Today in the MHSAA: 10/20/17
October 20, 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. Football: Bellevue is having an incredible first season of 8-player football, and quarterback Gino Costello is building on an already impressive effort with a heavy heart after his mom died after a fight with cancer at the start of this month – Battle Creek Enquirer
2. Football: West Bloomfield kicker Nick O’Shea lost his father unexpectedly from a heart attack just 10 days ago. But how he and West Bloomfield’s coaches and players have rallied is also truly inspiring – Detroit Free Press
3. Volleyball: Harbor Springs Harbor Light Christian finished a perfect run through the Northern Lakes Conference with a sweep of Vanderbilt – Petoskey News-Review
4. Volleyball: Class B No. 8 Spring Lake clinched a share of the Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue title with a win over Comstock Park – Grand Haven Tribune
5. Boys Soccer: No. 7 Coldwater earned a rematch with No. 6-ranked Marshall by getting past perennial power Mason 2-0 to advance in Division 2 – Coldwater Daily Reporter
6. Volleyball: Class C No. 8 Unionville-Sebewaing clinched its sixth Greater Thumb Conference West title in seven seasons with a four-set win over Reese – Huron Daily Tribune
7. Cross Country: The Highland Milford girls (No. 10 in LPD1) and White Lake Lakeland boys (No. 5 in LPD1) clinched the inaugural Lakes Valley Conference championships – Observer & Eccentric Girls | Boys
8. Boys Soccer: Walled Lake Northern dealt rival Division 1 No. 15 Walled Lake Central a draw this year as the Vikings finished 15-0-1 in the Lakes Valley Conference, but Central avenged that tie with a 3-0 Division 1 win – Oakland Press
9. Volleyball: Houghton claimed the Copper Spike traveling trophy for the fourth straight season with a sweep of rival Hancock – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
10. Conference realignment: The Western Peninsula Athletic Conference is set to expand significantly with most of the Upper Peninsula’s 11-player football schools filling out the league – Marquette Mining Journal
Today in the MHSAA: 11/3/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
November 3, 2026
1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Pinconning held on after losing the third and fourth sets to defeat Farwell in five in a Division 3 District opener – Bay City Times
2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Macomb L’Anse Creuse North came back after losing the first two sets to defeat Clinton Township Chippewa Valley 3-2 in Division 1 – Macomb Daily
3. CROSS COUNTRY The Jackson Lumen Christi girls – ranked No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – and the LPD2 No. 4 Parma Western boys won team titles at the J Chris Jensen County Championships – Jackson Citizen Patriot | Athletic.net
4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Berrien Springs opened Division 2 District play with a sweep of Dowagiac – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Petoskey finished a season sweep of Gaylord with a three-set sweep in Division 1 – Petoskey News-Review
6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Lake City won the first two sets on the way to a win in four over LeRoy Pine River in Division 3 – Cadillac News
7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL After splitting with Manistee during the regular season, Mason County Central finished with the edge in the season series thanks to a Division 3 District sweep – Local Sports Journal
8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Gwinn advanced in Division 3 with a sweep of Ishpeming Westwood – Upper Michigan’s Source
9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Monroe led throughout in sweeping Gibraltar Carlson in Division 1 – Monroe News
10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL After a split of the first two sets, Baldwin came back to win the final two over Pentwater in Division 4 – Big Rapids Pioneer