Sports · Grand Rapids
West Michigan: Week 8 football scores
Grandville routed Jenison 62-8 in the OK Red on Friday night, and Hudsonville edged Rockford 17-14 in the same league. Caledonia beat Grand Haven 41-20 to improve to 7-1, according to MaxPreps, while Edwardsburg won the Wolverine B and North Muskegon won the West Michigan Conference River, WOOD TV reported.
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.
Grand Rapids
- Grand Rapids Catholic Central 21, Holland Christian 20 (OT)
- Grand Rapids West Catholic 34, Wayland 13
- Kenowa Hills 35, Lowell 21
Georgetown Township
- Grandville 62, Jenison 8 — OK Red. Preview
- Hudsonville Unity Christian 35, Wyoming 12 — OK Gold. Preview
- Hudsonville 17, Rockford 14 — OK Red.
Tri-Cities
- Caledonia 41, Grand Haven 20 — Caledonia is 7-1, according to MaxPreps. Preview
- Forest Hills Eastern 17, Spring Lake 14 — OK White. Preview
Muskegon
- Muskegon 49, Grand Rapids Union 0 Preview
- Muskegon Mona Shores 36, Forest Hills Northern 0 Preview
- North Muskegon 21, Ravenna 13 — North Muskegon won the West Michigan Conference River, WOOD TV reported.
- Byron Center 55, Muskegon Reeths-Puffer 14
- Ludington 27, Whitehall 26
Kalamazoo
- Portage Central 56, Mattawan 14 Preview
- St. Joseph 43, Kalamazoo Central 6 Preview
- Portage Northern 46, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 13
- Edwardsburg 59, Vicksburg 27 — Edwardsburg won the Wolverine B, WOOD TV reported.
- Paw Paw 50, Three Rivers 7
Battle Creek
- Battle Creek Harper Creek 47, Jackson Northwest 45 (OT) Preview
- Battle Creek Central won by forfeit over Richland Gull Lake. Preview
- Marshall 45, Coldwater 7
- Stevensville Lakeshore 38, Battle Creek Lakeview 0
Next week: Hastings, fresh off its 54-49 win at Mason, plays at Harper Creek in the Interstate 8 finale.
The regular season ends Friday, Oct. 23, and the MHSAA playoffs follow.
More Week 8 scores: Southeast Michigan · Mid-Michigan, the Thumb and Blue Water · 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/
WOOD TV, “October 16, 2026, Football Frenzy: Highlights” (via Yahoo Sports; West Michigan scores, North Muskegon and Edwardsburg titles), https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/football-frenzy-where-ll-week-160000831.html
Detroit Free Press, “Harper Creek wins in OT in Week 8 high school football action,” Oct. 17, 2026, https://www.freep.com/story/sports/high-school/2026/10/17/battle-creek-area-high-school-football-results-from-week-8/92168408007/
WWMT News Channel 3, “Football Fever: Scores for Week 8” (Battle Creek Central forfeit), https://wwmt.com/sports/football-fever/scores-week-8-football-fever-lawton-parchment-kalamazoo-battle-creek-community-high-school-sports-west-michigan
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, “North Lamar vs. Commerce football 2015 25 (Commerce on offense),” Aug. 28, 2015, 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:North_Lamar_vs._Commerce_football_2015_25_(Commerce_on_offense).jpg
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