Today in the MHSAA: 10/18/17

October 18, 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. Boys Soccer: Division 4 No. 9 Elk Rapids came back from a two-goal deficit to get past Northport 4-3 in overtime and advance in their District – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. Volleyball: Class C No. 7 Calumet finished an outright Western Peninsula Athletic Conference title with a five-set win over rival Houghton, coming back after losing the second and third games – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

3. Boys Cross Country: Although it didn’t win the final Blue Water Area Conference jamboree, Yale clinched its first boys league title in 22 years – Port Huron Times Herald

4. Boys Cross Country: Jonesville claimed its first league title since 2003, finishing ahead of rival Concord (No. 7 in LPD4) to win the Big 8 Conference – Hillsdale Daily News

5. Volleyball: New Haven improved to 27-0 and clinched the Macomb Area Conference Bronze title with a sweep of Clinton Township Clintondale – Macomb Daily

6. Girls Cross Country: The Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 10 Remus Chippewa Hills girls finished a sweep of Central State Activities Association Gold jamborees to claim the league title – Big Rapids News

7. Cross Country: Bad Axe’s boys won their first league title since 2009, as both Ubly teams and the Reese girls also won repeat championships in the Greater Thumb Conference East and West; Ubly’s boys are No. 4 in LPD4 and the girls are No. 6 – Huron Daily Tribune

8. Cross Country: Spring Lake’s boys (No. 8 in LPD2) and girls (No. 11) also swept league titles, winning in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue – Grand Haven Tribune

9. Boys Soccer: Fruitport downed Sparta 5-0 in Division 2 as Zack Shane scored all five goals and broke his school’s single-season scoring record – Local Sports Journal

10. Cross Country: The Pittsford girls (No. 11 in LPD4) and Battle Creek St. Philip boys (No. 6) also finished league title runs, in the Southern Central Athletic Association – Hillsdale Daily News

Also of note:

Volleyball: Gwinn got past Iron Mountain in five sets and after dropping the first two to secure a share of the Mid-Peninsula Conference championship – Marquette Mining Journal

Cross Country: From Monday, the St. Ignace girls (No. 1 in UPD2) and Brimley boys (No. 3 in UPD3) finished sweeps of Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference jamborees to claim league titles – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Boys Soccer: From Monday, Division 4 No. 6 Hillsdale Academy won an early big-time matchup, downing No. 7 Adrian Lenawee Christian 2-0 in District play – Adrian Daily Telegram

Today in the MHSAA: 5/11/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 11, 2026

1. TRACK & FIELD The Petersburg Summerfield girls – ranked No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – won their first Tri-County Conference title since 1990, while Erie Mason was the boys champion – Monroe News

2. GIRLS TENNIS Sturgis clinched its first league title in this sport since 2003, in the Wolverine Conference – Sturgis Journal

3. TRACK & FIELD The Ann Arbor Pioneer girls and Huron boys continued championship streaks in the Southeastern Conference Red – Ann Arbor News Girls | Boys

4. GIRLS TENNIS LPD1 No. 4 Holland West Ottawa ran its Ottawa-Kent Conference Red title streak to nine – Holland Sentinel

5. GIRLS TENNIS North Muskegon edged Ludington by a point to secure the West Michigan Conference championship – Local Sports Journal

6. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 11 Almont downed Richmond to win the Blue Water Area Conference Tournament title – Macomb Daily

7. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 2 Richland Gull Lake emerged as the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference champion with a 1-1 draw against Division 1 No. 4 Portage Central – WWMT

8. TRACK & FIELD The LPD1 No. 7 Traverse City West girls and Traverse City Central boys locked up Big North Conference titles – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. TRACK & FIELD The O-K Conference championships were decided, with the LPD1 No. 2 East Kentwood girls getting past top-ranked Rockford and the top-ranked Falcons boys scoring the most points in that meet since 2010 – Grand Rapids Press Girls | Boys

10. GIRLS TENNIS LPD3 No. 7 Holland Christian edged Zeeland West to win the O-K Black Tournament – Holland Christian

Also of note …

TRACK & FIELD The LPD3 No. 5 Adrian Madison boys and No. 6 Blissfield girls are champions in the Lenawee County Athletic Association – Adrian Daily Telegram Girls | Boys

TRACK & FIELD The Saginaw Heritage boys and Bay City Western girls were Saginaw Valley League champs – Saginaw News

TRACK & FIELD Northville swept Kensington Lakes Activities Association meet title – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

BOYS GOLF Gavin Sherby carded a record-setting 60 to lead New Baltimore Anchor Bay to an Opalewski Invitational title – Macomb Daily