Today in the MHSAA: 10/18/18

October 18, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

1. Boys Soccer: Division 4 top-ranked Muskegon Western Michigan Christian earned a trip to the District Finals with a 3-0 win over No. 7 North Muskegon – Muskegon Chronicle

2. Boys Soccer: Unbeaten White Lake Lakeland outlasted Hartland in a shootout to move on in Division 1 – Observer & Eccentric

3. Boys Soccer: Benzie Central won its second shootout this week, this time against Boyne City, to move on to a Division 3 District Final – WPBN

4. Boys Soccer: Harbor Springs lost twice to Charlevoix during the regular season, but came back with a 3-1 District win in Division 4 – Petoskey News-Review

5. Boys Soccer: Charlie Parker scored both of his team’s goals over the final seven minutes to lead Spring Lake past Muskegon Reeths-Puffer 2-1 in Division 2 – Grand Haven Tribune

6. Cross Country: The Zeeland West boys (Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 10) and Holland Christian girls (LPD2 No. 7) locked up Ottawa-Kent Conference Green titles – Holland Sentinel boys | girls

7. Cross Country: Bloomingdale swept the Southwest 10 Conference championship races – Sturgis Journal

8. Boys Soccer: Birmingham Brother Rice scored the game’s only goal during the second half to defeat Auburn Hills Avondale 1-0 in Division 2 – Oakland Press

9. Volleyball: Division 1 No. 3 Mattawan swept Richland Gull Lake in a matchup of Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference division champs – JoeInsider.com

10. Volleyball: Houghton Lake defeated Division 3 honorable mention Beaverton for the second time this season, handing the Beavers just their third loss overall – Midland Daily News

Also of note …

Football: We are thankful for special moments like Friday’s at Mason, where Muskegon Orchard View and the host Bulldogs cheered Cardinals’ senior Fletcher Payne Jr. into the end zone – Muskegon Chronicle

Cross Country: From Tuesday, the Houghton girls (UPD1 No. 3) and Ishpeming boys (UPD2 No. 1) won Western Peninsula Athletic Conference meet titles – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Volleyball: From Tuesday, unbeaten Carney-Nadeau swept Norway to clinch the Skyline Central Conference small-school championship – Escanaba Daily Press

Cross Country: From Tuesday, Jonesville swept Big 8 Conference championship races – Hillsdale Daily News

Cross Country: From Tuesday, Holland Black River’s girls won the Alliance League title – Holland Sentinel

Today in the MHSAA: 4/14/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 14, 2025

1. SOFTBALL Division 2 honorable mention Essexville Garber clinched its fifth-straight Bay County Championship title with a 10-7 win over Bay City Western – Bay City Times

2. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 14 Saline swept No. 8 South Lyon 5-1 and 9-3 – Chelsea Sun Times News

3. BASEBALL Midland Dow downed Division 2 No. 8 Flint Powers Catholic 9-4 in 13 innings – Midland Daily News

4. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 2 Bay City Western downed John Glenn 9-0 to became the first three-peat winner in Bay County Championship baseball history – Bay City Times

5. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 10 Frankenmuth won the first game 10-0, but Birch Run won the second 13-11 – WNEM

6. TRACK & FIELD Addison’s Molly Brown was the star of the Napoleon Invitational with four individual championships – Jackson Citizen Patriot

7. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 13 Essexville Garber repeated as Bay County champion with a 1-0 win over John Glenn – Bay City Times

8. GIRLS SOCCER Utica Ford and Division 3 No. 4 Warren Regina played to a 1-1 draw – Macomb Daily

9. GIRLS TENNIS Traverse City St. Francis – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – dominated the Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett quad with wins over the host, Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central and Macomb L’Anse Creuse North – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. GIRLS LACROSSE Troy Athens came back after trailing early to get past United Farmington 10-9 – Oakland Press