Today in the MHSAA: 10/25/17
October 25, 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. Boys Soccer: No. 8 Buckley turned away 25 shots to upset No. 3 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian in a Division 4 Regional Semifinal – Traverse City Record-Eagle
2. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 4 Portage Central needed overtime to get past Brighton, which last week eliminated top-ranked Ann Arbor Skyline – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. Boys Soccer: Longtime rivals Detroit Country Day and Macomb Lutheran North locked up again in Division 3, with No. 5 Country Day emerging with a 3-1 win over the No. 8 Mustangs – Oakland Press
4. Volleyball: Bay City Western added to its best season already since 2007, sweeping rival Bay City Central – Bay City Times
5. Volleyball: Class D No. 7 Rudyard downed rival Pickford 3-1 in its final regular-season match to finish a perfect run through the Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
6. Boys Soccer: No. 17 Gibraltar Carlson eliminated reigning Division 2 runner-up Dearborn Divine Child with a 3-2 shootout win – Southgate News Herald
7. Boys Soccer: No. 9 Lansing Catholic moved on in Division 3 with a 4-1 win over No. 19 Freeland – Lansing State Journal
8. Volleyball: Class D No. 10 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart swept Coleman to finish a perfect run through the Mid-State Activities Conference – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
9. Boys Soccer: No. 12 Plymouth netted the lone goal with just more than 11 minutes to play to down No. 19 Saline in Division 1 – Observer & Eccentric
10. Boys Soccer: No. 16 Ludington hung on for a 1-0 win over Boyne City in Division 3 – Petoskey News-Review
Today in the MHSAA: 9/24/19
September 24, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Two of the Lower Peninsula’s four top-ranked girls golf teams won tournaments Monday and a third finished runner-up as many of the best in that sport continued to prep for playoff conditions with the postseason beginning in two weeks.
1. Girls Golf: Lower Peninsula Division 1 top-ranked Northville repeated as Coach Miller Invitational champion against a field that included No. 3 Brighton, No. 8 Grand Blanc and No. 9 Hartland – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. Girls Golf: Almont swept all of its matches and the league tournament to lock up the Blue Water Area Conference championship – Port Huron Times-Herald
3. Girls Golf: Davison shot a 343 to edge LPD3 No. 1 Flint Powers Catholic by six strokes and win the Midland Dow Invitational – Midland Daily News
4. Boys Soccer: McBain Northern Michigan Christian handed Division 3 No. 12 Gladwin its first defeat, 1-0 – Cadillac News
5. Boys Soccer: Alpena blanked Alcona 5-0 to break a school record from 1996 with its 13th shutout this fall – Alpena News
6. Girls Golf: LPD4 No. 1 Harbor Springs battled wet, windy conditions to shoot a season-low 339 and win the Cheboygan Invitational against a field that included LPD2 No. 10 Petoskey – Petoskey News-Review
7. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 15 New Baltimore Anchor Bay held on to first place in the Macomb Area Conference White with a 3-0 win over second-place Grosse Pointe North – Macomb Daily
8. Girls Golf: Host and LPD3 No. 6 Big Rapids shot a 353 to win the Tullymore Invitational against a field that included LPD1 No. 5 Bloomfield Hills – Manistee News Advocate
9. Volleyball: Division 3 honorable mention Manistique moved to 17-1-2 with a sweep of Iron Mountain – Escanaba Daily Press
10. Boys soccer: Division 1 No. 9 Livonia Stevenson and Dearborn have just one loss between them and tied 2-2 in their latest meeting – Observer & Eccentric