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: 2/24/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 24, 2026
1. GIRLS SKIING Pontiac Notre Dame Prep’s Maren Studt won both slalom and giant slalom for the second-straight season, and Detroit Country Day won its first team championship at the Division 2 Finals – MHSAA.com
2. GIRLS SKIING Marquette held on for its first Finals championship since 2020, winning in Division 1 – MHSAA.com
3. BOYS SKIING Marquette had top players in both individual events and Traverse City West clinched the team title – MHSAA.com
4. BOYS SKIING After one season away, Petoskey is back as champion in Division 2 – MHSAA.com
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Brayden Wright scored 41 points, including the 1,000th of his career, as Reading opened its Division 4 District with a 65-53 victory over Hillsdale Will Carleton Academy – Hillsdale Daily News
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Pewamo-Westphalia edged Grand Rapids Catholic Central 55-53 in a matchup of 18-win teams that also saw P-W’s Elly Bengel score her 1,000th point – WOOD TV
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Karter Fegan scored his 1,000th career point and Standish-Sterling hung on for a 57-56 win over Midland Bullock Creek in a Division 2 District opener – Bay City Times
8. BOYS BASKETBALL Ryan Opsommer’s 3-pointer during the closing seconds of overtime gave Muskegon Mona Shores a 61-60 District-opening win over Reeths-Puffer in Division 1 – Local Sports Journal
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Gavin Taylor’s last-second basket gave Coldwater a 55-53 win over Richland Gull Lake in Division 1 – WTVB
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Otisville-LakeVille Memorial earned its first MHSAA Tournament win since 2011, downing Genesee 53-35 in Division 3 – Flint Journal