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Royal Oak, at 4-4 after two straight losses, hosts 6-2 Clawson in Friday's regular-season finale

The Mitten Daily · October 20, 2026 · Royal Oak

High school football players on a field under stadium lights, with a punter kicking the ball as linemen block.
A punt during a high school football game at Memorial Stadium in Commerce, Texas, in August 2015, in a file photo. It does not show Royal Oak or Clawson. Photo: Michael Barera / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.

ROYAL OAK, Mich. — Royal Oak High School closes its regular season at home Friday, Oct. 23, against Clawson, with kickoff at 7 p.m.

The Ravens are 4-4 and 3-2 in the OAA Gold, according to MaxPreps. They started 4-2 but have lost two straight: 55-13 to Ferndale on Oct. 9, as the Eagles clinched the Gold title outright, and 49-0 to Rochester in a crossover game Oct. 16.

Clawson comes in at 6-2.

Royal Oak's wins came over St. Clair Shores Lake Shore (28-6), Waterford Kettering (27-13), Pontiac (41-12) and Berkley (35-23). The Ravens have been better on the road this season, 3-1, than at home, 1-3. They have scored 171 points and allowed 238.

A win would put Royal Oak at 5-4. Under MHSAA rules, six wins in a nine-game season earns an automatic playoff berth, and five-win teams can still fill remaining spots based on playoff points. The MHSAA announces the field Sunday, Oct. 25, and first-round games are Oct. 30-31.

The game is at Royal Oak High School, 1500 Lexington Blvd. Across town, Shrine Catholic plays for the Catholic League's Cardinal Championship on Saturday at Ford Field.

Sources:
MaxPreps, “Royal Oak Ravens football schedule,” https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/royal-oak/royal-oak-ravens/football/schedule/
MaxPreps, “Clawson vs Royal Oak, 10/23/2026,” https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/football/game/clawson-vs-royal-oak/10-23-2026/?c=74146db3-8c5d-42cb-a924-747c041974de
The Royal Oak Record, “Royal Oak football falls to Ferndale, 55-13,” Oct. 12, 2026, https://theroyaloakrecord.com/articles/royal-oak-falls-55-13-as-ferndale-clinches-oaa-gold-title-mv435r64
Michigan High School Athletic Association, “Football,” https://www.mhsaa.com/sports/football
Photo: Michael Barera, “North Lamar vs. Commerce football 2015 05 (North Lamar punting).jpg,” Aug. 28, 2015, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and color-adjusted, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Lamar_vs._Commerce_football_2015_05_(North_Lamar_punting).jpg

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