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: 1/7/19
January 7, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
The first weekend of 2019 saw statewide powers meet in gymnastics, wrestling, swimming & diving, hockey and basketball, with the following 10 just a sample of headlining action from across the state.
1. Gymnastics: Reigning MHSAA team champion Farmington United edged host Rockford to win the Rams’ annual Flip Flop Invitational – Coldwater Daily Reporter
2. Wrestling: Reigning Division 1 champ and top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central took first, and 2018 Division 1 runner-up and current No. 2 Brighton was second at the 55th Annual Catholic Central Wrestling Invitational – Oakland Press
3. Boys Swimming & Diving: Saline, No. 7 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, edged LPD2 top-ranked Dexter to win the Battle Creek Lakeview Spartan Invitational – Chelsea Sun Times News
4. Hockey: Division 3 No. 5 Calumet scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period to get past Division 1 No. 5 Brighton 2-1 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
5. Hockey: Division 2 No. 4 Livonia Stevenson improved to 10-1-1 with a 5-1 win over Division 1 No. 3 Salem – Observer & Eccentric
6. Girls Basketball: Greenville’s Adele Kemp broke her school’s career scoring record with 35 more points in a 48-41 win over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – Grand Rapids Press
7. Wrestling: Division 2 No. 6 Gaylord improved to 14-0 with wins over Croswell-Lexington, formerly Division 1-ranked Grand Ledge and Hudsonville, Division 3 No. 10 Lake Odessa Lakewood and Portland at Grand Ledge’s invitational – Gaylord Herald Times
8. Wrestling: Division 4 No. 2 New Lothrop took first among 26 teams at its Hall of Fame Tournament – Owosso Argus-Press
9. Hockey: Division 3 No. 12 Midland Dow defeated No. 14 Sault Ste. Marie and then No. 8 Alpena to go 2-0 at the Sault Lions Cup Invitational – Midland Daily News
10. Boys Basketball: Detroit Martin Luther King edged Kalamazoo Central 45-43 in a thriller at the Muskegon Basketball Showcase – FOX 17