Today in the MHSAA: 10/11/17

October 11, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

Today's Top 10

1. Volleyball: South Lyon won its first league title in this sport by claiming the inaugural Lakes Valley Conference championship with a sweep of Walled Lake Northern – Oakland Press

2. Boys Cross Country: LPD1 No. 6 Brighton swept Hartland and Livonia Stevenson to secure its first league title since 1995, in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Gold – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. Boys Soccer: Division 2 No. 17 Gibraltar Carlson claimed its first league title in this sport since 2006 and first as a member of the Downriver League with a 5-2 win over Melvindale – Southgate News Herald

4. Cross Country: Saugatuck’s LPD3 No. 2 girls clinched their 11th consecutive title and the No. 3 boys their seventh straight Southwestern Athletic Conference championship – Holland Sentinel

5. Cross Country: The White Lake Lakeland boys (No. 5 in LPD1) and Highland-Milford girls (No. 11) clinched Lakes Valley Conference championship, Lakeland handing Milford’s No. 11 boys their first league loss and Milford’s girls edging Lakeland’s by a point – Observer & Eccentric

6. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 4 Portage Central finished a regular-season sweep of rival Portage Northern in the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference championship game – Kalamazoo Gazette

7. Volleyball: Class C honorable mention Mendon swept Marcellus to complete a perfect run on the way to the Southwestern 10 Conference title – Sturgis Journal

8. Boys Soccer: Okemos downed East Lansing to win the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup, dedicating the victory to late coach Dr. John Picone – Lansing State Journal

9. Girls Cross Country: LPD1 No. 2 Northville won its sixth straight league title, finishing ahead of Novi to clinch in the KLAA Gold – Observer & Eccentric

10. Volleyball: Niles Brandywine swept Bridgman and Watervliet and split with Kalamazoo Christian to continue its hunt for a Berrien-Cass-St. Joseph Conference championship – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Today in the MHSAA: 8/27/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 27, 2025

1. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 2 Rockford finished first and No. 6 Grand Haven second at the latter’s End of Summer Bash – Grand Haven Tribune

2. GIRLS GOLF Northville was first and Brighton second at the Kensington Lakes Activities Association preseason tournament – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. VOLLEYBALL Bay City Western won its first Bay County championship since 2018, ending Division 2 No. 8 Essexville Garber’s five-year title streak – Bay City Times

4. GIRLS GOLF Midland Dow’s Sophia Lee won her third event in three tries, while Grand Blanc was the top team at the latest Saginaw Valley League jamboree – Midland Daily News

5. CROSS COUNTRY The Goodrich and Chesaning girls and Flint Powers Catholic and Montrose boys won Corunna Early Bird Invitational titles – Saginaw News

6. VOLLEYBALL Frankfort finished 3-0 at its tournament – Benzie Record Patriot

7. CROSS COUNTRY The Blissfield girls and Adrian boys won the Lenawee County Preview meet – Adrian Daily Telegram

8. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 8 Hartland defeated Northville for the first time since 2019, 6-2 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. VOLLEYBALL Lake City finished 3-0 at Mancelona – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. VOLLEYBALL Negaunee swept Ishpeming Westwood – Upper Michigan’s Source