, this week is the one!

Chelsea (6-0) is at home to Dexter Dreadnaughts (3-3)

Saline (4-2) is at Adrian

Ann Arbor Pioneer (1-5) is at Temperance Bedford

Ypsilanti (5-1) is at Romulus

Ann Arbor Huron (3-3) is at Lansing Waverly

It appears we have some sad news to report

An Ann Arbor Pioneer teacher, Allen Massey, who taught English, was found late last night by police who entered his locked apartment and found him dead of an apparent gunshot suicide. Ann Arbor police have said they do not suspect foul play.

Crisis teams have been dispatched to Pioneer High School.

A sad day to be certain.

Friday pigskin parade (and a BIG game tonight)

Ypsi Willow Run (2-3) is home for Dearborn Heights Annapolis.

Ypsilanti Lincoln (0-5) is home to Temperance Bedford and YCD thinks THIS is the week for a WIN!

Chelsea (5-0) is at home in the HUGE tilt vs Saline (4-1)

Ann Arbor Pioneer (1-4) is home to Tecumseh

The Dexter Dreadnaughts (3-2) are home to Adrian

Ypsilanti (4-1) is home to Redford Thurston Howell the Third

Ann Arbor Huron (2-3) home to Flint Carman-Ainsworth and due to win this week.

Friday night pigskin parade

Ypsi Willow Run (2-2) is at Dearborn Heights Robichaud.

Ypsilanti Lincoln (0-4) is home to Chelsea (4-0)

Ann Arbor Pioneer (1-3) is home to Adrian

The Dexter Dreadnaughts (3-1) are home to Tecumseh

Saline (3-1) upset losers to Tecumseh, host Temperance Bedford

Ypsilanti (3-1) is home to Melvindale

Ann Arbor Huron (2-3) lost last night 35-14 at Detroit Country Day

Friday Night pigskin schedule

It'll be chilly, might be wet, but that's no problem for upper midwest folk in September

Ypsi Willow Run (2-1) is home to Inkster and looking SOLID right now.

Ypsilanti Lincoln (0-3) is at Ann Arbor Pioneer (0-3)

The Dexter Dreadnaughts (2-1) are at Temperance Bedford

Saline (3-0) and looking like world beaters are at Tecumseh

Chelsea (3-0) fresh off of beating Tecumseh is at Adrian.

Ypsilanti High (2-1) is at Dearborn Heights Crestwood

Ann Arbor Huron (1-2) and always in close games is home tonight to Flushing.

Chelsea and Saline are top dogs kids. Can anybody beat them before they meet on 9/28 in Chelsea?

Friday night Pigskin Party

Get out there and support the home team. It'll be wet so wear your slickers and rubbers

Ypsi Willow Run (1-1) is at Ecorse

Ypsilanti Lincoln (0-2) is home to Dexter (1-1)

Ann Arbor Pioneer (0-2 with a state sanctioned SCREW JOB) is at Saline (2-0)

Chelsea (2-0) is at Tecumseh

Ypsilanti High (1-1) is home to Garden City

Ann Arbor Huron (1-1) is at Jackson Northwest

Friday pigskin report

Friday night means high school football in Michigan and here are tonight's local tilts and last night's results

Ypsi Willow Run (1-0) faces Dearborn Heights Crestwood at home

Ypsilanti Lincoln (0-1) is home to Saline (1-0)

Ann Arbor Pioneer (2-0) already has the hay in the barn this week by beating Dexter (0-2), 36-14

Chelsea (1-0) is at home to Temperance Bedford

Ypsilanti High squared their record at 1-1 with a 28-9 smackdown over Dearborn Edsel Ford

Ann Arbor Huron (1-1) squeezed out a tight victory over Detroit U-D Jesuit 23-20