Today in the MHSAA: 10/7/15

October 7, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A record-setting cross country run tops today’s sampling of headline makers from across Michigan, and we finish the list with an intriguing boys basketball coaching hire.  

Cross Country

Mount Pleasant’s Mac LaBelle broke a school record set in 1983 by running a 16:07.3 to win the DeWitt Invitational earlier this season; he went 15:58.73 on Tuesday – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

The first-year Engadine cross country program, featured three weeks ago on Second Half, hosted its first home meet Tuesday – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Girls Golf

Adrian Madison, which debuted in the state poll this week at No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 4, won the Lenawee County Tournament by 51 strokes with a score of 364 – Adrian Daily Telegram

Boys Soccer

Division 2 No. 2 Mattawan defeated Division 1 No. 8 Portage Central in a matchup of one-loss teams and with a berth in the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference final on the line – Kalamazoo Gazette

Sixth-seeded and unranked Grand Ledge upset third-seeded and Division 2 No. 5 Mason 3-2 in the first round of Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup play – Mlive-Lansing

Volleyball

Class A No. 8 Birmingham Seaholm edged honorable mention Clarkston 3-2, defeating the Wolves in league play for the first time since 2005 – Oakland Press

Boys Basketball

Battle Creek Central has named former Albion coach Durant Crum as the program’s new leader; Crum led Albion teams to Class B Semifinals and Class C Quarterfinals over 11 seasons before that school closed in 2013 – Battle Creek Enquirer

Today in the MHSAA: 6/11/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

June 11, 2026

Girls Soccer Semifinals 6/9 & 6/10

Division 1 No. 8 Troy scored twice over the final 16 minutes to get past Ann Arbor Skyline – Detroit News

Division 1 No. 10 Rockford advanced to its first Final in this sport with a 5-2 win over No. 7 Hartland – Grand Rapids Press

Division 2 Leah Nalichowski scored three goals to send No. 3 Bloomfield Hills Marian past No. 10 New Boston Huron 4-1 – Detroit Free Press

Division 2 Top-ranked Hudsonville Unity Christian ran its playoff shutout streak to 23 with a 2-0 win over No. 7 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central – WOOD TV

Division 3 No. 3 Detroit Country Day edged top-ranked Goodrich 1-0 – Oakland Press

Division 3 No. 7 Grand Rapids West Catholic advanced with a 2-0 win over No. 10 Traverse City St. Francis – WZZM

Division 4 No. 9 Harbor Springs will play for a championship for the first time since 2001 thanks to a 2-1 win over No. 7 Kalamazoo Christian – Petoskey News-Review

Division 4 No. 8 Royal Oak Shrine advanced with a 4-3 win over No. 10 Schoolcraft – Kalamazoo Gazette