Detroit Pershing defeated Detroit Public School League rival Detroit Osborn 22-0 in football action on Friday, Oct. 8, at Pershing.

   The win clinched a spot in the PSL Gold Division championship game on Friday, Oct. 15, at 5 p.m. against undefeated Detroit Central. Central (5-0/7-0) beat Detroit Frederick Douglass 1-0 by forfeit on Friday. The championship game will be held at Detroit Collegiate Preparatory at Northwestern.

   Osborn fell to 3-2/4-3 with the loss.

    The Doughboys currently have a playoff point average of 37.429, comfortably qualifying for the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 6 playoffs.

Other weekend Detroit Public School League games

Detroit Martin Luther King Jr. 57, Detroit Renaissance 7: King's victory sets up a PSL Blue Division championship matchup with rival Detroit Cass Technical on Friday, Oct. 15, at 7:30 p.m. at Detroit Collegiate Preparatory at Northwestern. Cass Tech beat Detroit Western International by forfeit on Friday. King edged Cass Tech 41-34 on Sept. 10. Cass Tech defeated King in the 2020 PSL championship.

Detroit Collegiate Preparatory at Northwestern 28, Detroit Denby 14: Marshawn Brown had 18 carries for 211 yards and two touchdowns and Robert Fields had one touchdown catch.

Detroit Mumford 44, Detroit Communication & Media Arts 0: Jeyloe Moore had 150 passing yards and two passing touchdowns, Malik Cleveland had 115 yards rushing and three touchdowns, and Justin Cooperwood had nine tackles with two sacks for Mumford.

Detroit Henry Ford 48, Detroit East English Village 0

Detroit Cass Technical 1, Detroit Western International 0 (forfeit)

Detroit Central 1, Detroit Frederick Douglass 0 (forfeit)

Detroit Southeastern 1, Detroit Cody 0 (forfeit)

DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOL LEAGUE
FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

Blue Division

Formerly Division 1

1. Detroit Martin Luther King Jr.,5-0/6-1

2. Detroit Cass Technical, 3-2/5-2

3. Detroit Henry Ford, 3-2/3-4

4. Detroit Renaissance, 2-3/2-4

5. Detroit Mumford, 2-3/2-5

6. Detroit East English Village, 1-6/1-6

7. Detroit Western International, 0-5/0-5

Gold Division

Formerly Division 2

1. Detroit Central, 5-0/7-0

2. Detroit Pershing, 5-0/5-2

3. Detroit Southeastern, 4-1/4-3

4. Detroit Osborn, 3-2/4-3

5. Detroit Cody, 3-2/3-4

6. Detroit Collegiate Preparatory at Northwestern, 2-3/2-5

7. Detroit Denby, 2-3/2-4

8. Detroit Communication & Media Arts, 0-5/1-6

9. Detroit Douglass, 0-5/0-5