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He told us we were a special group.’’ĭenby won the Division 2 PSL championship over Mumford.It was only after Tyrone Walker-Hebborn actually bought the Genesis Cinema in the Mile End Rd that he learnt the full story. He brought us together when we went to camp. He really put a good father figure and system inside me and the whole team. “It was great playing for coach (Tony) Blankenship. You go there for a semester and they help you try and get another scholarship. Alabama is a prep school that helps you get your grades up and get the test scores up. “I came back up here this year after spending four years in Alabama. “I was working out twice a day even before practice started,’’ said Harris. A Detroit native, Harris moved back from Alabama to play football at Detroit Denby this year and made his presence felt immediately. Headed to prep school: Ranan Harris is headed to Alabama Prep. We were familiar with him and he did a great job.’’ Nobody can replace Coach Harvel, but he took on his role and he did a good job. I feel like I’ve been a big part of that. It hadn’t been done in the history of King. The second state title was very special, going back-to-back. “Kent State was like family, the recruits the coaches, the players already up there,’’ said Phillips.

Phillips credited King for making him the player he is.

He said in crucial moments ‘Coach, I’m in.’ ‘’ “He played special teams, he played fullback, he played linebacker he played whatever we needed. He was always encouraging the team, even after our two losses. He is going to be the guy that you miss because this year he took it to another level. “Bree (Thomas) was a leader, too, but Cepeda won our leadership award. “Cepeda was the heart and soul of the program,’’ said Spencer. King had eight, led by Ambry Thomas, already enrolled at Michigan, and Cepeda Phillips, the star linebacker headed to Kent State. We still have to branch out more and look at other universities out of state to make sure we’re providing our kids the best possible options. “That’s not the most we’ve had in a year,’’ said Cass Tech coach Thomas Wilcher. A total of 16 were from Detroit Cass Tech, highlighted by Jaylen Kelly-Powell and Donovan Peoples-Jones, who were early enrollees at Michigan and couldn’t attend the event. He’s the oldest sibling and he has to be there for his family and we’re there for him.'īig haul: 31 PSL players received scholarships. “Being I’ve lost my parents I’ve been able to help him out a lot. Coach Spence, his character has risen above all the adversity. “It’s emotional, but we’re still tight as a family,’’ said Cannon. King athletic director Barry Cannon said the school and community have wrapped their arms around Spencer in his time of need. I don’t wish that on anybody finding your father dead in his apartment.' He was stressing with surgeries he had at the University of Michigan. He had battled cancer and actually had beat it. Just knowing my dad is in a better place. I think my dad has instilled in me a lot of things to keep my grounded, spiritually. Coach Harvel was my football father and then my actual father, I just lost him. You can look at it as I lost both of my fathers in less than a year. “In less than a year I lost two men who were my fathers,’’ he said today at the Detroit Public School League signing day event at the Horatio Williams Foundation.

Spencer was promoted to replace Harvel and the Crusaders won the Division 2 state championship. In July, he lost Dale Harvel, the King football coach, who was like a father to him. He found his father, Tyrone Spencer Sr., dead in his apartment last week. It has been a bittersweet year for Detroit King football coach Tyrone Spencer. Watch Video: Detroit King coach Tyrone Spencer on football recruits