BAY CITY, MI –Setting the scene for Week 5 of the high school football season in the MLive Bay City coverage area for Friday, Sept. 26, 2025.
Game Day Bay City!
BAY CITY AREA
WEEK 5 SCHEDULE
Friday, Sept. 26
Alcona at Mio
Au Gres at Whittemore-Prescott
Bay City Central at Mount Pleasant
Bridgeport at John Glenn
Cass City at Sandusky
Clare at Ogemaw Heights
Essexville Garber at Saginaw Swan Valley
Flint Carman-Ainsworth at Bay City Western
Harrison at St. Louis
Laker at Central Montcalm
Marlette at Reese
Oscoda at Tawas
Pinconning at Farwell
Sanford Meridian at Beaverton
Standish-Sterling at Gladwin
Unionville-Sebewaing at Harbor Beach
Saturday, Sept. 27
Akron-Fairgrove at Peck, 1 p.m.
Bay City All Saints at Onekama, 2 p.m.
NEWS AND NOTES
*Bay City Western is planning a tribute to longtime teacher, coach and public address announcer Dick Harmon prior to tonight’s game. Harmon died in July at the age of 80.
*Laker is the last undefeated team in the Bay City area and is seeking its first 5-0 start since 2022.
*Five area teams appear in this week’s Associated Press state rankings, including No. 10 Clare and honorable mention Ogemaw Heights in Division 5, No. 6 Laker and No. 9 Cass City in Division 7 and No. 8 All Saints in eight-player Division 1.
*Bay City Western, Beaverton, Ogemaw Heights and Reese celebrate homecoming in Week 5.
SPOTLIGHT GAME
MLive readers are predicting Pinconning to prevail over Farwell in this week’s Fan Pick’em. The Spartans drew 70 percent of the ballots in the online poll that asks readers to make the call on a toss-up game each week. Readers are 2-2 on the season in Bay City area games.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Bay County Football Leaders heading into Week 5
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Cookie-baker and impact-maker Dinah DuRussel earns honor
Bay City power rankings, playoff ratings, standings and more
Associated Press high school football state rankings
Golden Helmet Award winners for Week 4
Bulked-up back still gone in the blink of an eye
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