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: 12/9/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 9, 2025

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Ishpeming Westwood downed Kingsford 59-54 in a matchup of teams that finished last season at Breslin Center – Upper Michigan’s Source

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Ryder Gorham cleared 1,000 career points in Mendon’s 69-49 win over Constantine – Kalamazoo Gazette

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Taryn Roberts scored 27 points in her first varsity game to lead Beaverton past Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 67-57 – Midland Daily News

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Ishpeming came back from an early deficit to get past rival Westwood 59-42 – My UP Now

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Flint Kearsley edged Lake Fenton 63-62 in double overtime – Flint Journal

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bay City John Glenn drilled 10 3-pointers in a 68-41 win over Flint Hamady – Bay City Times

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Morley Stanwood opened with a 73-50 win over LeRoy Pine River – Big Rapids Pioneer

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Petoskey got rolling immediately in its season-opening win over Charlevoix – Petoskey News-Review

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Detroit Southeastern opened the season with a big win over Pershing – Detroit News

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sturgis  also started impressively with its victory over Portage Northern – Sturgis Journal