West Michigan football playoff scores: district semifinals

Grandville, 4-5 in the regular season, knocked off unbeaten Howell 38-30, and Portage Central beat Hudsonville 21-14 to set up a Division 1 district final between the two, as the MHSAA playoffs opened Friday in West Michigan. Ludington beat Fruitport 19-15 on a touchdown pass with 16 seconds left to reach its first district final, and Muskegon Mona Shores rallied from 21-7 down to beat Traverse City Central 49-42, 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.

Grand Rapids

Grandville 38, Howell 30 — Division 1; Grandville led 16-0 after one quarter, MLive reported. Next: Portage Central.
Byron Center 42, Muskegon 28 — Division 2. Next: Portage Northern.
Coopersville 24, East Grand Rapids 14 — Division 3. Next: DeWitt.
Middleville Thornapple Kellogg 42, Coldwater 34 — Division 3. Next: St. Joseph.
Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills 49, Grand Rapids Christian 35 — Division 4. Next: Ludington.
Grand Rapids South Christian 63, Marshall 27 — Division 4. Next: Stevensville Lakeshore.
Grand Rapids West Catholic 49, Wyoming Godwin Heights 18 — Division 5. Next: Hopkins.
Belding 20, Adrian Madison 13 — Division 6. Next: Olivet.

Georgetown Township

Hudsonville Unity Christian 46, Spring Lake 18 — Division 4. Next: Forest Hills Eastern.

Holland

Zeeland West 60, Niles 27 — Division 3. Next: Battle Creek Central.

Muskegon

Muskegon Mona Shores 49, Traverse City Central 42 — Division 2; quarterback Owen Terpstra ran for touchdowns of 54 and 48 yards, and Bryce Muskovin returned a kickoff 69 yards for a score, MLive reported. Next: Caledonia.
Ludington 19, Fruitport 15 — Division 4; Asher Forfinski threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Taj Williams with 16 seconds left. Next: Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills.
Remus Chippewa Hills 42, Muskegon Orchard View 21 — Division 5. Next: West Branch Ogemaw Heights.
North Muskegon 28, Lawton 7 — Division 7. Next: Schoolcraft.

Kalamazoo and Southwest Michigan

Portage Central 21, Hudsonville 14 — Division 1; Brady Putnam’s fourth-down tackle for a loss sealed it, and his 62-yard touchdown pass to Aiden Huber just before halftime put the Mustangs up 14-7, MLive reported. Next: Grandville.
Portage Northern 51, Traverse City West 43 — Division 2. Next: Byron Center.
St. Joseph 34, Zeeland East 20 — Division 3. Next: Thornapple Kellogg.
Edwardsburg 27, Vicksburg 14 — Division 4. Next: Portland.
Stevensville Lakeshore 49, Hastings 44 — Division 4. Next: South Christian.
Schoolcraft 56, Galesburg-Augusta 28 — Division 7. Next: North Muskegon.
Decatur 22, Vermontville Maple Valley 6 — Division 8. Next: Springport.
Marcellus 50, Litchfield 36 — 8-player Division 2 regional semifinal. Next: the winner of Saturday’s Mendon–Lenawee Christian game.

Battle Creek

Battle Creek Central 41, Battle Creek Harper Creek 38 — Division 3. Next: Zeeland West.
Union City 16, Detroit Community 6 — Division 7. Next: Jonesville.

District finals to watch: Grandville vs. Portage Central in Division 1, Mona Shores vs. Caledonia and Byron Center vs. Portage Northern in Division 2, and Kenowa Hills vs. Ludington in Division 4.

Still to play Saturday: Brighton vs. East Kentwood, Constantine vs. Saranac and Mendon vs. Lenawee Christian, according to the MaxPreps brackets. Grand Rapids Catholic Central’s Division 5 game with Comstock Park was not played Friday. A Kent County judge ordered the MHSAA to let it go ahead by Tuesday, Nov. 3, after the association removed the Cougars over an ineligible transfer.

Our earlier story on that court order, “Judge puts Grand Rapids Catholic Central back in the football playoffs,” has the details.

Left out because published finals disagree: Caledonia–East Lansing, Forest Hills Eastern–Big Rapids, Berrien Springs–Lake Odessa Lakewood, Hopkins–Kalamazoo Hackett, Ravenna–Cassopolis and, in 8-player, Colon–Bridgman and Grand Rapids Sacred Heart–Marion. In Ravenna–Cassopolis, Colon–Bridgman and Sacred Heart–Marion, outlets even disagreed on the winner.

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West Michigan: High school football playoff scores, district semifinals

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