Sports · Ann Arbor
Monroe stays unbeaten at home, beating Ann Arbor Pioneer 49-35
MONROE, Mich. — Ann Arbor Pioneer has spent the past three weeks digging out of an 0-3 start. Friday’s trip to Monroe, on Oct. 9, was the next test of how far it had climbed.
The Pioneers are 3-3 overall and 2-2 in the Southeastern Conference Red, fourth in the division, according to MaxPreps. Monroe is 2-4 and 1-3, one spot behind. The game was played at Monroe High School.
Pioneer lost its first three games, 14-12 at Flushing, 31-7 to Temperance Bedford and 48-13 at Saline. Since then it has beaten Lincoln 61-14, Ann Arbor Huron 34-20 on the road and Skyline 47-21 last Friday, a 142-55 scoring edge over three games.
Monroe has won both of its home games, 37-6 over Skyline and 35-24 over Jackson last week. All four of its losses came on the road, including 21-7 at Dexter and 24-7 at Bedford.
The two teams have three common opponents and nearly identical results against them. Both beat Skyline. Both lost to Bedford and to Saline, the division’s two unbeaten teams.
On the season, Pioneer has outscored opponents 174-148. Monroe has been outscored 157-120.
Pioneer hosts Dexter on Oct. 16 and closes the regular season at Bloomfield Hills. Monroe hosts Huron on Oct. 16 and Rochester on Oct. 23.
Updated Oct. 12, 2026: Monroe won 49-35 and stayed unbeaten at home, MaxPreps results show, snapping Pioneer’s three-game winning streak. Both teams are now 3-4 overall and 2-3 in the SEC Red. Records above are as of the week of the game.
Updated Oct. 13, 2026: The headline and summary were changed to report the result of the game this story previewed.
Sources:
MaxPreps, Ann Arbor Pioneer varsity football schedule and results, 2026, accessed Oct. 8, 2026, https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/ann-arbor/pioneer-pioneers/football/schedule/
MaxPreps, Monroe Trojans varsity football schedule and results, 2026, accessed Oct. 8, 2026, https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/monroe/monroe-trojans/football/schedule/
MaxPreps, Ann Arbor Skyline varsity football schedule and results, 2026, accessed Oct. 8, 2026, https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/ann-arbor/skyline-eagles/football/schedule/
Photo: Arountre, “Pioneer High School,” Wikimedia Commons, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/), cropped and color-corrected, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pioneer_High_School.jpg
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