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: 5/14/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 14, 2025
1. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 8 Frankenmuth clinched a share of the Tri-Valley Conference Red title with a sweep of Freeland – Saginaw News
2. BASEBALL Petoskey clinched a share of the Big North Conference championship with a sweep over Traverse City West – Petoskey News-Review
3. GIRLS SOCCER Walled Lake Northern earned a third-straight Lakes Valley Conference Tournament title with a shootout win over Walled Lake Western – Oakland Press
4. BASEBALL Division 4 No. 17 Muskegon Catholic Central earned coach Steve Schuitema his 400th career victory during a sweep of Wyoming Tri-unity Christian – Local Sports Journal
5. GIRLS SOCCER Division 4 No. 7 Plymouth Christian Academy handed Allen Park Inter-City Baptist its first loss, 2-0 – Southgate News-Herald
6. GIRLS SOCCER Grand Ledge advanced to the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup championship match with a 2-1 win over Division 2 No. 11 Mason – Lansing State Journal
7. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 9 DeWitt advanced on the other side of the CAAC Gold Cup bracket with a 4-0 win over East Lansing – WILX
8. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 16 Stevensville Lakeshore and St. Joseph split, Lakeshore winning the opener and the Bears the second game – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
9. BASEBALL Fraser moved into first place alone in the Macomb Area Conference Blue with a 2-1 win over St. Clair Shores Lakeview – Macomb Daily
10. SOFTBALL Kianna Vork added to her school career home run record during Hamilton’s sweep of Zeeland East – Holland Sentinel