Today in the MHSAA: 10/24/17

October 24, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

Today's Top 10

1. Volleyball: Division 1 No. 5 Farmington Hills Mercy returned to the Detroit Catholic League A-B championship match after finishing runner-up a year ago, and this time left victorious with a four-set win over No. 7 Bloomfield Hills Marian – Oakland Press

2. Volleyball: Class C honorable mention Wixom St. Catherine improved to 32-2-2 with a Detroit Catholic League C-D championship win over Allen Park Cabrini – Southgate News Herald

3. Officials: With their father Tony Joostberns, Stefanie (Joostberns) Jones and sister Amy Joostberns help make up a notable and inspiring football officiating crew in the Lansing area. They are two of 14 women registered to officiate that sport (out of more than 2,300 football officials total) this season – Lansing State Journal

4. Football: Flat Rock is in the playoffs for the first time since 1990 and without one of its best in Sameer Tayeb, a two-way starter on the field now contributing instead from the sidelines – Monroe Evening News

5. Volleyball: Class B No. 7 Kingsley went undefeated at a strong Traverse City Central ABCD quad with wins over the Trojans, Class C honorable mention Traverse City St. Francis and Class D No. 2 Leland – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 14 Grand Haven and Division 4 No. 3 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian made it through tough Districts to earn Regional opportunities this week – Grand Haven Tribune

7. Volleyball: Class D No. 5 Onaway split against larger opponents Monday, falling to Sault Ste. Marie but winning close over Cheboygan – Alpena News

8. Volleyball: Berrien Springs improved to .500 on the season with first and second-set comebacks against St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

9. Volleyball: L’Anse came back from losing the first set to win the next three and down Baraga – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

10. Volleyball: Alpena ran off wins over the final two sets to win in four over Ogemaw Heights – Alpena News

Also of note …

Cross Country: From Saturday, Marshall’s boys and Parma Western’s girls won Interstate 8 Athletic Conference championships; Coldwater’s Shuaib Aljabaly won his second straight individual title – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Today in the MHSAA: 10/21/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 21, 2026

1. BOYS SOCCER Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice scored both goals off corner kicks to get past No. 7 Clarkston 2-0 in a Division 1 District Semifinal – Oakland Press

2. BOYS SOCCER Macomb Lutheran North advanced in its Division 2 District with an upset of No. 7 Grosse Pointe North – Macomb Daily

3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Traverse City Central defeated Cadillac 3-1 to finish an outright championship run in the Big North Conference – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Saugatuck continued its surge with a 5-0 Division 4 win over No. 12 Byron Center Zion Christian – Holland Sentinel

5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Bellaire finished a repeat title run in the Ski Valley Conference with a sweep of Mancelona – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. BOYS SOCCER No. 14 Saginaw Heritage scored all three of its goals during the second half to come back and defeat Midland Dow 3-2 in Division 1 – WJRT

7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL North Muskegon finished a perfect run through the West Michigan Conference Rivers with a sweep of Shelby, and Maci Lathrop reached 1,000 career assists – Local Sports Journal

8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 2 honorable mention Holland Christian earned a key sweep of Division 1 honorable mention Zeeland East – Holland Sentinel

9. BOYS SOCCER Kingsford held on for a 4-3 win over Houghton in Division 3 – Upper Michigan’s Source

10. BOYS SOCCER Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker advanced with a 1-0 win over Unionville-Sebewaing in Division 3 – Huron Daily Tribune