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: 1/15/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 15, 2025

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Olivia Flynn reached 2,000 career points in Harbor Springs’ big win over Cheboygan, becoming just the 34th player to do so – Petoskey News-Review

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Traverse City Christian’s Reece Broderick drained 15 3-pointers to tie an MHSAA record during a big win over Grand Traverse Academy – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Saginaw United handed Flint Carman-Ainsworth its first defeat, 60-46 – WJRT

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Bay City John Glenn came back from 11 down at halftime to upset Freeland 70-65 – Bay City Times

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL DeWitt won a matchup of top Lansing-area teams, 62-50 over Haslett – WILX

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Iron Mountain edged Kingsford 56-55 in a matchup of two of the best in the Upper Peninsula – Upper Michigan’s Source

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Chad Brown went over 1,000 career points in Hemlock’s big win over St. Charles – Saginaw News

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Muskegon Mona Shores’ Jordan Bledsoe also went over 1,000 career points during a 56-42 win over Jenison – Muskegon Chronicle

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Ethan Esse reached 1,000 career points in Allen Park Inter-City Baptist’s 75-50 victory over Plymouth Christian Academy – Southgate News-Herald

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mio’s Mia McGregor posted her second quadruple-double this season with 46 points, 14 assists, 17 steals and 10 rebounds in a win over Atlanta – Bay City Times