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Dearborn Football Teams Prepare for Practice

Practice begins Monday for football teams from Dearborn High, Divine Child, Edsel Ford and Fordson.

For Dearborn’s four high school football teams, summer is over.

Sure, 80-degree temperatures and sunny days continue, but for the football teams from , , and , fall has begun.

That’s because football practice for all four teams start Monday as they prepare for season-opening games the weekend of Aug. 26.

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Dearborn, Divine Child and Fordson all made the playoffs in 2010, and Edsel Ford finished 4-5.

Dearborn went a perfect 9-0 in the regular season, only to lose to arch-rival Fordson in the first round of the playoffs.

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All four teams will aim for better things in 2011.

Here are the schedules for each team, according to the MHSAA.

Dearborn High School Football Schedule

Date Opponent Time Aug. 25 at Chippewa Valley 7 p.m. Sept. 1 Redford Thurston 7 p.m. Sept. 9 Romulus 7 p.m. Sept. 16 at Edsel Ford 7 p.m. Sept. 23 Fordson 7 p.m. Sept. 30 at Elkhart (IN)
7:30 p.m.
Oct. 7 at Belleville 7 p.m. Oct. 14 TBA TBA Oct. 21 Ann Arbor Skyline 7 p.m.

 

Divine Child Football

Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 Croswell-Lexington 7 p.m. Sept. 2 Open Sept. 10 Amherstburg General Amherst (Ontario) 1 p.m. Sept. 16 Detroit Consortium 7 p.m. Sept. 24 Detroit Loyola 12:30 p.m. Sept. 30 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 7 p.m. Oct. 7 Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 7 p.m. Oct. 14 Lutheran North 7 p.m. Oct. 21 TBA TBA

 

Edsel Ford Football Schedule

Date Opponent Time Aug. 25 at Redford Thurston 7 p.m. Sept. 2 at Dearborn Heights Robichaud 7 p.m. Sept. 9 Belleville 7 p.m. Sept. 16 Dearborn 7 p.m. Sept. 23 at Romulus 7 p.m. Sept. 30 at Fordson 7 p.m. Oct. 7 Eaton Rapids 7 p.m. Oct. 14 TBA TBA Oct. 21 Garden City 7 p.m.

 

Fordson Football Schedule

Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 Detroit Catholic Central 7 p.m. Sept. 2 Dearborn Heights Crestwood 7 p.m. Sept. 9 De La Salle 7 p.m. Sept. 16 Belleville 7 p.m. Sept. 23 at Dearborn 7 p.m. Sept. 30 Edsel Ford 7 p.m. Oct. 7 at Romulus 7 p.m. Oct. 14 TBD TBD Oct. 21 at Monroe 7 p.m.

This story was updated on Aug. 8, 2011, at 9:31 a.m. to include Dearborn High School's game at Elkhart (IN).


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