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2016 MHSAA Football Playoff Pairings
2016 MHSAA Football Playoff Pairings
East Lansing, Mich. — Here are the pairings for the 2016 MHSAA Football Playoffs, which begin with Pre-Districts in the 11-Player Playoffs and Pre-Regionals in the 8-Player Playoffs Oct. 28-29.
Qualifying teams for the 11-Player Playoffs were divided into Districts of four teams each, and then paired into four Regions. 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 Pre-District play, the first-place team in each District will host the fourth-place team; and the second-place team will host the third-ranked team.
The weekend of Nov. 4-5 will have District Finals in the 11-Player Playoffs and Regional Finals in the 8-Player Playoffs, at the site of the highest-ranked team which was victorious in the previous round of play.
Regional Finals in the 11-Player Playoffs will take place Nov. 11-12, at the site of the highest-ranked team that was victorious in District final play. The 8-Player Playoff Semifinals will take place on Nov. 12, pairing the winners of Region 1 vs. Region 2; and the winners of Region 3 vs. Region 4; at the site of the highest ranked team.
Semifinal games in the 11-Player Playoffs will take place on Nov. 19, pairing the winners of Region 1 vs. Region 2; and the winners of Region 3 vs. Region 4 at prearranged sites.
Tickets for single-session Pre-District, District and Regional games are $5. At Regional sites where multiple games are played and a single admission is charged, tickets will be $6. Single-session Semifinal tickets are $6. At Semifinal sites where multiple games are played and a single admission is charged, tickets are $7.
The 8-Player Finals will take place at Greenville High School on Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. Admission is $8.00
For the 11-Player Finals, tickets are $10 per day at Ford Field, allowing a fan to see all four games on a single admission. No in and out privileges are allowed. Here is the schedule:
November 25
Division 8 — 10 a.m.
Division 2 — 1 p.m.
Division 6 — 4:30 p.m.
Division 4 — 7:30 p.m.
November 26
Division 7 — 10 a.m.
Division 1 — 1 p.m.
Division 5 — 4:30 p.m.
Division 3 — 7:30 p.m.
Eleven-Player Pairings
Division 1
REGION 1
DISTRICT 1
Rockford (6-3) 79.000 at Hudsonville (8-1) 100.333
Grand Ledge (7-2) 85.667 at Grandville (8-1) 98.333
DISTRICT 2
Howell (5-4) 61.778 at Detroit Catholic Central (9-0) 115.794
Novi (5-4) 64.111 at Brighton (7-2) 89.444
REGION 2
DISTRICT 1
Grand Blanc (5-4) 63.333 at Davison (9-0) 104.000
Lapeer (7-2) 80.667 at Clarkston (7-2) 90.889
DISTRICT 2
Lake Orion (5-4) 62.111 at Romeo (6-3) 80.000
Waterford Mott (5-4) 65.111 at Rochester Adams (6-3) 70.444
REGION 3
DISTRICT 1
Belleville (7-2) 82.444 at Saline (9-0) 115.048
Canton (7-2) 87.778 at Northville (7-2) 94.778
DISTRICT 2
