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: 10/1/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 1, 2026
1. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 7 Saugatuck clinched its first Southwestern Athletic Conference Lakeshore title with a 4-2 win over South Haven – Holland Sentinel
2. BOYS SOCCER Midland Dow claimed its first Saginaw Valley League championship since 2022 with a 2-1 win over Grand Blanc – Midland Daily News
3. BOYS SOCCER Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse clinched another Macomb Area Conference Gold title with a 5-1 win over Clawson – Macomb Daily
4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Traverse City St. Francis avenged an earlier loss to No. 5 Elk Rapids with a sweep – Up North Live
5. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 14 Freeland held on for a 2-1 win over No. 13 Saginaw Swan Valley – Saginaw News
6. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 7 Frankenmuth downed No. 8 Alma 4-1 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
7. GIRLS GOLF Petoskey carded a 398 to edge Elk Rapids – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – and win the Harbor Springs Invitational – Cadillac News
8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 6 Frankenmuth downed honorable mention Essexville Garber 3-1 in a key league matchup – WNEM
9. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 4 Leland downed Maple City Glen Lake 1-0 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
10. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 9 Harbor Springs shut out Traverse City St. Francis 3-0 – MI Sports Now