BAY CITY, MI – The twilight takes hold, the grass glistens beneath Friday night lights and the buzz of football is in the air.

That’s when the spirits of Elmer Engel Stadium spring to life.

“Oh, no doubt, that place has ghosts,” said Dave Mikolajczak, the longtime Central booster who once played on that famed field. “I know every time I walk by that stadium, I see Elmer Engel staring at me.”

Now a full century after it debuted, Engel Stadium is not a haunted field but a hallowed ground. And when Bay City Central hosts Midland in their age-old high school football rivalry at 7 p.m. Friday, the fabled facility takes center stage.

Central celebrates the 100-year anniversary of the opening of Engel Stadium, one of the most iconic football stadiums in Michigan. Former players and cheerlead

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