Today in the MHSAA: 10/4/19

October 4, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

As the weather dipped toward what we expect every fall, teams in a variety of sports continued locking down league titles Thursday with MHSAA Tournaments beginning in boys soccer, Lower Peninsula girls golf and boys tennis next week.  

1. Boys Tennis: Midland Dow — No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – clinched its 14th straight Saginaw Valley League championship, emerging first from a close race at the league tournament – Midland Daily News

2. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 2 Okemos finished its run to a Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup title with a 4-0 win over Division 3 No. 6 Lansing Catholic – Lansing State Journal

3. Boys Soccer: Traverse City West downed Alpena to lock up its 10th straight Big North Conference title in this sport – Up North Live

4. Boys Soccer: Birmingham Seaholm got past Lake Orion 2-0 to clinch the Oakland Activities Association White title – Oakland Press

5. Boys Soccer: Dexter downed Chelsea 1-0 to clinch the Southeastern Conference White Tournament championship – Chelsea Sun Times News

6. Girls Golf: Plainwell shot a 381 and won a tie-breaker with Dowagiac to claim the Wolverine Conference Tournament title – Sturgis Journal

7. Boys Soccer: Fremont prevailed in a shootout to get past Newaygo 3-2 in the Central State Activities Association Gold Tournament final – Local Sports Journal

8. Boys Soccer: Division 3 No. 12 Elk Rapids downed Harbor Springs 4-1 to earn a share of the Lake Michigan Conference championship – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. Girls Golf: The Mid-Michigan Golf Conference Tournament was canceled, and Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart was awarded the league title based on its overall scores from MMGC jamborees – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

10. Volleyball: No. 2 Hudsonville won a matchup of ranked teams in Division 1, getting past No. 9 Grand Haven 3-1 – Grand Rapids Press

Also of note …

Boys Soccer: From Wednesday, Dearborn Heights Crestwood clinched the Western Wayne Athletic Conference title with a 5-3 victory over Melvindale – Southgate News-Herald

Today in the MHSAA: 2/7/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 7, 2024

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL The Davis twins combined for 37 points as West Bloomfield downed Detroit Edison 61-42 – MLIVE-Detroit

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Traverse City Central clinched a share of the Big North Conference title with a 53-50 win over Alpena – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Fenton moved into a first-place tie in the Flint Metro League Stripes with a 62-54 win over co-leader Holly – Oakland Press

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Grand Blanc remains one of two teams undefeated in Saginaw Valley League play after handing Flint Powers Catholic a first league loss 47-46 – WNEM

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Genesee Christian defeated Flint Hamady 53-51, but Hamady’s JaKobie Boose scored his 1,000th point – WJRT

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Jayden Marlatt reached 1,000 career points in Johannesburg-Lewiston’s big win over Pellston – Petoskey News-Review

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mia McLaughlin set a Frankenmuth record with nine 3-pointers in a big win over Birch Run – Saginaw News

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Rockford downed Grand Haven 48-39 – FOX 17

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Vicksburg defeated Division 3 contender Niles Brandywine 46-38 – Kalamazoo Gazette

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Coldwater handed Jackson Northwest its first Interstate 8 Athletic Conference defeat, 32-25 – Coldwater Daily Report