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: 12/5/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 5, 2025

1. ICE HOCKEY Division 1 No 4 Clarkston scored with 4:41 to play to get past Birmingham Unified 3-2 – Oakland Press

2. ICE HOCKEY Warren De La Salle Collegiate bounced back from a Tuesday loss with a 4-3 win over Detroit U-D Jesuit – Macomb Daily

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Grayling downed rival Roscommon 53-44 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Niles earned coach Mark Haase his first win at the school, over Dowagiac – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

5. WRESTLING Frankfort defeated Traverse City Central and Fife Lake Forest Area – Benzie Record Patriot

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central edged Southgate Anderson 41-35 – Monroe News

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Dearborn Heights Star International edged Detroit Universal Academy 54-48 – Detroit News

8. BOYS BASKETBALL LeRoy Pine River broke away during the second half for a 58-30 win over McBain Northern Michigan Christian – Cadillac News

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Marquette defeated Gladstone, and Houghton downed L’Anse – My UP Now

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Breckenridge opened with a 46-38 victory over Fulton – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun