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Michigan high school football scores from first round of MHSAA playoffs
Michigan high school football playoffs: Clarkston RB Griffin Boman
Michigan high school football playoffs: Clarkston RB Griffin Boman on rout of Lake Orion on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024.
November is here, which means we finally have Michigan high school football playoffs! Welcome to the first round of the MHSAA state tournament, with 128 games on the schedule, including 10 on Saturday.
As always, we broke down all eight divisions, picked each region’s final four and predicted state champions.
Check freep.com/sports/high-schools for game coverage, and on Saturday night, we’ll have the playoff schedule for next week’s second-round matchups. Then come back next Friday to see predictions for each game.
Congratulations to Detroit Free Press Prep Athlete of the Week for Oct. 20-26: Howell’s Justin Jones.
Send in your nominees this weekend across any sport for Oct. 27-Nov. 2, and voting will open Tuesday.
Here are the MHSAA football scores and results from the first round of the playoffs.
Michigan high school football scores today in playoffs
Friday’s scores from MHSAA first round
Adams 44, Stoney Creek 14
Alcona 52, Atlanta 0
Armada 37, Richmond 10
Au Gres-Sims 70, Mio-Au Sable 42
Avondale 43, Thurston 6
Beal City 47, Frankfort 0
Belding 52, Swan Valley 30
Belleville 68, Pioneer 0
Berrien Springs 14, Dowagiac 6
Big Rapids 28, Ludington 21
Boyne City 23, Negaunee 16
Brighton 53, Grand Ledge 28
Britton Deerfield 58, Lenawee Christian 15
Byron Center 38, Northview 17
Carlson 42, Bedford 21
Cass City 50, Valley Lutheran 15
Cass Tech 41, Stevenson 0
Catholic Central 28, Hopkins 0
Central 34, Edison 16
Central Montcalm 36, Kent City 12
Chelsea 24, Pinckney 20
Clarkston 34, Lake Orion 16
Clinton 38, Whiteford 32
Constantine 39, Parchment 14
Coopersville 39, Kenowa Hills 13
Corunna 35, Flint Hamady 8
Croswell-Lexington 31, Marysville 6
Dakota 31, Utica 0
De La Salle 49, Port Huron Northern 0
DeWitt 42, St Johns 7
Dearborn 30, Fordson 0
Decatur 34, Centreville 6
Deckerville 54, All Saints 34
Detroit Catholic Central 33, Stevenson 0
Dexter 42, South Lyon East 14
Divine Child 42, Lamphere 6
East Jordan 34, Bark River-Harris 14
East Lansing 43, Milford 22
Edwardsburg 29, Harper Creek 8
Eisenhower 44, Romeo 21
Everest Collegiate 51, Bentley 0
Farmington 39, Lakeland 13
Father Gabriel Richard 51, Whitmore Lake 20
Flat Rock 40, Denby 22
Forest Hills Central 7, East Grand Rapids 0
Fowler 48, Reese 12
Frankenmuth 62, Tri-County 6
Franklin 21, Allen Park 14
Freeland 51, Lake Fenton 21
Gabriel Richard 48, Cabrini 0
Glen Lake 38, Mancelona 14
Goodrich 49, Brandon 7
Grand Blanc 42, Lapeer 14
Grandville 24, Rockford 14
Grosse Pointe South 27, Roseville 26
Groves 49, Ferndale 14
Harbor Beach 35, Ubly 0
Haslett 42, Parma Western 21
Hastings 35, Ionia 0
Hazel Park 41, South Lake 22
Heritage 52, Dow 20
Howell 35, Kalamazoo Central 12
Hudson 38, Napoleon 6
Hudsonville 25, East Kentwood 23
Ida 56, Advanced Tech 8
Inland Lakes 46, Montabella 8
Iron Mountain 49, Manistique 12
Ithaca 42, Saranac 7
Kalamazoo United 33, South Haven 7
King 41, Fitzgerald 0
Kingston 16, Fulton 14
Lansing Catholic 36, Chesaning 29
Lawton 42, Coloma 6
Leslie 49, Atherton 7
Linden 42, Fenton 14
Lowell 27, Cedar Springs 7
Loyola 28, Mt Clemens 8
Lumen Christi 42, Robichaud 8
