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Lightning in the area may have delayed the start, but the Eagles wasted no time making up for lost time, scoring on each of their first eight possessions against Bad Axe, shutting out the Hatchets, 56-0.

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Cass City stuck to their game plan and dominated the Harbor Beach Pirates in every facet, securing a 34-0 shutout victory in the first week of the 2026 MHSAA football season. It was the first time that Harbor Beach had been held scoreless since 2022 — a span of 44 games.

It was a regional final that contained more ups and downs than all of Cedar Point. Big runs from both Harbor Beach and Flint International (IAF) were the defining factor of the Region 24 Championship, which the Pirates won in dramatic, double-overtime fashion, 64-62 on Thursday, March 05, 2026. The victory marked the first boys basketball regional title in school history, with Harbor Beach now advancing to the state quarterfinals on Tuesday, March 10 in Port Huron.

Sandusky threw everything they had at Harbor Beach, but the Pirates leaned on their senior leadership to forge a path back to the regional title game for the second year in a row. Harbor Beach defeated Sandusky, 55-45 on Tuesday, March 03, 2026 at Cass City High School. The Pirates now face off with International Academy of Flint for the regional championship on Thursday.

All eyes and pressure were on Harbor Beach in District 96, yet that didn’t stop the Pirates from cruising to their second-straight district title with a 52-34 victory over Cass City. Harbor Beach now roll into the regional rounds hosted by Cass City next week with a head of steam.

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After losing to the Bad Axe Hatchets by ten points just on Friday, the USA Patriots threw the final punch, defeating Bad Axe 46-36 on Monday, February 23, 2026 to advance to the District 96 Semi-Final.

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It was a battle of the heavyweights and it were the Pirates of Harbor Beach that delivered blow after blow, defeating the Cros-Lex Pioneers, 58-43 on Friday, February 13, 2026 in Harbor Beach. The victory for Harbor Beach makes it nine wins in a row and snapped Cros-Lex’s 12-game winning streak in the process.

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In front of a packed gymnasium, Harbor Beach outlasted the Ubly Bearcats, 64-50, to clinch at least a share of the Big Thumb - Black division on Friday, February 06, 2026. The game featured nine lead changes and five ties, but was blown wide open by the Pirates' 14-0 run in 4:27 in the third quarter.

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The Unionville-Sebewaing Patriots bounced back from a rough Wednesday night with their best offensive showing of the season, defeating the Bad Axe Hatchets, 63-34 on Friday, January 23, 2026. Senior Patriot Davis Peters had a career night, leading all scorers with 23 points.

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Lakers utilized a 9-0 run to end the first half and pull away from Bad Axe, defeating the Hatchets, 50-30 on Friday, January 16, 2026. The Green Machine is off to its hottest start in at least 20 years with a 9-2 record.

Bad Axe led at the end of the first quarter, 12-10 with balanced scoring inside, but the Hatchets wouldn't score again inside of 19'9", relying on three-point shooting for the remainder of the game. Lakers' Caden Carriveau scored half of his 16 points in the second quarter to give the green & white a three-point lead at halftime, 21-18.<...

The Harbor Beach Pirates proved to be the most dominant team with a 31-20 victory over the Hudson Tigers for the MHSAA Division 08 State Championship on Friday, November 28, 2025.

Harbor Beach's victory caps off a perfect 14-0 season with the Pirates defeating the previous four Division 08 state champions (Beal City, Ubly, Whiteford and Hudson), as well as the defending Division 07 state champions (Millington).

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Harbor Beach blasted their way through the State Semi-Finals, shutting out the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 40-0 on Saturday, November 22, 2025. The Pirates now face the Hudson Tigers for the MHSAA Divsion 08 State Championship.

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The Pirates scored on their first five drives and brought in two interceptions to defeat the USA Patriots, 35-12 for their second-straight district championship.

The Harbor Beach Pirates scored on their first five drives and ripped down two interceptions, securing their second-straight district championship over the USA Patriots, 35-12.

