Football
STATE CHAMPS! SCOUT TEAM: River Rouge QB Mareyohn Hrabowski commits to Western Michigan
River Rouge’s QB1 has a new home for after next season. Mareyohn Hrabowski announced his commitment to Western Michigan in a video on Twitter midday Saturday. The 6-foot-4, 215-pound Hrabowski chose the Broncos from among five offers — Ball State, Bowling Green, Morgan State, Grand Valley State and Western Michigan. 247Sports ranked Hrabowski as a three-star ...
Basketball
STATE CHAMPS! SCOUT TEAM: Around The Horn >> Low key ’22 hoopster recruit roll call
Going around the horn across the state to check in with some intriguing hoopsters in the stacked-to-the-gills Class of 2022: LANSING AREA Max Burton (6-8 F Williamston) — Workhorse on the wing, will of champion. Mason Docks (6-0 G Williamston) — Wow factor by the boatload, best point guard in the area. (Pictured) Ethan Dunn ...
Football
STATE CHAMPS! SCOUT TEAM: Young Gunslingers — Mt. Vernon’s Slunaker, Lafayette Jeff’s Preston about to make waves
Threading needles is his middle name. Mt. Vernon quarterback Gehrig Slunaker is the field general in Hoosierland most poised for a breakthrough in their recruiting in the next six months. The 6-foot-2 rifleman racked up 2,100 yards and 15 touchdowns through the air as a sophomore in 2019 and he didn’t take the reins of ...
Football
STATE CHAMPS! SCOUT TEAM: Rushing Into Summer > IHSAA Offseason RB Forecast
Five Indiana RB prospects Burney foresees making big strides in their recruiting resumes this summer: Wenkers Wright (Floyd Central 6-2, 185 Class of 2021) — Expect this two-star workhorse tailback to be a three-star, at least, by Labor Day. The “Haitian Hurricane” is a destructive presence rushing the rock, kind of like the natural disaster ...
Football
STATE CHAMPS! SCOUT TEAM: Delta’s Brady Hunt picks Ball St. football; Burney gives his top 15 QBs in Indiana’s Class of 2022
Delta junior Brady Hunt doesn’t do a lot of bragging. His game speaks for itself, no matter what sport you’re talking about. He’s a quiet assassin as both a cannon-armed quarterback on the football field and a force of nature out of the frontcourt on the basketball floor. Last week, Hunt (6-5, 210) decided his ...
Basketball
STATE CHAMPS! SCOUT TEAM: Ferris goes on mid-May recruiting binge, hauling in a fearsome foursome
Ferris State’s men’s basketball program went on a recruiting binge in May Coach Andy Bronkema and the Bulldogs (27-6 in 2020) walked away with an impressive haul consisting of four commits from the in-state ranks in a five-day period. Two will sign and be on campus this fall, while the other two are in the ...
Football
STATE CHAMPS! SCOUT TEAM: Burney’s 10 Michigan wide receivers to watch for this summer
Burney gives you 10 WRs to watch this summer: Tay’shawn Trent (Eastpointe East Detroit • 6-foot-4, 210 pounds • Class of ‘22) — Hottest receiver on the recruiting trail right now, mad skills, scary upside, they call him “Mr. Smooth” for a reason … think Kenny Golladay mixed with DeAndre Hopkins. • Michigan and Penn State ...
Basketball
STATE CHAMPS! SCOUT TEAM: Jenison’s Ally VanTimmeren picks Boston College
A three-year starter for the Jenison Wildcats, and a top-100 recruit in the nation in the class of 2021 according to ESPN HoopGurlz ratings, Jenison wing Ally VanTimmeren announced her commitment to Boston College on Tuesday. She made her announcement with a post on Twitter. The 6-foot-3 VanTimmeren averaged 20 points, 10 rebounds and four ...
Football
STATE CHAMPS! SCOUT TEAM: Underclassmen QB Power Index > Ranking the young guns
Burney’s MHSAA Underclassmen QB Rankings (Classes of 2022-24) 1 Dante “D.J.” Moore (Detroit King • 6-2, 180 • 2023) — Generational PSL gunslinger, will have his pick of Power 5 offers at the next level. 2 Isaiah Marshall (Southfield A&T • 5-11, 170 • 2024) — The “Next Big Thing,” this dual-threat dynamo phenom has Power 5 bids ...
Football
STATE CHAMPS! SCOUT TEAM: Elkhart Central’s McGraw, Merrillville’s Johnson switch gears, find new homes
Elkhart Central junior defensive end Rodney McGraw and Merrillville junior wide receiver JoJo Johnson changed courses in their college recruitment last week. McGraw (6-foot-5, 235 pounds) flipped his commitment from Indiana to Penn State and Johnson (5-11, 180) de-committed from Northern Illinois and decided to head to Cincinnati instead. Last season, McGraw, the No. 6 ...
Football
STATE CHAMPS! SCOUT TEAM: Deion Burks’ commitment to Purdue continues Belleville’s pipeline to college programs
With Belleville wideout Deion Burks committing to Purdue on Wednesday, it was the first domino to fall in the Tigers’ prospect-studded 2021 class, which could finish with five D-I signees. A 5-foot-11, 175-pound speedster, Burks committed to the Boilermakers over 17 other offers, giving the Tigers a 10th Division I commit over the last three ...