Prep football: Week 1 area matchups
So much for summer.
The 2018 Michigan high school football season is officially underway with today’s eight-player games at North Dickinson and North Central.
Tomorrow, the 11-player schedule opens up across the UP.
Kingsford visits Menasha before playing Fond du Lac, who ended Kimberly’s 70-game win streak last week.
Northern Elite faces Northland Pines after opening the Wisconsin football season with a 55-18 rout over Marion/Tigerton.
Forest Park begins its quest to defend its first eight-player state championship. The Trojans visit Superior Central.
Iron Mountain visits former Mid-Peninsula Conference foe Negaunee to open the 2018 season. Both teams now play in the West PAC.
Here are this week’s games from around the UP:
Thursday, Aug. 23
Eight-player
North Dickinson (0-0) vs. Rudyard (0-0)
North Central (0-0) vs. Engadine (0-0)
Friday, Aug. 24
Iron Mountain (0-0) at Negaunee (0-0)
Kingsford (0-0) at Menasha (1-0)
West Iron County (0-0) vs. Munising (0-0)
Northern Elite (1-0) vs. Northland Pines (0-1)
Gladstone (0-0) vs. St. Ignace (0-0)
Marquette (0-0) vs. Traverse City St. Francis (0-0)
Escanaba (0-0) at Alpena (0-0)
Ishpeming (0-0) at Manistique (0-0)
Westwood (0-0) at Houghton (0-0)
Calumet (0-0) at Gogebic (0-0)
Sault Ste. Marie (0-0) at Cheboygan (0-0)
L’Anse (0-0) at Hancock (0-0)
Gwinn (0-0) at Bark River-Harris (0-0)
Newberry (0-0) at Frankfort (0-0)
Eight-player
Forest Park (0-0) at Superior Central (0-0)
Carney-Nadeau (0-0) at Brimley (0-0)
Stephenson (0-0) at Cedarville (0-0)
Rapid River (0-0) vs. Ontonagon (0-0)
Florence (0-0) vs. Lena (1-0)
Saturday, Aug. 25
Norway (0-0) at Lake Linden-Hubbell (0-0)
Marinette (0-1) vs. Menominee (0-0)