Today in the MHSAA: 10/12/17

October 12, 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. Girls Golf: For the first time in 36 years, Sturgis won a Regional in this sport, claiming its Lower Peninsula Division 2 tournament by 21 strokes – Sturgis Journal

2. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 5 Detroit Catholic Central shut out Division 2 No. 3 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood 4-0 to win the Detroit Catholic League A-B championship – Observer & Eccentric

3. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 9 Northville won its first boys soccer championship in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association with a 1-0 victory over No. 12 Plymouth – Observer & Eccentric

4. Boys Soccer: Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard got past Madison Heights Bishop Foley 4-1 to earn its first Catholic League C-D title in the sport – Oakland Press

5. Cross Country: Ithaca’s boys and girls teams finished a sweep of Tri-Valley Conference West jamborees to claim league titles; the boys team is No. 14 in LPD3 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

6. Cross Country: Shepherd did the same as Ithaca but in the TVC Central, with both teams sweeping all three jamborees to earn conference championships; the girls are ranked No. 9 in LPD3, and the boys are No. 11 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

7. Boys Soccer: Division 3 No. 15 Whitehall took back a share of the West Michigan Conference title with a 4-0 win over North Muskegon in the league tournament final after North Muskegon won the regular-season share and beat the Vikings for the championship in 2016 – Local Sports Journal

8. Boys Soccer: Marysville clinched its first league title in boys soccer since 2011 with a 2-1 win over St. Clair – Port Huron Times Herald

9. Cross Country: The Indian River Inland Lakes girls and Johannesburg-Lewiston boys won Ski Valley Conference championship meet titles – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. Wrestling: Manistee hired its third coach in three years, this time bringing in longtime Saginaw Swan Valley leader Darrell Burchfield, who led the Vikings to a 432-91 record from 2003-16 – Manistee News-Advocate

Also for note:

Girls Cross Country: From Tuesday, Sault Ste. Marie senior Mackenzie Kalchik added a fourth Straits Area Conference individual championship to her impressive career work which this season includes pacing the top-ranked team in Upper Peninsula Division 1 – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Today in the MHSAA: 2/28/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 28, 2025

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Evart clinched its first outright Highland Conference championship since 1999 with a 53-30 win over Roscommon – Cadillac News

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Brownstown Woodhaven claimed its first Downriver League title in eight years with a 40-36 win over Gibraltar Carlson – Southgate News-Herald

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Negaunee finished the regular season 21-0 by completing a sweep of Gladstone 58-44, and with those Gladstone’s only losses of the season – Upper Michigan’s Source

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Zeeland West’s Jordyn Klaasen reached 1,000 career points during a 45-39 win over Wyoming – Holland Sentinel

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Farmington Hills Mercy earned coach Gary Morris his 500th win, 68-33 over Detroit University Prep – MLIVE-Detroit

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Genesee Christian set a team record with its 19th win this season, 47-30 over Linden – WJRT

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Niles Brandywine finished the regular season 22-0 with a 51-36 win over St. Joseph – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Shelby Ignash set the pace as Cass City edged Sandusky 47-41 – Huron Daily Tribune

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Harbor Springs won a matchup of ranked opponents, 56-40 over Gaylord St. Mary – Petoskey News-Review

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL St. Ignace capped the regular season at 21-1 with a 57-45 win over Frankfort – MI Sports Now