Today in the MHSAA: 10/21/19

October 21, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Fourteen more MHSAA Finals celebrated champions this weekend, and you’ll find coverage of all 10 events all over Second Half. Also making headlines across the state were District Finals in boys soccer, and league finals and notable invitationals in cross country and volleyball. 

1. Boys Soccer: Division 2 No. 15 Gaylord downed Alpena 2-1 to claim its first District title in this sport – Gaylord Herald Times

2. Boys Soccer: Clarkston Everest Collegiate also claimed its first District title with a 2-0 win over Auburn Hills Oakland Christian in Division 4 – Oakland Press

3. Cross Country: Coldwater’s girls clinched the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference title, their first league title since 1987. Marshall and Battle Creek Harper Creek shared the boys championship – Coldwater Daily Reporter 

4. Cross Country: The Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart boys – No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – and No. 4 Hillsdale Academy girls won the “Class D State Meet” hosted annually by the Irish, Hillsdale Academy upsetting the LPD4 top-ranked Sacred Heart girls – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

5.  Boys soccer: Ann Arbor Pioneer won a Division 1 District title in a shootout against No. 13 Saline – We Love Ann Arbor

6. Boys Soccer: Muskegon Reeths-Puffer upset No. 13 Spring Lake in a shootout win to claim a Division 2 District title – Local Sports Journal 

7. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 6 Centreville came back to defeat Division 4 No. 3 Mendon in three sets in the final of the Southwest 10 Conference Tournament to add that championship to its regular-season title – Sturgis Journal 

8. Volleyball: Fruitport downed Montague in five sets to claim the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship – Local Sports Journal

9. Cross Country: Saginaw Heritage swept the Saginaw County Championships – Athletic.net

10. Boys Soccer: Traverse City West downed rival Central for the third time this season, 3-0 in a Division 1 District Final – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Today in the MHSAA: 8/27/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 27, 2026

1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 2 Kingsley downed Division 4 No. 9 Onekama, Manton and Division 3 honorable mention Traverse City St. Francis – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. BOYS SOCCER Carson Welker had three goals and two assists in Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central’s 7-3 win over Carleton Airport – Monroe News

3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary twice came back from one-set deficits to defeat Midland Bullock Creek in five – Midland Daily News

4. CROSS COUNTRY The Harbor Beach girls and Croswell-Lexington boys were victorious at the Cass City Invitational – Huron Daily Tribune

5. BOYS SOCCER Allen Park picked up an important Downriver League road win 3-1 at Trenton – Southgate News-Herald

6. BOYS 1TENNIS St. Joseph – No. 7 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – earned an important 7-1 Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference win over Battle Creek Lakeview – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

7. BOYS SOCCER Manistee scored the game’s lone goal on a penalty kick to get past Benzie Central – Manistee News Advocate

8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Brooklyn Columbia Central came back to finish a sweep of Napoleon – Jackson Citizen Patriot

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 6 Frankenmuth remained undefeated with a shutout of Goodrich – WNEM

10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Fulton won its Mid-State Activities Conference opener, sweeping Coleman – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun