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: 12/14/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 14, 2021

1. BOWLING Freshman Grace Polega was among standouts as Utica Ford’s teams swept Roseville – Macomb Daily

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Lake City came back from a halftime deficit to edge Evart 44-40 – Cadillac News

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Reese improved to 3-0 with an 81-48 win over Saginaw Swan Valley – Saginaw News

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Detroit Country Day held off Macomb Lutheran North for a 63-53 win – Observer & Eccentric

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Petoskey started fast and finished with a 54-39 win over Cheboygan – Petoskey News-Review

6. BOWLING Mason County Central swept Whitehall, both matches by 28-2 scores – Ludington Daily News

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Oscoda picked up its first win of the season, over Fairview – Bay City Times

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Kalkaska posted an impressive 56-35 win over Kingsley – Up North Live

9. BOWLING Ludington and Muskegon Western Michigan Christian split matches, Ludington’s boys and WMC’s girls victorious – Ludington Daily News

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Fruitport Calvary Christian downed Walker West Michigan Academy of Environmental Science – MuskegonSports.com