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: 5/27/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 27, 2026

1. BOYS GOLF No. 6 McBain Northern Michigan Christian claimed its first Regional title in this sport, edging No. 3 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian by five strokes in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – Cadillac News

2. GIRLS SOCCER No. 11 Rochester advanced to a Division 1 District Final by handing No. 2 Utica Eisenhower its lone loss, 1-0 – Oakland Press

3. BOYS LACROSSE Lake Orion came back from three goals down to clinch a Division 1 Regional title with a 10-8 win over Rochester Hills Stoney Creek – Oakland Press

4. BOYS LACROSSE Mattawan downed Portage Northern 12-5 to clinch a Division 2 Regional title – WWMT

5. SOFTBALL Honorable mention Armada downed reigning Division 2 champion Richmond 4-0 in a District opener – Macomb Daily

6. BASEBALL Bay City All Saints swept Peck to finish a third-straight Big Thumb Conference Red title run – Bay City Times

7. BASEBALL Traverse City Central clinched the Big North Conference title with a sweep of Alpena – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 13 Hartland scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to get past Brighton 5-4 in a Division 1 District opener – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. SOFTBALL Taylor Schuberg tossed a no-hitter to lead No. 5 Morley Stanwood past Central Montcalm in a Division 3 District opener – Big Rapids Pioneer

10. BASEBALL Mount Pleasant upset No. 10 Midland Dow 7-5 in Division 1 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun