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: 1/30/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 30, 2026

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Chloe Robinson scored her 1,000th  career point in Indian River Inland Lake’s 41-32 win over Bellaire – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Freeland delivered New Lothrop’s first loss this season, 55-42 – Saginaw News

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mia McGregor scored 61 points in Mio’s 72-47 win over Hale – Bay City Times

4. SKIING Marquette swept girls and boys championships at the Ironwood Invitational – Upper Michigan’s Source

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL St. Clair defeated Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse 53-30 in a matchup for first place  in the Macomb Area Conference Gold – Macomb Daily

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Birmingham Groves sits atop the Oakland Activities Association White after a big win over Bloomfield Hills – Oakland Press

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Gaylord defeated Big North Conference contender Petoskey 47-32 – Petoskey News-Review

8. GIRLS BASDKETBALL Kelsi Clark had 22 points and 22 rebounds in Otisville LakeVille Memorial’s big win over Flint Elite – Flint Journal

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Mason downed Haslett 75-67 in overtime – Lansing State Journal

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kent City downed Hart 64-58 – Muskegon Chronicle