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November 10 - December 7, 2018
Devil Domination 2018 sports season was one for the books on Grosse Ile
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By Hank Minckiewicz
he 2018 Grosse Ile High School football season began on a warm, close summer night when the air was thick with moisture and mosquitos. The Red Devils hosted Gabriel Richard in a game that was entertaining but hardly eye-opening. The home team fell behind early, rallied from behind and fought off leg cramps and exhaustion to hang on at the end. The rally-from-behind part would become the theme of 2018 for the eventual Huron League champion Devils. It was a nice win for the Devils over a team that would eventually play for the Catholic League C-D championship and make the state playoffs, but it certainly did not portend the greatness the Red Devils were destined to achieve I was there again weeks later, when the Red Devils rallied in the second half to beat Huron League powerhouse Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central. It was an emotional homecoming night as the team remained unbeaten and clinched a state playoff berth. I asked coach John Bodner after that game if it felt like a “magical season,” but he brushed that off; there was far too much football to be played and far too many tough opponents - Milan, Riverview, Crestwood - to play to be getting sentimental.
On week 8 I was back on the sidelines in the cold, pouring rain as Bodner’s team again rallied - this time from 14 points behind - to beat archrival Riverview 21-14. The win capped an unbeaten league season and secured the outright league title for the Devils. A week later the Devils made it a perfect 9-0 with a win over Western Wayne Activities Association champion Dearborn Heights Crestwood. With the win, the 2018 squad became the first 9-0 Grosse Ile team since 1965. The run ended, of course in the first round of the state playoffs when the Devils fell to visiting Chelsea 28-21, but, really, that did little to diminish what the team accomplished. Especially because of the size of the team. This was a little, little squad with fewer than 25 players most of the time. Actually when either the offense or SEE DOMINATION, Page 23
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