No. 2 Lakers face struggling Northern Michigan

With the midway point of the 2024 season approaching, Grand Valley and its high-powered offense meet a Northern Michigan team that’s been struggling to find its first win. 

The No. 2 Lakers and Wildcats kick off at 7 p.m. on October 12 at Lubbers Stadium.

Grand Valley (5-0) is one of the most well-balanced teams in the nation, ranking nationally in the top-10 in total offense (483 yards per game) and total defense (234.4 yards per game).

Northern Michigan (0-5) ranks 154th out of the 159 teams in Division II in total defense, allowing an average of 468.4 yards per game. The Wildcats have struggled on offense as well, tied for 139th at 252.4 yards per game. 

Grand Valley enters Saturday’s game following a 24-7 win last weekend over crosstown rival Davenport — the seventh in a row for the Lakers over the Panthers. 

“A win on the road in the GLIAC, especially against a really good team like Davenport, is awesome,” said head coach Scott Wooster. “Creating that offensive balance is huge for us. We’ve established that we can run the football, but let’s be an offense that’s very tough to defend.”

Tickets and parking passes for Saturday’s game are available at the GVSU Ticket Office webpage.

Fans can watch the game online at FloFootball, or locally, over-the-air on WXSP-TV (Channel 15). The radio broadcast is available on WLAV-FM 96.9 ( wlav.com), WJRW-FM 106.1/WJRW-AM 1340 and WLCS-FM 98.3.

A Spanish-language radio broadcast is also available on La Poderosa 93.3 FM and 810 AM in Grand Rapids and 103.1 FM and 1080 AM in the Midland and Lansing areas. 

For full coverage of GVSU Football, including broadcast info, news, features, highlights, press conferences and more, follow @GVSUFootball on social media and on the GVSU Athletics website.

Hurricane relief effort

Fans are encouraged to join Grand Valley Athletics and its partners, WLAV, SpartanNash and the American Red Cross, in relief efforts for hurricane victims across the Southeastern United States. 

The American Red Cross is asking the public for donations of individually wrapped snacks such as granola bars; fruit cups; bags of pretzels, chips, popcorn, or crackers; juice boxes or beef jerky.

Lakers fans can drop off these items prior to Saturday’s game from 3-7 p.m. at WLAV’s location in Tailgate Town in Lot B2. 

For more information, visit the Grand Valley Athletics website.