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Panel prognostications for the top 25 games of Round 3 of the MHSAA football postseason
With our preview show having morphed into the Extra Point podcast after Friday’s games here in the postseason, we’ve been posting our predictions online. Here are our best guesses at the top 25 games of Round 3 of the playoffs. Feel free to let us know your picks on social media, or tune into the show (10:30 p.m.-midnight) to tell us how wrong we were.
Picking the top 25 playoff games in Round 3:
D1/R1 — Rockford (7-4) at Saline (10-1), 1 p.m. Saturday
LORNE PLANT: Saline
SEAN BALIGIAN: Saline
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Rockford
MATT MOWERY: Saline
D1/R2 — Clarkston (9-2) at Lapeer (11-0)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Lapeer
SEAN BALIGIAN: Lapeer
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Clarkston
MATT MOWERY: Lapeer
D1/R3 — West Bloomfield (9-2) at Belleville (11-0)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: West Bloomfield
SEAN BALIGIAN: Belleville
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: West Bloomfield
MATT MOWERY: West Bloomfield
D1/R4 — Dearborn Fordson (10-1) at Clinton Township Chippewa Valley (11-0)
(Main event on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Chippewa Valley
SEAN BALIGIAN: Chippewa Valley
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Chippewa Valley
MATT MOWERY: Chippewa Valley
D2/R1 — Portage Northern (9-2) at Muskegon Mona Shores (10-1)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Mona Shores
SEAN BALIGIAN: Mona Shores
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Mona Shores
MATT MOWERY: Mona Shores
D2/R2 — Midland (8-3) at Walled Lake Western (8-3)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Walled Lake Western
SEAN BALIGIAN: Walled Lake Western
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Walled Lake Western
MATT MOWERY: Midland
D2/R3 — Warren De La Salle (9-2) at Port Huron Northern (10-1)
LORNE PLANT: De La Salle
SEAN BALIGIAN: De La Salle
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: De La Salle
MATT MOWERY: De La Salle
D2/R4 — Livonia Franklin (7-4) at Birmingham Groves (9-2)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Groves
SEAN BALIGIAN: Groves
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Groves
MATT MOWERY: Groves
D3/R1 — Cedar Springs (10-1) at Muskegon (11-0)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Muskegon
SEAN BALIGIAN: Muskegon
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Muskegon
MATT MOWERY: Muskegon
D3/R2 — Parma Western (10-1) at Zeeland East (10-1)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Zeeland East
SEAN BALIGIAN: Zeeland East
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Zeeland East
MATT MOWERY: Zeeland East
D3/R4 — Detroit Martin Luther King (9-2) at Allen Park (9-2)
(Game story on State Champs! Network)
LORNE PLANT: ML King
SEAN BALIGIAN: ML King
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: ML King
MATT MOWERY: ML King
D4/R3 — St. Clair (9-2) at Williamston (9-2)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: St. Clair
SEAN BALIGIAN: St. Clair
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Williamston
MATT MOWERY: Williamston
D4/R3 — Chelsea (8-3) at Farmington Hills Harrison (8-3), 1 p.m. Saturday
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Farmington Hills Harrison
SEAN BALIGIAN: Chelsea
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Farmington Hills Harrison
MATT MOWERY: Farmington Hills Harrison
D5/R1 — Reed City (11-0) at Saginaw Swan Valley (11-0), 1 p.m. Saturday
LORNE PLANT: Swan Valley
SEAN BALIGIAN: Swan Valley
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Swan Valley
MATT MOWERY: Swan Valley
D5/R2 — Hudsonville Unity Christian (9-2) vs. Kalamazoo Hackett (11-0) at Vicksburg, 3 p.m. Saturday
LORNE PLANT: Unity Christian
SEAN BALIGIAN: Kalamazoo Hackett
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Unity Christian
MATT MOWERY: Kalamazoo Hackett
D5/R3 — Frankenmuth (9-2) at Portland (11-0), 1 p.m. Saturday
LORNE PLANT: Frankenmuth
SEAN BALIGIAN: Portland
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Frankenmuth
MATT MOWERY: Frankenmuth
D5/R4 — Detroit Denby (9-2) vs. Marine City (9-2) at East China Stadium
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Marine City
SEAN BALIGIAN: Denby
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Marine City
MATT MOWERY: Marine City
D6/R1 — Kingsley (10-1) at Traverse City St. Francis (11-0) at Thirlby Field
LORNE PLANT: TC St. Francis
SEAN BALIGIAN: TC St. Francis
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: TC St. Francis
MATT MOWERY: TC St. Francis
D6/R2 — Montrose (9-2) at Flint Hamady (11-0), 2 p.m. Saturday
LORNE PLANT: Hamady
SEAN BALIGIAN: Hamady
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Hamady
MATT MOWERY: Hamady
D6/R4 — Blissfield (7-4) at Jackson Lumen Christi (10-0)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Lumen Christi
SEAN BALIGIAN: Lumen Christi
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Lumen Christi
MATT MOWERY: Lumen Christi
D7/R1 — Roscommon (10-1) at Lake City (11-0)
LORNE PLANT: Lake City
SEAN BALIGIAN: Lake City
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Roscommon
MATT MOWERY: Lake City
D7/R2 — Pewamo-Westphalia (11-0) vs. New Lothrop (10-1) at Chesaning
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Pewamo-Westphalia
SEAN BALIGIAN: Pewamo-Westphalia
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Pewamo-Westphalia
MATT MOWERY: New Lothrop
D8/R1 — Breckenridge (11-0) at Ishpeming (11-0), 1 p.m. Saturday
LORNE PLANT: Breckenridge
SEAN BALIGIAN: Ishpeming
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Breckenridge
MATT MOWERY: Breckenridge
D8/R2 — Flint Beecher (8-3) at Harbor Beach (10-1)
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Harbor Beach
SEAN BALIGIAN: Beecher
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Beecher
MATT MOWERY: Beecher
8-P D2 SEMIFINAL — Cedarville (7-4) at Rapid River (8-3), 7 p.m. Friday
(Highlights on Sunday’s State Champs! show)
LORNE PLANT: Rapid River
SEAN BALIGIAN: Rapid River
SCOTT BURNSTEIN: Rapid River
MATT MOWERY: Rapid River
