
Romeo’s Christopher Zanke lifts the Divisin 1 state championship trophy at Ford Field on Nov. 28, 2015.
These are the pairings for this weekend’s first round games.
Teams were divided into four-team districts. Teams with the highest playoff point averages will host through the first three rounds of the playoffs, regardless of the distance between schools.
Division 1
REGION 1
DISTRICT 1
Rockford (6-3) at Hudsonville (8-1), 7, Friday.
Grand Ledge (7-2) at Grandville (8-1), 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Howell (5-4) at Detroit Catholic Central (9-0), 1, Saturday.
Novi (5-4) at Brighton (7-2), 7, Friday.
Prep Bowl: Catholic Central stamps out OL St. Mary’s last chance
REGION 2
DISTRICT 1
Grand Blanc (5-4) at Davison (9-0), 7, Friday.
Lapeer (7-2) at Clarkston (7-2), 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Lake Orion (5-4) at Romeo (6-3), 7, Friday.
Waterford Mott (5-4) at Rochester Adams (6-3), 7, Friday.
REGION 3
DISTRICT 1
Belleville (7-2) at Saline (9-0), 7, Friday.
Canton (7-2) at Northville (7-2), 7, Friday.
McCabe: Canton comes back from 0-2 start to make playoffs
DISTRICT 2
Livonia Stevenson (5-4) at Dearborn (8-1), 7, Friday.
Dearborn Fordson (8-1) at Detroit Cass Tech (9-0), 1, Saturday.
PSL title: Seniors lead Cass Tech past King, 41-20
Livonia Stevenson (5-4) rallies to sneak into state football playoffs
REGION 4
DISTRICT 1
Macomb L’Anse Creuse North (6-3) vs. Utica Eisenhower (9-0) at Utica, 7, Friday.
Macomb Dakota (6-3) at Clinton Township Chippewa Valley (6-3), 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
West Bloomfield (5-4) at Bloomfield Hills (9-0), 7, Friday.
Southfield (6-3) at Warren Mott (7-2) , 7, Friday.
McCabe: Lew Nichols leads Southfield A&T to playoffs with 28-14 win
McCabe: Bloomfield Hills perseveres, stays perfect in fourth season
Division 2
REGION 1
DISTRICT 1
Greenville (5-4) at Lowell (9-0), 7, Friday.
Traverse City West (6-3) vs. Traverse City Central (8-1) at Thirlby Field, 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Portage Northern (5-4) vs. Portage Central (8-1) at McCamley Field, 7, Friday.
Battle Creek Lakeview (6-2) at Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central (7-2), 7, Friday.
REGION 2
DISTRICT 1
Bay City Central (6-3) vs. Midland Dow (8-1) at Midland Community Stadium, 7, Friday.
Flint Carman-Ainsworth (6-3) at Fenton (7-2), 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
South Lyon (5-4) at Walled Lake Western (8-1), 7, Friday.
Walled Lake Northern (6-3) at Pinckney (7-2), 7, Friday.
KLAA title: Walled Lake Western decisive in clinching four-peat, 37-7
REGION 3
DISTRICT 1
Livonia Franklin (6-3) at Brownstown Woodhaven (7-2), 7, Friday.
Temperance Bedford (7-2) at Wyandotte Roosevelt (7-2), 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Ferndale (7-2) at Detroit Martin Luther King (7-2), 5, Friday.
Oak Park (6-3) vs. Detroit U-D Jesuit (6-2) at Hazel Park, 7, Friday.
REGION 4
DISTRICT 1
Berkley (6-3) at Birmingham Groves (8-1), 7, Friday.
Birmingham Brother Rice (6-3) at Warren Cousino (8-1), 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Grosse Pointe North (7-2) at St Clair Shores Lakeview (6-3), 7, Friday.
Port Huron Northern (6-3) at Grosse Pointe South (6-3), 7, Friday.
Division 3
REGION 1
DISTRICT 1
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern (5-4) at Muskegon (8-1), 7, Friday.
Cadillac (6-3) at East Grand Rapids (7-2), 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Zeeland East (6-3) at Byron Center (8-1), 7, Friday.
Zeeland West (7-2) at Grand Rapids Christian (8-1), 7, Friday.
REGION 2
DISTRICT 1
Hamilton (6-3) at Edwardsburg (9-0), 7, Friday.
St Joseph (6-3) at Stevensville Lakeshore (6-3), 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Vicksburg (7-2) at Chelsea (9-0), 7, Friday.
Battle Creek Harper Creek (7-2) at Coldwater (7-2), 7, Friday.
