Sports · Tri-Cities
Forest Hills Eastern takes a 6-1 record to Spring Lake in an OK White showdown Friday
SPRING LAKE, Mich. — Forest Hills Eastern brings a 6-1 record and a three-game win streak to Spring Lake on Friday night for a 7 p.m. Ottawa-Kent White game that can tighten the middle of the conference standings.
Eastern is 3-1 in the OK White, listed second behind West Catholic on MaxPreps. The Hawks’ only loss was a 42-34 home defeat to West Catholic on Sept. 18. Since then they have beaten Wayland 37-27, Grand Rapids Christian 42-28 and Hamilton 36-25.
Spring Lake is 4-3 overall and 2-2 in the White, third in the division after a 28-21 win at Wayland on Oct. 9. The Lakers’ league losses were 28-7 at Hamilton and 42-31 at West Catholic. They opened the year with a 35-34 double-overtime loss at Grand Haven, then beat Gladwin and Freeland before conference play.
MaxPreps ranks Eastern 102nd in Michigan and Spring Lake 162nd. Eastern has outscored opponents 263-152; Spring Lake is 200-171. The two teams share three league opponents so far: Eastern and Spring Lake both lost to West Catholic, Eastern beat Wayland and Hamilton while Spring Lake beat Wayland and lost to Hamilton.
Friday’s game is at Spring Lake High School, 16140 148th Ave. Spring Lake finishes the regular season at home against Zeeland West on Oct. 23. Eastern hosts Ypsilanti that night.
Schedules and scores are posted on MaxPreps. Ticket and game-day details are available from each school’s athletic office.
Sources:
MaxPreps, Spring Lake Lakers football schedule 2026-27, https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/spring-lake/spring-lake-lakers/football/schedule/
MaxPreps, Forest Hills Eastern Hawks football schedule 2026-27, https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/ada/forest-hills-eastern-hawks/football/schedule/
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