Today in the MHSAA: 10/16/15
October 16, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
First-time champions are always worth noting, and we found a few in checking out today’s media reports of Thursday action statewide.
Cross Country
The Calumet girls, ranked No. 4 in Upper Peninsula Division 1, and the unranked Houghton boys won the Western Peninsula Athletic Conference finals at Chassell – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
Boys Soccer
Grand Rapids Union clinched its first league title since moving from the Grand Rapids City League to the Ottawa-Kent Conference, downing Muskegon 3-0 – Grand Rapids Press
Manchester edged Hillsdale Academy 2-1 to claim its first Independent Soccer League championship after winning only one league game in 2014 – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Volleyball
Class B honorable mention Buchanan downed Class C’s top-ranked team, Bronson, in five sets, and also Class D No. 6 Mendon in five – Niles Daily Star
Class B No. 6 Mount Morris avenged a five-set loss to No. 5 Goodrich in September by sweeping the Martians to improve to 55-5-1 – Flint Journal
Zeeland West claimed its first conference title in this sport, defeating Holland Christian in five sets to claim a share of the O-K Green championship – Holland Sentinel
Good Reads
Longtime Burton Atherton leader Mary Down will become the third volleyball coach inducted into the Greater Flint Area Hall of Fame, having impacted a generation of players and more as a number of former players went on to coach as well – Flint Journal
Today in the MHSAA: 6/4/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
June 4, 2026
1. BOYS LACROSSE Detroit Catholic Central downed Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 13-7 in a Division 1 Semifinal – Oakland Press
2. GIRLS/BOYS LACROSSE Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central’s boys advanced in Division 2 with a 14-13 win over East Grand Rapids, and Detroit Country Day downed Forest Hills Northern 10-7; Rockford’s girls defeated Hartland 9-4 in a Division 1 Semifinal – WOOD TV
3. GIRLS LACROSSE East Grand Rapids advanced to the Division 2 Final with a 20-6 win over Haslett/Williamston; the Pioneers will face Detroit Country Day, which defeated Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard 23-3 – WILX
4. BOYS LACROSSE Hudsonville advanced to the Division 1 championship game with an 11-3 win over Grand Ledge – WLNS
5. GIRLS LACROSSE South Lyon United will return to the Division 1 Final after a 23-8 win over Bloomfield Hills – State Champs!
6. BASEBALL Traverse City Central upset No. 5 Bay City Western 8-4 in a Division 1 Regional Semifinal – Bay City Times
7. BASEBALL No. 4 Rochester Adams advanced in Division 1 with a 3-2 10-inning win over No. 2 Romeo – Oakland Press
8. BASEBALL No. 5 Fulton downed Byron Center Zion Christian 10-2 in Division 4 for its first Regional win since 2005 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
9. BASEBALL Top-ranked Traverse City St. Francis downed No. 19 Harbor Springs 11-3 in Division 3 and Mio edged No. 19 Gaylord St. Mary in Division 4 – Up North Live
10. BASEBALL Frankenmuth edged Flint Powers Catholic 4-3 and No. 10 Saginaw Swan Valley shut out Bay City John Glenn 2-0 in Division 2 – WNEM