November 11, 2022

November 11, 2022

Armistice Day

Remembrance Day

Veterans Day

Veterans Day - http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/vetdayhistory.asp

We have many service members scattered around the globe - this is now a very select minority of our population.  When we "talk tough" please remember that these service members (and their families) are the ones paying the bill - physically and emotionally, not the politicians in Washington.  

From Robert Laurence Binyon's "For the Fallen" - the "Ode to Remembrance"...

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Full poem - http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/laurence-binyon-for-the-fallen.htm

From the Kohima Monument in Myanmar (ex-Burma) - attributed to John Maxwell Edmonds;

When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say,
For Their Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today

"In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae (May, 1915) - http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/john-mccrae-in-flanders-fields.htm

Many of the global political issues of the 21st century are founded in the post World War One era - the growth of the United States as a world power, the middle east, the recognition of Japan as a global nation, the creation of many of the Eastern European nations, the dissolution of the Russian Empire, the foreign domination of China and Asia, the the concept of "self-determination" of peoples and the failure of the League of Nations (including the United States refusal to join).

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In the 21st century the United States asks it's military services to do many things - and we increasingly appear to try to "do it on the cheap".

Whether we should be involved all over the world - is a valid question. But we should never cut back on the support we owe to those we ask to do the "dirty work" and their families.

High-tech weapons, elaborate bases, big contracts are all well and good. But in the end someone has to put their life at risk to "finalize" the deal.

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11/02/22 - SECLMW's Neighbors - unofficial 2022 Football notes

11/02/22 - SECLMW's Neighbors - unofficial 2022 Football notes (Unofficial, Uneditted and replete with errors of commission and omission also posted at: http://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/)

MHSAA: https://www.mhsaa.com/

SEC: http://www.secstandings.com/

SECLMW's unofficial SEC football preview notes / enrollments / classifications - http://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/2022/08/082422-seclmws-unofficial-2022-sec.html

Information sourced from https://www.mhsaa.com/scores

MHSFCA polls - https://www.mhsfca.com/mhsfca-coaches-poll/

SECLMW's top teams (selection process - easy, win your games, in alphabetic order*)

Clinton (LCAA) - 10-0

Dexter (SEC Red) - 10-0

Napoleon (Cascades) - 10-0

Ottawa Lake Whiteford (TCC) - 10-0

Riverview (Huron) - 10-0

Tecumseh (SEC White) - 10-0

*My logic - win the games on your schedule, that is all that is really under your own control. Let someone else “pontificate” on opinions, school classifications and reputations.

SECLMW's 2022 Champions list (unofficial!)) -

Cinton (LCAA; 7-0 / 10-0)

Dexter (SEC Red; 7-0 / 10-0)

Gibraltar Carlson (Downriver; 7-1 / 9-1) - tie with Trenton

Hastings (Interstate 8; 7-0 / 9-1)

Napoleon (Cascades; 6-0 / 10-0)

Olivet (GLAC; 4-0 / 7-3)

Riverview (Huron; 7-0 / 10-0)

Tecumseh (SEC White; 5-0 / 10-0)

Trenton (Downriver; 7-1 / 9-1) - tie with Gibraltar Carlson

Union City (Big 8; 6-0 / 7-3)

Whitmore Lake (MIAC; 3-0 / 6-3)

*some others -

Belleville (KLAA East; 7-0 / 10-0) - KLAA Champion & KLAA East Champion

Brighton (KLAA West; 7-0 / 8-2) - KLAA East Champion

Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian (Tri River 8; 4-0 / 8-0) - Tri River 8 Champion

Walled Lake Western (Lakes Valley; 8-0 / 9-1) - Lakes Valley Champion

#2022 MHSAA Football Playoffs - https://www.mhsaa.com/sports/football/stories/2022-mhsaa-football-playoff-pairings-announced - my “locals” -

Friday - Saturday 10/28-10-29 -

*D1 - Saline 10 (SEC Red; 8-2), Ann Arbor Huron (SEC Red; 5-5) rn (KLAA East; 7-2)

*D1 - Belleville 48 (KLAA East; 10-0), Brownstown Woodhaven 0 (Downriver; 6-4)

