Grosse Pointe South to host Crestwood in football playoffs

Grosse Pointe South will host Dearborn Heights Crestwood at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, in the opening round of the MHSAA Division 2 football playoffs. The Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) announced the pairings Sunday, Oct. 25.

The Blue Devils enter the postseason 8-1 with a 71.889 playoff-point average, according to pairings published by MHSAA senior editor Geoff Kimmerly. That mark made GP South the No. 2 seed in Region 4. Crestwood (5-4, 53.556 points) earned the seventh seed and will travel to Grosse Pointe for the District Semifinal.

GP South is the highest-seeded Grosse Pointe-area team in the field. The Blue Devils ranked No. 5 in the D Zone's Division 2 Top 10 after Week 9 and No. 13 in the Detroit Free Press Super 25 statewide poll.

The Friday kickoff time is listed by MaxPreps and the D Zone.

A win would send GP South to the District Final against the winner of Livonia Churchill (5-4) at Temperance Bedford (7-2), the other District 2 matchup in Region 4.

GP North draws Detroit King on the road

Grosse Pointe North heads to Detroit Martin Luther King in a Division 3 District Semifinal. The Norsemen finished 6-3 with a 52.333 playoff-point average, seeded seventh in Region 4. King (6-3, 66.556 points) holds the No. 2 seed and home-field advantage.

North faces a steep climb. King ranked No. 7 among all Division 3 qualifiers in MLive's playoff-point standings. North came in at No. 24.

Liggett misses the cut

University Liggett did not qualify for the Division 7 bracket.

The Knights were listed at 4-4 with 24.750 playoff points and tied for 33rd in Division 7 in Week 8 standings published by the Detroit Free Press.

The final MHSAA playoff pairings did not include Liggett among Division 7's 32 qualifiers.

Tickets and schedule

All playoff tickets except the state finals are sold online only through GoFan, according to the MHSAA. District Semifinal tickets cost $8.

The 11-player state championship games are set for Nov. 27 and Nov. 28 at Ford Field in Detroit. The Division 2 final is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27.