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Harbor Beach scored seven times, returned a kick for a touchdown, intercepted a pass and recovered a fumble, en route to a 49-8 victory over the Reese Rockets in the first round of the MHSAA Division 08 Playoffs.

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It was a battle of the Big Thumb heavyweights and the Pirates delivered knockout blow after knockout blow, with Harbor Beach defeating Millington 41-7 on Friday, October 24, 2025. The victory capped off Harbor Beach's second consecutive undefeated 9-0 regular season with a head of steam rolling into the playoffs.

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The two top defenses in the Big Thumb Conference proved their worth on Friday, holding each other well below their offensive averages, but it was Harbor Beach that pulled away to defeat the Elkton Pigeon Bay Port Lakers, 20-6 on October 17, 2025 and improve to 8-0 on the season.

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The USA Patriots used a stout offensive attack and a timely turnover to secure a 28-22 victory over the Ubly Bearcats on Friday, October 10, 2025. With the win, USA has matched their best record in six seasons and nearly locks in a playoff bid.

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In a marathon game (our broadcast finished at 10:25pm), the Lakers utilized sharp passing and getting their defense off the field on third down to take down the Sandusky Wolves, 44-20.

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Cass City carried their momentum through two weeks, taking out Millington last week in overtime and then Sandusky, 47-7 on Friday, September 26, 2025. The Red Hawks never trailed and found the end zone seven different times, controlling all phases of the game against the Wolves.

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The most anticipated 8-player football game in the state of Michigan was expected to come down to the bitter end, but the Deckerville Eagles had other plans, never trailing and defeating the Brown City Green Devils 33-20 on Friday, September 19, 2025.

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In a game with more tempo changes than an Italian opera, the Elkton Pigeon Bay Port Lakers utilized big plays to erase an early deficit and defeat the Cass City Red Hawks for the first time since 2022, 18-13 on Friday, September 12, 2025 in Cass City, Michigan.

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Whiteford may have scored first off of a turnover, but it was Harbor Beach that would control the day, scoring six times and defeating the Bobcats 43-14 on Saturday, September 06, 2025 in Davison, Michigan.

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The Pirates of Harbor Beach wasted no time to squash any doubts about their season trajectory, throttling the Cass City Red Hawks with a 42-8 victory to begin the 2025 MHSAA regular season.

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Harbor Beach's 2025 campaign came to its end with a hard-fought loss in the Regional Championship against Flint New Standard, 64-56 on Thursday, March 06, 2025.

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Harbor Beach connected on every aspect of the game, cruising to a 36-point victory over Brown City, 69-33 in the Region 24 Semi-Finals of the MHSAA Tournament on Tuesday, March 04, 2025. The Pirates now advance to face Flint New Standard Academy (Flint Elite) on Thursday in Millington.

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The Harbor Beach Pirates could only meet expectations with a district championship and that’s exactly what they did with a hard-fought, intense victory over the Elkton Pigeon Bay Port Lakers, winning the district title 61-52 on Friday, February 28, 2025.

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The Elkton Pigeon Bay Port Lakers never trailed and defended their home court to defeat the Bad Axe Hatchets by 19 points, 62-43 on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Lakers now returns to the district championship game for the first time since 2022 to face off with the Harbor Beach Pirates.

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The Harbor Beach Pirates survived a potential postseason upset via the offensive glass, defeating Cass City 56-49 in the District 95 Semi-Finals on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Harbor Beach now returns to the district championship to face the Elkton Pigeon Bay Port Lakers on their opponent’s home floor.

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Four Red Hawks finished in double digits propelling Cass City past the USA Patriots in the opening round of the MHSAA Tournament, defeating Unionville-Sebewaing 67-57 on Monday, February 24, 2025.

USA began with a 6-2 in the first three minutes of the game, but that's when Cass City's offense was awakened, outscoring the Patriots 9-5 for the remainder of the first quarter to lead 12-11. The Red Hawks would extend that lead to four points at halftime, 28-24 thanks in part to Trent Patrick scoring seven of his 13 points in the second quarter. USA's Justin Jacobs scored eight of...

