Detroit’s Dante Moore wins Michigan AP D3-4 Player of Year

DETROIT – Dante Moore entered Detroit King Excessive Faculty with a vibrant future predicted and a proposal from Michigan.

He ended his highschool profession as a two-time champion.

After main King to a Division 3 state title over DeWitt final season, he led a rout of Muskegon his senior season to repeat.

Moore was named The Related Press Participant of the Yr for Division 3-4 by a panel of sportswriters from throughout the state of Michigan. He completed his senior 12 months finishing 68% of his passes for two,392 yards and 32 TDs with simply three passes intercepted.

Moore, who will play subsequent 12 months at Oregon, was at his finest within the state title sport. He was 21 of 26 passes for 275 yards and 4 touchdowns with out an interception.

“I’m actually pleased with Dante with how a lot he’s grown as a pacesetter,” King coach Tyrone Spencer mentioned. “I’m additionally pleased with him, too, as a result of there was plenty of stress on him for being rated because the No. 1 participant within the nation by Sports activities Illustrated, after which after you’ve received a state championship, simply looks as if there was plenty of stress on him and he dealt with it nicely. I’m simply blissful that we had been ready as a gaggle, as a crew, to get him a state championship on the way in which out.”

Moore needed to be a pacesetter after King misplaced its high 4 receivers to commencement from final 12 months’s state title crew.

Moore was joined on the primary crew by his King teammates, operating again Sterling Anderson, receiver Jameel Croft and linemen Kenny Merrieweather.

Croft, who will play subsequent 12 months at Kansas as a cornerback, performed each methods this season with Moore needing a go-to receiver. He had eight interceptions, returning 5 for TDs, one shy of the single-season state document.

Jake DeHaan of Grand Rapids South Christian joined Moore as first-team quarterbacks. Parker Holman of Zeeland West, Darius Taylor of Walled Lake Western and Paschal Jolman of Fruitport joined Anderson at operating again. Bryce Kurncz of DeWitt, Nick Marsh of River Rouge and Drew Hickmott of Ortonville Brandon becoming a member of Croft are the All-State receivers.

Aaron Holstege of Allendale, Freeland’s Gabe Blanchard, Andrew Dennis of Mount Nice, John Burke of Sault Ste. Marie, Matthew Nehf of DeWitt, Dylan Senda of Dearborn Divine Youngster, Eryx Daugherty of Birmingham Brother Rice joined Merrieweather as first-team linemen.

Pete Closner of Marquette, Kaleb Parrish of Mason, Brady Pretzlaf of Gaylord and Bryce Eliuk of Linden had been first-team linebackers and Skyler Geurink of Zeeland West, Markell Gilford of River Rouge, Zarek Zelinski of Waterford Kettering and CJ Ivy III of Muskegon had been All-State defensive backs.

Scooter Polk of Mountt Nice was first-team specialist; Brandon Soltis of DeWitt was first crew kicker and Christopher Bowman of Waterford Kettering was first crew punter.

Spencer was Coach of the Yr after guiding King to its fifth state title within the final eight years, working as defensive coordinator when King received the Division 2 championship in 2015, then successful in 2016, 2018, 2021 and this season as head coach.