Sports · Upper Peninsula
Northern Michigan and the U.P.: Week 8 football scores
Kingsford won the Upper Peninsula’s showdown of unbeatens Friday night, beating Menominee 21-14 at Walton Blesch Stadium for its third West-PAC Copper title in four years, the EagleHerald reported. Marquette won the Big North outright with a 19-10 win at Petoskey, and Traverse City Central beat Bay City Central 45-18.
Every score below is a final confirmed by at least two outlets, or by MaxPreps and at least one other outlet. Games where published scoreboards disagreed are left out. Each heading links to that community’s Mitten Daily page, and “Preview” links go to our story from earlier in the week.
Upper Peninsula
- Kingsford 21, Menominee 14 — West-PAC Copper title; Kingsford is 8-0 and Menominee 7-1, according to MaxPreps. Preview
- Negaunee 38, Houghton 6 Preview
- Calumet 44, Gladstone 28
- Bark River-Harris 45, Manistique 16
- L’Anse 34, Hancock 26
- Westwood 47, Gwinn 0
- Ishpeming 42, Norway 26 — 8-player.
- Rudyard 34, Newberry 6 — 8-player.
The Straits
- Marquette 19, Petoskey 10 — Marquette won the Big North outright; Petoskey is 5-3, the Petoskey News-Review reported. Preview
- Harbor Springs 41, Johannesburg-Lewiston 0 Preview
- Gaylord St. Mary 42, Pickford 0 — 8-player.
- Onaway 52, Engadine 12
Up North
- Traverse City Central 45, Bay City Central 18 — SVL North. Preview
- Traverse City West 27, Bay City Western 26 — SVL North. Preview
- Kingsley 50, Kalkaska 6
- Charlevoix 9, Elk Rapids 0
- Maple City Glen Lake 46, Benzie Central 0
Next week: Kingsford hosts Marquette, and Traverse City Central and Traverse City West meet in their crosstown game.
The regular season ends Friday, Oct. 23, and the MHSAA playoffs follow.
More Week 8 scores: Southeast Michigan · Mid-Michigan, the Thumb and Blue Water · West Michigan · Statewide roundup
Sources:
Associated Press high school football scoreboard, Oct. 16, 2026, as published by UpNorthLive (WPBN/WGTU), “Hometown Highlights 10/16/26”, https://upnorthlive.com/sports/hometown-highlights/hometown-highlights-101626
High School On SI, Jack Butler, “Michigan High School Football Final Scores, Results - October 16”, https://www.si.com/high-school/michigan/michigan-high-school-football-final-scores-results-october-16-01m542egsjjt
The Oakland Press, Matthew Mowery, “Prep football scoreboard for Week 8 of the 2026 season,” Oct. 16, 2026, https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2026/10/16/football-prep-football-scoreboard-for-week-8-of-the-2026-season/
WLUC TV6, “Friday Night Fever Week Eight Highlights and Scores,” Oct. 17, 2026, https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2026/10/17/friday-night-fever-week-eight-highlights-scores/
The Daily News (Iron Mountain), “Prep football scores,” Oct. 16, 2026, https://www.ironmountaindailynews.com/sports/local-sports/2026/10/prep-football-scores-23/
EagleHerald, Matt Lehmann, “Kingsford upends Menominee to capture West-PAC Copper crown” (via APG State News), https://www.gazettextra.com/apgstate/kingsford-upends-menominee-to-capture-west-pac-copper-crown/article_75905996-e5e2-5033-a9f7-3fb409500bdb.html
Petoskey News-Review, “See Petoskey football meet Marquette with Big North title on the line,” Oct. 16, 2026, https://www.petoskeynews.com/picture-gallery/sports/high-school/football/2026/10/16/see-petoskey-football-meet-marquette-with-big-north-title-on-the-line/92171068007/
Traverse City Record-Eagle, “Prep roundup: … TC Central routs Bay City Central …,” Oct. 17, 2026, https://www.record-eagle.com/sports/prep-roundup-jess-td-yanchulis-fg-lead-rayders-past-elks-tc-central-routs-bay-city/article_e85503e7-982a-4742-b70a-56c625548acb.html
MaxPreps game pages and recaps, Oct. 16, 2026: Marine City vs. Algonac; Kingsford vs. Menominee; Marquette vs. Petoskey; Lumen Christi vs. Detroit Country Day; Detroit Catholic Central vs. St. Francis de Sales; Dexter vs. Pioneer; Dow vs. Lapeer; Troy vs. Pontiac; Caledonia vs. Grand Haven; Waverly vs. Holt; Monroe vs. Huron; Powers Catholic vs. Skyline; Harbor Springs vs. Johannesburg-Lewiston; Traverse City Central vs. Bay City Central (final score and quarter line), https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/football/game/central-bay-city-vs-traverse-city-central/10-16-2026/?c=570c7d41-6e52-4e8e-8dde-6fc152aa2272
Photo: Michael Barera, “Lone Oak vs. Commerce football 2017 11 (Lone Oak on offense),” Sept. 1, 2017, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), cropped and color-corrected; derivative under the same ShareAlike license, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lone_Oak_vs._Commerce_football_2017_11_(Lone_Oak_on_offense).jpg
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