NORTHVILLE, Mich. — The Northville High School football team in Northville, Mich., is one win from a regional championship, and the next step runs through Detroit Cass Tech in the MHSAA Division 1 regional final on the Nov. 13-14 playoff weekend.
Northville earned the matchup by knocking off previously unbeaten Saline 17-14 on Friday, Nov. 6, to win a district title. Northville is now 8-2.
The formula against Saline was simple and effective. Northville put together two long touchdown marches and won the battle at the line of scrimmage, limiting one of the highest-scoring offenses in the state to just 29 snaps.
The defense also delivered late. With Northville up three in the fourth quarter, a tackle saved a touchdown, and Saline had to settle for a field goal with three minutes to go.
Cass Tech arrives with momentum of its own. Cass Tech beat Dearborn Fordson 27-14 on Saturday, ending the run of a Fordson team that had knocked out Belleville, one of the best-known title contenders in the division, in the opening round.
The winner moves on to the state semifinals.
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