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: 8/18/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 18, 2025

1. BOYS SOCCER Royal Oak Shrine Catholic finished 3-0 at the Oakland Christian Lancer
Invitational with wins over Oakland Christian, Genesee Christian and Saginaw Valley Lutheran – Oakland Press

2. GIRLS GOLF Coopersville carded a 369 to win the Fruitport Invitational – Grand Haven Tribune

3. BOYS SOCCER Kingsford opened with wins over Grayling and the host Blue Devils at the Sault Ste. Marie Invitational – Iron Mountain Daily News

4. BOYS SOCCER Niles ran its championship streak at Buchanan’s Vandenberg Invitational to three with wins over Buchanan and Brandywine – Niles Daily Star

5. CROSS COUNTRY Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker, Kingston and Saginaw Valley Lutheran had individual winners at the Hemlock Classic – Huron Daily Tribune | Athletic.net

6. BOYS TENNIS Fowlerville edged Milan to win its Fowlerville Invitational – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

7. BOYS SOCCER McBain Northern Michigan Christian defeated Shepherd and Buckley to win its Comet Cup – Cadillac News

8. BOYS SOCCER Maple City Glen Lake defeated Brooklyn Columbia Central and tied Hart at the latter’s invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. BOYS TENNIS Holland won its season-opening invitational – MuskegonSports.com

10. BOYS SOCCER Fowlerville opened with a notable 4-2 win over Pinckney – Livingston Daily Press & Argus