*D2 - Dexter 41 (SEC Red; 10-0), Milford 15 (Lakes Valley; 5-5)

*D2 - Temperance Bedford 41 (SEC Red; 8-2), Farmington 28 (OAA Blue; 6-4)

*D3 - Jackson 26 (SEC Whitel 6-4), Parma Western 25 (Interstate 8; 6-4)

*D3 - Allen Park 38 (Downriver; 6-4), Grosse Pointe North 22 (MAC Gold; 8-2)

*D3 - Gibraltar Carlson 38 (Downriver; 9-1), New Boston Huron 14 (Huron; 6-4)

*D3 - Trenton 34 (Downriver; 9-1), Southgate Anderson 27 (Downriver; 5-5)

*D4 - Charlotte 27 (CAAC White; 9-1), Chelsea 15 (SEC White; 5-5)

*D4 - Riverview 35 (Huron; 10-0), Adrian 14 (SEC White; 5-5)

*D4 - Tecumseh 52 (SEC White; 10-0), Carleton Airport 28 (Huron; 7-3)

*D4 - Hastings 40 (Interstate 8; 9-1), Vicksburg 7 (Wolverine; 5-5)

*D5 - Portland 21 (CAAC White; 9-1), Olivet 14 (GLAC; 7-3)

*D5 - Flat Rock 27 (Huron; 7-3), Dundee 22 (LCAA; 6-4)

*D5 - Romulus Summit Academy North 35 (Charter Gold; 8-2), Grosse Ile 13 (Huron; 5-5)

*D6 - Clinton 44 (LCAA; 10-0), Ida 23 (LCAA; 4-6)

*D7 - Hudson 50 (LCAA; 9-1), Union City 13 (Big 8; 7-3)

*D7 - Jackson Lumen Christi 41 (Interstate 8; 7-3), Homer 7 (Big 8; 7-3)

*D7 - Manchester 22 (Cascades; 6-4), Grass Lake 19 (Cascades; 5-5)

*D7 - Napoleon 49 (Cascades; 10-0), Erie Mason 0 (TCC; 6-4)

*D7 - Monroe St Mary Catholic Central 41 (Huron; 5-5), Grosse Pointe Liggett 0 (CHSL IS/2; 7-3)

*D8 - Reading 33 (Big 8; 8-2), Decatur 7 (Southwest 10; 6-4)

*D8 - Ottawa Lake Whiteford 64 (TCC; 10-0), Addison 22 (Casecades; 5-5)

*8/D1 - Adrian Lenawee Christian* 49 (SCAA Division A; 7-2), Gobles* 7 (SW Michigan 8 man; 7-3)

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#SEC / SouthEastern Conference - 10/28

*Scoreboard -

*D1 - Saline 10 (SEC Red; 8-2), Ann Arbor Huron (SEC Red; 5-5) rn (KLAA East; 7-2)

*D2 - Dexter 41 (SEC Red; 10-0), Milford 15 (Lakes Valley; 5-5)

*D2 - Temperance Bedford 41 (SEC Red; 8-2), Farmington 28 (OAA Blue; 6-4)

*D3 - Jackson 26 (SEC Whitel 6-4), Parma Western 25 (Interstate 8; 6-4)

*D4 - Charlotte 27 (CAAC White; 9-1), Chelsea 15 (SEC White; 5-5)

*D4 - Riverview 35 (Huron; 10-0), Adrian 14 (SEC White; 5-5)

*D4 - Tecumseh 52 (SEC White; 10-0), Carleton Airport 28 (Huron; 7-3)

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SEC Red Football Standings (unofficial)