REGION 3
DISTRICT 1
East Lansing (6-3) at DeWitt (8-1), 7, Friday.
Fowlerville (7-2) at Mason (8-1), 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Linden (6-3) at Ortonville-Brandon (8-1), 7, Friday.
Orchard Lake St Mary’s (5-4) at Bay City John Glenn (7-2), 7, Friday.
REGION 4
DISTRICT 1
Redford Union (6-3) at Warren Fitzgerald (8-1), 7, Friday.
Detroit Cody (6-3) at Dearborn Divine Child (7-2), 7:30, Friday.
Prep bowl: Turnovers lift Dearborn Divine Child over Detroit Loyola
DISTRICT 2
New Boston Huron (6-3) at Allen Park (9-0), 7, Friday.
Trenton (6-3) at Romulus (8-1), 7, Friday.
Division 4
REGION 1
DISTRICT 1
Ludington (7-2) at Alma (8-1), 7, Friday.
Whitehall (6-3) 60.778 at Escanaba (7-2), noon, Saturday.
DISTRICT 2
Wyoming Godwin Heights (5-4) at Grand Rapids Catholic Central (8-1), 7, Friday.
Allendale (7-2) at Wyoming Kelloggsville (8-1), 7, Friday.
REGION 2
DISTRICT 1
Grand Rapids South Christian (5-4) at Benton Harbor (9-0), 7, Friday.
Three Rivers (7-2) at Hudsonville Unity Christian (7-2), 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Battle Creek Pennfield (5-4) at Lake Odessa Lakewood (8-1), 7, Friday.
Williamston (5-4) at Lansing Sexton (6-3), 7, Friday.
REGION 3
DISTRICT 1
Flint Powers Catholic (5-4) at Lake Fenton (8-1), 7, Friday.
Croswell-Lexington (6-3) at Corunna (7-2), 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood (7-2) 68.167 at Detroit Country Day (9-0), 2, Saturday.
St Clair Shores South Lake (7-2) at Marysville (9-0), 7, Friday.
Metro & state: Cranbrook tops Waterford Lakes in Prep Bowl
REGION 4
DISTRICT 1
Detroit Osborn (5-4) 51.667 at River Rouge (8-1) 80.000
Harper Woods Chandler Park Academy (5-3) 59.000 at Detroit Mumford (7-2) 79.625
DISTRICT 2
Monroe Jefferson (5-4) at Milan (8-1), 7, Friday.
Adrian (5-4) at Grosse Ile (8-1), 7, Friday.
Division 5
REGION 1
DISTRICT 1
Kalkaska (6-3) at Menominee (8-1), 6, Friday.
Grayling (6-3) at Kingsford (6-3), 3, Saturday.
DISTRICT 2
Pinconning (6-3) 54.333 at Reed City (9-0), 7, Friday.
Clare (8-1) 78.222 at Remus Chippewa Hills (8-1), 7, Friday.
REGION 2
DISTRICT 1
Belding (5-4) at Ithaca (9-0), 7, Friday.
Grant (6-3) at Muskegon Oakridge (8-1), 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Saginaw Swan Valley (6-3) at Freeland (9-0), 7, Friday.
Essexville Garber (7-2) at Frankenmuth (8-1), 7, Friday.
REGION 3
DISTRICT 1
Grandville Calvin Christian (6-3) at Portland (9-0), 7, Friday.
Grand Rapids West Catholic (7-2) at Lansing Catholic (8-1), 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Olivet (5-4) at Berrien Springs (6-2), 7, Friday.
Buchanan (5-3) at Dowagiac (6-3), 7, Friday.
REGION 4
DISTRICT 1
Stockbridge (5-4) at Ida (8-1), 7, Friday.
Southfield Bradford Academy (7-2) at Brooklyn Columbia Central (7-2), 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Almont (6-3) at Richmond (8-1), 7, Friday.
Algonac (8-1) at Detroit Denby (8-1), 6, Friday.
PSL title: Denby’s defense stands tall, seals title, 8-0, over Mumford
Division 6
REGION 1
DISTRICT 1
Charlevoix (7-2) at Negaunee (9-0), 7, Friday.
Boyne City (6-3) at Calumet (8-1), 1, Saturday.
DISTRICT 2
Houghton Lake (5-4) at Roscommon (8-1), 7, Friday.
Tawas (6-2) at Maple City Glen Lake (7-2), 7, Friday.
REGION 2
DISTRICT 1
Harrison (5-4) at Leroy Pine River (6-3), 7, Friday.
