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: 3/8/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 8, 2023

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Buchanan held on for a 66-59 win over Bronson in a Division 3 Regional Semifinal – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Flint Carman-Ainsworth won another of the best matchups of the Regional Semifinals, 51-37 over Grand Blanc in Division 1 – Mid-Michigan Now

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Warren Fitzgerald remains undefeated after a 60-54 win over Marysville in Division 2 – Macomb Daily

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Lansing Catholic earned an impressive 46-33 Division 2 win over Tecumseh – Lansing State Journal

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sault Ste. Marie advanced in Division 1 with a 42-31 win over Midland Dow – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Farmington Hills Mercy held off Utica Ford in Division 1 50-44 – Oakland Press

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Byron Center ran its winning streak to 20 with a 62-43 win over Muskegon in Division 1 – Muskegon Chronicle

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kalamazoo Christian will play for a Division 3 Regional title after a 60-51 win over Watervliet – WWMT

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Grand Rapids West Catholic advanced with a 52-39 win over Portland in Division 2 – FOX 17

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Cass City advanced in Division 3 with a 41-31 win over New Lothrop – Huron Daily News