Lutheran North 48, St Clair 30
Lutheran Northwest 40, Cardinal Mooney 14
Manchester 20, Summerfield 17
Marine City 50, Clintondale 30
Martin 52, Gobles 22
Mason 59, Jackson 18
Mattawan 27, Everett 21
McBain 49, Harrison 6
Mendon 58, Climax-Scotts 50
Michigan Lutheran Seminary 21, Nouvel 20
Midland 34, Flushing 7
Millington 42, Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port 14
Mona Shores 28, Traverse City West 0
Morrice 28, St Patrick 22
Mt Pleasant 36, Cadillac 22
Newaygo 30, Montague 17
Niles 42, Paw Paw 14
North Muskegon 56, Evart 7
Notre Dame 49, Williamston 19
Ogemaw Heights 21, Clare 13
Old Redford 28, Pershing 6
Olivet 49, Buchanan 15
Onekama 22, Marion 20
Ovid-Elsie 44, Almont 21
Oxford 21, Davison 14
Petoskey 61, Glenn 21
Pewamo-Westphalia 42, Montrose 12
Pickford 67, Munising 12
Pittsford 52, Burr Oak 22
Portage Central 28, Portage Northern 12
Portland 42, Sexton 8
Reading 36, Sand Creek 0
Reed City 41, Manistee 20
River Rouge 13, Southgate Anderson 7
Riverview 22, Trenton 21
Romulus 26, Lincoln-King 24
Saline 37, Northville 7
Saugatuck 24, White Pigeon 22
Schoolcraft 28, Bronson 14
Seaholm 59, Warren Mott 29
South Christian 35, Holland Christian 7
Springport 38, Addison 14
St Francis 26, Charlevoix 16
St Joseph 41, Lakeshore 21
St Mary Catholic Central 41, Blissfield 6
St Mary’s 42, North Farmington 7
Standish-Sterling 50, Mason County Central 32
Summit 17, Voyageur 10
Union City 42, Hanover-Horton 13
Unity Christian 63, Hamilton 20
Walled Lake Western 49, Garden City 7
West Bloomfield 49, Novi 15
West Catholic 32, Oakridge 14
Whitehall 28, Forest Hills Eastern 21
Zeeland West 32, Zeeland East 6
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Michigan hockey vs Notre Dame time, channel in Big Ten Tournament
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Detroit Red Wings celebrate their Olympians, Michigan hockey Olympians on March 4, 2026 in Detroit.
Michigan hockey may be the No. 1 team in the nation in the USCHO and NPI rankings, but they fell short of a regular-season title and don’t have the clearest path to a Big Ten Tournament win.
But three wins can help the Wolverines solidify their status as the best in the nation, even if they’re No. 2 in the Big Ten as of now.
The Wolverines (26-7-1) face Notre Dame in the quarterfinals of the 2026 Big Ten Hockey Tournament on Wednesday, March 11, at Yost Ice Arena in Ann Arbor. The game is set to start at 7 p.m. ET and will not be televised on a traditional channel, but streamed exclusively on BIG+.
Michigan finished with the most overall wins (26) and most conference wins (17) in the Big Ten, but finished second to Michigan State in points, relegating them to the No. 2 seed. As a result, the two-time defending-champion Spartans got a bye and head right into the semifinals, while the Wolverines play last-place Notre Dame to kick off the tournament.
Since the tournament reseeds winners for the semifinal round, it is not clear who Michigan will play if it wins. However, with the Spartans holding the No. 1 seed, a rematch between the top two teams in the conference can only happen in the final game, which will take place on Saturday, March 21.
Here’s what you need to know as Michigan hockey begins its quest for a Big Ten tournament title.
Michigan hockey vs Notre Dame, Big Ten tournament time
- Date: Wednesday, March 11.
- Time: 7 p.m. ET.
- Location: Yost Ice Arena, Ann Arbor.
