Today in the MHSAA: 10/23/15

October 23, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Notable milestones made headlines Thursday – among them, Rockford’s boys cross country team extending an incredible championship streak and one of Michigan’s best volleyball coaches being celebrated for 1,000 victories.

Cross Country

The Milford girls and White Lake Lakeland boys, both ranked No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, won Kensington Lakes Activities Association Lakes championships; Milford’s girls finished ahead of No. 4 Brighton and No. 12 Waterford Mott – Oakland Press

The Rockford boys, No. 1 in LPD1, won their 21st straight league title, claiming the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red; Rockford’s 10th-ranked girls added their third straight league title – Grand Rapids Press

Boys Soccer

Unranked Okemos edged No. 11 Portage Central in a Division 1 semifinal 2-1 after jumping out to a two-goal lead – Kalamazoo Gazette

Division 2 No. 14 Petoskey advanced despite three Cadillac comebacks, finally winning a 5-4 semifinal – Petoskey News

Division 3 No. 4 Hudsonville Unity Christian repeated as a district champion with a 2-1 win over No. 18 Grand Rapids Catholic Central – Grand Rapids Press

Volleyball

Unionville-Sebewaing, an MHSAA semifinalist in 2014, won its fourth straight Greater Thumb Conference West title by avenging an earlier loss to Bad Axe with a five-set win – Huron Daily Tribune

Class D No. 6 North Adams-Jerome needed to reach 31-29 to win its first set against Pittsford before finishing a sweep – Hillsdale Daily News

Good Reads

Battle Creek Enquirer sports editor Bill Broderick says what a lot of former high school football players have felt in his message to seniors playing their final games this week and over the next few – Battle Creek Enquirer

Longtime Midland Dow, Pinconning and now Bronson volleyball coach Jean LaClair won her 1,000th match last week; her team is ranked No. 1 in Class C and she was the 2015 MHSAA Women in Sports Leadership Award winner – Sturgis Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 5/16/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 16, 2025

1. GIRLS TENNIS Lower Peninsula No. 8 Harbor Springs edged No. 3 Traverse City St. Francis by two points to claim its first Regional title since 2017 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. GIRLS TENNIS Top-ranked Utica Eisenhower was first and No. 9 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek second at an LPD1 Regional – Macomb Daily

3. GIRLS TENNIS No. 8 Holland West Ottawa edged No. 7 Rockford in LPD1, and No. 8 Holland Christian won all eight flights to claim an LPD3 Regional team title – Holland Sentinel

4. BASEBALL After entering the day one game back, Division 1 top-ranked Bay City Western claimed the outright Saginaw Valley League title with a sweep of Bay City Central – Bay City Times

5. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 9 DeWitt shut out Grand Ledge 2-0 to win the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup – Lansing State Journal

6. GIRLS TENNIS No. 3 Chelsea claimed an eighth-straight Regional title, finishing first with Grosse Ile second in LPD3 – Chelsea Sun Times News

7. GIRLS TENNIS No. 4 Midland Dow scored all but one possible point to clinch an LPD2 Regional title – Midland Daily News

8. SOFTBALL Division 1 honorable mention Lake Orion split with Rochester Hills Stoney Creek, the opening win clinching the Oakland Activities Association Red title – Oakland Press

9. SOFTBALL Grant secured the Central State Activities Association Red title with a sweep of Remus Chippewa Hills – Local Sports Journal

10. BASEBALL Division 4 No. 3 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart swept Merrill, giving Irish coach Earl Hartman his 900th win – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun