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The clock had struck midnight and a steady stream of players began flowing onto the Belleville football field.
High school football was back and the Tigers didn’t want to waste any time in their pursuit of their third Division 1 state championship in the past four years.
No one was happier to get the show rolling than Bryce Underwood, the five-star consensus No. 1 quarterback in the country who has committed to LSU.
“It’s midnight, for sure,” he said as the players began swirling around him. “I’m definitely excited to be on the field, for sure.”
Monday was the start of the football season at 607 schools across the state, 500 of which participate in 11-player football. The only equipment players are permitted to wear now are helmets, before adding shoulder pads Wednesday and full equipment Friday.
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Monday was also the beginning of practice for seven other Michigan High School Athletic Association fall sports — boys and girls cross country, girls golf, boys soccer, boys tennis, girls swimming and diving and volleyball — meaning almost 100,000 athletes are participating in high school athletics this week.
Belleville quarterback Bryce Underwood during a midnight practice Monday, Aug. 12, 2024.
Underwood is one of them, and pleased to begin to put the past behind him.
That stems from last season’s 36-32 shocking upset of the Tigers by Southfield A&T, ending a 38-game win streak.
It was a loss no one saw coming, especially Belleville players themselves. It is the main motivating influence for this season.
“It should be a driving force for everybody on this field,” Underwood said.
It is a loss that has been impossible to erase from their memories.
“We talk about it every day,” said running back/linebacker…
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Publish date : 2024-08-12 19:17:59
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