MENDON, MI –– One of Michigan’s most storied high school football programs will advance in the opening round of the postseason.

But without playing a game.

Mendon, the top-ranked team in 8-player Division 2, has won its playoff opener by forfeit after Grand Rapids Sacred Heart announced its decision to concede the game due to a scheduling conflict, Mendon officials told MLive on Thursday.

“It’s absolutely unfortunate,” Mendon superintendent Leasa Griffith told MLive. “Our kids wanted to play, and our coaches wanted to play, as I would think theirs (Sacred Heart’s) would as well. This may have been our last home game for our seniors, depending on how the playoffs pan out.”

After it was announced that Mendon would host Sacred Heart following last Sunday’s Michigan High School Athletic As

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