Flivvers, Mountaineers to host MHSAA grid playoff openers
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Kingsford and Iron Mountain will host MHSAA football playoff games this weekend while North Central will be on the road.
Kingsford (9-0) hosts Howard City Tri County (5-4) at noon Saturday in a Division 5 district opener. In Division 8, East Jordan (7-2) will travel to Iron Mountain (7-2).
In an eight-player MHSAA Division 2 opener, North Central (7-2) will play at Lake Linden-Hubbell (9-0). Times and dates for all games were to be announced.
The top 32 teams by playoff-point average in each 11-player division and top 16 teams by playoff-point average in each 8-player division qualified. Divisions were determined prior to the start of the season.
Forest Park (6-3) and North Dickinson (5-4) narrowly missed qualifying. In 8-player Division 1, Forest Park placed 18th in playoff points. In eight-player Division 2, North Dickinson was 17th.
The MHSAA playoffs conclude with the 8-Player Finals on Nov. 21 at Northern Michigan University's Superior Dome and 11-Player Finals on Nov. 27-28 at Ford Field in Detroit.
Kingsford is the top seed in its district bracket, with Negaunee (5-4) traveling to play Shepherd (7-2) in the other district opener. Beal City (9-0) is the No. 1 seed in Iron Mountain’s district bracket and will host Beaverton (4-4).
Lake Linden-Hubbell is seeded No. 1 in North Central’s region, with St. Ignace (8-1) and Gaylord St. Mary (9-0) meeting in the other opener.
In eight-player Division 1, the regional pairings have Mio (6-3) at top-seeded Pickford (7-2) and Ishpeming (7-2) at Rudyard (7-2).
Prep football scores
Thursday, Oct. 22
ELEVEN PLAYER
Iron Mountain 21, Negaunee 20
Friday, Oct. 23
ELEVEN PLAYER
Calumet 50, L’Anse 8
Westwood 41, Manistique 8
Kingsford 42, Marquette 26
Menominee 38, Bark River-Harris 30
Escanaba 29, Gladstone 20
Hancock 16, Houghton 10
EIGHT PLAYER
Ishpeming 48, Munising 16
Bessemer 94, Ironwood 56
Stephenson 58, Norway 26
North Central 55, Forest Park 36
Pickford 62, Onaway 6
WIAA
EIGHT PLAYER
Second Round
Suring 42, Sevastopol 22
ELEVEN PLAYER
Division 7
First Round
Crivitz 35, Pacelli 17
Coleman 50, Manawa 18