Howell brings challenge to Rockford

(November 13, 2010: Rockford, MI) The Rockford Rams held off the visiting Howell Highlanders football team by a count of 31-27 in Saturday's quarter final.  Howell rolled off 20 unanswered 2nd half points to bring the game within reach.  With the win, Rockford upgrades its record to 11-1 on the season. The Rams travel to Plymouth (Canton, MI) to encounter the Wildcats in a non-league outing on Saturday, November 20. The Wildcats go into the outing with a record of 10-2. Plymouth won 9-7 in their recent non-league outing against Catholic Central (Novi, MI)   With the loss, Howell moves to 8-4 on the season.  Howell passed for a record 364 yards to rally the Highlanders back into reach.

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Holt Defeated!

Howell 29 - Holt 7 
(November 5, 2010, Holt, MI) Howell came out in the first half against Holt and dominated, going up 22-7 in the first quarter!  adding another score in the second quarter before setting in for the second half.  Derrieck Palma ran for over 100 yards in the first half, with a long run for 34 yards.   Jimmy Dobson, Matthew Sullivan and Anthony Patritto took it from there to finish the game. The Highlanders racked up over 300 yards total on the night.  Howell heads to Rockford next week for the Region 1 Championship. (Click below teams for team season information)

NEXT: Howell (8-3) @ Rockford (10-1)

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Howell defeats Brighton in playoffs

Howell 7 - Brighton 3
(October 29, 2010, Howell, MI )  Once again, Howell (7-3) takes the second half to defeat Brighton (6-4).  Brighton turned the ball over to the Highlanders four times (2 Interceptions, 2 Fumbles), while Howell was turnover free.  Derrick Palma had one interception and one fumble recovery.  Patrick Ryan pulled in the other interception while Josh Gardner recovered the other fumble.  Greg Cauley scored the lone touchdown for the Highlanders.  Howell is just a 26 yards short of 3,000 yards of total offense on the season.  The Highlanders will now face Holt on Friday night in Howell, at Memorial Stadium.  Holt defeated Hartland tonight 41-16.  Holt (7-3) played a common opponent as Howell in Grand Ledge (9-1), Holt lost to the Comets, 17-10.  Grand Ledge lost to Lowell tonight in their first round play-off contest, 35-24.

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Howell to face Brighton

(Howell, MI) - Friday night, October 29th, 7pm the Highlanders will face Brighton at Howell's Memorial Stadium.  This is a Region 1 quarter final, and Howell shoulders the highest play-off point total, so they are the bracket favorite.  When the KLAA rivals met last a few weeks ago, again, it was a battle.  Howell jumped to a 20-7 lead at half, only to see Brighton claw back into the lead 20-21 after 3 quarters.  Howell sealed the game and the KLAA West Conference title in that game with a 4th quarter field goal.  Click below for more information on the play-off picture.

 R1-D2: Brighton (6-3) 68.333 at Howell (6-3) 80.444 - F 7:00 PM
R1-D2: Hartland (6-3) 71.000 at Holt (6-3) 76.222 - F 7:00 PM
R1-D1: Traverse City West (6-3) 73.175 at Rockford (8-1) 103.889 - F 7:00 PM
R1-D1: Holland West Ottawa (7-2) 83.111 at Grand Haven (8-1) 102.889 - F 7:00 PM

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Howell falls to top-ranked Grand Ledge

Howell 6 - Grand Ledge 17
(October 11, 2010, Grand Ledge, MI) Howell (6-3) traveled to Grand Ledge (9-0) and gave this top ranked, undefeated team a contest.  The Highlanders penetrated deep into Comet territory, inside the 20 three times and came up empty giving away 3 turnovers in the red-zone.  Six turnovers given to a great team like GL, and it is difficult to recover.  However, the Highlanders are play-off bound, and look to have what it takes to take on the competition that awaits.  The Play-off announcement Show, is Sunday night. 

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Highlanders play hard!

Howell 21 - Walled Lake Central 28
(October 15, 2010 - Howell, MI)  Down to the wire, the Highlanders played a championship game that almost went to over-time.  Howell went into half leading 7-3 in a Friday night battle against the Vikings.  WLC came out in the 3rd quarter to go up 13-7.  Howell answered quickly in the fourth quarter to go ahead 14-13.  But, with one minute left in the game, the score was locked up at 21 with Howell kicking off to WLC.  After a shocking 55 yard reciever screen pass put WLC down on the 10 yard line with seconds to go in regulation, the Vikings were able to punch it in as the clock wound down on the Highlanders.  Howell (6-2), will travel to Grand Ledge (7-0) next Friday night to wrap up the regular season contests. 

