(A welcome back of sorts to the Y11 Notes posts. This is a dailyish chore of mine that I’ve previously done sporadically, and I’m looking forward to getting back to doing again now that I’ve cleaned up a few hours on my personal schedule. This will still be an assignment I give myself to do most days of the week, and we’ll change up the things we talk about in here. Sometimes I’ll respond or react to the very relevant and incredibly important news item of the day. Then there are going to be days when I just won’t want to talk about whatever’s on the news agenda and will write about something else that came to mind.)

What a win for Luke Creighton, son of Chris Creighton and freshman-to-be at Northwood, to end his high school career on.

The younger Creighton, who represented the East from Plymouth Salem HS, had the game-winning touchdown in a state-wide all-star game played Saturday at Lawrence Tech.

Down by nine points in the fourth quarter, Creighton targeted Cass Tech receiver Will Sykes Jr. for a 31-yard toss to the front-right corner of the end zone, but Creighton’s attempt was overthrown to his 5’9” target, and the East settled for a field goal kick, which cut the deficit to six points with over three minutes left in the game.

Saginaw Heritage quarterback Connor Greif (Madonna commit) way overthrew his target, and East defensive back Lionel Thompson Jr. from Harper Woods Chandler Park (Grand Valley commit) intercepted the pass and returned the ball to the goal line.

No need to put things in the air this time. Creighton took the ball himself twice and scored on a 1-yard touchdown run to take the go-ahead lead.

But with 1:19 left on the clock, the East still needed one more stop.

It only took three plays for the West offense to move the ball from its own 20-yard line to the opposing six. Instead of trying to score a touchdown from six yards away, the West team opted to leave the game’s decision to the foot of its kicker, Mitchell Beyer, who’s going to play college baseball at Western Michigan.

A chip shot from 24 yards out, the opposing team’s not allowed to rush — should be a piece of cake.

The East coaches called a timeout right before the snap was made to “ice” the kicker. Normally, pointing out this kind of timeout is a waste of typing, but it mattered here.

The future college shortstop missed the ensuing kick, and Michigan’s East All-Star team finished the game with a 22-21 victory.

Creighton was 11 for 19 passing for 120 yards and an early interception in the end zone, and rushed for 45 yards on 12 carries with two touchdowns.