The USA Patriots look to even the score with Harbor Beach as they face off with the Harbor Beach Pirates for the second time, but this time for the Division 08 District Championship.

The Harbor Beach Pirates enter the postseason with a perfect 9-0 record and face off with a pesky Reese Rocket team. Reese is one of just two teams to score more than one touchdown on the Pirates during the regular season.

The reigning and 2024 Division 07 state champions host the Harbor Beach Pirates in a highly-anticipated matchup in the final week of the regular season. Millington and Harbor Beach have faced off 16 times in history, but none since 1978.

Two classic rivals clash in a cross-divisional matchup in the penultimate week of the regular season. The Pirates have taken 9 straight over the green and white, including the last two years, 18-6 and 38-6. This will be the 35th meeting in history for the two schools.

The USA Patriots and Ubly Bearcats have faced off 23 times in 21 years with the Bearcats dominating the series 17-6 since 2004. Last year, the Patriots lost to Ubly 46-14.

The Red Hawks and Wolves have faced off 50 times since 1950 and face off in a divisional game at the halfway point in the regular season. Sandusky has not defeated Cass City since the 2015 playoffs, with the Red Hawks taking the previous six games.

Brown City travels to the “Foxborough of the Thumb” to take on the Deckerville Eagles in a Big Thumb-Blue showdown. The Eagles are the reigning 8-player state champions, while Brown City is looking to hand Deckerville their first loss in over a year.

Lakers and Cass City are set to meet for the 71st time since 1960 and to kick off divisional play in the Big Thumb Conference. The two rivals have split their last 10 meetings, with Cass City taking the previous two games, including last year, 28-8.

Two Division 08 blue chip programs go head-to-head in non-divisional play on a neutral field in Davison, Michigan. Whiteford is the 2022 state champion, losing to Ubly in 2023 in the state title game. Harbor Beach is looking to make it back to the state championship for the first time since 2012, the year of their only title in school history.

Both the Harbor Beach Pirates and Cass City Red Hawks are coming off 2024 playoff runs and looking to start their 2025 campaign on the right foot. After two tight games in previous seasons, the Red Hawks and Pirates will duke it out to open our 2025 football coverage.