Today in the MHSAA: 10/12/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 12, 2026
1. BOYS TENNIS Ludington edged No. 8 Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian by a point to win their Lower Peninsula Division 4 Regional – Local Sports Journal
2. BOYS TENNIS No. 2 Novi edged No. 3 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice by two points to win their LPD1 Regional – MHSAA.com
3. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 1 Ann Arbor Pioneer, LPD2 No. 1 Holland Christian, LPD3 No. 1 Lansing Catholic and LPD4 No. 1 Hillsdale Academy girls and LPD1 No. 4 Brighton, LPD2 No. 1 Holland Christian, LPD3 No. 1 Hanover-Horton and LPD4 No. 1 Holland Calvary boys won at the Portage Invitational – Athletic.net
4. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Midland Dow’s Amelia Malarz set a school record in winning the 100-yard breaststroke at the annual MISCA meet – Midland Daily News
5. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 9 Hartland girls and LPD2 No. 5 Flint Powers Catholic boys won at the Greater Flint Championships – Athletic.net
6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 9 Hancock defeated the host Sentinels in the final to win the Marquette Invitational – Upper Michigan’s Source
7. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 3 Northville girls and Plymouth boys were team champions at the Wayne County Championships – Athletic.net
8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Traverse City Central went 4-0 at Hudsonville Unity Christian, defeating Portage Northern, Division 2 No. 5 Grand Rapids South Christian, Vicksburg and the host Crusaders – Traverse City Record-Eagle
9. CROSS COUNTRY The Midland Dow girls and Troy boys were victorious at the Dow Chargers Invitational – Saginaw News | Athletic.net
10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 6 Utica Eisenhower improved to 25-2 with a sweep of Macomb L’Anse Creuse North – Macomb Daily
Today in the MHSAA: 9/16/16
September 16, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A number of intriguing results came in from girls golf and volleyball Thursday, and make sure to check out a number of “Good Reads” to get you into another sports-filled weekend.
Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.
Girls Golf
Midland Dow’s Stephanie Carras continued a dominating season for the top-ranked team in Division 2, winning a playoff hole tiebreaker to earn the medalist honor at the Ann Arbor Pioneer Invitational – Midland Daily News
Second-year program Shepherd won its third straight Tri-Valley Conference West jamboree – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Volleyball
Lake Orion won a matchup of honorable mention teams in the Class A rankings, sweeping Rochester Hills Stoney Creek – Oakland Press
Houghton took down Calumet in four sets to take an upper hand among top teams at the top of the Upper Peninsula – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
Less than a week after falling to DeTour in the final at its home invitational, Pickford downed DeTour in three sets in league play – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
Good Reads
Longtime Brighton swim coach Tim McInnis died suddenly Tuesday, leaving behind a community where his influence has been felt for decades – Livingston Post
MLive tells the story of the football rivalry between Utica Eisenhower and Sterling Heights Stevenson through the eyes of their former longtime coaches – MLive-Detroit
Two days before his father and former Farmington hockey coach Bill Newton died after a fight with cancer, Chris Newton – his dad’s former assistant the a former goalie on the team – received a lung transplant that is providing him new opportunities – Observer & Eccentric
Katherine Ristola’s older brother Jonathan never got to play varsity football because of injuries his junior and senior years. But she’s taken the opportunity to play in part with him in mind and become a big part of the Livonia Churchill football family – Detroit Free Press
Vanessa Romero has played football for 10 years, and after starting at the subvarsity level is contributing on the offensive line for Westland John Glenn’s varsity – Detroit News