Eaton Rapids beats Northwest, 14-6

The Mounties fell to the Eaton Rapids Greyhounds Friday night at a home by a score of 14-6.

Here's the Jackson Citizen Patriot/MLive story.

Northwest is now 1-4 this season.

Next Friday, the Mounties will host Lansing Waverly.

Northwest loses to Cheboygan, falls to 1-3

Cheboygan beat Northwest 41-0 today, the Jackson Citizen Patriot's Mike Pryson reports.

Read his story here.

The Mounties play Eaton Rapids next week.

Mason beats Northwest; Mounties now 1-2

Mason beat Northwest, 45-0, on Friday, according to the Jackson Citizen Patriot.

Read the story here.

Northwest falls to 1-2.

The Mounties now can look forward to their first home game on Saturday, Sept. 17, against Cheboygan. The game starts at 4 p.m., according to MLive's High School Sports page.

Columbia Central beats Northwest, 55-8

UPDATE: Here is the game story from the Cit Pat's Andy Wade.

According to the Jackson Citizen Patriot, Columbia Central has beaten Northwest, 55-8.

A story isn't posted yet but a video and photo gallery are.

Both teams are now 1-1.

Massey picks Columbia by 3 over Northwest

The Massey Ratings computer, which predicted Jackson High would beat Northwest by two touchdowns, is saying Columbia Central will beat Northwest, 31-28.

Massey now ranks the Mounties No. 311 in the state, up from No. 366 before the overtime victory over J-High. Meanwhile, it ranks Columbia No. 344.

Perhaps the computer gives extra weight to the home team, which is Columbia, in making its prediction.

Columbia Central (0-1) dropped its season-opener to Grass Lake, 26-22.

Mike Pryson lists Northwest-Columbia Central game as one to watch this week

Jackson Citizen Patriot sports writer Mike Pryson has picked Thursday's game between Northwest and Columbia Central as one of the Top 5 games in the Jackson area to watch this week.

See his story here.

Pryson notes that this is the first matchup between the Mounties and the Golden Eagles since 1995. Columbia Central won that game, 20-13.

The Mounties lead the series, which dates back to 1968, 14-7. (See Rivals Archive).

The schools played eight straight games between 1968-75, with Northwest winning every matchup.

After an eight-year hiatus, the teams met again in 1984, with Columbia winning 37-15. In the second stretch, the schools played 13 straight from 1984 to 1995, with Columbia winning seven games to Northwest's six.

Here's to another long stretch of games between Northwest and Columbia Central.

Northwest beats Jackson High in overtime

The Jackson Citizen Patriot's Mike Pryson has the story of Northwest's 36-35 overtime victory tonight over Jackson High at Withington Stadium.

Here's the story.

Here's the link to a photo gallery and video.

It's the Mounties first victory over the Vikings since 1974 (see the Rivals Archive here).