- Michigan
Our Michigan Helmet Challenge winner is …
After 65 head-to-head contests, six rounds of action and nearly 48,000 total votes cast over the last two weeks, we have a winner.
Livonia Franklin defeated Troy, by a margin of 50.1 to 49.1 percent of 2,873 total votes, and now moves on to the national helmet challenge tournament later this month. The championship battle was tied for fourth-closest voting in the entire contest.
Congratulations to both teams, and thank you to everyone for participating, and making it a good way to keep our minds off more dire events in the world.
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Some statistical perspective on the finals:
Through the semifinals, the Patriots had 2,946 votes cast for their helmets, while the Colts had 2,981. Troy’s edging of Lake Orion — 50.9 percent of 1,845 — in the semifinals was both the highest vote total prior to the finals and the fourth-closest result, behind first-round matchups between Madison Heights Bishop Foley and Williamston (50.1 to 49.9), Livoia Churchill and Allen Park (50.5 to 49.4) and Warren Woods Tower vs. Romulus Summit Academy (50.6 to 49.4).
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AGGREGATE VOTING TOTALS
FIRST ROUND (plus play-ins): 20,647 (avg. of 607 per)
SECOND ROUND: 10,376 (avg. of 648 per)
THIRD ROUND: 6,650 (avg. of 831 per)
FOURTH ROUND: 4,022 (avg. of 1,005 per)
FIFTH ROUND: 3,092 (1,546 per)
SIXTH ROUND: 2,873
TOTAL: 47,660 (733 per)
(there were 65 total contests)
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TEN CLOSEST MATCH-UPS (by percentage of vote):
50.1 to 49.9 — Madison Heights Bishop Foley vs. Williamston (928 votes) — 1st round
50.5 to 49.5 — Livonia Churchill vs. Allen Park (800 votes) — 1st round
50.6 to 49.4 — Warren Woods Tower vs. Romulus Summit Academy (583 votes) — 1st round
50.9 to 49.1 — Troy vs. Lake Orion (1,845 votes) — 5th round
50.9 to 49.1 — Livonia Franklin vs. Troy (2,873 votes) — 6th round
51.3 to 48.7 — Haslett vs. Lake Fenton (417 votes) — 1st round
51.3 to 48.7 — Taylor vs. Livonia Stevenson (757 votes) — 2nd round
51.4 to 48.6 — Livonia Franklin vs. Escanaba (1,264 votes) — 4th round
51.5 to 48.4 — Goodrich vs. Pontiac ND Prep (528 votes) — 1st round
51.7 to 48.3 — Lake Orion vs. Clawson (983 votes) — 1st round
51.7 to 48.3 — Livonia Franklin vs. New Boston Huron (1,115 votes) — 2nd round
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HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL VOTE TOTALS:
2,873 — Livonia Franklin vs. Troy (50.9 to 49.1) — 6th round
1,845 — Troy vs. Lake Orion (50.9 to 49.1) — 5th round
1,291 — Troy vs. Livonia Churchill (61 to 39 percent) — 3rd round
1,264 — Livonia Franklin vs. Escanaba (51.4 to 48.6 percent) — 4th round
1,247 — Livonia Franklin vs. Pewamo-Westphalia (54.9 to 45.1) — 5th round
1,115 — Livonia Franklin vs. New Boston Huron (51.7 to 48.3) — 2nd round
1,079 — Troy vs. Plymouth (52.6 to 47.4) — 4th round
1,071 — Livonia Churchill vs. Birmingham Brother Rice (52.5 to 47.5) — 2nd round
1,045 — Livonia Franklin vs. Muskegon Mona Shores (52.0 to 48.0) — 3rd round
1,024 — Lake Orion vs. Grass Lake (52.3 to 47.7) — 3rd round
983 — Lake Orion vs. Clawson (51.7 to 48.3) — 1st round