The Lakers may have been without their leading scorer, but you wouldn’t know it as they rolled through the USA Patriots, 57-42 on Friday, February 14, 2025. The win snapped a two-game losing streak and evened the score with USA for the season, avenging a 13-point road loss in January.

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The two top teams of the Big Thumb Conference took it to the twelfth round to decide a winner and it was Harbor Beach to take the first of two regular season matchups, defeating Millington 60-54 on Monday, February 10, 2025.

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For the second time this season, Harbor Beach jumped out early against the Ubly Bearcats and never looked back, defeating their BTC-Black foe, 57-45. Sweeping Ubly this season, Harbor Beach now takes a two-game lead in the Big Thumb Conference’s Black Division standings with three league games remaining.

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It was a tale of two halves with the Bad Axe Hatchets erasing a five-point halftime deficit, defeating the Cass City Red Hawks 48-43 on Friday, January 31, 2025. With the win, Bad Axe extends their win streak to six games and remains tied for first place in the Big Thumb - White division with a big week of basketball ahead of them.

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The Cass City Red Hawks secured their fourth victory in two weeks with a 51-42 road victory against the Reese Rockets on Friday, January 24, 2025.

Most of the game was controlled by Cass City with a lead that approached double digits, but Reese responded each time with key shooting, even taking the lead with 6:14 left in the fourth quarter 38-35. The Red Hawks then went on a 12-0 run in 5:22 to take command for good and secure their seventh win of the season.

Both teams' defenses limited each other's leading scorers to half of their averages...

The Lakers led through nearly the first three quarters, but it was the pesky squad of Bad Axe Hatchets that went home with the victory, 47-45 on Friday, January 17, 2025. With the win, Bad Axe remains tied for first place in the Big Thumb - White division with Millington and drops the Lakers one game back.

The senior Hatchet duo of Michael Janssen and Grady Seltz scored all 20 points for Bad Axe in the third quarter, taking a one-point lead into the fourth quarter, 39-38. They would lead as many as four points with just over two minutes...

The Harbor Beach Pirates braved the roads and rolled through the Sandusky Wolves en route to a 60-32 BTC-Black victory on Friday, January 10, 2025. Benson Harper led all scorers with 24 points and surpassed 1,000 career points in just 53 games.

With the win, Harbor Beach improves to 8-1 overall on the season and 3-0 in divisional play. Sandusky has now lost two in a row after winning their previous three games. The Wolves were led by Tyler Bush's 11 points. Danny Tovar added eight while Jack Betts finished with seven points.

The Road to Ford Field came to a crashing halt for the Harbor Beach Pirates as they fell to the Fowler Eagles, 26-7 on Saturday, November 16, 2024. Fowler controlled nearly every aspect of the game, holding Harbor Beach to just one score and forcing two turnovers. With the win, the Eagles now improve to 12-0 and advance to the State Semi-Finals against Beal City.

The Pirates were limited to just 18 yards in the first half and one first down, yet only trailed Fowler, 13-0. After winning the coin toss and deferring to the second half, Harbor Beach's first...

The Harbor Beach Pirates dominated the line of scrimmage, backfield, downfield and more, while defeating Everest Collegiate 37-7 to secure their first district championship since 2018.

Harbor Beach connected for scores on each of their four drives in the first half to lead 30-0 at halftime. The Pirates did have two turnovers to start the third quarter; the ball was popped loose from Rogan Messing's hands just before he crossed the endzone line and Bucholtz's only incomplete pass was intercepted on the following drive. The defense limited Everest's ability to move the ball, especially in the redzone, forcing...

The Harbor Beach Pirates scored through the air, on the ground and forced three turnovers while defeating the Ubly Bearcats 35-0 in the first round of the MHSAA Division 08 Playoffs. With the win, Harbor Beach now advances to the District Championship to take on Everest Collegiate in Clarkston, MI.

Benson Harper led the way for the Pirates as the leading rusher, leading receiver and leader on defense with two interceptions. Harper finished with 79 yards on 16 carries with one rushing touchdown. He also brought in both completed passes from Caden Bucholtz for 20 yards each for a touchdown, as...