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SPORTSwww.TheNewsHerald.comSection C Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Allen Parks SabrinaWilliams is just a junior, butalready the Jaguar starhas won three News-Herald Cross CountryInvitational titles. Up nextfor the Jag runner and all

the states harriers isregionals. Most ofDownrivers teams will runSaturday at Lake ErieMetropark at regionalevents hosted byWoodhaven. News-HeraldSportswriter SamanthaElliott talked to Williams onthe eve of the cross coun-try postseason. Read herstory on line at www.MiPrepZone.com/thenews-herald.

Theres just a special feeling inthe air when the high schoolfootball playoffs roll around.This season, six Downriverteams made the playoff gradeand all of them will begin thepostseason with games onFriday night. In an all-Downriver League Division 2region, Truman will host AllenPark and Woodhaven will hostRoosevelt. Truman, Rooseveltand Woodhaven are all 8-1 thisseason and league tri-champs.

Elsewhere, Grosse Ile will hostHarper Woods Chandler Parkand Cabrini will travel to RiverRouge. There is much moreplayoff football information onour website, www.MiPrepZone.com.

Rolling againDending D4state champChargers windistrict crown

MHSAA soccer districts

Photo by Dave Chapman

Evan Kraatz and the defending Division 4 state champi-on Inter-City Chargers took the first step toward defend-ing their title when they beat Plymouth Christian 1-0 fora district title Friday. Riverview and Grosse Ile alsoclaimed district championships last week and advancedto regionals. Find more MHSAA soccer playoff news onPage 2-C. You can also follow the progress of Inter-City,Riverview and Grosse Ile on our website, www.MiPrepZone.com/thenewsherald.

By Shane PrestonThe News-Herald

In one of the mostdominating double-overtimegames imaginable, Inter-City claimed yet anotherdistrict championship onFriday with a 1-0 victoryover Plymouth Christian.

The score was the onlything close about this gameas the Chargers outshotPlymouth Christian 17-0.

They really just packedit in, Inter-City BaptistCoach Mark Kraatz said.They had the ball in ourend for maybe five minutesin the first half and it wasprobably less than a minutein the second half.

Despite dominating thetime of possession, theChargers were blankedthrough regulation and thefirst overtime.

Inter-City finally got onthe board five minutes intothe second overtime whenTravis Miles provided anice crossing pass to EvanKraatz, who promptly head-ed the ball into the back ofthe Plymouth Christian netfor the games only goal.

Inter-Citys defense was

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