Sports · Mid-Michigan
Beal City hosts Pine River Friday in a Highland Conference game between 7-0 Aggies and 3-4 Bucks
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — Undefeated Beal City closes Highland Conference play Friday night against Pine River Area, which has won three of its last four league games after an 0-3 start. Kickoff is 7 p.m. at Beal City High School, 3117 Elias Road, according to MaxPreps.
Beal City is 7-0 overall and 5-0 in the Highland Conference, ranked No. 20 in Michigan on MaxPreps’ computer rankings. Pine River Area is 3-4 and 3-3 in league play, listed fourth in the Highland.
The Aggies have outscored opponents 328-49. Recent wins include 56-7 at Evart on Oct. 9, 58-6 at Lake City on Oct. 2, 69-0 at home against Houghton Lake on Sept. 25 and 35-16 at home against McBain on Sept. 18. Earlier results were 42-13 at Springport, 35-0 at Manton and 33-7 at home against Ravenna.
Pine River’s three league wins came 48-33 at home against Lake City, 20-12 at Evart and a 1-0 forfeit win at Roscommon. The Bucks lost 40-0 at home to Manton last Friday after earlier losses to Harrison, McBain and Houghton Lake.
The teams share several Highland opponents. Beal City beat McBain 35-16 and Pine River lost to McBain 51-6. Beal City beat Houghton Lake 69-0 and Pine River lost to Houghton Lake 20-14. Beal City beat Lake City 58-6 and Evart 56-7; Pine River beat both of those schools.
Beal City finishes the regular season Oct. 23 at home against Ithaca. Pine River’s finale is that night at home against Morley Stanwood.
Sources:
MaxPreps, “Beal City Aggies Football Schedule 2026-27,” accessed Oct. 15, 2026, https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/mt-pleasant/beal-city-aggies/football/schedule/
MaxPreps, “Pine River Area Bucks Football Schedule 2026-27,” accessed Oct. 15, 2026, https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/leroy/pine-river-area-bucks/football/schedule/
Photo: Michael Barera, “Highland Park vs. Royse City football 2017 13 (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_13_(Royse_City_on_offense).jpg
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