Lake Fenton’s run defense has nearly been a brick wall to start the season. The Blue Devils have slowed down the rushing attack of every team they have faced, helping the squad to a 4-1 record. However, Lake Fenton’s defense has given up some big plays through the air. Last Friday, the Blue Devils surrendered touchdown passes of 47, 30 and 10 yards, as well as several other big gains, to Beecher quarterback Antuan Burks. “We weren’t really happy about that, but we made them one-dimensional. We really dominated up front,” Lake Fenton coach Eric Doyle said. “It was blown coverages. That’s going…

The Fenton football team has a 2-0 record, beating two teams that also have Metro League title aspirations in Lapeer West and Linden. Still though, despite the undefeated record, the results of each game could've been different. Against West, Fenton built a 24-0 halftime lead before going scoreless in the second half and giving up a couple of big plays to the West offense that allowed the team to get within one score at 24-16. A Fenton fumble gave West the ball with about three minutes left and good field position to go after the tying score before the defense held. Then, against Linden, …

A big stage, a tough opponent and a hot day are all difficult things for a high school football program to deal with. Lake Fenton played at Eastern Michigan University on Saturday as part of the 7th Annual Big Day Prep Showdown against a very physical Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard squad, which made it to the Division 5 quarterfinals in 2010, on an afternoon when the temperature reached 84 degrees and the field turf felt even hotter. And although the Blue Devils lost 19-13 in the season opener, they showed their toughness. “Last year we may have been lacking some guts, that intestinal fortitude,” …

Before the season started, I asked Fenton football coach Jeff Setzke whether he thought Fenton's recent success along with the fact that the Metro League as a whole has produced several players who have played Division I and Division II college football in recent years was doing anything to change the perception of the league. Setzke was blunt in his response. "No, to be honest," he said. Fairly or not, a perception has been created and perpetuated by some members of the media in recent years that Metro teams don't perform well in the postseason. This has caused several Metro teams with great…