Michigan hockey vs Notre Dame, Big Ten tournament channel
- Time: 7 p.m. ET.
- Channel: N/A.
- Streaming: BIG+.
Wednesday’s game against Notre Dame will not be on a traditional television channel, but can be streamed on the BIG+ app.
Big Ten hockey conference tournament bracket
The Big Ten hockey conference tournament uses a three-round, single-elimination bracket that involves all seven conference teams, with the top seed earning a first-round bye. The remaining six teams then play a knockout round with the winners advancing to the semifinals.
Big Ten hockey 2026 standings
- Michigan State (51 points).
- Michigan (49 points).
- Penn State (41 points).
- Wisconsin (39 points).
- Ohio State (29 points).
- Minnesota (27 points).
- Notre Dame (16 points).
Big Ten Tournament hockey 2026 quarterfinals schedule: March 11
- No. 7 Notre Dame at No. 2 Michigan, 7 p.m. ET (BIG+).
- No. 6 Minnesota at No. 3 Penn State, 7 p.m. ET (BIG+).
- No. 5 Ohio State at No. 4 Wisconsin, 8 p.m. ET (BIG+).
Big Ten Tournament hockey 2026 semifinals schedule: March 14
- Lowest remaining seed at No. 1 Michigan State, time TBD (Big Ten Network).
- Second-lowest remaining seed at second-highest remaining seed, time TBD (Big Ten Network).
Big Ten Tournament hockey 2026 semifinals schedule: March 21
- Lowest remaining seed at highest remaining seed, time TBD (Big Ten Network).
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Does Kyle Whittingham face ‘win now’ pressure at Michigan?
For some programs, spring football has started in earnest, but for Michigan football, it will have to wait another week. But with practices on the horizon, college football pundits are starting to ask questions about what the upcoming season may look like, and among the questions is what Kyle Whittingham’s Wolverines will be in his first year.
On3’s popular show ‘Ari & Andy’ attempted to ask and answer that question on their latest episode.
As the duo of Ari Wasserman and Andy Staples mulled over various storylines in the coaching realm, once they got to the ‘newcomers’ — coaches who have taken over new programs — they started with Whittingham. For Wasserman, the big question is how quickly Whittingham can win in Ann Arbor?
“How much pressure is Kyle Whittingham to make sure that Michigan doesn’t lose whatever momentum that it had from winning the national championship and falling back into another 25 year period of being pretty good, but not great?” Wasserman said. “Because on one hand, this is a very critical moment in their program arc. But on the other hand, don’t you also have to give him the benefit of the doubt that, hey, what happened at the end of or during last year was highly dysfunctional in a way that we don’t really see very often in sports in general, let alone college sports? And you got hired during a weird time on the calendar. You probably weren’t anticipating coaching this year.
“Like, do you get a year to try to get your bearings of a new place that expects to win a championship? Like, I don’t know how Michigan fans are viewing this season. Now you’ll tell me what you always tell me. They demand excellence, and they expect excellence. There’s no honeymoon. I think that’s true. But from a rational analysis of this, I don’t know how to view what the (expectations are), like what is a successful season for Kyle Whittingham in year one, make the playoff?”
Staples is a little less about the questions and more about the answers. Because in his mind, regardless of how he got there, Whittingham to Michigan might be the best hire of the entire cycle.
“This really isn’t about Michigan’s expectations. It’s more about Kyle Whittingham’s expectations,” Staples said. “And the fact that Kyle Whittingham did this and the fact that Michigan did this, this was Michigan going out and getting the best coach they could get. But it’s very interesting because let’s say Michigan had fired Sherrone Moore in a more conventional way. And it had been just for losing and had been at the end of the season. And Kyle Whittingham had been one of the coaches that was available, but one of many that was available that the whole cycle hadn’t already been done. I still would have called hiring Kyle Whittingham, maybe the best hire of the cycle. I don’t think a 66-year-old guy goes to this place to build, to rebuild it. He’s going to win now. That’s the whole point of this. He’s not doing this except it is to win now.”
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