In an electrifying game, the Riverview Pirates edged out their neighbors, the Trenton Trojans, with a 22-21 victory. The first half was a nail-biter, with the teams heading into halftime tied at 14-14. Trenton drew first blood with a 47-yard run by Ashton Rooney, but Riverview’s Nathan Pinkava and Ashton Robinson kept their team in the game with impressive runs of their own.
After a defensive battle in the third quarter, Trenton took the lead with 4:43 left in the game. However, Riverview refused to give up. A 28-yard kickoff return by Robinson set the stage for a 59-yard touchdown drive, capped off by Jordan Smiechowski’s score with only 0:23 seconds left. The crowd went wild as QB Lucas Thompson completed the 2-point conversion, securing the Pirates’ win.
The game saw standout performances from Pinkava, Robinson, and Smiechowski, who contributed significantly to Riverview’s 268 yards. The Pirates’ defense, led by Andrew Justice, Braylon Orcher, and Chris Sarnacki, played a crucial role in their victory.
With this win, Riverview improves to 9-1 and will host 5-4 River Rouge next week. Trenton’s season concludes at 6-4.
Trenton and Southgate would be good HL fit, but you can’t blame them for wanting to be in a league where you get major playoff points for the three big school cheese puffs. 3 d1 schools, and a bad d2. I don’t see a resurgence in Wyandotte anytime soon. If you’re D3, you might make the playoffs with just four wins and never beating a single good team the entire season.
Riverview moving to D4? Typical of today…..can’t win in D3 when they play top teams so we’ll take a step down….. funny how they can control their enrollment for Athletics……
Your not to observant ! Riverview don’t control enrollment…you are just caught in the TRAP!
It’s absolutely true……after building a Million Dollar Weight Room they had visions of grandeur. If they just played kids from Riverview and not had transfers from neighboring communities they would be .500 at best…..now they’ll drop DOWN so they’ll have better opportunities to win a State Championship. Pffft
You might not ever understand. It’s okay tho
They’re a small D3 based on last years enrollment, this year they will be D4 based on this years enrollment. It uses the previous year. Just like how Huron went from D3 to D4 over about 30 kids less enrollment.
Hmmm, when public money for schools is based on your enrollment, the last thing they think about is Athletics. Every public school is driven by their enrollment these days. You would never understate it just so you could be in a different division. Especially when you don’t even know where the numbers actually are going to be each year. 🤦♂️
Very small freshmen class this year should result in D4 next year. Seems to be plenty of football players in there.
Yep
Every year they say Riverview can’t hang in the downriver league, then they beat almost every downriver league team in the playoffs every year (Besides Allen Park they seem to just have the views number or the view is truly cursed against them.)
Anyways, can’t actually remember the last time Carlson or Trenton has beat the view in the playoffs since 2017. They still talk shit when Riverview owns 90% of the DRL? Besides Allen park weirdly enough
If View joined the Downriver League next year they would be in that upper echelon of the league along with Carlson, Allen Park, and Woodhaven. Honestly might make for some fun rivalries and would help View’s playoff points.
If View Joined Downriver would you take Grosse Ile with them to keep the rivalry? If Riverview left Grosse Ile closest game would become Flat Rock
The DRL only has one open spot. I doubt they’d want Grosse Ile with them being a D5, they might not even want Riverview being that they’re going to be D4. They’d have to get rid of one of their D1 playoff points cheese puffs and a D1 Cheese puff is far better in points than a D5. No offense Devils, but that’s where it is at the moment.
Ya it would suck to have a D4 team beating a bunch of d1 and d3 schools
I mean can’t they do split into conferences? If Riverview left would a Huron league breakup happen?
Teams are always wanting to get into the Huron League. It will never break up.
Congrats to the Pirates! Good luck moving forward through the playoffs. Gutsy win!