Posted on Thu, Aug 30, 2012 : 11:18 p.m.
Images from Pioneer's 28-7 loss to Birmingham Brother Rice
By Chris Asadian
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Ann Arbor Pioneer head coach Paul Test singles out a player to embrace after the team's pre-game prayer before the kickoff of it's home game against Birmingham Brother Rice on Thursday, Aug. 30. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com
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Ann Arbor Pioneer head coach Paul Test singles out a player to embrace after the team's pre-game prayer before the kickoff of it's home game against Birmingham Brother Rice on Thursday, Aug. 30. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com
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Pioneer junior Darius Sanderford jukes out two defenders on a punt return in the first quarter. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com
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Brother Rice senior fullback Gregory Marzec plows through a hole. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com
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Brother Rice junior wide receiver Corey Lacanaria extends his hand as an errant pass sails past him. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com
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Pioneer's drumline performs during halftime. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com
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The Pioneer student section erupts during the drumline's performance. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com
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Pioneer senior running back Zachary Davis stiff arms a defender in the third quarter. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com
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Pioneer junior Darius Sanderford tears away from an attempted tackle. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com
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Brother Rice junior running back Shon Powell darts upfield en route to a touchdown in the fourth quarter. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com
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Pioneer senior quarterback Aedan York throws to beat the pass rush of Brother Rice junior linebacker Josiah Thomas (41) in the fourth quarter. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com
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The Pioneer High School football team took on defending Division 2 state champion Birmingham Brother Rice on Thursday at Hollway Field. Pioneer ed 7-0 at half, but Brother Rice scored 28 unanswered points in the second half to win 28-7.
Chris Asadian is a freelance photographer for AnnArbor.com.
Comments
leaguebus
Sat, Sep 1, 2012 : 4:36 a.m.
This is a football team, operative word, team. Most of the time players drive the rituals pre and post game. athletics, especially football, teaches young men how to be part of a team and how to work hard to achieve a goal. Football games and practices are never easy and young men who stick with the program gain much needed confidence in themselves.
say it plain
Fri, Aug 31, 2012 : 4:24 p.m.
I guess since they prayed but lost they must not deserve the ear of the almighty?! Brother Rice must have a more direct channel?! I agree with Chaz H to some degree, but at the same time, the whole godhead/sports outcome connection has become so much a part of popular culture that I don't know that it has any more meaning than other less charged huddle rituals. Still, I would hate to think that it has any truly religious tone to it. More instances of why the big spending on varsity sports by the public schools should be questioned.
Chaz H
Fri, Aug 31, 2012 : 3:51 a.m.
"Pre-game prayer?" I thought Ann Arbor Pioneer was a public school. This is unacceptable. If conservative tax dollars will not go to help pay for women's health care, my tax dollars will not go to religion in public schools. "God has no place within the walls of [a public school], just as facts have no place within organized religion." - Superintendent Chalmers
jns131
Fri, Aug 31, 2012 : 2:46 p.m.
O give it a rest. Prayer or player whats the diff? They prayed while they played and lost. This is the pre games. Wait until the real games start. Pioneer will whip them booties clean. Go Purple and White from one alum to another.