The 2024 high school football season in Michigan might be more than a month away but it’s never too early to start glancing at schedules and circling dates on the calendar.
Before action kicks off for what should be another entertaining fall season on the gridiron we wanted to take a deeper look at each team’s potential road to the playoffs. Today, we’ll take a look at the West Michigan Conference Lakes Division which 2023 playoff qualifiers Whitehall, Oakridge, Montague and Manistee.
Below are week-by-week schedules for the entire Lakes Division heading into the 2024 high school football season, presented in alphabetical order.
NOTE: All start times are 7 p.m. unless noted otherwise; all away games will be prefaced with an at (@) symbol.
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West Michigan Conference
Lakes Division
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Fremont
Aug. 29 – at Hopkins
Sept. 6 – Manistee
Sept. 13 – Ludington
Sept. 20 – at Grant
Sept. 27 – at Oakridge
Oct. 4 – at Orchard View
Oct. 11 – at Montague
Oct. 18 – Whitehall
Oct. 25 – Newaygo
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Manistee
Aug. 29 – at Kalkaska
Sept. 6 – at Fremont
Sept. 13 – Oakridge
Sept. 20 – Orchard View
Sept. 27 – at Whitehall
Oct. 4 – at Ludington
Oct. 11 – Shelby
Oct. 18 – Montague
Oct. 25 – at Mason County Central
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Montague
Aug. 29 – at Forest Hills Eastern
Sept. 6 – Oakridge
Sept. 13 – Orchard View
Sept. 20 – at Whitehall
Sept. 27 – at Ludington
Oct. 4 – North Muskegon
Oct. 11 – Fremont
Oct. 18 – at Manistee
Oct. 25 – at Ravenna
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Ludington
Aug. 29 – Alpena
Sept. 6 – Mason County Central
Sept. 13 – at Fremont
Sept. 20 – at Oakridge
Sept. 27 – Montague
Oct. 4 – Manistee
Oct. 11 – at Whitehall
Oct. 18 – Orchard View
Oct. 25 – at Howard City Tri-County
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Oakridge
Aug. 29 – at Orchard View
Sept. 6 – at Montague
Sept. 13 – at Manistee
Sept. 20 – Ludington
Sept. 27 – Fremont
Oct. 4 – Whitehall
Oct. 11 – at Belding
Oct. 18 – Ravenna
Oct. 25 – at North Muskegon
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Orchard View
Aug. 29 – Oakridge
Sept. 6 – Whitehall
Sept. 13 – at Montague
Sept. 20 – at Manistee
Sept. 27 – Muskegon Catholic Central
Oct. 4 – Fremont
Oct. 11 – at Redford Westfield Prep
Oct. 18 – at Ludington
Oct. 25 – at Shelby
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Whitehall
Aug. 29 – at Hudsonville Unity Christian
Sept. 6 – at Orchard View
Sept. 13 – Zeeland West
Sept. 20 – Montague
Sept. 27 – Manistee
Oct. 4 – at Oakridge
Oct. 11 – Ludington
Oct. 18 – at Fremont
Oct. 25 – at Portland
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