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Mesick runners line up for the start of the West Michigan D League championship race Oct. 15 at Marion.

After Season of Historic Finishes, Mesick Boys Looking Forward to Another Run

Posted: 11/22/2025

State Champs! Network: 2025 Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals Highlights

Posted: 11/12/2025

Charlevoix's Hunter Eaton runs toward the finish line at the Lower Peninsula Division 3 Final at Michigan International Speedway.

Performance of the Week: Charlevoix's Hunter Eaton

Posted: 11/7/2025

This photo is focused on two runners' legs and feet during a cross country race.

Be the Referee: Losing a Shoe

Posted: 11/4/2025

Whitehall’s Robert Jazwinski III sprints toward the finish on the way to winning the Division 2 Final on Saturday.

Jazwinski Clinches with Closing Kick, Powers Claims 1st Title Since 1999

Posted: 11/1/2025

Ann Arbor Pioneer’s Kamari Ronfeldt pulls away from Northville’s Brandon Cloud at the front of Saturday’s Division 1 championship race.

Ronfeldt Makes Most of Finals Return, Northville Makes History with 4th-Straight Title

Posted: 11/1/2025

Charlevoix’s Hunter Eaton approaches the finish line first in the Division 3 Final at Michigan International Speedway.

Charlevoix Championship Tradition Reborn with Team, Individual Finals Sweep

Posted: 11/1/2025

Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep’s Marek Butkiewicz races toward the finish line and a repeat championship Saturday at MIS.

Butkiewicz Closes Hackett XC Career No. 1 Again, Holland Calvary Clinches 1st Title

Posted: 11/1/2025

Central Montcalm’s Gage Hoffman crosses the finish line first Saturday at his Division 3 Regional at Bath.

Preview: Stage Set for Several Storylines Featuring Past Champs, New Stars

Posted: 10/31/2025

From left, standing for a photo, are Houghton's Lilli Gast (150), Cecilia McDonald (152), Romi Mattson (151), Sela Niska (153), Holly Cooke (149), Jovie Williams (154), and Tessa Rautiola (155).

Houghton Cross Country Teams Support Coach's Cancer Fight with Surprise Uniforms

Posted: 10/28/2025

Sault Ste. Marie's Gabe Litzner is the first to cross the finish line in the UP Division 1 Boys Final on Saturday in Munising.

Litzner Completes Career Finals Sweep to Set Pace at UP Boys XC Finals

Posted: 10/18/2025

Centreville’s Will Hulin sprints the closing stretch Oct. 4 at the Portage Invitational.

As Race Times Fall, Centreville Sophomore's Profile Rises, Goals Grow

Posted: 10/14/2025

East Grand Rapids’ Jonah Workman runs at Grand Rapids South Christian’s Under the Lights Invite on Aug. 22.

Work, Patience Paying Off as EGR's Workman Finds Pace Among State's Lead Pack

Posted: 9/25/2025

Harbor Beach’s Brody Karg (1219) paces with Three Oaks River Valley’s Landon Rogers during last season’s Division 4 Final at MIS.

Spartan Success Suggests Plenty of Possibilities as Karg Seeks Finals Redemption

Posted: 9/18/2025

Houghton senior Tessa Rautiola runs to the Upper Peninsula Division 2 Finals championship last season.

Match Race Makes for Intriguing Change, but Favorites Still Find Ways to Front

Posted: 9/17/2025

Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker’s Aubrey Zarnke (2027) races toward the finish during last season’s MHSAA Finals at MIS.

Finals Aspirations Drive Experienced Laker Cross Country Teams as 2025 Chase Begins

Posted: 8/21/2025

News 2023

Field Hockey Debut, Tennis Finals Change Among Most Notable as Fall Practices Set to Begin

Posted: 8/8/2025

Debby Karabees-Betts, standing above the net, officiates as MHSAA Final.

Livonia's Karabees-Betts Named 35th Vern L. Norris Award Honoree

Posted: 4/15/2025

State Champs! Network: 2024 Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals Highlights

Posted: 11/19/2024

Freeland’s TJ Hansen pushes to the finish line in the Division 2 race Saturday after looking back to see Marshall’s Jack Bidwell also on the home stretch.

Hansen Goes Distance Again, Allendale Claims 1st Final Since 1999

Posted: 11/2/2024

Northville’s Ethan Powell powers toward the finish as his team’s top placer Saturday at MIS.

Northville Extends Team Title Streak, Jenison's Conner Joins All-Time Elite

Posted: 11/2/2024

Onsted’s Mitchell Hiatt charges toward the finish Saturday at Michigan International Speedway.

Onsted's Hiatt Completes Title Climb, St. Francis Repeats as Team Champ

Posted: 11/2/2024

Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep’s Marek Butkiewicz takes the final strides of his record-setting run Saturday at Michigan International Speedway.

Hackett's Butkiewicz Runs to Record, Hillsdale Academy Runs to Repeat

Posted: 11/2/2024

Several runners, including Grand Rapids Christian’s Simon Triezenberg (514), run the Division 2 race Sept. 28 at the Otsego Invitational.

Preview: MIS Could Play Host to Champions 1st-Time, Repeat and 3-Peat

Posted: 11/1/2024

Mason Sinke runs to his school record-setting 5K time Sept. 7 at the Bear Country Invitational.

