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: 2/25/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 25, 2025

1. GIRLS SKIING Traverse City Central and Harbor Springs claimed Finals championships, the latter its first in a decade – MHSAA.com

2. BOYS SKIING Marquette and East Grand Rapids won Finals titles, EGR its first since 1999 – MHSAA.com

3. BOYS BASKETBALL East Jordan tied its single-season record of 19 wins with a 69-34 Division 3 District victory over Johannesburg-Lewiston – Petoskey News-Review

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Haslett defeated Fowlerville 69-55 in a Division 2 District opener, but the Gladiators’ Wyatt Soli reached 1,000 career points – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Edwardsburg advanced in Division 2 with a 59-58 double overtime win over Niles – Niles Daily Star

6. BOYS BASKETBALL St. Joseph came back from a 12-point deficit to defeat Stevensville Lakeshore 52-47 in overtime in Division 1 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Davison downed Lapeer 65-51 in a Division 1 District opener – Flint Journal

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Sanford Meridian advanced in Division 3 with a 42-38 victory over Bay City All Saints – Midland Daily News

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Ishpeming started its Division 4 District run with a 68-48 win over Painesdale Jeffers – Upper Michigan’s Source

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Quincy won a Division 3 District matchup of league rivals, 53-49 over Bronson – Coldwater Daily Reporter