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Harbor Springs hosts Johannesburg-Lewiston on Friday riding a five-game win streak
HARBOR SPRINGS, Mich. — Harbor Springs will try to stretch its winning streak to six games when Johannesburg-Lewiston visits for a 7 p.m. league game Friday.
The Rams are 6-1 overall and 2-1 in league play, third in their league standings, according to MaxPreps. Their only loss came 27-18 at Glen Lake on Sept. 3. Since then they have beaten Frankfort, Tawas Area, Benzie Central, Lakeview and Mancelona, the last one 43-0 at home on Oct. 9.
Harbor Springs has scored 174 points and allowed 69. Two of its last three opponents did not score.
Johannesburg-Lewiston is 3-4 and 1-3 in the league after a 13-8 loss at East Jordan last week, MaxPreps shows. The Cardinals opened with wins over Tawas Area and Benzie Central and beat Mancelona 52-6 on Oct. 2. They have scored 116 points and allowed 133.
Common opponents: The teams have played six of the same schools. Harbor Springs beat Oscoda 20-13 and Frankfort 14-10; Johannesburg-Lewiston lost to Oscoda 14-0 and Frankfort 44-16. Both lost at Glen Lake, the Rams by nine and the Cardinals 34-0.
Next week Harbor Springs plays at East Jordan, and Johannesburg-Lewiston hosts Manton. Both games are Oct. 23.
Sources:
MaxPreps, “Harbor Springs Rams football schedule, 2026,” accessed Oct. 14, 2026, https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/harbor-springs/harbor-springs-rams/football/schedule/
MaxPreps, “Johannesburg-Lewiston Cardinals football schedule, 2026,” accessed Oct. 14, 2026, https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/johannesburg/johannesburg-lewiston-cardinals/football/schedule/
Photo: Rmathews10, “Harbor Springs High School Class of 2011 graduation at Ottawa Stadium.jpg,” June 5, 2011, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/), cropped and color-adjusted, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harbor_Springs_High_School_Class_of_2011_graduation_at_Ottawa_Stadium.jpg
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