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Southeast Michigan and Detroit: High school football playoff scores, district semifinals

High school football teams line up for a play near midfield on an artificial-turf field at dusk as players and coaches watch from the sideline.
A high school football game at Milwaukee’s MPS South Stadium in October 2025, in a file photo. It does not show any of the Michigan teams in this roundup. Photo: Michael Barera / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.

Detroit Cass Tech routed Plymouth 55-13 and Detroit Catholic Central beat Lake Orion 43-6 as the MHSAA playoffs opened Friday night in Southeast Michigan, setting up Division 1 district finals between Cass Tech and Dearborn Fordson and between Catholic Central and Oxford. In Division 2, North Farmington rallied in the fourth quarter to edge Ferndale 27-26, and unbeaten Gibraltar Carlson broke open a scoreless game in the second half to beat Detroit Mumford 14-0, MLive reported.

Every score below is a final listed the same way by MaxPreps’ MHSAA brackets and at least one other outlet, and no outlet we checked (the Associated Press scoreboard, High School On SI, MLive and local TV and radio) reported it differently. Where those outlets disagreed, the game is left out and named at the end. Each heading links to that community’s Mitten Daily page, and “Next” is the next-round game (Nov. 6–7) from the MaxPreps brackets.

Detroit

  • Detroit Cass Tech 55, Plymouth 13 — Division 1. Next: Dearborn Fordson.
  • Northville 28, Brownstown Woodhaven 19 — Division 1; Northville led 21-0 at one point, MLive reported. Next: Saline.
  • Gibraltar Carlson 14, Detroit Mumford 0 — Division 2; the game was scoreless at halftime, and Brennen Hudson scored the first points in the third quarter, MLive reported. Next: Franklin.
  • Grosse Pointe South 49, Dearborn Heights Crestwood 8 — Division 2. Next: Bedford.
  • Harper Woods 50, Warren Fitzgerald 8 — Division 3. Next: Detroit King.
  • Redford Thurston 29, Linden 14 — Division 3. Next: Chelsea.
  • Detroit Denby 56, Redford Union 14 — Division 5. Next: Romulus Summit Academy North.
  • Ecorse 58, Detroit Communication and Media Arts 0 — Division 6. Next: Warren Michigan Collegiate.

Dearborn

  • Dearborn Fordson 28, Belleville 14 — Division 1. Next: Detroit Cass Tech. Preview
  • Saline 35, Dearborn 14 — Division 1. Next: Northville. Preview
  • Dearborn Divine Child 45, Lansing Sexton 27 — Division 4. Next: Adrian.

Troy and Oakland County

  • Clarkston 49, Bloomfield Hills 14 — Division 1. Next: Grand Blanc.
  • Detroit Catholic Central 43, Lake Orion 6 — Division 1; Gideon Gash had an interception and a touchdown catch, and the Shamrocks led 15-6 at halftime, MLive reported. Next: Oxford.
  • Oxford 42, Davison 28 — Division 1. Next: Detroit Catholic Central.
  • Rochester Adams 35, Utica 0 — Division 1; Adams led 28-0 at halftime. Next: Rochester Hills Stoney Creek.
  • Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 49, Macomb L’Anse Creuse North 13 — Division 1. Next: Rochester Adams.
  • Milford 20, Midland 14 — Division 2; Milford intercepted a pass at its own 2-yard line with 1:25 left to hold on, MLive reported. Next: Midland Dow.
  • Birmingham Brother Rice 45, Roseville 27 — Division 2; Rice led 32-14 at halftime. Next: North Farmington.
  • North Farmington 27, Ferndale 26 — Division 2; Ferndale led 26-20 going into the fourth quarter. Next: Brother Rice.
  • Orchard Lake St. Mary’s Prep 40, Beverly Hills Groves 12 — Division 2.
  • Detroit Country Day 24, Madison Heights Lamphere 0 — Division 4; Country Day led only 3-0 at halftime and scored 21 in the second half, MLive reported. Next: St. Clair.

Sterling Heights and Macomb County

  • Romeo 47, Fair Haven Anchor Bay 33 — Division 1. Next: Rochester.
  • Macomb Lutheran North 36, Detroit East English Village 22 — Division 4. Next: Marysville.

Warren

  • Warren De La Salle 42, Trenton 21 — Division 3. Next: Port Huron.
  • Warren Michigan Collegiate 16, Detroit Central 8 — Division 6. Next: Ecorse.

Royal Oak

  • Royal Oak Shrine Catholic 56, Marine City Cardinal Mooney 17 — Division 8. Next: the winner of Saturday’s Everest Collegiate–Allen Park Cabrini game. Preview

Ann Arbor and Lenawee County

  • Romulus Summit Academy North 34, Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 27 — Division 5. Next: Detroit Denby.
  • Adrian 65, Tecumseh 27 — Division 4. Next: Dearborn Divine Child.
  • Clinton 57, Clawson 14 — Division 6. Next: Detroit Edison.
  • Hudson 54, Sand Creek 6 — Division 8. Next: Fowler.

Bedford Township and Monroe County

  • Bedford 34, Livonia Churchill 30 — Division 2. Next: Grosse Pointe South.
  • Monroe Jefferson 48, Flat Rock 29 — Division 5. Next: Ida.
  • Ida 41, Detroit Voyageur 12 — Division 5. Next: Monroe Jefferson.
  • Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 54, Leslie 26 — Division 7. Next: the winner of Saturday’s Whiteford–Bronson game.

