FOOTBALL: Saline Opens Playoffs at Hornet Stadium at 1 p.m. Saturday

Saline's road to Ford Field starts at Hornet Stadium, where the Hornets open the playoffs at 1 p.m., Saturday, against Kalamazoo Central.

It will be Saline's first Saturday afternoon game since 2014, when the Hornets defeated Detroit Cass Tech at  Troy High School to advance to the state championship game.

Saline Athletic Director Andrew Parrish said Saline wanted to play Friday night, but Saline and Kalamazoo Central couldn't come to an agreement.

According to an MHSAA rule, unless teams agree to a different time, district and regional games will be scheduled at 7 or 7:30 p.m. Friday, or 1, 7 or 7:30 p.m., Saturday. But a second part of the rule says that if the distance between the schools is over 75 miles and no agreement is reached, the game must be played Saturday afternoon.

Interestingly, Brighton and East Kentwood, the other two teams in this district, will also play at 1 p.m., Saturday.

R1-D1 Rockford (5-4) 61.333 at Traverse City West (7-2) 89.333 @ Thirlby Field F 7:00 PM

R1-D1 Holland West Ottawa (6-3) 72.778 at Hudsonville (6-3) 74.111 F 7:00 PM

R1-D2 Kalamazoo Central (6-3) 71.444 at Saline (8-1) 102.222 S 1:00 PM

R1-D2 Brighton (7-2) 87.111 at East Kentwood (8-1) 99.444 S 1:00 PM

R2-D1 Grand Blanc (5-4) 60.667 at Lapeer (9-0) 112.889 F 7:00 PM

R2-D1 Davison (7-2) 79.778 at Oxford (7-2) 87.444 F 7:00 PM

R2-D2 Lake Orion (5-4) 63.333 at Clarkston (7-2) 89.444 F 7:00 PM

R2-D2 White Lake Lakeland (6-3) 72.333 at Rochester Adams (6-3) 73.778 F 7:00 PM

R3-D1 Plymouth (6-3) 68.556 at West Bloomfield (7-2) 96.889 F 7:00 PM

R3-D1 Canton (6-3) 73.222 at Detroit Catholic Central (6-3) 82.921 F 7:00 PM

R3-D2 Dearborn (5-4) 57.000 at Belleville (9-0) 119.111 F 7:00 PM

R3-D2 Monroe (6-3) 72.333 at Brownstown Woodhaven (8-1) 98.444 F 7:00 PM

R4-D1 Utica Eisenhower (6-3) 76.000 at Clinton Township Chippewa Valley (9-0) 122.667 F 7:00 PM

R4-D1 Romeo (6-3) 82.222 at Macomb Dakota (7-2) 85.000 F 7:00 PM

R4-D2 Detroit Western International (6-3) 55.111 at Detroit Cass Tech (9-0) 114.444 F 4:00 PM

R4-D2 Grosse Pointe South (8-1) 95.667 at Dearborn Fordson (8-1) 100.444 F 7:00 PM

More News from Saline

• Superintendent Laatsch Announces Retirement from Saline Area Schools Steve Laatsch is retiring as Superintendent of Saline Area Schools on July 1.
• BASKETBALL: Saline Girls Win 3rd Straight, On To SEC Schedule The Hornets start conference play Friday.