FLINT – There will be a record 27 Flint-area teams in the 2020 Michigan high school football playoffs ... Two area teams – New Lothrop and Linden – received first-round by byes.

The pool is much larger to pick from, giving the MLive high school football reporters more chances to go wrong. Welcome to the 2020 Michigan high school football tournament, which comes on the heels of an abbreviated six-game schedule and welcomes every 11-player team and 64 8-player teams.

If The Associated Press high school football rankings are correct, Division 4 is the strongest class for Flint-area teams. Three area teams –, Goodrich an

New Lothrop senior Carson Hersch ran first at Saturday’s Division 3 pre-regional at Ithaca High School. Hersch clocked a winning time of 16 minutes, 8.25 seconds and New Lothrop ran third as a team to qualify for this week’s regional as a full team.

FLINT – The coaching staffs at Davison and Lapeer won’t need to do much scouting for the first round of the Michigan high school football ... in Division 3 and New Lothrop in Division 7.

Jordan Pierce threw for more than 300 yards and added more than 100 yards rushing Saturday as Arthur Hill earned its second consecutive win, 48-20, over rival Saginaw High. Pierce completed 18 of 23 passes for 327 yards and two touchdowns,

It seems like just yesterday high school football teams were strapping on ... vs Hastings (4-1), 7 p.m. Chesaning (2-3) vs New Lothrop (5-0), 7 p.m. Clarkston (5-0) vs Oak Park (0-5), 7 p.m ...

New Lothrop pulled away in the second half and came away with a 46 - 11 win over Mt. Morris.  The game was very physical and that made it tough to score in the first half but after some halftime ...

The Lady Hornets lost a tough contest against Montrose by a score of 30 - 40.  New Lothrop got down early but fought back to make it a two possession game late in the fourth quarter but Montrose ...

FLINT – The number of Flint-area football teams in The Associated Press high school rankings is dwindling ... In Division 7, 2018 state champion New Lothrop (5-0) moved up one spot to No. 3. And in Division 8, Beecher (4-1) moved up one spot into ...