<strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Division 1 </span></strong>
<strong>Grand Blanc 28 Rockford 27</strong>
Grand Blanc has earned their first-ever regional championship and they go on to face Rochester Adams in the D1 semifinals. This was an instant classic with a failed fake XP sealing the win for Grand Blanc.
<strong>West Bloomfield 13 Rochester Adams 14</strong>
In this highly anticipated rematch, Rochester Adams smothered [player_tooltip player_id="30133" first="Dillon" last="Tatum"] and the elite West Bloomfield offense and eeked out a gutsy win. Next week’s game against ______ is surely going to be awfully close.
<strong>Sterling Heights Stevenson 27 Dakota 20 </strong>
<a class="uni-link--implied" href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/11394347">[player_tooltip player_id="93652" first="Biagio" last="Madonna"]</a> and <a class="uni-link--implied" href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/11394344">[player_tooltip player_id="30155" first="Jordan" last="Kwiatkowski"]</a> played incredible in this one winning a close game against rival Dakota. Even though Romeo won the Macomb Red, Stevenson is the last one standing in the postseason.
<strong>Fordson 7 @ Belleville 12 </strong>
Belleville converted a gutsy 4th and long from their side of the field to seal this victory. Great win for Belleville as they finally seem to be winning against elite teams in the postseason, and they have the chance to earn a state championship bid next week against Stevenson.
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Division 2</strong></span>
<strong>Traverse City Central 42 Caledonia 14</strong>
The Trojans ran away with this one and it was never competitive. [player_tooltip player_id="30131" first="Joshua" last="Burnham"] played incredibly, and the Trojans are off to yet another semifinal matchup, this time against South Lyon.
<strong>Portage Central 23 South Lyon 29 (OT)</strong>
This game was WILD and late-game heroics on South Lyon’s side ended up tying the game, then winning in OT. South Lyon scored a touchdown with 18 seconds remaining, then converted the game-tying two-point conversion, then went on to win in overtime. A gutsy win for South Lyon
<strong>Waterford Mott 28 Livonia Franklin 43</strong>
This game was very competitive throughout, being a 2-point game heading into the 4th quarter. Franklin then pulled away with some big plays, and they move on to the semifinals.
<strong>Roseville 14 De La Salle 45</strong>
The favorites to win the state championship cruised past Roseville, a team that is no joke themselves. They go on to face a dark horse Livonia Franklin team next week that they'll be heavily favored in.
<strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Division 3 </span></strong>
<strong>Cedar Springs 14 DeWitt 42</strong>
DeWitt earned an impressive blowout win against a team who just defeated Muskegon, and nearly defeated Grand Rapids Catholic Central a few weeks ago. DeWitt rides high into next week's matchup against St. Joseph as a championship matchup against Detroit MLK seems very likely.
<strong>St. Joseph 49 Parma Western 13</strong>
This one was by all accounts a toss-up going in, but St. Joseph made quick work of Parma Western here.
<strong>Mason 20 Brother Rice 17</strong>
The upset of the weekend, Brother Rice falls to Mason. Practically nobody expected this outcome except for this Mason team, and they delivered big in the final minute while Brother Rice floundered in crunch time. Hats off to this Mason team for a semifinal bid.
<strong>Detroit MLK 28 Allen Park 7</strong>
The amount that MLK is winning by is very impressive, as they’ve now defeated 3 great playoff teams by a large margin. Let’s see if MLK can earn themselves yet another state championship bid next week. [player_tooltip player_id="30316" first="Dante" last="Moore"] has surely been playing up to his ranking.
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