Beaverton (6-3) at Morley Stanwood (6-3), 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Lakeview (6-3) at Ravenna (7-2), 7, Friday.
Montague (7-2) at Kent City (7-2), 7, Friday.
REGION 3
DISTRICT 1
Hemlock (5-4) at Millington (8-1), 7, Friday.
Montrose (6-3) at Laingsburg (8-1), 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Ecorse (5-4) at Warren Michigan Collegiate (8-1), 7, Friday.
Detroit Central Collegiate (5-4) at Byron (7-2), 7, Friday.
REGION 4
DISTRICT 1
Constantine (6-3) at Schoolcraft (9-0), 7, Friday.
Watervliet (7-2) at Jackson Lumen Christi (7-2), 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Manchester (5-4) at Grass Lake (8-1), 7, Friday.
Michigan Center (6-3) at Napoleon (7-2), 7, Friday.
Division 7
REGION 1
DISTRICT 1
Harbor Springs (5-4) vs. Traverse City St Francis (9-0), at Thirlby Field, 1, Saturday.
Gwinn (6-3) at Iron Mountain (7-2), 6, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Hesperia (5-4) at Pewamo-Westphalia (9-0), 7, Friday.
Onekama (6-3) at Saugatuck (9-0), 7, Friday.
REGION 2
DISTRICT 1
Reese (5-4) at New Lothrop (8-1), 7, Friday.
Whittemore-Prescott (5-4) at Flint Hamady (7-2), 1, Saturday.
DISTRICT 2
Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker (7-2) at Ubly (9-0), 7, Friday.
Cass City (6-3) at Unionville-Sebewaing (8-1), 7, Friday.
REGION 3
DISTRICT 1
Bridgman (6-3) at Cassopolis (8-1), 7, Friday.
Gobles (7-2) at Lawton (8-1), 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Dansville (6-3) at Homer (7-2), 7, Friday.
Springport (7-2) at Concord (7-2), 7, Friday.
REGION 4
DISTRICT 1
Detroit Delta Prep (6-3) at Hudson (8-1), 7, Friday.
Clinton (6-3) at Sand Creek (8-1), 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest (6-3) at Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (9-0), 2:30, Saturday.
Madison Heights Madison (6-3) vs. Detroit Loyola (7-2) at Hazel Park, 7, Saturday.
Division 8
REGION 1
DISTRICT 1
Felch North Dickinson (6-3) at Lake Linden-Hubbell (9-0), 1, Saturday.
Iron River West Iron County (6-3) at Norway (7-2), 6, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Hillman (5-4) at St Ignace (8-1), 7, Friday.
Gaylord St Mary (6-3) at Newberry (7-2), 7, Friday.
REGION 2
DISTRICT 1
Evart (6-3) at Frankfort (9-0), 7, Friday.
AuGres-Sims (7-2) at Lincoln Alcona (8-1), 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Mt Pleasant Sacred Heart (5-4) at Muskegon Catholic Central (9-0), 7, Friday.
Vestaburg (5-4) at Beal City (6-3), 7, Friday.
REGION 3
DISTRICT 1
Merrill (6-3) at Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary (7-2), 7, Friday.
Saginaw Nouvel (6-3) at Breckenridge (9-0), 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Fowler (6-3) at Royal Oak Shrine Catholic (7-2), 2, Saturday.
Clarkston Everest Collegiate (7-2) at Waterford Our Lady (6-3), 1, Saturday.
REGION 4
DISTRICT 1
Colon (5-4) at Climax-Scotts (9-0), 7, Friday.
Mendon (7-2) vs. St Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic (8-1) at Bridgman, 7, Friday.
DISTRICT 2
Petersburg-Summerfield (5-4) at Ottawa Lake Whiteford (9-0), 7, Friday.
Pittsford (6-3) at Morenci (6-3), 7, Friday.
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Eight-Player Pairings
REGION 1
Rapid River (6-3) at Powers North Central (9-0), 6, Friday.
Stephenson (7-2) at Crystal Falls Forest Park (8-1), 6:30, Friday.
REGION 2
Cedarville (6-3) at Engadine (9-0), 7, Friday.
Fife Lake Forest Area (7-2) at Pickford (8-1), 7, Friday.
REGION 3
Camden-Frontier (6-1) vs. Portland St Patrick (9-0) at Portland, 7, Saturday.
Lawrence (8-1) at Wyoming Tri-unity Christian (9-0), 7, Friday.
REGION 4
Webberville (7-2) at Deckerville (8-0), 1, Saturday.
New Haven Merritt Academy (9-0) at Owendale-Gagetown (8-1), 7, Friday.