School (Enrollment - Class / Division) - SEC Red W-L / All W-L -

++Dexter (1,180 - A / 2) - 7-0 / 10-0 - 2022 SEC Red Football Champion
x+Ann Arbor Huron (1,858 - A / 1) - 5-2 / 5-5
++Bedford (1,396 - A / 2) - 5-2 / 8-2
++Saline (1,756 - A / 1) - 5-2 / 8-2
Monroe (1,761 - A / 1) - 3-4 / 3-6
Lincoln (1,224 - A / 2) - 2-5 / 4-5
Ann Arbor Pioneer (2,108 - A / 1) - 1-6 / 1-8
Ann Arbor Skyline (1,537 - A / 1) - 0-7 / 0-9
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SEC White Football Standings (unofficial)
School (Enrollment - Class / Division) - SEC White W-L / All W-L - 
++Tecumseh (737 - B / 4) - 5-0 / 10-0 - 2022 SEC White Football Champion
x+Chelsea (799 - B / 4) - 4-1 / 5-5
++Jackson (1,120 - A / 2) - 3-2 / 6-4
x+Adrian (786 - B / 4) - 2-3 / 5-5
Pinckney (772 - B / 4) - 1-4 / 3-6
Ypsilanti (1,055 - A / 3) - 0-5 / 1-8
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#Big 8 Conference - 10/28

*D7 - Hudson 50 (LCAA; 9-1), Union City 13 (Big 8; 7-3)

*D7 - Jackson Lumen Christi 41 (Interstate 8; 7-3), Homer 7 (Big 8; 7-3)

*D8 - Reading 33 (Big 8; 8-2), Decatur 7 (Southwest 10; 6-4)

*Standings -

Team - W-L-Tie (Conference) / W-L-Tie (Overall)

x+Union City - 6-0 / 7-3 - Big 8 Champion - MHSAA D7

x+Homer - 5-1 / 7-3 - MHSAA D7

++Reading - 4-2 / 8-2 - MHSAA D8

Jonesville - 3-3 / 4-5

Quincy - 2-4 / 2-7

Bronson - 1-5 / 2-7

Springport - 0-6 / 0-9

*Concord 8-player (Tri River 8) - 4-1 / 5-4

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#Cascades Conference - 10/28

*Scoreboard -

*D7 - Manchester 22 (Cascades; 6-4), Grass Lake 19 (Cascades; 5-5)

*D7 - Napoleon 49 (Cascades; 10-0), Erie Mason 0 (TCC; 6-4)

*D8 - Ottawa Lake Whiteford 64 (TCC; 10-0), Addison 22 (Casecades; 5-5)

*Standings -

Team - W-L-Tie (Conference) / W-L-Tie (Overall)

++Napoleon - 6-0 / 10-0 - Cascades Champion - MHSAA D7

x+Grass Lake - 4-2 / 5-5 - MHSAA D7

x+Addison - 3-3 / 5-5 - MHSAA D8

++Manchester - 3-3 / 6-4 - MHSAA D7

Michigan Center - 2-4 / 4-5

Hanover-Horton - 2-4 / 3-6

East Jackson - 1-5 / 3-6

*Vandercook Lake 8-player (Tri River 8) - 0-4 / 0-7

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#Downriver League - 10/28

*Scoreboard -

*D3 - Allen Park 38 (Downriver; 6-4), Grosse Pointe North 22 (MAC Gold; 8-2)

*D1 - Belleville 48 (KLAA East; 10-0), Brownstown Woodhaven 0 (Downriver; 6-4)

*D3 - Gibraltar Carlson 38 (Downriver; 9-1), New Boston Huron 14 (Huron; 6-4)

*D3 - Trenton 34 (Downriver; 9-1), Southgate Anderson 27 (Downriver; 5-5)

*Standings -

Team - W-L-Tie (Conference) / W-L-Tie (Overall)

++Gibraltar Carlson - 7-1 / 9-1 - Downriver League co-Champion - MHSAA D3

++Trenton - 7-1 / 9-1 - Downriver League co-Champion - MHSAA D3

x+Brownstown Woodhaven - 6-2 / 6-4 - MHSAA D1

++Allen Park - 5-3 / 6-4 - MHSAA D3

x+Southgate Anderson - 5-3 / 5-5 - MHSAA D3

Taylor - 3-5 / 3-6

Wyandotte Roosevelt - 2-6 / 2-7

Lincoln Park - 1-7 / 2-7

Dearborn Edsel Ford - 0-8 / 0-9

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#GLAC / Greater Lansing Athletic Conference - 10/28

*Scoreboard -

*D5 - Portland 21 (CAAC White; 9-1), Olivet 14 (GLAC; 7-3)

