Today in the MHSAA: 10/22/18

October 22, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

Lower Peninsula Girls Golf, Boys Tennis and Upper Peninsula Cross Country Finals dominated the non-football headlines this weekend, and you'll find coverage of all on Second Half. Today's "Today" list instead includes 10 headliners of note from District boys soccer, league volleyball and LP cross country. 

1. Boys Soccer: Unranked Utica Ford upset top-ranked Troy Athens 1-0 to win a Division 1 District title – Macomb Daily

2. Boys Soccer: No. 2 Grand Rapids Christian downed No. 5 Holland Christian 4-1 in a Division 2 District Final – Holland Christian

3. Boys Soccer: No. 5 Detroit Catholic Central prevailed in a Division 1 District Final 3-2 in overtime over No. 9 Novi – Observer & Eccentric

4. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 9 North Muskegon downed Division 2 No. 10 Whitehall to win the West Michigan Conference Tournament championship and a share of the overall league title – Local Sports Journal

5. Boys Soccer: Griffin Doran’s goal gave Haslett a 1-0 Division 2 win over DeWitt and its first District boys soccer title since 1999 – Lansing State Journal

6. Boys Soccer: Division 4 No. 3 Kalamazoo Hackett won its eighth straight District title, downing Battle Creek Calhoun Christian – JoeInsider.com

7. Cross Country: Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart swept championships at the annual Class D championship meet; both teams are ranked No. 2 in LPD4 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

8. Volleyball: Division 3 honorable mention Muskegon Western Michigan Christian came back multiple times to get past Ludington and win the Lakes 8 Conference Tournament – Local Sports Journal

9. Cross Country: The Hudson girls (LPD4 T-No. 10) and Erie-Mason boys clinched Lenawee County Athletic Association championships – Adrian Daily Telegram

10. Boys Soccer: Muskegon Orchard View outlasted rival Oakridge 5-4 to claim a Division 3 District championship – Local Sports Journal

Today In The MHSAA: 6/3/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

June 3, 2021

1. Boys Golf: No. 2 East Grand Rapids shot a 302 to win its Lower Peninsula Division 2 Regional, followed by No. 4 Spring Lake and No. 6 Ada Forest Hills Eastern – Grand Rapids Press

2. Boys Golf: Troy Athens shot a 305 in LPD1 to win its first Regional title in this sport since 1993 – Oakland Press

3. Softball: Three Rivers’ Kali Heivilin moved to the front of the statewide home run race this spring, becoming the first to break the single-season record with her 27th homer coming against Berrien Springs – JoeInsider.com

4. Boys Golf: LPD4 No. 6 Maple City Glen Lake shot a 324 to edge No. 4 Charlevoix by a shot and clinch its first Regional title since 2012 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. Boys Golf: LPD3 No. 4 Big Rapids clinched its fifth-straight Regional title, shooting a 329 to tie Elk Rapids and winning on the tie-breaker – Big Rapids News

6. Boys Lacrosse: No. 4 Rockford locked up its fourth-straight Division 1 Regional title with a 16-5 win over Grandville – FOX 17

7. Boys Lacrosse: No. 5 Lake Orion won its second-straight Division 1 Regional title, this time with a 13-4 win over Rochester Adams – Oakland Press

8. Girls Soccer: Hartland stopped a late penalty kick and then scored the game’s lone goal in a 1-0 Division 1 District Semifinal win over Brighton – Livingston Press & Argus

9. Girls Soccer: Maggie Evans broke her sister Hanna’s Whitehall career goals record with three more in a Division 3 District win over Shelby – Muskegon Chronicle

10. Softball: Division 4 No. 2 Unionville-Sebewaing handed Division 3 top-ranked Millington its first defeat this spring, 9-1 – Mid-Michigan Now

Also of note …

Wrestling: Holt is mourning the death of coach Rocky Shaft, who led the Rams to a 618-106 record from 1980-81 through this winter – Lansing State Journal