Friday Night Kickoff

I posted this in the previous post, but it got buried under everything else, so here it is again.

IN...
These teams have reached the magical 6 wins to qualify for the MHSAA playoffs.

• St. Joseph
• Hartford
• Mendon
• Cassopolis
• Portage Central

ONE WIN AWAY...
These teams have 5 wins each and need one more victory to clinch a playoff spot. (remaining games in parenthesis).

• Lakeshore (at BC Central, at Niles, vs. Mattawan)
• White Pigeon (vs. Covert, at Centreville, vs. LMC)
• Decatur (vs. Watervliet, at Marcellus, at Gobles)
• Dowagiac (vs. Gull Lake, at Otsego, vs. Paw Paw)
• Paw Paw (at Vicksburg, vs. Allegan, at Dowagiac)
• Three Rivers (vs. South Haven, vs. Comstock, at Vicksburg)

TWO WINS AWAY
These teams are two wins away, with three games left to play (remaining games in parenthesis).

• Portage Northern (vs. Portage Central, at Kalamazoo Central, vs. BC Central)
• Battle Creek Lakeview (vs. Lumen Christi, vs. Marshall, at Coldwater)
• Jackson Lumen Christi (at BC Lakeview, vs. Coldwater, at Harper Creek)
• Coloma (vs. Bridgman, at Cassopolis, vs. River Valley)
• Buchanan (at Edwardsburg, at River Valley, vs. Bridgman)
• Lake Michigan Catholic (vs. Mendon, at New Buffalo, at White Pigeon)
• Centreville (at Eau Claire, vs. White Pigeon, vs. New Buffalo)
• Marcellus (at Hartford, vs. Decatur, at Saugatuck)
• Gobles (vs. Fennville, at Saugatuck, vs. Decatur)
• Saugatuck (at Bangor, at Martin, vs. Hartford)
• South Haven (at Three Rivers, vs. Vicksburg, at Allegan)
• Vicksburg (vs. Paw Paw, at South Haven, vs. Three Rivers)

THREE WINS AWAY
These are the teams that have three wins, they have to win their last three games to qualify for the playoffs.  Some of these teams won't make it.  Marshall plays Harper Creek this week (remaining games in parenthesis).

• Battle Creek Central (vs. Lakeshore, at Portage Central, at Portage Northern)
• Kalamazoo Central (at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, vs. Portage Northern, vs. St. Joseph)
• Battle Creek Harper Creek (vs. Marshall, at Sturgis, vs. Lumen Christi)
• Marshall (at Harper Creek, at BC Lakeview, vs. Sturgis)
• Berrien Springs (vs. Cassopolis, vs. Edwardsburg, at Brandywine)
• Edwardsburg (vs. Buchanan, at Berrien Springs, vs. Cassopolis)
• Eau Claire (vs. Centreville, vs. Covert, at Bronson)
• Bloomingdale (vs. Martin, at Fennville, vs. Watervliet)
• Bangor (vs. Saugatuck, at Martin, vs. Hartford)
• Fennville (at Gobles, vs. Bloomingdale, vs. Lawrence)
• Otsego (at Allegan, vs. Dowagiac, vs. Paw Paw)

MAY HAVE A CHANCE.... MAY
These teams all have 4 losses, in order for any of these teams to reach the playoffs, they have to win their last three games, and have to do a lot of hoping.   In previous years, about a dozen or so 5-4 teams have made the playoffs, including St. Joseph in 2006 (remaining games in parenthesis).

• Niles (at Mattawan, vs. Lakeshore, vs. Benton Harbor)
• Kalamazoo Loy Norrix (vs. Kalamazoo Central, at Benton Harbor, vs. Portage Central)
• New Buffalo (vs. Bronson, vs. LMC, at Centreville)
• Bronson (at New Buffalo, vs. Mendon, vs. Eau Claire)
• Watervliet (at Decatur, vs. Lawton, at Bloomingdale)
• Lawton (vs. Lawrence, at Watervliet, at Martin)
• Plainwell (at Comstock, at Three Rivers, vs. Gull Lake)

These are eliminated from any chance at the playoffs
These teams have 5 losses or more and will not make the playoffs.

• Mattawan
• Benton Harbor
• Coldwater
• Sturgis
• Bridgman
• Brandywine
• River Valley
• Covert
• Lawrence
• Martin
• Comstock
• Allegan
• Gull Lake