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Southeast Michigan and Detroit: Week 8 football scores
Detroit Catholic Central shut out Toledo St. Francis de Sales 42-0 Friday night for its 22nd straight win, according to MaxPreps, and Saline clinched the SEC Red outright with a 35-21 win at previously unbeaten Bedford. At Ford Field, Cass Tech edged King 21-20 for the Public School League Blue Division title and Detroit Central beat Denby 8-6 for the Gold Division title.
Every score below is a final confirmed by at least two outlets, or by MaxPreps and at least one other outlet. Games where published scoreboards disagreed are left out. Each heading links to that community’s Mitten Daily page, and “Preview” links go to our story from earlier in the week.
Detroit
- Detroit Catholic Central 42, Toledo St. Francis de Sales 0 — the Shamrocks are 8-0 and have won 22 straight, according to MaxPreps. Preview
- Detroit Cass Tech 21, Detroit King 20 — Public School League Blue Division title game at Ford Field. Preview
- Detroit Central 8, Detroit Denby 6 — PSL Gold Division title game at Ford Field.
Elsewhere in Metro Detroit
- Harper Woods 28, Clarkston 13
- Toledo Central Catholic 28, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 21
- Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 30, Toledo St. John’s Jesuit 25
Warren
- Warren Fitzgerald 28, Warren Cousino 0 Preview
- Saturday: Dearborn Divine Child at Warren De La Salle, 1 p.m. Preview
Troy
- Troy Athens 35, Auburn Hills Avondale 0 Preview
- Troy 17, Pontiac 0 — the first win of the season for Troy, which came in winless.
Ann Arbor
- Dexter 27, Ann Arbor Pioneer 13 — SEC Red. Preview
- Monroe 42, Ann Arbor Huron 6 — SEC Red. Preview
- Flint Powers Catholic 45, Ann Arbor Skyline 20 — Powers’ sixth straight win, according to MaxPreps. Preview
- Chelsea 52, Ypsilanti Lincoln 7
Bedford Township and Monroe County
- Saline 35, Bedford 21 — Saline won the SEC Red outright and handed Bedford its first loss. Full story · Preview
- Monroe Jefferson 8, Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 6 — the matchup of teams unbeaten in the Huron League. Preview
- Gibraltar Carlson 27, Lincoln Park 8
- Ottawa Lake Whiteford 52, Petersburg Summerfield 0
Next week: Bedford plays at unbeaten Grand Ledge and Saline visits Lake Orion on Oct. 23.
Saturday’s Divine Child at De La Salle game is not included here. The regular season ends Friday, Oct. 23, and the MHSAA playoffs follow.
More Week 8 scores: Mid-Michigan, the Thumb and Blue Water · West Michigan · Northern Michigan and the U.P. · Statewide roundup
Sources:
Associated Press high school football scoreboard, Oct. 16, 2026, as published by UpNorthLive (WPBN/WGTU), “Hometown Highlights 10/16/26”, https://upnorthlive.com/sports/hometown-highlights/hometown-highlights-101626
High School On SI, Jack Butler, “Michigan High School Football Final Scores, Results - October 16”, https://www.si.com/high-school/michigan/michigan-high-school-football-final-scores-results-october-16-01m542egsjjt
The Oakland Press, Matthew Mowery, “Prep football scoreboard for Week 8 of the 2026 season,” Oct. 16, 2026, https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2026/10/16/football-prep-football-scoreboard-for-week-8-of-the-2026-season/
MLive, “Dexter football defeats Ann Arbor Pioneer 27-13”, https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2026/10/photos-dexter-football-defeats-ann-arbor-pioneer-27-13.html
MaxPreps game pages and recaps, Oct. 16, 2026: Marine City vs. Algonac; Kingsford vs. Menominee; Marquette vs. Petoskey; Lumen Christi vs. Detroit Country Day; Detroit Catholic Central vs. St. Francis de Sales; Dexter vs. Pioneer; Dow vs. Lapeer; Troy vs. Pontiac; Caledonia vs. Grand Haven; Waverly vs. Holt; Monroe vs. Huron; Powers Catholic vs. Skyline; Harbor Springs vs. Johannesburg-Lewiston; Traverse City Central vs. Bay City Central (final score and quarter line), https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/football/game/central-bay-city-vs-traverse-city-central/10-16-2026/?c=570c7d41-6e52-4e8e-8dde-6fc152aa2272
Photo: Michael Barera, “Bradley Tech vs. Pulaski football 2025 18 (Bradley Tech on offense),” Oct. 17, 2025, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), cropped and color-corrected; derivative under the same ShareAlike license, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bradley_Tech_vs._Pulaski_football_2025_18_(Bradley_Tech_on_offense).jpg
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