The Ypsilanti Phoenix (1-1) football team will have its hands full on Friday night when the visit the Chelsea Bulldogs (2-0) for a 7 p.m. Southeast Conference White Division match up.
Chelsea is coming off a 31-20 win over Monroe last week and they opened the season with a 26-7 win over Ann Arbor Huron. They play no non-league games this season. Last year they finished 8-3 before losing in the Division 3 district finals to Adrian 30-20.
Amazingly the team has made the playoffs under coach Brad Bush (former Ypsilanti High quarterback) 11 out of the last 12 years. The only year they didn’t make it was 2005.
Top players on the team this season include senior quarterback and two-year starter Brian Paulsen. Sophomore running back Berkley Edwards whose brother, Braylon is a National Football League player for the New York Jets. The other running backs on the team are senior Chris Ballow and senior Joey Newland.
One very talented offensive tackle is senior Connor Tait (6-6, 225) and on defense one star in linebacker Cal Bauer (5-11, 215).
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