The game was over before it ever really began, but as zeroes were shown on the Ford Field game clock in the 2021 Michigan High School Football Division 1 title game, the West Bloomfield Lakers were officially deemed champions for the first time ever, defeating defending state champs of Davison High School 41-0 this past winter.
West Bloomfield head coach Ron Bellamy ended a pandemic-induced pushed-back season on top of the high school football world in the state of Michigan — a state he has called home since donning the Maize and Blue as a student-athlete at the University of Michigan.