Today In The MHSAA: 10/25/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 25, 2021

1. CROSS COUNTRY The Freeland girls – ranked No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – and Saginaw Heritage boys won the 50th Saginaw County Championships – Athletic.net

2. BOYS SOCCER No. 7 Traverse City West clinched its third-straight District title with a 5-1 win over No. 9 Midland Dow in Division 1 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 14 St. Joseph girls and Kalamazoo Central boys won Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference Meet championships – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium | Athletic.net

4. VOLLEYBALL Johannesburg-Lewiston finished a Ski Valley Conference championship run with a league tournament title – Petoskey News-Review

5. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 5 Bronson clinched the Big 8 Conference championship with a victory at the league tournament – Coldwater Daily Reporter

6. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 honorable mention Whitehall locked up the overall West Michigan Conference championship with a league tournament win – MuskegonSports.com

7. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 top-ranked Muskegon Western Michigan Christian clinched the Lakes 8 Activities Conference title with sweeps of Muskegon Orchard View and Ludington at the league tournament – Local Sports Journal

8. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 4 Ann Arbor Skyline defeated No. 5 Northville in the final to claim its invitational championship – We Love Ann Arbor

9. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 2 Athens swept No. 10 Mendon in the finale of its invitational – JoeInsider.com

10. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 5 Traverse City Christian’s Emma Mirabelli went over 2,000 career kills in leading her team to a runner-up finish at the Leland Invitational; Kingsley won their final in three sets – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Today in the MHSAA: 1/11/18

January 11, 2018

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. Wrestling: No. 4 Brighton doubled up No. 6 Hartland in a matchup of two of the top teams in Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. Wrestling: Division 3 No. 3 Remus Chippewa Hills picked up a pair of wins, including the 500th of coach Nate Ethridge’s career – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

3. Girls Basketball: Kingsley remained undefeated while handing Benzonia Benzie Central its first loss, 67-30 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. Hockey: Traverse City Central scored three goals over the final six minutes of regulation and then overtime to defeat Cadillac 5-4 – Cadillac News

5. Girls Basketball: Blissfield broke a four-game losing streak by handing a first league loss to Onsted, 53-48 – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. Wrestling: Midland remained undefeated in the Saginaw Valley League with wins over Midland Dow and Bay City Western – Midland Daily News

7. Girls Basketball: Rochester came back in the fourth quarter to edge Troy 42-41 – Detroit News

8. Hockey: Brendan Higgins scored four goals in a big win for Flat Rock over Riverview – Southgate News Herald

9. Football: Lansing Sexton coach Dan Boggan has stepped down after 16 seasons with a 114-59 record and 11 playoff appearances – Lansing State Journal

10. Football: Oscar Olejniczak, after leading Detroit U-D Jesuit to three playoff appearances over five years, will be taking over Royal Oak Shrine’s program – Detroit News