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Howell Defeats Brighton

Howell 23- Brighton 21
(Friday, October 8, 2010, Howell, MI)  Howell defeats the Brighton Bulldogs with Derrick Palma's late 21 yard field goal to win the KLAA West Division Friday night.  The Highlanders got out to a 20-7 half time lead, only to see Brighton fight back to go ahead 21-20.  Howell took the 4th quarter to win the contest.  The Highlander defense, finishes West Division play this season allowing only 99 points.  That is a Lakes Conference, West Divsion best.  Howell (6-1) will host KLAA North Division winner, Walled Lake Central (6-1) for the KLAA Lakes Conference Championship this coming Friday night.

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Howell stays on top of KLAA West! 

Howell 35 - Milford 28
(Friday, October 1, 2010, Milford, MI) Howell opens up over 400 yards of offense to bring home a win against KLAA conference member, Milford Mavericks.  Led by Mathew Sullivan's 128 yards of rushing, and his 10 tackles on the other side of the ball, the Higlanders move to 5-1.  Howell returns home next week to meet cross town rival, Brighton Bulldogs )(4-2, 2-2).  Brighton lost to Hartland tonight in a tight game, 35-28 as well.  Hartland will play Grand Blanc next week.  WL Central plays WL Western ( both teams are 4-1, 3-0 in  the North Divison) and the outcome will help decide who will play Howell on October 15 in the Crossover match.

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Highlanders take down last years KLAA Champ!

Howell 28 - Grand Blanc 14  
(Friday, September 25, 2010, Howell)  Howell puts together 375 yards of offense to control Grand Blanc in a KLAA win to go 4-1 on the season.  

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Howell wins big!

Howell 42- Pinckney 0  
(Friday, September 17, 2010, Pinckney, MI)  The determined Howell Highlanders jumped out in front of the Pinckney Pirates 28-0 by half time, holding the home team to less than 140 yards of offense on the night.  Howell developed a balance attack tallying over 420 yards of offensive stats on the night.  Derrick Palma rushed for over 100 yards on the night, while the rest of the backfield (nine other Highlander running backs) all got their opportunity to carry the pigskin for almost another couple hundred yards. Greg Cauley connected for seven receptions finding Josh Gardner (2-51 yards), Matthew Sullivan (2-28 yards) and Lance Hudge (1-18 yards).  Defensively, another shut out for Howell as the Highlanders held the Pirates to very little offensive production and never threatened to score.  Jimmy Dobson and Jim Walsh led the team with 6 tackles each while Anthony Patritto got a big sack for a 9 yard loss.  Derrick Palma also contributed on defense by picking off the Pirates for an interception.  All in all the Highlanders are back in business as they return home next week for a three week KLAA Home stand beginning with newest KLAA member and last years conference champion, Grand Blanc.  The Highlanders lost last year’s contest with Grand Blanc by just one point and hopes to get back on track in the Region with a win Friday night.

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Howell suffers first loss in KLAA opener 

Howell 21 - Hartland 26
(Friday, September 10th, 2010, Howell, MI) Howell comes out flat against Hartland falling behind 19-7 at half and had challenges that prohibited a second half surge, falling just five points short, ending in a heartbreaking loss.

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Howell has what it takes in the fourth quarter! 

(14) Howell 18- Plymouth 10
(Thursday, September 2, 2010, Canton, MI) Another Thrusday night game, but this one brought an almost even match against two strong teams.  Both teams had almost an even 24 minutes of offensive possession with 11/12 first downs respectively.  The first quarter yeilded no points until Plymouth hit a 37 yard field goal with 10:35 in the 2nd quarter.  Howell stepped up to the challenge near the end of the second quarter when Greg Cauley connected with Pete Cender on a 37 yard TD pass.  Without the extra point, the teams went into half with Howell having the edge, 6-3. 

The tension rose when Plymouth scooped up a rare Howell fumble and ran 58 yards for a defensive touchdown.  Howell now down 10-6 going into the 4th quarter, the Highlanders ground out a total of 230 yards of offense on the night to connect with two fourth quarter touchdowns to settle the contest at 18-10.   The Howell defense helped seal the win with three big sacks, three fumble recoveries and an interception.   In the end, the Highlanders move to 2-0 and a 14th place, early season State Ranking, while the Plymouth Wildcats drop to 1-1. 

Howell comes to Howell Memorial Stadium for their home opener with cross town rival, Hartland Eagles (1-1) on Friday night to begin their KLAA play.

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