Sinke Family Has Bear Lake Primed to Compete for Championships Now, In Future

Posted: 10/25/2024

(Clockwise from top left) The 1998 Lower Peninsula Class D Final begins at Michigan International Speedway. (2) Caro’s Yami Albrecht (542) holds onto the lead ahead of Bridgman’s Brian Njuguna during the 2016 LP Division 3 Final. (3) Eventual runner-up Leah Kiilunen of Calumet (9) leads a pack at the 2012 UP Division 1 race in Munising. (4) Runners begin the 1949 LP Class B Final at Washtenaw Country Club.

Century of School Sports: Cross Country Finals Among MHSAA's Longest-Running

Posted: 10/23/2024

Marquette's Seppi Camilli (227) and Sault Ste. Marie's Gabe Litzner (361) run together during the Division 1 Final on Saturday.

Litzner Sets UP Finals Record, Jeffers Reigns Again & Engadine for 1st Time

Posted: 10/19/2024

At top, Ryan Fisher (15) takes a photo with his Grand Blanc soccer teammates as a sophomore. At bottom, Fisher competes in multiple Cross Country and Track & Field Finals during his high school career.

Flashback 100: Fisher Races to Finals Stardom on Way to U.S. Olympic First

Posted: 10/11/2024

Three Rivers and Vicksburg runners take off at the start of the boys race last week at Indian Lake Nazarene Camp.

Major Goal Accomplished as Three Rivers Racers Continue to Accelerate

Posted: 10/8/2024

Longtime coach Don Lukens, far left, is pictured during the 2015 LP Cross Country Finals with past Traverse City Central runner John Steen (center) and Trojans coach Bob Lober, with Jane and Jack Steen standings in front. Jane and Jack Steen are current Traverse City Central runners.

Longtime Coach Lukens Remembered for Building Champions, Changing Lives

Posted: 9/27/2024

Freeland's TJ Hansen surges toward the finish of this season's Spartan Invitational Elite race.

Performance of the Week: Freeland's TJ Hansen

Posted: 9/19/2024

Crystal Falls Forest Park’s Max Mainville crosses a road during his school’s inaugural invitational Sept. 4.

Challenging Courses, Modified Scoring & Evening Start Highlight UP Race Debuts

Posted: 9/17/2024

Newberry's Samantha Taylor (321) and Abby Taylor (320) lead the beginning of the Wildcat Invite last month at Northern Michigan University, with Samantha eventually finishing first and Abby third.

Be the Referee: Cross Country Uniforms

Posted: 9/10/2024

Sault Ste. Marie's Gabe Litzner runs part of a cross country race through a wooded area.

Performance of the Week: Sault Ste. Marie's Gabe Litzner

Posted: 9/6/2024

At left, Maverick Darling crosses the finish line during a race as an Ovid-Elsie senior in 2007; at right Darling poses with fiancé Danielle.

Ovid-Elsie Running Legend Darling Seeking to 'Win the Day' on Trading Floor

Posted: 8/13/2024

Freeland's TJ Hansen approaches the finish of his record run Saturday at MIS.

Freeland's Hansen Smashes Longstanding Record, FHE Claims 1st Finals Victory

Posted: 11/4/2023

Grand Haven's Seth Norder closes the MHSAA Finals with a Division 1 win Saturday.

Norder Leaves No Doubt with 1st Finals Win, Northville Breaks Away for Repeat

Posted: 11/4/2023

Pewamo-Westphalia’s Collin Farmer approaches the finish on the way to winning the Division 3 championship Saturday at MIS.

P-W's Farmer, Traverse City St. Francis Finish Championship Climbs

Posted: 11/4/2023

Cardinal Mooney’s Tyler Lenn leads through the stretch of the Division 4 Final on Saturday at MIS.

Cardinal Mooney's Lenn, Hillsdale Academy Run to Division 4 Championships

Posted: 11/4/2023

Northville’s Ethan Powell (111) leads a pack toward the finish of last season’s Lower Peninsula Division 1 Final at Michigan International Speedway.

Preview: MIS Set to Host Next Wave of Boys Cross Country Champions

Posted: 11/3/2023

Runners take off during a race this season.

Be the Referee: Cross Country Interference

Posted: 10/31/2023

Sault Ste. Marie's Gabe Litzner (119) leads the pack at the start of the Division 1 U.P. Final at Farmhouse B & B in Gladstone on Saturday. (Middle) Jeffers' Landon Larson rounds a corner on his way to a win in Division 2.

Marquette Boys Win 5th-Straight Finals, Jeffers & Dollar Bay Run Title Streaks to 3

Posted: 10/21/2023

Marquette's Ella Fure (526), Monet Argeropoulos (514) and Abby Harma (527) make up part of an early pack during the Wildcat Invitational.

Marquette Carrying Confidence Into Finals After Downstate, Out-of-State Successes

Posted: 10/20/2023

Grand Haven's Seth Norder charges toward the finish.

Performance of the Week: Grand Haven's Seth Norder

Posted: 10/13/2023

Niles’ Aiden Krueger crosses the finish line after winning his race during a home meet this season against Edwardsburg.

Speedy & Skilled, Krueger Again Boosting Niles' Cross Country, Tennis Teams

Posted: 10/3/2023

Freeland's TJ Hansen leads a pack during last season's LPD2 Final at Michigan International Speedway.

Freeland's Hansen Not Focused on Joining All-Time Greats - But On His Way

Posted: 9/29/2023

State Champs! Network: 2022 LP Cross Country Finals Highlights

Posted: 11/18/2022

Grand Rapids’ Benne Anderson, left, and Grand Haven’s Seth Norder sprint the stretch of the LPD1 boys championship race.

Rivals Deliver Another Classic Finish as Northville Finishes 1st as Team for 1st Time

Posted: 11/5/2022