Today in the MHSAA: 10/26/20
October 26, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The first round of the Boys Soccer Tournament concluded over the weekend with first-time District champions in Muskegon Oakridge and Clinton, while the Okemos girls were among those who outraced their ranking in cross country.
1. Boys Soccer: Muskegon Oakridge won its first District title in boys soccer, downing Howard City Tri County in a Division 3 championship game – Local Sports Journal
2. Boys Soccer: Clinton also won its first District soccer championship, downing Grass Lake in Division 3 – Adrian Daily Telegram
3. Boys Soccer: No. 2 (MPR) Traverse City West finished a season sweep of No. 8 Central with a Division 1 District title win – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. Cross Country: The Okemos girls – honorable mentions in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – and No. 11 Brighton boys won Pre-Regionals at Huron Meadows – Livingston Daily
5. Boys Soccer: Kalamazoo Christian halted No. 15 (MPR) Hackett Catholic Prep’s District title streak at nine with a 2-1 win in Division 4 – JoeInsider.com
6. Cross Country: Ann Arbor Pioneer swept Division 1 Pre-Regional races; the Pioneers girls are ranked No. 4 and the boys are No. 5 – We Love Ann Arbor
7. Volleyball: Dexter swept Ypsilanti Lincoln, Chelsea and Tecumseh to finish a perfect run through the Southeastern Conference White – Chelsea Sun Times News
8. Boys Soccer: No. 14 (MPR) Leland finished a previously-postponed Division 4 District Final with a 2-0 win over No. 13 Maple City Glen Lake – Traverse City Record-Eagle
9. Volleyball: Sault Ste. Marie won three matches to finish a Straits Area Conference championship run – MI Sports Now
10 Boys Soccer: No. 4 (MPR) Petoskey shut out Cadillac 3-0 to finish a Division 2 District title run – Petoskey News-Review
Today in the MHSAA: 10/31/17
October 31, 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: Class B honorable mention Cadillac won three sets decided by three points or fewer to get past No. 5 Kingsley 3-1 in a District opener – Cadillac News
2. Volleyball: Class B honorable mention Fruitport swept No. 8 Spring Lake to move on in their District – Grand Haven Tribune
3. Volleyball: West Michigan Conference champion Whitehall needed five sets but downed rival Montague in Class B – Local Sports Journal
4. Volleyball: Muskegon Mona Shores and Grand Rapids Northview alternated wins Monday before the Sailors finished a five-set win in Class A – Local Sports Journal
5. Volleyball: Warren Regina took a 2-0 lead but then needed a fifth to get past Sterling Heights in Class A – Macomb Daily
6. Volleyball: Less than a month after sweeping Wyandotte Roosevelt, Brownstown Woodhaven dropped the first set of their Class A District match before coming back to win in five – Southgate News Herald
7. Volleyball: Boyne City moved into Class B this school year and downed Gladstone 3-1 in its first District match at the new level – Petoskey News-Review
8. Volleyball: Sault Ste. Marie, fresh off a league title win Saturday, came back after losing the first set Monday to Kingsford to win 3-1 in Class B – Iron Mountain Daily News
9. Volleyball: Battle Creek Lakeview opened District play with a sweep of Battle Creek Harper Creek, which moved into Class A this school year – Battle Creek Enquirer
10. Volleyball: Cheboygan also opened its District match with a loss but came back to take the next three over Escanaba in Class B – Escanaba Daily Press