Sports · Kalamazoo
Loy Norrix grinds out a 12-6 win over Mattawan to get back on track
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — It was not pretty, but Kalamazoo Loy Norrix needed a win, and it got one. The Knights beat Mattawan 12-6 on Friday night, according to the final posted on WSJM’s Week 6 scoreboard.
The result came a week after Norrix took a blowout loss to Portage Central, MaxPreps noted in its game recap. The Knights opened the season with three straight wins before going 1-2 over their last three games, and Friday’s victory left them at 4-2.
It was a low-scoring night at Norrix, which was the home team in WWMT’s Football Fever listings. Mattawan fell to 1-5, and the loss was the Wildcats’ eighth straight on the road going back to last season, MaxPreps reported.
It was a busy Friday around Kalamazoo. Elsewhere in the city, Battle Creek Central beat Kalamazoo Central 36-23, according to WSJM’s scoreboard.
Norrix played Lakeshore the next Friday, Oct. 9, and Mattawan welcomed Lakeview the same night.
Updated Oct. 12, 2026: Lakeshore beat Norrix 35-0, MaxPreps results show, and Mattawan beat Lakeview 49-13. Norrix is 4-3 and plays Portage Northern on Oct. 16. Mattawan is 2-5 and plays Portage Central. Records above are as of the week of the games.
Updated Oct. 13, 2026: The summary was updated to report the result of the Week 7 game it looked ahead to.
Sources:
MaxPreps, Mattawan Wildcats 2026 football schedule and results, https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/mattawan/mattawan-wildcats/football/schedule/
MaxPreps, Loy Norrix Knights 2026 football schedule and results, https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/kalamazoo/norrix-knights/football/schedule/
MaxPreps, “Football Recap: Norrix Now 1-2 Since Winning 3 Straight,” Oct. 2, 2026, https://www.maxpreps.com/news/rA_AOKszbU-bViQX6GqYUw/football-recap-norrix-now-1-2-since-winning-3-straight--how-to-watch.htm
WSJM 94.9, “High School Football Scoreboard – Week 6,” Oct. 3, 2026, https://www.wsjm.com/2026/10/03/high-school-football-scoreboard-week-6-2/
WWMT News Channel 3, “Football Fever: Scores for Week 6,” Oct. 2, 2026, https://wwmt.com/sports/football-fever/scores-week-6-football-fever-game-week-coldwater-harper-creek-high-school-sports-community-entertainment-west-michigan
Photo: Gpwitteveen, “Loy Norrix High School,” Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/), cropped and color-corrected; derivative under the same ShareAlike license, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loy_Norrix_High_School.jpg
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