Mason football hosts Hastings on Friday, chasing an 8-0 start

MASON, Mich. — Unbeaten Mason puts its 7-0 record on the line Friday night when Hastings visits for a nonleague game. Kickoff is 7 p.m. at Mason High School, 1001 S. Barnes St., according to MaxPreps.

Mason, ranked No. 21 in Michigan by MaxPreps, finished Capital Area Activities Conference Red play 5-0. The Bulldogs have outscored opponents 252-71, about 10 points allowed per game. Their closest game was a 21-9 win at St. Johns on Sept. 25.

Their best result on paper came in Week 2, a 30-17 home win over DeWitt. DeWitt is 6-1 and plays at unbeaten Grand Ledge on Friday, the CAAC’s Week 8 schedule shows. Mason has won its last two games 46-6 over Fowlerville and 45-14 at Williamston.

Hastings is 5-2 and second in the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference at 4-1. The Saxons have won four straight and have scored 290 points, about 41 a game, while allowing 178. Their losses came 25-16 to Thornapple Kellogg in the season opener and 52-45 at Marshall in their league opener on Sept. 11. Their most recent win was a 64-44 shootout at home on Oct. 9.

The teams share one opponent. Both won at Williamston: Hastings 50-21 on Sept. 3 and Mason 45-14 on Oct. 9.

Both teams play their regular-season finales Oct. 23. Mason hosts Harper Woods, and Hastings closes Interstate 8 play at Harper Creek.

Sources:
MaxPreps, “Mason Bulldogs Football Schedule 2026-27,” accessed Oct. 15, 2026, https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/mason/mason-bulldogs/football/schedule/
MaxPreps, “Hastings Saxons Football Schedule 2026-27,” accessed Oct. 15, 2026, https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/hastings/hastings-saxons/football/schedule/
Capital Area Activities Conference, “Football,” Week 8 schedule, accessed Oct. 15, 2026, https://caacsports.org/fall-sports/football/
Photo: Michael Barera, “Highland Park vs. Royse City football 2017 09 (Royse City on offense).jpg,” Nov. 3, 2017, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), cropped and color-adjusted, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Highland_Park_vs._Royse_City_football_2017_09_(Royse_City_on_offense).jpg

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