Livonia Stevenson (5-4) 63.444 at Dearborn (8-1) 104.667
Dearborn Fordson (8-1) 98.556 at Detroit Cass Tech (9-0) 99.556
REGION 4
DISTRICT 1
Macomb L’Anse Creuse North (6-3) 70.444 at Utica Eisenhower (9-0) 115.556
Macomb Dakota (6-3) 73.222 at Clinton Township Chippewa Valley (6-3) 81.222
DISTRICT 2
West Bloomfield (5-4) 60.222 at Bloomfield Hills (9-0) 111.111
Southfield Arts & Technology (6-3) 78.333 at Warren Mott (7-2) 87.667
Division 2
REGION 1
DISTRICT 1
Greenville (5-4) 59.889 at Lowell (9-0) 114.667
Traverse City West (6-3) 71.667 at Traverse City Central (8-1) 96.556
DISTRICT 2
Portage Northern (5-4) 61.403 at Portage Central (8-1) 102.778
Battle Creek Lakeview (6-2) 74.556 at Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central (7-2) 79.556
REGION 2
DISTRICT 1
Bay City Central (6-3) 64.000 at Midland Dow (8-1) 92.111
Flint Carman-Ainsworth (6-3) 73.111 at Fenton (7-2) 87.222
DISTRICT 2
South Lyon (5-4) 62.667 at Walled Lake Western (8-1) 109.444
Walled Lake Northern (6-3) 70.333 at Pinckney (7-2) 87.444
REGION 3
DISTRICT 1
Livonia Franklin (6-3) 73.556 at Brownstown Woodhaven (7-2) 84.111
Temperance Bedford (7-2) 79.111 at Wyandotte Roosevelt (7-2) 83.333
DISTRICT 2
Ferndale (7-2) 72.556 at Detroit Martin Luther King (7-2) 83.556
Oak Park (6-3) 76.000 at Detroit U-D Jesuit (6-2) 77.111
REGION 4
DISTRICT 1
Berkley (6-3) 71.000 at Birmingham Groves (8-1) 101.333
Birmingham Brother Rice (6-3) 73.333 at Warren Cousino (8-1) 94.778
DISTRICT 2
*Grosse Pointe North (7-2) 80.444 at St Clair Shores Lakeview (6-3) 59.778
Port Huron Northern (6-3) 62.667 at Grosse Pointe South (6-3) 76.556
* Grosse Pointe North cannot host MHSAA Tournament events in any sport in 2016-17 due to probation
Division 3
REGION 1
DISTRICT 1
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern (5-4) 59.889 at Muskegon (8-1) 98.556
Cadillac (6-3) 63.333 at East Grand Rapids (7-2) 84.333
DISTRICT 2
Zeeland East (6-3) 68.667 at Byron Center (8-1) 96.778
Zeeland West (7-2) 87.667 at Grand Rapids Christian (8-1) 91.333
REGION 2
DISTRICT 1
Hamilton (6-3) 64.333 at Edwardsburg (9-0) 97.778
St Joseph (6-3) 70.403 at Stevensville Lakeshore (6-3) 72.000
DISTRICT 2
Vicksburg (7-2) 72.667 at Chelsea (9-0) 102.889
Battle Creek Harper Creek (7-2) 73.222 at Coldwater (7-2) 81.000
REGION 3
DISTRICT 1
East Lansing (6-3) 69.000 at DeWitt (8-1) 102.000
Fowlerville (7-2) 76.333 at Mason (8-1) 83.444
DISTRICT 2
Linden (6-3) 65.333 at Ortonville-Brandon (8-1) 86.889
Orchard Lake St Mary’s (5-4) 67.000 at Bay City John Glenn (7-2) 68.111
REGION 4
DISTRICT 1
Redford Union (6-3) 59.222 at Warren Fitzgerald (8-1) 89.444
Detroit Cody (6-3) 61.556 at Dearborn Divine Child (7-2) 72.794
DISTRICT 2
New Boston Huron (6-3) 59.667 at Allen Park (9-0) 112.000
Trenton (6-3) 72.111 at Romulus (8-1) 87.000
Division 4
REGION 1
DISTRICT 1
Ludington (7-2) 53.889 at Alma (8-1) 81.778
