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: 10/2/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 2, 2025

1. GIRLS TENNIS Negaunee in Division 1 and West Iron County in Division 2 won Upper Peninsula Finals championships – MHSAA.com

2. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 top-ranked Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett won the Catholic High School League Cardinal title with a 4-2 clincher over No. 5 Royal Oak Shrine Catholic – Oakland Press

3. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 3 Detroit Catholic Central clinched the CHSL Bishop championship with a 4-0 win over Division 2 No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – Oakland Press

4. GIRLS GOLF Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – won the Monroe County Championship by 18 strokes – Monroe News

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 honorable mention Dearborn Edsel Ford ran its Downriver League title streak to four with a clinching 6-2 win over Brownstown Woodhaven – Southgate News-Herald

6. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 honorable mention Livonia Stevenson downed Northville in a shootout to win the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Tournament – Hometown Life

7. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 6 Fowler lost the first set but won the next three over Division 3 No. 5 Pewamo-Westphalia – Lansing State Journal

8. VOLLEYBALL Saginaw Swan Valley shook up the Tri-Valley Conference Red standings with a sweep of Division 2 No. 10 Frankenmuth – Saginaw News

9. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 honorable mention Brooklyn Columbia Central finished a perfect run through the Cascades Conference with a win over Leslie – Jackson Citizen Patriot

10. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD3 No. 9 Traverse City St. Francis and Bellaire girls and LPD1 honorable mention Traverse City Central and East Jordan boys won at the Mancelona Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle