Today in the MHSAA: 10/19/17

October 19, 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: Unranked Brighton eliminated top-ranked Ann Arbor Skyline in a Division 1 District Semifinal, 2-1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. Cross Country: Clare’s girls claimed their eighth straight Jack Pine Conference championship and the boys won their 10th consecutive; the girls are ranked No. 7 in Lower Peninsula Division 3, and the boys are No. 10 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

3. Boys Soccer: No. 2 Leland advanced to a Division 4 District Final with a 3-0 win over No. 15 Harbor Springs – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. Cross Country: Zeeland West, Zeeland East (honorable mention in LPD2) and Holland’s boys all finished as co-champions in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green, while the LPD2 No. 7 Holland Christian girls won outright after sharing the title in 2016 – Holland Sentinel

5. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 10 Rochester downed No. 16 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 3-0 for the second straight time this season – Oakland Press

6. Boys Soccer: Roscommon edged Division 4 No. 19 Lincoln Alcona 4-3 in a District Semifinal – Alpena News

7. Volleyball: St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran earned its fourth straight league title in the Berrien-Cass-St. Joseph White with a four-set win over Three Oaks River Valley – St. Joseph Herald Palladium

8. Cross Country: The Bangor boys and Bloomingdale girls clinched the inaugural Southwest 10 Conference championships – Sturgis Journal

Boys Soccer: Division 4 No. 6 Hillsdale Academy needed a shootout but got past Jackson Christian in a District Semifinal – Hillsdale Daily News

10. Boys Soccer: Troy scored with fewer than three minutes to play to get past Birmingham Brother Rice 2-1 in Division 1 – Oakland Press

Also of note:

Girls Cross Country: From Tuesday, Quincy won its third straight Big 8 Conference championship – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Volleyball: From Tuesday, Class C No. 6 Adrian Madison claimed a share of the Tri-County Conference championship by going 1-1 in a doubleheader against Whitmore Lake – Adrian Daily Telegram

Today in the MHSAA: 2/13/18

February 13, 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.

Today's Top 10 

1. Girls Basketball: Detroit Renaissance ended the six-year run of Detroit Public School League tournament titles for Martin Luther King with a 73-48 semifinal win – Detroit News

2. Girls Skiing: Petoskey earned its first Regional title since 2013, edging Houghton/Hancock by 1.5 points in Division 2 – Petoskey News-Review

3. Hockey: Brenden Tulpa scored his third game-winning goal against Division 1 No. 3 Brighton to lead Division 2 No. 4 Hartland to a 4-2 victory – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. Boys Skiing: Seven-time reigning Division 2 champion Petoskey finished first at a meet Monday it didn’t win last season – its Regional, holding off Harbor Springs – Petoskey News-Review

5. Girls Basketball: Hillman clinched a share of the North Star League Big Dipper title with a 63-50 win over Oscoda – Alpena News

6. Boys Basketball: Southfield Christian clinched its seventh straight Michigan Independent Athletic Conference Blue title with a big win over Auburn Hills Oakland Christian – MLive-Detroit

7. Girls Basketball: Alyza Winston scored 26 points to go over 1,000 for her career in leading Muskegon to a 68-41 win over Grand Rapids Union – Muskegon Chronicle

8. Girls Basketball: Gaylord St. Mary won a matchup of league leaders, 41-29 over Traverse City St. Francis – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. Skiing: Benzonia Benzie Central’s boys and Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central’s girls also won Division 2 Regional titles – Cadillac News

10. Girls Basketball: New Boston Huron won a rematch with Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 52-47 to create a tie atop the Huron League – Monroe News

Also of note …

Hockey: From Saturday, Division 1 No. 1 Detroit Catholic Central downed Division 2 top-ranked Livonia Stevenson 2-0 – Observer & Eccentric