Whitehall (6-3) 60.778 at Escanaba (7-2) 75.111
DISTRICT 2
Wyoming Godwin Heights (5-4) 51.222 at Grand Rapids Catholic Central (8-1) 88.667
Allendale (7-2) 75.222 at Wyoming Kelloggsville (8-1) 85.556
REGION 2
DISTRICT 1
Grand Rapids South Christian (5-4) 54.556 at Benton Harbor (9-0) 90.667
Three Rivers (7-2) 75.000 at Hudsonville Unity Christian (7-2) 82.222
DISTRICT 2
Battle Creek Pennfield (5-4) 53.000 at Lake Odessa Lakewood (8-1) 79.444
Williamston (5-4) 56.111 at Lansing Sexton (6-3) 68.667
REGION 3
DISTRICT 1
Flint Powers Catholic (5-4) 54.111 at Lake Fenton (8-1) 80.444
Croswell-Lexington (6-3) 60.556 at Corunna (7-2) 65.444
DISTRICT 2
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood (7-2) 68.167 at Detroit Country Day (9-0) 102.000
St Clair Shores South Lake (7-2) 76.667 at Marysville (9-0) 98.667
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) 50.000 at Milan (8-1) 90.111
Adrian (5-4) 53.556 at Grosse Ile (8-1) 87.000
Division 5
REGION 1
DISTRICT 1
Kalkaska (6-3) 53.556 at Menominee (8-1) 87.000
Grayling (6-3) 55.556 at Kingsford (6-3) 66.000
DISTRICT 2
Pinconning (6-3) 54.333 at Reed City (9-0) 91.556
Clare (8-1) 78.222 at Remus Chippewa Hills (8-1) 79.111
REGION 2
DISTRICT 1
Belding (5-4) 49.667 at Ithaca (9-0) 91.556
Grant (6-3) 52.111 at Muskegon Oakridge (8-1) 78.222
DISTRICT 2
Saginaw Swan Valley (6-3) 61.778 at Freeland (9-0) 103.111
Essexville Garber (7-2) 65.556 at Frankenmuth (8-1) 83.556
REGION 3
DISTRICT 1
Grandville Calvin Christian (6-3) 62.514 at Portland (9-0) 104.000
Grand Rapids West Catholic (7-2) 70.667 at Lansing Catholic (8-1) 87.111
DISTRICT 2
Olivet (5-4) 52.667 at Berrien Springs (6-2) 72.556
Buchanan (5-3) 56.069 at Dowagiac (6-3) 60.889
REGION 4
DISTRICT 1
Stockbridge (5-4) 49.556 at Ida (8-1) 79.000
Southfield Bradford Academy (7-2) 58.500 at Brooklyn Columbia Central (7-2) 65.556
DISTRICT 2
Almont (6-3) 59.000 at Richmond (8-1) 86.222
Algonac (8-1) 81.667 at Detroit Denby (8-1) 82.222
Division 6
REGION 1
DISTRICT 1
Charlevoix (7-2) 59.333 at Negaunee (9-0) 86.556
Boyne City (6-3) 59.667 at Calumet (8-1) 73.778
DISTRICT 2
Houghton Lake (5-4) 47.333 at Roscommon (8-1) 73.667
Tawas (6-2) 52.556 at Maple City Glen Lake (7-2) 58.667
REGION 2
DISTRICT 1
Harrison (5-4) 43.556 at Leroy Pine River (6-3) 56.847
Beaverton (6-3) 52.667 at Morley Stanwood (6-3) 53.333
DISTRICT 2
Lakeview (6-3) 60.444 at Ravenna (7-2) 69.000
Montague (7-2) 60.778 at Kent City (7-2) 62.556
REGION 3
DISTRICT 1
Hemlock (5-4) 43.778 at Millington (8-1) 80.511
Montrose (6-3) 58.111 at Laingsburg (8-1) 72.000
DISTRICT 2
Ecorse (5-4) 45.889 at Warren Michigan Collegiate (8-1) 78.000
Detroit Central Collegiate (5-4) 47.667 at Byron (7-2) 60.111
REGION 4
DISTRICT 1
Constantine (6-3) 58.111 at Schoolcraft (9-0) 87.111
Watervliet (7-2) 61.889 at Jackson Lumen Christi (7-2) 75.111
DISTRICT 2
Manchester (5-4) 41.778 at Grass Lake (8-1) 73.444
