On April 27th, Cabrini was proud to host the college signing of Ryan Kugelman, who committed to Alma College for football. Ryan was honored as all-state at the linebacker position. His long term goal is to obtain his Bachelor's Degree from Alma and then proceed on to Med School. Ryan, who plays both linebacker and running back, signed as an athlete. He is pictured here with former Coach Brian Obrycki. Congrats Ryan on a great high school career! It was a great day to be a Monarch.

In October-November, a new local Riverview, Michigan small business, ACHIEVE Health & Performance, hosted their Mascot Faceoff to give back to their community and provide a chance for local schools/students to raise money. The participants, St. Frances Cabrini of Allen Park and Carlson High School of Gibraltar, competed in three events and let their friends, family, and community on Facebook vote for who they thought should win. The first event consisted of the mascots taking photos to show their Halloween Spirit, the second event was a video of the mascot explaining who they are, why they deserve to win, and why they love being the school mascot. The third and final event was to do a photoshoot at ACHIEVE Health & Performance with the AchV Team and pretend like they were getting adjusted by the Chiropractors, getting soft tissue work done with the Licensed Massage Therapist, and having our trainer Coach Q put them through a workout! The community really came together to support both schools and it resulted in our first place winner, Carlson High School winning $2,000 for their school, and second place, Cabrini High School, winning $750 for their school. From the ACHIEVE Health & Performance team, thank you for the participation of both schools and the support of the community - we look forward to continuing to bring everyone together for fun events like this one in the future! 

On November 20th the girls at Cabrini High School held a Powder Puff game as a fundraiser for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Seniors Avery Collins and Abby Portmann organized the event in just two weeks. Approximately 40 girls from all four grades took part in the game with senior boys as referees and boys from all four classes acting as coaches. Through the generous support of the kids, their parents, teachers and the Booster Club, over $1200 was raised. The girls presented a check to the society on December 8th. Pictured from left are Tammy Willis, President of the Michigan Chapter, Abby Portmann and Avery Collins. It was a great day to be a Monarch!

CONGRATULATIONS!  Your game vs. Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes was selected as the Detroit Lions Michigan High School Football Game of the Week powered by Hudl for Division 8!  This is a great opportunity to showcase your student-athletes and football program throughout the state of Michigan! 

Important next steps—

1. PROMOTE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA!

Promote the fact your school has been selected for this week’s Detroit Lions Michigan High School Football Game of the Week on the school website, morning announcements and your school and football program’s social media channels.  (Attached are Facebook, Twitter and Instagram graphics that can be used to promote your football program’s Game of the Week selection.)

2. POSTGAME!

• Send the following to the Detroit Lions Hudl Account:
  • 8-10 plays to be sent through “Playlist” from your team of this week’s game film against Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes.  Your opponent will also send their best 8-10 plays through “Playlist” as well.  
    • IMPORTANT NOTE:  These plays MUST be sent either Friday after the game or by Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at the latest to ensure proper promotion/recognition of your school’s involvement in the Detroit Lions Michigan High School Football Game of the Week.
    • One Way Exchange Tutorial:  This tutorial will walk you through how to do a One-way exchange. One thing to note, we will not require breakdown data in the playlist, however, if we can at least get Down, Distance, Result, and Gain/Loss it will help our selection process from the clips you submit.
    • Please consider sending both sideline and endzone copies if available.
    • We will promote your game via Detroit Lions Football Education social media channels beginning Saturday or Sunday depending on how promptly the information is received from each participating football program. 
  • Complete team rosters (including unique pronunciations) to allow us to voice over player names during this highlight package.
  • Game statistics to allow us to highlight the key players of the game. 
  • Head Coaches contact information (cell phone)-simply to be used to clarify a game situation, game statistic or player name pronunciation.
  • W-9 Form--Needed from your athletic department in order to process the grant money for your program.  Each Game of the Week school will receive a $550 grant to use for future Hudl subscriptions and services upon a timely receipt of the items mentioned above.  Check will be sent within 10-14 days of receipt of ALL items listed above. 
• Attached is a Game of the Week checklist to follow to make sure all items have been submitted.

3. ADDED VALUE BONUS!

• Each school in the Game of the Week will also have the opportunity to send one play from their game to be nominated for the NFL’s Way to Play program which recognizes the excellence demonstrated by high school players who exemplify proper playing technique to make impactful plays in partnership with Hudl.  This segment is featured nationally on Saturdays in a Good Morning Football segment.  (School of the chosen player will receive a $1500 equipment grant through USA Football) #NFLWaytoPlay.
  • Please send this play separately to the Detroit Lions Hudl account.  Note that this single play is your nominee for the NFL’s Way to Play program and will be submitted on your behalf by the Detroit Lions Football Education Division.  For more information on NFL’s Way to Play program, visit https://playfootball.nfl.com/nfl-way-to-play/nfl-way-to-play-high-school-award.

Congratulations once again on becoming the Detroit Lions Michigan High School Football Game of the Week!  We look forward to hearing and seeing all the highlights between this week’s Division 8 matchup, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes vs. Allen Park Cabrini! 

 Playing their fourth road game in six weeks Cabrini traveled to Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett for a 1:00pm Saturday afternoon Homecoming Football contest.

The Monarchs opened the contest scoring on a four yard bootleg keeper run by Quarterback Carson Bradley.  The point after was lost with a high Center snap.  The six point lead did not last long as Liggett took the ball 75 yards on the ensuing possession to score the tying touchdown.  The extra point was missed and the score was tied at six all.   The score remained tied through the remainder of the first quarter.

In the second quarter the Monarchs took control of the game with two touchdowns with a mix of passing and run plays to a host of players.  A pass to Joel Corvaia on third down to keep the drive alive at the Liggett 45 yard line.  Also in the mix on the drive was Ryan Kugelman with a 35 yard catch and run to the four yard line.  The touch down drive was capped by a Quarterback sneak by Carson Bradley with the extra point kick by Owen Tomsic for a 13 to 6 Cabrini lead.  The second touchdown of the quarter was set up by a Liggett fumble recovered by Charlie Kieselbach.  A hard running combination of Ryan Kugelman and Bradley led to the Monarchs third touchdown of the game by Bradley on another quarterback sneak and another extra point by Tomsic for a Monarch halftime lead of 20 to 6.

The third quarter was scoreless by both teams.  In the fourth quarter Kugelman and Trevor Waltonbaugh combined for hard running ground attack that led to a Kugelman 18 yard touchdown run and another extra point by Kicker Own Tomsic for a 27 to 6 fourth quarter lead.  Liggett would score another touchdown late in the fourth quarter and the two point conversion failed to make the score 27 to 12. Liggett would get the ball back and would drive to the Monarchs 25 yard line but the drive was stopped with an interception by Nick Baccella at the 10 yard line to close out the game.

Running Back Ryan Kugelman ended the game with 142 yards rushing and a touchdown.  Quarterback Carson Bradley was 7 of 13 passing for a 104 yards and three rushing touchdowns.  Owen Tomsic finished the game with 2 catches and 3 of 4 extra points.  Joel Corvaia had 3 catches for 44 yards. 

On the defensive side Cabrini was led by Kugelman with 6 tackles and 13 assisted tackles.  The other leading tackler for the Monarchs was Alex Thompson with 4 tackles and 11 assisted tackles.  Bram Wolf, Ben Maffesoli, Ryan Kugelman and Trevor Waltonbaugh all had quarterback sacks and Kugelman and Nick Baccella had 3 and 2 interceptions.

The Monarchs will be on the road again next Saturday vs Cardinal Mooney High School for a 1:00pm afternoon contest.