DETROIT, Mich. — Plymouth takes its season on the road for the opening round of the state football playoffs, heading to Detroit Cass Tech for a Division 1 district semifinal at 7 p.m. Friday.
The Wildcats qualified at 4-5 with a 51.333 playoff-point average and drew the unbeaten Technicians, who sit at 9-0 with a 76.861 average, in Region 3, District 1. Plymouth athletics is urging fans to make the trip to Cass Tech High School to back the team.
Plymouth limps in after a 55-21 loss to Dearborn, a game in which it trailed 41-13 at the half and never held a lead. Ryan Grzelak, Drake Conte and Andrae McSween each found the end zone for the Wildcats. Plymouth has allowed 33.6 points per game.
Cass Tech stays at home after beating its last opponent 30-7 and has now won seven games this fall by at least 23 points. A week earlier, the Technicians edged King by a single point.
The winner faces the Belleville and Dearborn Fordson survivor in the district final on Nov. 6 or 7. In the early rounds the higher-ranked team hosts, no matter how far apart the schools are.
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