*Standings -

Team - W-L-Tie (Conference) / W-L-Tie (Overall)

x+Olivet - 4-0 / 7-3 - GLAC Champion - MHSAA D5

Lake Odessa Lakewood - 3-1 / 6-3

Stockbridge - 1-3 / 6-3

Perry - 1-3 / 3-6

Leslie - 1-3 / 2-7

*Vermontville Maple Valley 8-player (Tri River 8) - 2-3 / 3-6

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#Huron League - 10/28

*Scoreboard -

*D5 - Flat Rock 27 (Huron; 7-3), Dundee 22 (LCAA; 6-4)

*D3 - Gibraltar Carlson 38 (Downriver; 9-1), New Boston Huron 14 (Huron; 6-4)

*D7 - Monroe St Mary Catholic Central 41 (Huron; 5-5), Grosse Pointe Liggett 0 (CHSL IS/2; 7-3)

*D4 - Riverview 35 (Huron; 10-0), Adrian 14 (SEC White; 5-5)

*D5 - Romulus Summit Academy North 35 (Charter Gold; 8-2), Grosse Ile 13 (Huron; 5-5)

*D4 - Tecumseh 52 (SEC White; 10-0), Carleton Airport 28 (Huron; 7-3)

*Standings -

Team - W-L-Tie (Conference) / W-L-Tie (Overall)

++Riverview - 7-0 / 10-0 - Huron League Champion - MHSAA D4

x+Carleton Airport - 5-2 / 7-3 - MHSAA D4

x+New Boston Huron - 5-2 / 6-4 - MHSAA D3

++Flat Rock - 4-3 / 7-3 - MHSAA D5

x+Grosse Ile - 3-4 / 5-5 - MHSAA D5

++Monroe St Mary Catholic Central - 3-4 / 5-5 - MHSAA D7

Milan - 1-6 / 3-6

Monroe Jefferson - 0-7 / 1-8

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#I-8 / Interstate 8 Athletic Conference - 10/28

*Scoreboard -

*D4 - Hastings 40 (Interstate 8; 9-1), Vicksburg 7 (Wolverine; 5-5)

*D3 - Jackson 32 (SEC White; 6-4), Parma Western 25 (Interstate 8; 6-4)

*D7 - Jackson Lumen Christi 41 (Interstate 8; 7-3), Homer 7 (Big 8; 7-3)

*Standings -

Team - W-L-Tie (Conference) / W-L-Tie (Overall)

++Hastings - 7-0 / 9-1 - Interstate 8 Champion - MHSAA D4

++Jackson Lumen Christi - 6-1 / 6-3 - MHSAA D7

x+Parma Western - 5-2 / 6-4 - MHSAA D3

Jackson Northwest - 3-4 / 5-4

Marshall - 3-4 / 4-5

Battle Creek Harper Creek - 3-4 / 3-6

Coldwater - 1-6 / 1-8

Battle Creek Pennfield - 0-7 / 0-9

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#LCAA / Lenawee County Athletic Association - 10/28

*Scoreboard -

*D6 - Clinton 44 (LCAA; 10-0), Ida 23 (LCAA; 4-6)

*D5 - Flat Rock 27 (Huron; 7-3), Dundee 22 (LCAA; 6-4)

*D7 - Hudson 50 (LCAA; 9-1), Union City 13 (Big 8; 7-3)

*Standings -

Team - W-L-Tie (Conference) / W-L-Tie (Overall)

++Clinton - 7-0 / 9-0 - LCAA Champion - MHSAA D6

++Hudson - 6-1 / 8-1 - MHSAA D7

x+Dundee - 4-3 / 6-3 - MHSAA D5

x+Ida - 4-3 / 4-5 - MHSAA D6

Blissfield - 3-4 / 4-5

Hillsdale - 3-4 / 4-5

Brooklyn Columbia Central - 1-6 / 1-8

Onsted - 0-7 / 1-8

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#TCC / Tri-County Conference (11-player teams) - 10/28

*Scoreboard -

*D7 - Napoleon 49 (Cascades; 10-0), Erie Mason 0 (TCC; 6-4)

*D8 - Ottawa Lake Whiteford 64 (TCC; 10-0), Addison 22 (Casecades; 5-5)

