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: 4/17/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 17, 2025
1. SOFTBALL Division 1 honorable mention Brownstown Woodhaven rallied to get past No. 9 Allen Park 6-3 – Southgate News-Herald
2. BOYS GOLF Zach Spencer set a Howell record with a 9-hole 32 to lead his team past Novi by five strokes – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. BOYS GOLF Traverse City West – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – carded a 281 to win the Cadillac Invitational by 23 strokes – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 5 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice and Detroit U-D Jesuit split, with Rice’s Blake Ilitch throwing a no-hitter – Oakland Press
5. SOFTBALL Pinconning upset Division 3 No. 10 Standish-Sterling with a 10-9 walk-off win – Bay City Times
6. BASEBALL Division 3 No. 14 Kalamazoo Christian edged Division 4 No. 5 Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep 3-2 – Kalamazoo Gazette
7. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 3 Grosse Ile has yet to give up a goal this spring, this time defeating Riverview 4-0 – Southgate News-Herald
8. GIRLS SOCCER Macomb Dakota edged New Baltimore Anchor Bay 1-0 – Macomb Daily
9. TRACK & FIELD Sterling Heights followed sprinter Amir Thrasher-Mosby to a win over Warren Woods-Tower – Macomb Daily
10. GIRLS SOCCER Midland Dow moved to 5-0 with a 2-1 win over Mount Pleasant – Midland Daily News