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: 1/6/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 6, 2026

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Crystal Falls Forest Park edged Kingsford 69-68 in a matchup of teams that reached MHSAA Semifinals last season – Upper Michigan’s Source

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Chelsea handed Ann Arbor Huron its first loss this winter, 64-62 – Ann Arbor News

3. SKIING – The Traverse City Central girls and Traverse City West boys won at the Petoskey Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Haslett went on the road at Frankenmuth 62-56 – Lansing State Journal

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Michigan Center avenged its season-ending loss to Parma Western form a year ago with a 54-47 victory – Jackson Citizen Patriot

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Saginaw Valley Lutheran earned coach Mark Townsend his first win with the program, 52-30 over Blanchard Montabella – Saginaw News

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Riverview Gabriel Richard edged Taylor 33-29 – Southgate News-Herald

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Pinconning earned a big win over Coleman in its first game after holiday break – Bay City Times

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Gladwin won every quarter in downing Shepherd – Midland Daily News

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Manistee ran its winning streak to three with a big win over Hesperia – Manistee News Advocate