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Finish the Journey: Trip to Notre Dave Prep next for FHS gridders

  A familiar foe, in preseason and postseason, and a familiar face, will be a part of next Friday evening’s MHSAA Division Regional No. 20 football game at Pontiac Notre Dame Preparatory School.

  The Eagle gridders will travel to Pontiac for a 7pm game Friday, November 14, played on William Kozrya Alumni Field (a turf field). ‘Muth will bring in a 10-1 overall record while the Fighting Irish at 9-2, playing an independent schedule.

  FHS Class of 1983 alumnus Pat Fox is the Notre Dame Prep head coach, with his team the defending MHSAA D-5 state champs with a 41-7 victory last year at Detroit’s Ford Field over the Eagles.

  Fourteen-year FHS Head Coach Phil Martin and staff will have his troops prepared for this game. The Eagles just finished off defeating three consecutive Blue Water Area Conference schools, visiting Armada to end the regular season (42-14 win), and home triumphs the past two weeks in district action, opening with Yale (56-0 win) and last Friday’s title win, 38-6 over Richmond.

  “We are no stranger to this opponent. We have them at our place for the last couple years for our scrimmage, and of course, Ford Field last year,” Martin said.

  The Fighting Irish’s Road thus far through the postseason includes a pair of district shutouts, 59-0 over Hazel Park and 49-0 over Detroit Denby, to set up this Friday’s regional showdown.

  Fox sets up his program with an ambitious schedule of top programs across most of lower Michigan. ND plays three D-2 programs, and two D-3 schools, as well as four D-6 schools who compete year-after-year in the playoffs. That allows them to pile up 62.445 playoff points, with the win over D-4 Hudsonville Unity Christian, ranked No. 1 at the time, giving them enough point leverage to be at the top on in D-5. ........

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