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I remember back in junior high (1975) hearing of the MHSAA beginning a playoff for high school football in Michigan. Since then I have followed it closely; as a young fan, high school player, high school coach, and now old retired fan. With the milestone 50th year approaching I thought it would be a good project to compile a book of the impressive impact the Upper Peninsula high school teams have made on this yearly tournament.

I enjoyed pouring over these years of U.P. high school football teams playing in the MHSAA playoffs. Many of our U.P. teams and coaches put together impressive runs through the tournament, and many of our U.P. teams were so close to a championship or finals appearance only to be knocked off in an early round by an eventual state champ. I hope you enjoy this look back and hopefully it prompted you to say “wow”, “hmmm”, “I forgot about that” or “I didn’t know that.” Because I know I did a lot as I researched.