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: 9/30/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 30, 2025
1. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 3 New Boston Huron clinched the Huron League championship outright with a 2-1 win over Division 3 No. 6 Grosse Ile – Southgate News-Herald
2. GIRLS GOLF LPD1 No. 7 Portage Central was first and LPD2 No. 7 St. Joseph second at the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference Tournament – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
3. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 honorable mention Fennville defeated Watervliet to complete a fourth-straight championship run in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Lakeshore – Holland Sentinel
4. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 7 Romeo downed Utica Eisenhower 4-0 to clinch the Macomb Area Conference Red title – Macomb Daily
5. GIRLS GOLF Goodrich – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – completed an outright championship in the Flint Metro League with a league tournament victory – Flint Journal
6. BOYS SOCCER Macomb L’Anse Creuse North clinched the Macomb Area Conference Blue title with a 3-0 win over Port Huron Northern – Macomb Daily
7. BOYS SOCCER Walled Lake Northern downed White Lake Lakeland to claim the Lakes Valley Conference Tournament championship – Oakland Press
8. BOYS SOCCER Grand Ledge defeated Division 2 No. 12 Lansing Eastern and Haslett downed Lansing Catholic to reach the Capital Area Activities Conference Silver Cup championship match – WLNS
9. BOYS SOCCER Northville advanced to the Kensington Lakes Activities Association final with a shootout win over Canton – Hometown Life
10. GIRLS GOLF LPD1 No. 3 Rochester Adams carded a 344 to win the Captain Sally Invitational at American Dunes – Big Rapids Pioneer