Football signing day in West Michigan

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  • West Catholic players from left: Tony Brechting, Jalin Faison, and Andy Zimmerman
  • Muskegon Heights High School's Evan Winston signs with the University of Missouri
  • Zeeland East High School's Ross Ebels (left) and Jordan Hill sign with Saginaw Valley State
  • Kenowa Hills High School's Kitwana Clark signs with Ferris State
  • Rockford High School's Ben Braden signs to play at the University of Michigan
    

GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM) The day they've been waiting for has come. Several top high school football players in West Michigan Wednesday officially committed to play college football on national signing day.

Evan Winston of Muskegon Heights (Missouri) and Ben Braden of Rockford (Michigan) were the headliners at a signing day ceremony at Celebration Cinema North this morning. Others include:

Muskegon

Juwan Lewis, Eastern Michigan

Rockford 

Mark LaPrairie, Hillsdale
Steven Mette, Hillsdale
Aaron Weston, Wayne State
Anthony DeDamos, Wayne State
Matt Boonstra, Northern Michigan

West Catholic

Tony Brechting, Michigan Tech
Andy Zimmerman, Wayne State
Jalin Faison, Ferris State

East Grand Rapids

DeAndre Grady, Wayne State
David Drummond, Saginaw Valley

Zeeland East

Ross Ebels, Saginaw Valley
Jordan Hill, Saginaw Valley
Paul Baker, Saginaw Valley
T.J. Beelen, Southern Illinois

GR Christian

Kavon Frazier, Central Michigan
Wes Johnson, Ball State
Robert Cuba, Ferris State
Christian Benn, Northern Michigan

Grand Haven

Danny Cotter, Butler
Dakota Smith, Northern Michigan
Torrey Appel, Ferris State

Holland

Scott Tackett, Grand Valley

Kenowa Hills

Kitwana Clark, Ferris State

Catholic Central

Kevin Vicari, Grand Valley

Ottawa Hills

Jalen Couch, Ferris State

South Christian

Brandon Haan, Grand Valley 

"13 On Your Sidelines" player of the year Gabe Dean will wrestle at Cornell University.