COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – In high school football, the five week trek to Ford Field in downtown Detroit starts tonight as the MHSAA football playoffs get underway.
The Coldwater Cardinals will host Harper Creek in a Division Three opening round matchup at Cardinal Field. Game time is 7:00 p.m. with live coverage on AM 1590 and FM 95.5 WTVB beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Both teams are 7-2. Coldwater is hoping to get on another post season run like in 2015 when they got to the state semifinals. But they will have to beat a Harper team that was ranked as high as fifth in the state before losing 19-7 in the Cardinals homecoming game on October 7th.
The winner of tonight’s game will face either Vicksburg or Chelsea next week for the district title.
In other first round match ups involving area teams….
Division 2
Portage Northern (5-4) at Portage Central (8-1)
Battle Creek Lakeview (6-2) at G.R. Forest Hills Central (7-2)
Division 4
Three Rivers (7-2) at Hudsonville Unity Christian (7-2)
Battle Creek Pennfield (5-4) at Lake Odessa Lakewood (8-1)
Division 6
Constantine (6-3) at Schoolcraft (9-0)
Watervliet (7-2) at Jackson Lumen Christi (7-2)
Division 7
Dansville (6-3) at Homer (7-2)
Springport (7-2) at Concord (7-2)
Division 8
Colon (5-4) at Climax-Scots (9-0)
Mendon (7-2) at St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic (9-0)
Pittsford (6-3) at Morenci (6-3)
Eight Person
Camden-Frontier (6-1) at Portland St. Patrick (9-0) (Saturday, 7:00pm)