*Standings -

Team - W-L-Tie (Conference) / W-L-Tie (Overall)

++Ottawa Lake Whiteford - 4-0 / 10-0 - TCC Champion - MHSAA D8

Adrian Madison - 3-1 / 5-4

x+Erie Mason - 2-2 / 6-4 - MHSAA D7

Petersburg Summerfield - 1-3 / 5-4

Sand Creek - 0-4 / 2-7

*Britton Deerfield 8-player (Tri River 8) - 3-2 / 5-4

*Morenci 8-player (Tri River 8) - 1-4 / 2-7

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#TR8 / Tri River 8 Football Conference (8 player) - 10/28 - no games

*Scoreboard (Home, Visitor - MHSAA style) -

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*Standings -

Team (home conf.) - W-L-Tie (Conference) / W-L-Tie (Overall)

Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 4-0 / 8-0 - Tri River 8 Champion

Concord - 4-1 / 5-4

Britton Deerfield - 3-2 / 5-4

Vermontville Maple Valley - 2-3 / 3-6

Morenci - 1-4 / 2-7

Vandercook Lake - 0-4 / 0-7

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#Others of interest - 10/28

*Scoreboard (Home, Visitor - MHSAA style) - (* - 8-player)

*8/D1 - Adrian Lenawee Christian* 49 (SCAA Division A; 7-2), Gobles* 7 (SW Michigan 8 man; 7-3)

*Standings -

Team (Conference) - W-L-Tie (Conference) / W-L-Tie (Overall) (* - 8-player)

++Adrian Lenawee Christian* (SCAA-A / South Central AA Division A) - 4-2 / 8-2 - MHSAA/8 D1

Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard (CHSL IS/1 / CHSL Intersectional 1) - 0-4 / 3-6

Riverview Gabriel Richard (CHSL IS/1 / CHSL Intersectional 1) - 3-1 / 6-3

Whitmore Lake (MIAC/Michigan Independent Athletic Conference) - 3-0 / 6-3 - MIAC Champion

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#KLAA West / Kensington Lakes Activities Association-West - Standings

Scores from 10/28 -

Grand Ledge 38, Brighton 3

Holt 14, Hartland 7

Northville 26, Novi 14

Team - W-L (Conference) / W-L (Overall)

x+Brighton - 7-0 / 8-2 - KLAA West Champion

++Northville - 6-1 / 8-2

x+Novi - 5-2 / 5-5

x+Hartland - 4-3 / 6-4

Howell - 2-5 / 4-5

Canton - 2-5 / 3-6

Plymouth - 2-5 / 2-7

Salem - 0-7 / 1-8

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#KLAA East / Kensington Lakes Activities Association-East - Standings

Scores from 10/28 -

Belleville 48, Brownstown Woodhaven 0

Detroit Catholic Central 26, Dearborn 21

Livonia Franklin 54, Dearborn Heights Crestwood 7

Team - W-L (Conference) / W-L (Overall)

++Belleville - 7-0 / 10-0 - KLAA Champion & KLAA East Champion

++Livonia Franklin - 6-1 / 9-1

x+Dearborn - 5-2 / 7-3

Livonia Stevenson - 4-3 / 4-5

Westland John Glenn - 3-4 / 3-6

Dearborn Fordson - 2-5 / 3-6

Livonia Churchill - 1-6 / 2-7

Wayne Memorial - 0-7 / 0-9

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#Lakes Valley Conference - Standings

Scores from 10/28-10/29 -

Dexter 41, Milford 15

South Lyon 30, South Lyon East 27

Walled Lake Western 52, Detroit Renaissance 14

Waterford Mott 77, Saginaw Heritage 63

Team - W-L (Conference) / W-L (Overall)

++Walled Lake Western - 8-0 / 9-1 - Lakes Valley Champion

x+South Lyon East - 6-2 / 7-3

++Waterford Mott - 6-2 / 8-2

++South Lyon - 5-3 / 7-3

x+Milford - 4-4 / 5-5

White Lake Lakeland - 4-4 / 4-5

Walled Lake Central - 2-6 / 3-6

Waterford Kettering - 1-7 / 1-8

Walled Lake Northern - 0-8 / 0-9

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