Hopkins and Martin football teams both will take part in the post-season playoffs this Friday evening.
Martin will take its 7-2 record against another squad that went 7-2 in eight-man football — Tekonsha. The Indians, whose home base is south of Marshall, but north of Goldwater. They took it on the chin badly last Friday night in a 60-14 loss to unbeaten Colon.
Meanwhile, Hopkins’ 5-4 season record was still good enough to qualify for the first round at Berrien Springs, a team with a record of 6-2. The Vikings, who absorbed a 36-14 defeat at Bending Friday evening, bested the Shamrocks 46-6 in 2018 in the second round of the playoffs.