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: 1/26/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 26, 2026
1. BOYS BASKETBALL Keyshawn Summerville became Lansing Sexton’s all-time leading scorer during his team’s 61-56 win over Portland – Lansing State Journal
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Victoria Hauffe reached 1,000 career points in Hemlock’s win over Carrollton – Saginaw News
3. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Monroe and Erie Mason/Ida – the latter ranked No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – tied for the Monroe County championship – Monroe News
4. ICE HOCKEY Painesdale Jeffers came back three times to get past Division 2 No. 2 Grandville 4-3 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
5. BOYS WRESTLING Division 3 No. 4 Whitehall edged Fruitport by four points to win its 19th Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship over the last 20 seasons – Muskegon Chronicle
6. ICE HOCKEY Division 1 No. 3 Hartland scored the go-ahead goal with 23.5 seconds left in a 3-1 win over No. 7 Brighton – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
7. BOYS WRESTLING Gaylord claimed the Northern Michigan Championships title – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. ICE HOCKEY Division 3 No. 5 Marquette downed No. 8 Escanaba 5-2 – Upper Michigan’s Source
9. COMPETITIVE CHEER Hillsdale won the Napoleon Invitational by nearly 42 points – Hillsdale Daily News
10. ICE HOCKEY Division 3 No. 6 Riverview Gabriel Richard ended Detroit Country Day’s four-game winning streak with a 3-0 victory – Southgate News-Herald