District finals to watch: Detroit Catholic Central vs. Oxford, Cass Tech vs. Fordson, Saline vs. Northville and Romeo vs. Rochester in Division 1, and Brother Rice vs. North Farmington in Division 2.

Still to play Saturday: Everest Collegiate vs. Allen Park Cabrini and Whiteford vs. Bronson, according to the MaxPreps brackets.

Left out because published finals disagree: Rochester–Macomb Dakota, South Lyon–Flushing, South Lyon East–Saginaw Heritage, Franklin–Allen Park, Chelsea–Waterford Mott, Detroit King–Grosse Pointe North, Detroit Edison–Dearborn Heights Robichaud and Armada–Flint Powers Catholic. Outlets that listed a winner agree on who advanced, but they reported different final scores. St. Clair Shores Lakeview–Birmingham Seaholm is left out because we found only one outlet with a final.

More district semifinal scores: Mid-Michigan, the Thumb and Blue Water · West Michigan · Northern Michigan and the U.P. · Statewide roundup

Sources:
MaxPreps, “2026 Michigan High School Football Playoff Brackets: MHSAA,” Division 1 (district semifinal finals and district final pairings), https://www.maxpreps.com/tournament/A9WR7rvzAkGYahD7V_k34g/fGuLyEUaTEyjbx3aGxBJ0A/football-26/2026-michigan-high-school-football-playoff-brackets-mhsaa-division-1.htm
MaxPreps, “2026 Michigan High School Football Playoff Brackets: MHSAA,” Division 2 (district semifinal finals and district final pairings), https://www.maxpreps.com/tournament/A9WR7rvzAkGYahD7V_k34g/5RnxYp_G2EWBCnfJ7_DDmQ/football-26/2026-michigan-high-school-football-playoff-brackets-mhsaa-division-2.htm
MaxPreps, “2026 Michigan High School Football Playoff Brackets: MHSAA,” Division 3 (district semifinal finals and district final pairings), https://www.maxpreps.com/tournament/A9WR7rvzAkGYahD7V_k34g/0dWmuJCe70a7UHTMjFRv1A/football-26/2026-michigan-high-school-football-playoff-brackets-mhsaa-division-3.htm
MaxPreps, “2026 Michigan High School Football Playoff Brackets: MHSAA,” Division 4 (district semifinal finals and district final pairings), https://www.maxpreps.com/tournament/A9WR7rvzAkGYahD7V_k34g/7hkebSxoUUei0VL0W5D7tQ/football-26/2026-michigan-high-school-football-playoff-brackets-mhsaa-division-4.htm
MaxPreps, “2026 Michigan High School Football Playoff Brackets: MHSAA,” Division 5 (district semifinal finals and district final pairings), https://www.maxpreps.com/tournament/A9WR7rvzAkGYahD7V_k34g/OIYNEjuZmE-mEk7x2tmC4A/football-26/2026-michigan-high-school-football-playoff-brackets-mhsaa-division-5.htm
MaxPreps, “2026 Michigan High School Football Playoff Brackets: MHSAA,” Division 6 (district semifinal finals and district final pairings), https://www.maxpreps.com/tournament/A9WR7rvzAkGYahD7V_k34g/IsNACjnfK0-x9DkYg6wcYg/football-26/2026-michigan-high-school-football-playoff-brackets-mhsaa-division-6.htm
MaxPreps, “2026 Michigan High School Football Playoff Brackets: MHSAA,” Division 7 (district semifinal finals and district final pairings), https://www.maxpreps.com/tournament/A9WR7rvzAkGYahD7V_k34g/kUfbL1AQ60iRad5IHQ1jrQ/football-26/2026-michigan-high-school-football-playoff-brackets-mhsaa-division-7.htm
MaxPreps, “2026 Michigan High School Football Playoff Brackets: MHSAA,” Division 8 (district semifinal finals and district final pairings), https://www.maxpreps.com/tournament/A9WR7rvzAkGYahD7V_k34g/FGmu-V-7wkeHm3_ku0M3lg/football-26/2026-michigan-high-school-football-playoff-brackets-mhsaa-division-8.htm
The Associated Press, “Friday’s Scores,” Oct. 30, 2026 (MHSAA playoff scoreboard), as published by WJFW, https://www.wjfw.com/sports/regional/fridays-scores/article_4b37fcd6-6d28-5247-94ee-e2c6e9101e0b.html
High School On SI, Jack Butler, “Michigan High School Football Final Scores - October 30,” https://www.si.com/high-school/michigan/michigan-high-school-football-final-scores-october-30-01m681y7f7xx
MLive, Jared Purcell, “Live high school football updates for Michigan football playoff district openers,” Oct. 30, 2026 (finals and game notes from MLive reporters’ posts), https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2026/10/live-high-school-football-updates-for-michigan-football-playoff-district-openers.html
MLive, Greg Wickliffe, “Ann Arbor-area high school football scoreboard for first-round of playoffs,” Oct. 30, 2026, https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2026/10/ann-arbor-area-high-school-football-scoreboard-for-first-round-of-playoffs.html
Michigan High School Athletic Association, Football page (tournament dates), https://www.mhsaa.com/sports/football
Photo: Michael Barera, “Bradley Tech vs. Pulaski football 2025 19 (Bradley Tech on offense).jpg,” Oct. 17, 2025, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bradley_Tech_vs._Pulaski_football_2025_19_(Bradley_Tech_on_offense).jpg

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