Today in the MHSAA: 10/22/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 22, 2026

1. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Troy clinched a Division 1 District championship with 4-2 win over No. 8 Birmingham Seaholm – Oakland Press

2. BOYS SOCCER Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood claimed a fifth-straight District title with a shootout win over No. 8 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s in Division 2 – Oakland Press

3. BOYS SOCCER No. 14 Saginaw Heritage secured its first District title in 19 years, downing Grand Blanc 1-0 in Division 1 – WNEM

4. CROSS COUNTRY The Traverse City Central girls and West boys – the latter ranked No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – won Big North Conference championship races – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. CROSS COUNTRY The Midland Dow girls and LPD2 No. 8 Midland High boys claimed Saginaw Valley League titles – Midland Daily News Girls | Boys

6. BOYS SOCCER Byron Center won its second-straight District game by shootout, this time to down Portage Northern and clinch a Division 1 title – Grand Rapids Press

7. CROSS COUNTRY Holland Christian swept Ottawa-Kent Conference Black championships races; the Holland Christian girls and boys teams are both ranked No. 1 in LPD2 – Holland Sentinel

8. BOYS SOCCER Allen Park avenged a September loss with a 2-1 District-clinching victory in Division 1 – Southgate News-Herald

9. BOYS SOCCER Fenton got past Goodrich in a shootout to clinch a Division 2 District title – WJRT

10. CROSS COUNTRY Breckenridge swept Mid-State Activities Conference championships, and the Clare girls and Shepherd boys won in the Jack Pine Conference; Breckenridge’s girls are No. 6 in LPD4, the Huskies’ boys are No. 2, and Shepherd’s boys are No. 11 in LPD2 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Today in the MHSAA: 11/9/18

November 9, 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.

Thursday’s 32 Volleyball Regional Finals saw the elimination of 12 top-10 teams but all eight contenders ranked No. 1 or 2 move on as next week’s Quarterfinals were set.

1. Volleyball: No. 2 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep downed No. 3 North Branch in a power-packed Division 2 Regional title matchup – Oakland Press

2. Volleyball: Reigning Class C champion and current top-ranked Bronson moved on in Division 3 with a 3-2 Regional title win over No. 3 Schoolcraft – Sturgis Journal

3. Volleyball: Top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy continued its run this fall over rival and No. 6 Bloomfield Hills Marian with a Division 1 Regional Final sweep – Oakland Press

4. Volleyball: Unranked Richland Gull Lake avenged two sweeps by No. 3 Mattawan this season with a 3-1 Regional Final win in Division 1 – Kalamazoo Gazette

5. Volleyball: No. 2 Lake Orion swept league rival and No. 9 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek for a Division 1 Regional title – Oakland Press

6. Volleyball: No. 2 Mendon came back from dropping the first set to clinch a Division 4 Regional title with a four-set win over No. 5 Battle Creek St. Philip – Sturgis Journal

7. Volleyball: Honorable mention Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian continued a title-filled run with a 3-1 win over No. 7 North Muskegon in a Division 3 Regional Final – Grand Rapids Press

8. Volleyball: No. 7 Adrian Lenawee Christian came back from a two-set deficit to down No. 3 Camden-Frontier in a Division 4 Regional Final – Adrian Daily Telegram

9. Volleyball: Honorable mention Onaway came back from losing the first set to upset No. 10 Rudyard in five in a Division 4 Regional Final – Alpena News

10. Volleyball: Kingsley won its first Regional since 2009 and ended Cadillac’s streak at nine with a sweep in a Division 2 matchup of honorable mention teams – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Also of note …

Volleyball: No. 5 Manchester swept Bath in Division 3 to earn its first Regional title in 25 years – Jackson Citizen Patriot

Volleyball: Kingston downed No. 8 Merrill in Division 4 to clinch its first Regional title in this sport – Saginaw News

Football: Central Lake coach Rob Heeke has announced his retirement; he led the team to the 8-player Division 1 title in 2017 – Traverse City Record-Eagle