Today in the MHSAA: 10/23/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 23, 2026

1. BOYS SOCCER Kent City claimed its first District title in this sport, defeating Kingsley 2-1 in Division 3 – Grand Rapids Press

2. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked St. Joseph clinched a Division 2 District championship with a 2-0 win over No. 10 Edwardsburg – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

3. BOYS SOCCER Laingsburg defeated No. 15 Lansing Christian 1-0 to claim a Division 4 District title, its first since 2008 – Owosso Argus-Press

4. BOYS SOCCER DeWitt edged No. 3 Lansing Eastern 1-0 to clinch a Division 2 District championship – Lansing State Journal

5. BOYS SOCCER No. 9 Traverse City West advanced with a 1-0 District-clinching win over No. 11 Rockford in Division 1 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. CROSS COUNTRY Brownstown Woodhaven finished fourth-straight girls and third-straight boys Downriver League championships; the Woodhaven girls are ranked No. 11 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – Southgate News-Herald

7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Midland Dow swept Davison to clinch the Saginaw Valley League Tournament championship – Midland Daily News

8. BOYS SOCCER Kyle Jean became the winningest boys soccer coach in Bay County history as Bay City Western clinched its first District title in 12 years with a 3-1 win over Midland in Division 1 – Bay City Times

9. BOYS SOCCER Marquette clinched a Division 2 District championship with a 1-0 win over Petoskey – Upper Michigan’s Source

10. BOYS SOCCER No. 6 Warren De La Salle Collegiate handed Macomb Lutheran North its only loss in clinching a Division 2 District title – Macomb Daily

Also of note …

CROSS COUNTRY New Boston Huron’s girls and Carleton Airport’s boys completed Huron League championship runs – Monroe News

Today in the MHSAA: 9/9/19

September 9, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Unranked – and probably soon-to-ranked – volleyball and soccer teams dominated the top half of today’s list of achievers from an invitational-filled weekend across a number of sports. 

1. Volleyball: Unranked Beaverton defeated Division 3 No. 4 Bronson in the final to claim Bay City Central’s Mitten Bay Invitational title – Midland Daily News

2. Volleyball: Also-unranked Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern downed Division 1 No. 6 Grand Haven and then honorable mention Northville to win the Grand Haven Invitational – Grand Haven Tribune

3. Cross Country: The East Grand Rapids, Ada Forest Hills Eastern and Pewamo-Westphalia girls and Ann Arbor Skyline, Haslett and Hanover-Horton boys won championships at the Bath Bret Clements Invitational – Athletic.net 

4. Boys Soccer: Unranked Portage Northern made a number of stops in getting past Division 2 top-ranked Mattawan 1-0 – JoeInsider.com

5. Girls Swimming & Diving: Chelsea, No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 3, edged LPD2 honorable mention Grand Rapids Northview to win the DeWitt Invitational – Chelsea Sun Times News 

6. Cross Country: Brighton’s boys and Troy’s girls won Gold division Averill Invitational championships at Kensington Metropark – Athletic.net

7. Cross Country: Traverse City teams swept titles at the Bullock Creek Lancer Invitational, the West girls and St. Francis boys claiming championships – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. Volleyball: Petoskey finished the day 6-0 and defeated Midland Dow in the final to win its home invitational – Petoskey News-Review

9. Cross Country: The Petoskey girls and Charlevoix boys won Charlevoix Mud Run championships – Petoskey News-Review

10. Volleyball: Kingsford repeated as the Great 8 Tournament champion at West Iron County – Iron Mountain Daily News