Michigan Center (6-3) 52.667 at Napoleon (7-2) 61.889
Division 7
REGION 1
DISTRICT 1
Harbor Springs (5-4) 40.736 at Traverse City St Francis (9-0) 89.778
Gwinn (6-3) 50.556 at Iron Mountain (7-2) 61.333
DISTRICT 2
Hesperia (5-4) 40.778 at Pewamo-Westphalia (9-0) 78.222
Onekama (6-3) 41.333 at Saugatuck (9-0) 75.556
REGION 2
DISTRICT 1
Reese (5-4) 40.000 at New Lothrop (8-1) 76.222
Whittemore-Prescott (5-4) 40.333 at Flint Hamady (7-2) 64.444
DISTRICT 2
Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker (7-2) 56.000 at Ubly (9-0) 74.667
Cass City (6-3) 56.556 at Unionville-Sebewaing (8-1) 69.333
REGION 3
DISTRICT 1
Bridgman (6-3) 42.958 at Cassopolis (8-1) 69.611
Gobles (7-2) 60.333 at Lawton (8-1) 67.556
DISTRICT 2
Dansville (6-3) 45.778 at Homer (7-2) 60.667
Springport (7-2) 57.444 at Concord (7-2) 58.222
REGION 4
DISTRICT 1
Detroit Delta Prep (6-3) 51.667 at Hudson (8-1) 79.444
Clinton (6-3) 52.000 at Sand Creek (8-1) 66.111
DISTRICT 2
Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest (6-3) 46.111 at Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (9-0) 77.778
Madison Heights Madison (6-3) 69.222 at Detroit Loyola (7-2) 74.889
Division 8
REGION 1
DISTRICT 1
Felch North Dickinson (6-3) 40.444 at Lake Linden-Hubbell (9-0) 76.444
Iron River West Iron County (6-3) 51.889 at Norway (7-2) 58.778
DISTRICT 2
Hillman (5-4) 33.556 at St Ignace (8-1) 68.778
Gaylord St Mary (6-3) 37.222 at Newberry (7-2) 52.333
REGION 2
DISTRICT 1
Evart (6-3) 45.000 at Frankfort (9-0) 74.667
AuGres-Sims (7-2) 51.667 at Lincoln Alcona (8-1) 61.069
DISTRICT 2
Mt Pleasant Sacred Heart (5-4) 36.222 at Muskegon Catholic Central (9-0) 94.222
Vestaburg (5-4) 37.667 at Beal City (6-3) 54.556
REGION 3
DISTRICT 1
Merrill (6-3) 42.778 at Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary (7-2) 69.889
Saginaw Nouvel (6-3) 63.556 at Breckenridge (9-0) 69.333
DISTRICT 2
Fowler (6-3) 48.222 at Royal Oak Shrine Catholic (7-2) 57.778
Clarkston Everest Collegiate (7-2) 53.667 at Waterford Our Lady (6-3) 56.778
REGION 4
DISTRICT 1
Colon (5-4) 32.444 at Climax-Scotts (9-0) 66.111
Mendon (7-2) 55.500 at St Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic (8-1) 59.111
DISTRICT 2
Petersburg-Summerfield (5-4) 37.444 at Ottawa Lake Whiteford (9-0) 79.111
Pittsford (6-3) 38.889 at Morenci (6-3) 53.111
Eight-Player Pairings
REGION 1
Rapid River (6-3) 39.778 at Powers North Central (9-0) 65.889
Stephenson (7-2) 46.222 at Crystal Falls Forest Park (8-1) 56.111
REGION 2
Cedarville (6-3) 40.667 at Engadine (9-0) 62.222
Fife Lake Forest Area (7-2) 44.097 at Pickford (8-1) 52.444
REGION 3
Camden-Frontier (6-1) 40.984 at Portland St Patrick (9-0) 62.444
Lawrence (8-1) 56.857 at Wyoming Tri-unity Christian (9-0) 62.444
REGION 4
Webberville (7-2) 47.667 at Deckerville (8-0) 64.333
Owendale-Gagetown (8-1) 48.889 at New Haven Merritt Academy (9-0) 62.222
