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: 9/18/19
September 18, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The Zeeland girls swimming & diving team and Brighton boys and Northville girls cross country teams are among many who have made big impressions this fall, and they are followed on today's list by a number of others starting to make state poll voters take notice.
1. Girls Swimming & Diving: Unranked Zeeland continued its extraordinary start to this season, this time defeating Lower Peninsula Division 1 No. 4 Rockford 100-86 – Holland Sentinel
2. Cross Country: The LPD1 top-ranked Brighton boys defeated No. 8 Salem and No. 14 Northville, and the No. 3 Northville girls beat No. 4 Salem in a tie-breaker and also No. 8 Brighton as powerhouse programs clashed at Huron Meadows – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 2 Hamilton got past honorable mention Holland Christian in four sets, the fourth going to 32-30 – Holland Sentinel
4. Boys Soccer: Unranked Rochester Adams earned an impressive draw against Division 1 No. 10 Berkley – Oakland Press
5. Boys Soccer: Dexter moved into first place alone in the Southeastern Conference White with a 2-1 win over now second-place Tecumseh – Chelsea Sun Times News
6: Boys Soccer: Traverse City West earned a key Big North Conference win 7-0 over Division 2 No. 14 Alpena – Alpena News
7. Volleyball: Mount Pleasant moved to 22-4-1 with a sweep of Midland – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
8. Boys Soccer: Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard scored late to get past Ann Arbor Greenhills 1-0 and improve to 8-2-1 – We Love Ann Arbor
9. Volleyball: Division 3 honorable mention Manistique lost the first set by two but won the next three to get past Gwinn – Escanaba Daily Press
10. Boys Tennis: Brownstown Woodhaven and Trenton both remain unbeaten as the Downriver League contenders tied 4-4 – Southgate News-Herald