Moore shines in East-West All-Star Game

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Detroit Cass Tech quarterback Keith Moore was the star of the 30-13 East victory at the High School All-Star Game at Kelly/Shorts Stadium on Saturday, but several future Chippewas also made notable impacts.

Moore, who will be playing for Saginaw Valley next year, was eight for 13 passing for 212 yards and three touchdowns.

“I was just trying to hit everything that was open and do the stuff we were working on all week,” Moore said.

One of Moore’s best plays came in the third quarter on a third down and long with five minutes left. He scrambled, threw a blind pass down the sideline and found Cadillac’s Ray Tillman for a 55-yard touchdown pass that sealed the deal.

“I was just trying to make a play,” Moore said. “I knew I had to keep it in and I saw my receiver open so I gave it a shot.”

The touchdown was Moore’s third of the day. The other two were both to Farmington’s Jason Wilson, who will join the CMU football team in the fall. One came in the first for 61 yards and the other in the second for 68 yards, and he ended the day with three catches for 136 yards.

“(Moore is) great and he’ll have a great college career,” said East coach and Manchester High School coach Wesley Gall. “He’s quick on his feet and has a nice arm and puts a nice touch on the ball.”

Grand Haven’s Dalton Stenberg intercepted Tommy Vento’s pass, giving the West a first and goal. But J.W. Sexton’s Onjae Miller fumbled the ball at the 10-yard line, where Ypsilanti’s Feerooz Yacoobi recovered the ball for the East.

The West’s next drive, courtesy of Traverse City Central’s Mack Savereign, connected with Ithaca’s Luke Capen for a 21-yard touchdown, but it was all about the East from there.

“It was like a dream,” Gall said. “It was like working, but you’re on vacation.”

The other future Chippewas in the game performed well.

For the East, Melvindale linebacker Courtney Williams had one tackle. Cousino tight end Ben McCord came down with two catches for 12 yards and made a spectacular catch in the endzone, but was forced out by West defender and future Chippewa Nick Beamish.

On the West, St. John’s linebacker Colin Wilson led the team in tackles with six. Rockford linebacker Brett Egnatuk had four of his own.

Orchard View tight end Cole Walderzak came down with a few nice catches and Holt linemen Kenny Rogers and Standish-Sterling’s Ahmeti Ramadan were strong on the line.

The win marked the East’s 17th victory to the West’s 14.