Kingsford, Iron Mountain and West Iron County have earned postseason berths in 11-player football, while Norway, North Dickinson and North Central will enter the 8-player playoffs.

The Michigan High School Athletic Association playoffs begin Friday and Saturday with district semifinals in 11-player and regional semifinals in 8-player. Kickoff dates and times were being finalized today.

Teams were divided into divisions before the start of play this fall. The top 32 teams in each division in 11-player and top 16 per division in 8-player, based on playoff-point average, were selected to the field. For 11-player, qualifiers were then divided into four regions with eight teams apiece, and for 8-player qualifiers were divided into four regions with four teams in each.

Pairings for the first three weeks of the tournament are based on regular-season playoff point averages, with the highest-ranked team hosting, regardless of the distance between the two schools. For 11-player district semifinal and 8-player regional semifinal play, the top-seeded team in each bracket will host the fourth-seeded team, and the second-seeded team will host the third-seeded team.

District finals for 11-player and regional finals for 8-player will follow during the weekend of Nov. 7-8, and the weekend of Nov. 14-15 will have regional finals in 11-player and semifinals in 8-player. The 8-player semifinals will pair the winners of Region 1 vs. Region 2 and the winners of Region 3 vs. Region 4 at neutral sites assigned by the MHSAA.

Semifinal games in the 11-player playoffs will take place Nov. 21-22, pairing the winners of Region 1 vs. Region 2 and the winners of Region 3 vs. Region 4. The MHSAA also will assign 11-player semifinals at neutral sites.

All playoff tickets except for finals — both 11 and 8-player — will be sold online only via GoFan at gofan.co/.

For 11-player, tickets to district semifinals and district finals cost $7, tickets to regional finals are $9, and tickets to semifinals cost $10. For 8-player, tickets for regional semifinals are $7, tickets for regional finals are $9, and tickets for semifinals cost $10.

The 8-player finals will take place Nov. 22 at Northern Michigan University’s Superior Dome in Marquette, and the 11-player finals will be played Nov. 28 and 30 at Ford Field in Detroit. An all-day ticket for 8-player finals costs $10 and includes admission to both games, and an all-day ticket for the 11-player finals costs $20 and includes admission to that day’s four games.

Initial pairings for both the 11- and 8-player brackets in the local region follow:

11-Player Pairings

DIVISION 3

Bay City Western (4-5) 46.556 at Mount Pleasant (9-0) 76.444

Marquette (6-3) 51.889 at Gaylord (9-0) 66.000

DIVISION 4

Freeland (7-2) 49.667 at Escanaba (8-1) 58.222

Big Rapids (8-1) 52.667 at Ludington (9-0) 56.778

DIVISION 5

Negaunee (6-3) 40.875 at Ogemaw Heights (8-1) 54.389

Gladwin (5-4) 43.111 at Kingsford (6-3) 43.222

DIVISION 6

Calumet (7-2) 40.500 at Kingsley (7-2) 48.167

Boyne City (6-3) 41.944 at Traverse City St. Francis (6-2) 44.472

DIVISION 7

Manton (6-3) 28.000 at Menominee (9-0) 52.486

McBain (7-2) 36.667 at Charlevoix (8-1) 41.556

DIVISION 8

West Iron County (4-4) 25.361 at Bark River-Harris (7-1) 37.375

L’Anse (5-4) 25.417 at Iron Mountain (5-3) 27.528

8-Player Pairings

DIVISION 1

Gogebic (8-1) 32.264 at Norway (9-0) 37.625, 6 p.m. Friday

Pickford (7-1) 32.542 at Indian River Inland Lakes (9-0) 36.667

DIVISION 2

St. Ignace (6-3) 29.250 at Felch North Dickinson (9-0) 34.708

Powers North Central (7-2) 31.444 at Lake Linden-Hubbell (7-2) 31.444