Week 8 scoreboard: Oxford rolls, Stoney Creek tops Ferndale, Troy gets first win

Oxford beat Birmingham Groves 45-22, Rochester Hills Stoney Creek beat Ferndale 36-12 in a matchup of league leaders, and Troy won for the first time this season, at Pontiac, in Week 8 of the high school football season.

Scores below are from the Detroit News scoreboard unless another source is noted. Where the Detroit News and MaxPreps list different scores, both are shown. Games were played Friday, Oct. 16, unless noted. Rankings are from the Detroit Free Press Super 25, and playoff-points spots are from the Free Press's own tally, which is not the MHSAA's official list.

Clarkston's 28-13 loss at Harper Woods has its own story.

Games of note

Oxford 45, Birmingham Groves 22. Oxford improved to 7-1 and is No. 15 in the Free Press Super 25. It is No. 5 in the Free Press's Division 1 playoff points. Oxford hosts unbeaten Romeo, No. 7 in the Super 25, on Oct. 23.

Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 36, Ferndale 12. This non-league game matched two teams leading their OAA divisions. Stoney Creek is 6-2 and 4-0 in the OAA White, according to MaxPreps. Ferndale is 6-2 and No. 20 in the Free Press's Division 2 playoff points. It plays at Groves on Oct. 23.

Troy wins at Pontiac. Both teams came in winless. The Detroit News lists the score as 38-6, while MaxPreps lists it as 33-6. Troy is now 1-7, and Pontiac is 0-8, according to MaxPreps.

Walled Lake Western 42, South Lyon East 14. In WDIV's Game of the Week, Western moved to 7-1, according to the Lakes Valley Conference website and the Free Press. East is 6-2.

Lakes Valley three-way tie. With Milford, South Lyon and Western all winning, the three are tied for first at 6-1 in the Lakes Valley Conference, according to the league's website. South Lyon East and Livonia Franklin are a game back at 5-2. The site does not list a champion yet. Western plays at Milford on Oct. 23, and South Lyon hosts Livonia Stevenson. The Journal did not find the league's tiebreaker rules.

Shrine and Everest stay hot. Royal Oak Shrine routed Our Lady of the Lakes 56-13 to improve to 8-0. Clarkston Everest Collegiate beat Cranbrook Kingswood 35-7, according to MaxPreps. Going into Friday, Hoodline reported that the Everest-Cranbrook winner and Shrine, with a win, would meet in the Catholic League's Cardinal title game at Ford Field on Oct. 24. The Journal has not found a league announcement confirming the matchup. See our Week 9 preview.

North Oakland wins in overtime. Rochester Hills North Oakland beat Byron Center Grand Valley Christian 20-17 in overtime on Saturday, Oct. 17, according to MaxPreps.

Farmington 29, North Farmington 6. Farmington quarterback Christian Gillings threw for 334 yards and four touchdowns, and Brandon Johnson had 159 receiving yards and two touchdowns, the Detroit News reported.

Close calls. Detroit Country Day lost to Jackson Lumen Christi 28-27, and Orchard Lake St. Mary's lost 28-21 at Toledo Central Catholic. Brother Rice held off Toledo St. John's Jesuit 30-25 and moved up to No. 19 in the Super 25. St. Mary's is 5-3 and No. 11.

OAA

• Harper Woods 28, Clarkston 13
• Thursday: Waterford Mott 31, Waterford Kettering 21 (MaxPreps; the Detroit News lists 40-20)
• Oxford 45, Birmingham Groves 22
• Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 36, Ferndale 12
• Troy 38, Pontiac 6 (MaxPreps: 33-6)
• Rochester 49, Royal Oak 0 (MaxPreps: 35-6)
• Bloomfield Hills 42, Berkley 7
• Troy Athens 35, Auburn Hills Avondale 0 (MaxPreps: 28-0)
• Rochester Adams 22, Birmingham Seaholm 21 (also MaxPreps)
• Lake Orion 35, Oak Park 8
• West Bloomfield 28, Southfield Arts & Tech 2

Lakes Valley Conference

• Walled Lake Western 42, South Lyon East 14
• Milford 48, White Lake Lakeland 9
• South Lyon 63, Walled Lake Central 6
• Livonia Franklin 38, Walled Lake Northern 6
• Farmington 29, North Farmington 6

Macomb Area Conference

• Port Huron 42, Madison Heights Lamphere 21
• Clawson 41, Hazel Park 8 (MaxPreps)
• Madison Heights Madison 34, St. Clair Shores South Lake 0 (MaxPreps)

Madison is 7-1 and No. 1 in the Free Press's Division 8 playoff points. Clawson reached six wins at 6-2.

KLAA and other public schools

• Dearborn Fordson 55, Novi 0
• Holly 41, Owosso 20 (MaxPreps)
• Linden 49, Ortonville Brandon 14 (MaxPreps)

Catholic League

• Detroit Catholic Central 42, Toledo St. Francis de Sales 0
• Birmingham Brother Rice 30, Toledo St. John's Jesuit 25
• Toledo Central Catholic 28, Orchard Lake St. Mary's 21
• Royal Oak Shrine 56, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes 13
• Clarkston Everest Collegiate 35, Cranbrook Kingswood 7 (MaxPreps)
• Jackson Lumen Christi 28, Detroit Country Day 27

Catholic Central safety Gideon Gash returned his sixth punt of the season for a touchdown, an MHSAA single-season record, the Detroit News reported. Catholic Central is 8-0 and No. 1 in the Super 25.

Small schools and others

• Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 42, Warren Lincoln 16
• Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest 34, Livonia Clarenceville 6
• Madison Heights Bishop Foley 40, Marine City Cardinal Mooney 7 (MaxPreps)
• Southfield Bradford Academy 44, Melvindale ABT 20
• Muskegon Catholic Central 28, Auburn Hills Oakland Christian 12 (MaxPreps)
• Saturday: Rochester Hills North Oakland 20, Byron Center Grand Valley Christian 17, OT (MaxPreps)
• Saturday: Morenci 42, Southfield Christian 36 (MaxPreps)

The Journal did not find a result for Redford Westfield Prep at A&T Academy of Pontiac.

This story uses reporting from the Detroit News, the Detroit Free Press, WDIV and Hoodline, MaxPreps scores and standings, and the Lakes Valley Conference website.