Sports · Muskegon
Mona Shores, No. 12 and alone atop the OK Green, hosts Forest Hills Northern Friday
NORTON SHORES, Mich. — Unbeaten in the Ottawa-Kent Conference’s Green Division, Mona Shores hosts Forest Hills Northern on Friday night in a league football game that keeps the Sailors’ first-place case on the line.
Kickoff is 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, at Mona Shores High School, 1121 W. Seminole Road, according to MaxPreps. The Sailors are 6-1 overall and 4-0 in the OK Green, where they sit alone in first. MaxPreps ranks them No. 12 in Michigan. They have won six straight since an Aug. 27 loss at St. Mary’s Prep, including a 44-21 win at Muskegon on Oct. 9.
Forest Hills Northern is 3-4 overall and 2-2 in the OK Green, fourth in the league. The Huskies bounced back from a 30-7 loss at Muskegon on Oct. 2 with a 21-19 homecoming win over Reeths-Puffer on Oct. 9. MaxPreps ranks them No. 174 in the state.
The game counts in both teams’ conference standings. Mona Shores finishes the regular season at River Rouge on Oct. 23. Forest Hills Northern hosts Northview the same night.
Mona Shores’ league path to 4-0 included a 57-0 win over Union, a 42-13 win at Reeths-Puffer and a 29-28 win over Byron Center, MaxPreps shows. Forest Hills Northern’s league wins were against Union and Reeths-Puffer; its league losses were to Byron Center and Muskegon.
Sources:
MaxPreps, Mona Shores Sailors football schedule, accessed Oct. 15, 2026, https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/norton-shores/mona-shores-sailors/football/schedule/
MaxPreps, Forest Hills Northern Huskies football schedule, accessed Oct. 15, 2026, https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/grand-rapids/forest-hills-northern-huskies/football/schedule/
MaxPreps, Mona Shores football team page, accessed Oct. 15, 2026, https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/norton-shores/mona-shores-sailors/football/
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