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: 9/23/20

September 23, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The official first day of Fall in Michigan saw ranked opponents facing off against some of their toughest opponents to date in volleyball and cross country, plus a league championship tournament in golf.

1. Volleyball: No. 6 Charlevoix won a matchup of Division 3 ranked teams, defeating No. 10 Traverse City St. Francis in five sets – Petoskey News-Review

2. Cross Country: The LPD3 No. 13 Grass Lake girls team handed Hanover-Horton its first league loss since 2015 – Jackson Citizen-Patriot

3. Volleyball: Division 1 No. 10 Traverse City West downed Division 2 No. 6 Cadillac 17-15 in the deciding fifth set for a key league win – Up North Live

4. Cross Country: Pinckney’s boys – ranked No. 13 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – edged LPD1 No. 12 Brighton 26-29, while the No. 4 Brighton girls held off unranked Pinckney’s by the same score – Livingston Daily

5. Volleyball: Rudyard ran its Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference winning streak to 43 matches with a 3-1 win over Pickford – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

6. Girls Golf: Adrian Lenawee Christian shot a 393 to win the Independent Golf League championship tournament – JTV

7. Girls Swimming & Diving: Grand Blanc celebrated seven event winners in a 104-82 team victory over Midland Dow; they are honorable mentions in Divisions 1 and 2, respectively – Midland Daily News

8. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 4 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian came back for a five-set win over Ludington – Local Sports Journal

9. Volleyball: Edwardsburg downed Dowagiac 3-1 in a matchup of first-place teams in the Wolverine Conference – Niles Daily Star

10. Boys Soccer: Chelsea improved to 7-0 with a 2-0 win over Melvindale, the reigning Division 2 runner-up – Ann Arbor News

Also of note …

Boys Tennis: From Monday, Lansing Catholic earned a share of the Capital Area Activities Conference White title with a 7-1 win over Ionia – Greenville Daily News

Boys Basketball: Mark Gainforth retired after 24 seasons coaching Unionville-Sebewaing and with a 423-133 record – Bay City Times