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Panel prognostications for the top 25 games in Round 2 of the MHSAA football postseason
Since we had such a good response to last week’s LIVE Friday podcast after the first-round games, we’re going to be doing the same thing for Round 2, and throughout the rest of the MHSAA football postseason. From 10:30 p.m. to midnight on Friday, we’ll be broadcasting live on Facebook and YouTube, joined by special guests in some of the victorious coaches from the games we cover (special thanks to South Lyon’s Jeff Henson and Detroit Catholic Central’s Dan Anderson for coming on with us last week).
But, since we don’t have a preview show again this week, we’ll be doing our picks in this format. Again, feel free to grade our performance, and share your own picks on social media.
Picking the Top 25 playoff games in Round 2:
D1/R1 — East Kentwood (9-1) at Saline (9-1), 1 p.m. Saturday
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Saline
JON KIDD: Saline
SEAN BALIGIAN: East Kentwood
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: East Kentwood
MATT MOWERY: East Kentwood
D1/R2 — Oxford (8-2) at Lapeer (10-0)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Lapeer
JON KIDD: Oxford
SEAN BALIGIAN: Oxford
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Oxford
MATT MOWERY: Lapeer
D1/R3 — Novi Detroit Catholic Central (7-3) at West Bloomfield (8-2)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Detroit Catholic Central
JON KIDD: West Bloomfield
SEAN BALIGIAN: Detroit Catholic Central
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Detroit Catholic Central
MATT MOWERY: West Bloomfield
D1/R4 — Macomb Dakota (8-2) at Clinton Township Chippewa Valley (10-0)
LORNE PLANT: Chippewa Valley
JON KIDD: Chippewa Valley
SEAN BALIGIAN: Chippewa Valley
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Chippewa Valley
MATT MOWERY: Chippewa Valley
D1/R4 — Dearborn Fordson (9-1) at Detroit Cass Tech (10-0), 1 p.m. Saturday
LORNE PLANT: Cass Tech
JON KIDD: Cass Tech
SEAN BALIGIAN: Cass Tech
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Cass Tech
MATT MOWERY: Cass Tech
D2/R1 — Jenison (7-3) at Muskegon Mona Shores (9-1)
LORNE PLANT: Mona Shores
JON KIDD: Mona Shores
SEAN BALIGIAN: Mona Shores
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Mona Shores
MATT MOWERY: Mona Shores
D2/R2 — Midland Dow (6-4) at Midland (7-3)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Midland
JON KIDD: Midland
SEAN BALIGIAN: Midland
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Midland
MATT MOWERY: Midland
D2/R3 — Warren De La Salle (8-2) at Oak Park (9-1), 6 p.m. Friday
(Main event on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: De La Salle
JON KIDD: De La Salle
SEAN BALIGIAN: Oak Park
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Oak Park
MATT MOWERY: Oak Park
D3/R1 — Cedar Springs (9-1) at Mt. Pleasant (10-0)
LORNE PLANT: Mt. Pleasant
JON KIDD: Mt. Pleasant
SEAN BALIGIAN: Mt. Pleasant
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Mt. Pleasant
MATT MOWERY: Mt. Pleasant
D3/R2 — Zeeland West (8-2) at Zeeland East (9-1)
LORNE PLANT: Zeeland East
JON KIDD: Zeeland East
SEAN BALIGIAN: Zeeland East
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Zeeland West
MATT MOWERY: Zeeland West
D3/R3 — East Lansing (9-1) at DeWitt (10-0)
LORNE PLANT: DeWitt
JON KIDD: DeWitt
SEAN BALIGIAN: DeWitt
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: DeWitt
MATT MOWERY: DeWitt
D3/R4 — Trenton (7-3) at Allen Park (8-2)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Trenton
JON KIDD: Allen Park
SEAN BALIGIAN: Allen Park
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Trenton
MATT MOWERY: Trenton
D4/R4 — Farmington Hills Harrison (7-3) at Detroit Country Day (7-2)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Farmington Hills Harrison
JON KIDD: Farmington Hills Harrison
SEAN BALIGIAN: Farmington Hills Harrison
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Farmington Hills Harrison
MATT MOWERY: Farmington Hills Harrison
D5/R1 — Clare (9-1) at Reed City (10-0)
LORNE PLANT: Reed City
JON KIDD: Reed City
SEAN BALIGIAN: Reed City
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Clare
MATT MOWERY: Clare
D5/R2 — Hopkins (9-1) at Kalamazoo Hackett (10-0)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Hopkins
JON KIDD: Hopkins
SEAN BALIGIAN: Kalamazoo Hackett
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Hopkins
MATT MOWERY: Hopkins
D5/R3 — Lansing Catholic (9-1) at Portland (10-0)
LORNE PLANT: Lansing Catholic
JON KIDD: Portland
SEAN BALIGIAN: Portland
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Lansing Catholic
MATT MOWERY: Lansing Catholic
D5/R3 — Frankenmuth (8-2) at Almont (10-0)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Almont
JON KIDD: Almont
SEAN BALIGIAN: Almont
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Frankenmuth
MATT MOWERY: Frankenmuth
D6/R1 — Calumet (10-0) at Traverse City St. Francis (10-0), at Thirlby Field, 1 p.m. Saturday
LORNE PLANT: TC St. Francis
JON KIDD: TC St. Francis
SEAN BALIGIAN: TC St. Francis
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: TC St. Francis
MATT MOWERY: TC St. Francis
D6/R3 — Millington (7-3) at Montrose (8-2)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Millington
JON KIDD: Montrose
SEAN BALIGIAN: Montrose
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Millington
MATT MOWERY: Millington
D6/R3 — Ecorse (8-2) at Flint Hamady (10-0)
LORNE PLANT: Hamady
JON KIDD: Hamady
SEAN BALIGIAN: Hamady
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Hamady
MATT MOWERY: Hamady
D7/R2 — Saugatuck (9-1) at Pewamo-Westphalia (10-0)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Pewamo-Westphalia
JON KIDD: Pewamo-Westphalia
SEAN BALIGIAN: Pewamo-Westphalia
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Pewamo-Westphalia
MATT MOWERY: Pewamo-Westphalia
D7/R4 — Detroit Loyola (7-3) at Madison Heights Madison (10-0)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Madison
JON KIDD: Madison
SEAN BALIGIAN: Madison
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Madison
MATT MOWERY: Madison
D8/R1 — Johannesburg-Lewiston (9-1) at Breckenridge (10-0)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Breckenridge
JON KIDD: Breckenridge
SEAN BALIGIAN: Breckenridge
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Breckenridge
MATT MOWERY: Breckenridge (sorry Mowery clan in Lewiston)
D8/R2 — Flint Beecher (7-3) at Clarkston Everest Collegiate (9-1)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Everest Collegiate
JON KIDD: Beecher
SEAN BALIGIAN: Beecher
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Beecher
MATT MOWERY: Beecher
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D2/R2 — Cedarville (6-4) at Posen (8-2)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Posen
JON KIDD: Posen
SEAN BALIGIAN: Posen
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Posen
MATT MOWERY: Posen
