Sports · Blue Water Area
Unbeaten Marine City hosts Algonac Friday after both river towns piled up Week 7 points
MARINE CITY, Mich. — Two St. Clair River football programs that lit up the scoreboard on Oct. 9 meet Friday night when Algonac visits unbeaten Marine City at 7 p.m.
Marine City improved to 7-0 overall and 6-0 in the Macomb Area Conference Silver Division with a 70-22 win at St. Clair Shores South Lake, according to MaxPreps and The Oakland Press scoreboard. The Mariners have won every game this season, according to MaxPreps.
Algonac answered with a 72-24 home win over Eastpointe the same night, MaxPreps and the Oakland Press reported. The Muskrats are 6-1 overall and 3-1 in the MAC Bronze Division, riding a four-game winning streak into Friday’s trip up the river after earlier wins over Clawson, Lincoln and New Haven.
Friday’s game is a non-league river-towns matchup on Marine City’s home field. MaxPreps lists Algonac at Marine City on Oct. 16, with the Mariners then visiting Marysville on Oct. 23 and the Muskrats scheduled at Flint Powers Catholic the same week.
Marine City has scored at least 42 points in six of its seven games and piled up 358 points on the season against 165 allowed, per MaxPreps. Recent scores include 64-36 at St. Clair, 49-28 over Hazel Park and the 70-point night at South Lake. Algonac has scored 276 and allowed 139 while averaging more than 39 points a game.
Kickoff is 7 p.m. Friday in Marine City, a short drive up M-29 for Algonac fans.
Sources:
MaxPreps, “Schedule - Marine City Mariners (Marine City, MI) Football,” updated Oct. 12, 2026, https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/marine-city/marine-city-mariners/football/schedule/
MaxPreps, “Schedule - Algonac Muskrats (Algonac, MI) Football,” updated Oct. 11, 2026, https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/algonac/algonac-muskrats/football/schedule/
The Oakland Press, “Prep football scoreboard for Week 7 of the 2026 season,” Oct. 9, 2026, https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2026/10/09/prep-football-scoreboard-for-week-7-of-the-2026-season/
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