High School Football Playoff First Round Matchups For Genesee County and Surrounding Areas

The 2020 High School Football Playoff matchups were announced this weekend.

The playoffs are a quite a bit different this year due to the pandemic. Normally a team has to win 6 games to be guaranteed a spot in the playoffs. With the shorter regular season schedule, the MHSAA decided to open up playoff eligibility quite a bit. Any team that was able to complete at least 4 games is in the playoffs.

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Obviously this means that a lot of teams that are not used to being in the playoffs will get to play this weekend. I know it's hard to find a lot of positives during the pandemic, but I would consider this one of them. Looking over the matchups there are some schools that have not been in the playoffs in recent memory playing, and that has to be a cool moment for the school.

Below are the opening round matchups for our area teams, you can find the complete 2020 Michigan High School Football Playoff schedule here.

DIVISION 1

Lake Orion 3-2 @ Grand Blanc 5-1 Friday 7pm

Lapeer 3-3 @ Davison 6-0 Friday 7pm

DIVISION 2

Flushing 2-4 @ Midland Dow Saturday 1pm

Walled Lake Central 0-6 @ Fenton 6-0 Friday 7pm

Saginaw Heritage 0-5 @ Traverse City Central 5-1 Friday 7pm

Carman-Ainsworth 1-5 @ Swartz Creek 4-2 Thursday 7pm

DIVISION 3

Holly 1-5 @ Bay City Western 2-4 Friday 7pm

Clio 0-6 @ Kearsley 3-3 Thursday 7pm