Portage Central/Portage Northern football rematch holds lead down stretch of Kalamazoo's MLive Game of Week poll (with poll)

Scott DeCamp | sdecamp1@mlive.com, October 23, 2012 10:50 a.m.

Portage Central's Max Ryan, bottom, lunges after a fumble in front of Portage Northern's Matt Erridge (55) during the game two weeks ago at McCamley Field. - (Erik Holladay | Special to MLive.com file)

KALAMAZOO, MI -- The first time Portage Northern and Portage Central squared off this football season, things didn't go as many people planned.

Portage Northern beating Portage Central was entirely possible. The way the Huskies did it, 42-13 in Kalamazoo's MLive.com Game of the Week, is where the surprise factor came into play.

The crosstown rivals are set to square off again in the first round of the Division 2 playoffs this Friday. And, again, the Huskies/Mustangs matchup leads Kalamazoo's MLive Game of the Week poll.

As of 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Portage Northern/Portage Central had accounted for 470 of 1,267 total votes in the poll. The first-round matchup from the same Division 2 district, Battle Creek Lakeview at Mattawan, was second with 220 votes. The Division 6 clash between Constantine and Watervliet was third iwth 182 votes.

All 13 first-round games involving Kalamazoo-area teams are included in this week's poll, which will remain open until 6 p.m. Tuesday.

You can vote every hour, and do so here:

The winner of the Game of the Week poll will receive top-notch coverage from the MLive Kalamazoo crew, including a preview story, live in-game chat, multiple postgame stories and features, and a photo gallery.

Upgrades in our phone apps allow you to join live chats from the field this fall, and we hope you'll share on-the-spot information from other games as well as your comments about the Game of the Week.?Here are the links to the apps: iPhone and Android.

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Source: http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/news/article/6163813588292551469

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