It is said imitation is the highest form of flattery, so the Midwest blog will go ahead and imitate -- not copy -- colleague Erik McKinney's article on WeAreSC on the area's top high school duos.McKinney looked at the state of California, but we'll be looking at the entire Midwest region. It's going to be tough, but we'll keep it to just one duo per state: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois Minnesota and Wisconsin.The one rule is they have to be a pair along the same unit or are consistently working with one another, such as a quarterback and receiver or cornerback and safety for example.

Pennsylvania

Montour: RB Julian Durden and ATH/WR Devin Wilson (2013)
Durden, a three-star running back, is waiting on a few more BCS offers, and he should have caught the attention of some scouts with his play early in the season. Durden could finish his career with more than 4,000 yards rushing after running for 401 yards through the first two games of the season. Wilson will be a highly sought after receiver next class. Wilson, who stands 6-foot-3, is an explosive playmaker on the outside.

Ohio

Austintown-Fitch: RB William Mahone and OL Billy Price (2013)
(Note: I could have bent the rules a little bit on this one and used the lesser position of a couple two-way starters to make it work, but we'll keep the integrity of this blog post. So even though Taft DE Adolphus Washington also plays tight end, he's still considered a DE and therefore the pairing of he and WR Dwayne Stanford II is void.)The top duo in talent-rich Ohio belongs to Mahone and Price, who is one of the top juniors in Ohio. Mahone is down to his final four schools of Michigan State, Notre Dame, Penn State and Pittsburgh, and he's off to a solid start to his senior season with a pair of 100-yard rushing games against schools not located north of the border. (Austintown played a team from Ontario last weekend.) Many of those yards have come behind Price, who already has offers from Notre Dame and Ohio State.

Indiana

Warren Central: DT Sheldon Day and DE Jonathan Burt
This really could have gone to any combination of Warren Central's starting defensive line, which boasts four FBS commits. Day, a four-star Notre Dame commitment, is the best along the line, anchoring from the inside and collapsing pockets on quarterbacks on a consistent basis. Burt has been sidelined with a broken bone in his foot, but the Cincinnati commit should be back to terrorizing quarterbacks in time for the playoffs.

Michigan

Cass Tech: CB Terry Richardson and OLB Royce Jenkins-Stone
Both are part of Cass Tech's back seven, so Jenkins-Stone as an outside linebacker finds himself in coverage a good amount of the time. ESPNU 150 prospects Richardson and Jenkins-Stone are the top two players in Michigan and both are committed to the Wolverines. When the 5-foot-9 Richardson squared off with Michigan State commit Aaron Burbridge (Farmington Hills, Mich./Harrison) in the opener, Richardson held his own and knocked a ball away from Burbridge in the end zone.

Illinois

Simeon: OL Jordan Diamond and ATH/QB Robert Gregory