Tony Nicolette

We've talked for years about how the GLIAC often is a logjam, and this is the point of the year where things tend to be the most crowded. The last month of the season typically provides the bulk of the "sorting out" each year...and the coming month will be charged with doing a TON of sorting.

Atop the South Division and Overall standings, Ashland, Hillsdale and Wayne are all knotted up...and all three of them can't forget a surprising Findlay bunch that is only a game back and actually ...

Man, was last week wild! An insane finish at Tech followed by another one at Hillsdale (the second in a row for both Saginaw Valley and Hillsdale) were the weekend's highlights. We have several tilts this weekend featuring clubs within a game or two of division leads and all hanging on to playoff aspirations. Ahh, the second half the season. This is where things start to get sorted out...or muddied even further. That's what makes it great...no?


Hillsdale (4-1, 4-2) at ...

We warned everyone back before Labor Day...we love these football seasons, but boy do they go by fast! Saturday marks the midway point already, and there are still a lot of things to be decided. While Wayne and Hillsdale have avoided (league) blemishes to this point, they still have some tall tasks (including facing each other) remaining. As for the rest of the league, playoff opportunities are still alive for a few teams, but most of them still have to play each other (and many still have to ...

I mentioned being uneasy about the Wayne pick at Northern, and apparently I had a right to be as the Warriors nearly fell victim to the "SuperiorDome Swoon". I also pitched the Hillsdale at Saginaw Valley game as the weekend's most exciting, and while I didn't call the victor correctly that game did wind up providing a highlight finish to Saturday's GLIAC action.

Michigan Tech 35, Ohio Dominican 13

While the U.P. teams often look a bit off once they cross the bridge, ...

Wow...hard to believe a month of the season is already behind us and we're ticking the calendar over to October. While the league certainly doesn't look or feel the same as it has in a while, I would say the Region (and one could argue the nation) doesn't look or feel the same either. We'll talk more about that in the weeks to come as we start taking a closer look at the playoff picture another four or five weeks from now, but even at this point there are some big things going on in the league... ...