Today in the MHSAA: 10/10/19
October 10, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Boys Soccer District play opened Wednesday to join Girls Golf Regionals among postseason events this week in the Lower Peninsula, and those sports together claimed seven of our top 10 spots highlighting Wednesday’s major performances.
1. Girls Golf: Individual medalist Brandi Kautz shot an 81 to lead Almont to its third-straight Regional title, in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – Port Huron Times-Herald
2. Boys Soccer: No. 7 Detroit Catholic Central got past No. 6 Brighton 1-0 in overtime to open their Division 1 District – Observer & Eccentric
3. Boys Soccer: Rochester Adams opened District play with a 2-0 upset of No. 10 Rochester – Oakland Press
4. Girls Golf: Lauren Posey shot a 77 to lead No. 8 Big Rapids to an LPD3 Regional championship – Big Rapids News
5. Cross Country: Daisy Englund broke her mother’s 1993 school record to lead Rock Mid Peninsula to its third-straight Mid-Peninsula Conference championship meet win; Stephenson claimed the boys title – Escanaba Daily Press
6. Volleyball: Richland Gull Lake swept Kalamazoo Central to claim a second-straight Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference East championship – JoeInsider.com
7. Boys Soccer: Saginaw Heritage avenged a regular-season loss to Midland with a 1-0 shootout victory in Division 1 District play – Midland Daily News
8. Boys Soccer: Utica Eisenhower also picked up a 1-0 Division 1 shootout win, over Rochester Hills Stoney Creek – Oakland Press
9. Boys Soccer: No. 15 Gaylord needed overtime to finish a third win this season over Petoskey, emerging 1-0 in a Division 2 District opener – Gaylord Herald Times
10. Cross Country: Bronson’s teams made themselves contenders for Big 8 Conference championships by sweeping jamboree wins – Hillsdale Daily News
Also of note …
Volleyball: From Tuesday, Dexter swept Jackson to earn a share of the Southeastern Conference White championship – Chelsea Sun Times News
Today in the MHSAA: 3/9/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
March 9, 2026
1. ICE HOCKEY Houghton claimed its first Finals championship since 1982, Flint Powers Catholic repeated and Detroit Catholic Central won its seventh straight – MHSAA.com
2. COMPETITIVE CHEER Rochester Hills Stoney Creek, Allen Park and Pontiac Notre Dame Prep repeated as Finals champions, and Pewamo-Westphalia won its first since 2019 – MHSAA.com
3. WRESTLING Five seniors finished their high school careers by winning fourth Individual Finals championships, and Romeo won the second girls team title – MHSAA.com
4. GYMNASTICS Hartland repeated as team champion and senior Alexis Fundich moved up from runner-up in 2025 to win the Division 1 individual title, with Haslett United’s Phoebe Elder finishing first all-around in Division 2 – MHSAA.com
5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Muskegon clinched a Division 1 District title with a 35-27 win over Rockford, last season’s Finals runner-up – Local Sports Journal
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Evart avenged two regular-season losses and handed McBain its only defeat 45-37 in a Division 3 District Final – Cadillac News
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Jackson Lumen Christi repeated as a Division 3 District champion with this rematch win over Grass Lake, 64-53 – WLNS
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Livonia Stevenson also won a District Final rematch, downing Farmington Hills Mercy in Division 1 58-53 – Detroit News
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Negaunee advanced to the Division 2 Regionals with a 47-30 win over Gladstone – My UP Now
10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart clinched a seventh-straight District title with a 57-52 win over Breckenridge in Division 4 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Also of note …
CROSS COUNTRY Jackson girls and boys cross country coach Nathan Martin won the Los Angelos Marathon – Detroit News