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: 5/13/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 13, 2026

1. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 6 Romeo finished a run to the Macomb Area Conference Red title with a 3-1 win over 2025 MHSAA Division 1 runner-up Macomb Dakota – Macomb Daily

2. GIRLS SOCCER Clarkston downed Birmingham Groves 5-1 to clinch the Oakland Activities Association White championship – Oakland Press

3. SOFTBALL Midland High and Dow split a doubleheader, with the Chemics’ win clinching the Saginaw Valley League North title – Midland Daily News

4. TRACK & FIELD The Caro girls and Cass City boys won Big Thumb Conference White championship meets – Saginaw News

5. SOFTBALL Division 2 honorable mention Armada clinched a share of the Blue Water Area Conference title with a sweep of Imlay City – Macomb Daily

6. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 4 Mason and Williamston both earned shares of the Capital Area Activities Conference Red title with doubleheader sweeps – Lansing State Journal

7. SOFTBALL Division 2 top-ranked Paw Paw pulled within an inning of clinching the Wolverine Conference title after defeating No. 10 Three Rivers to begin a doubleheader – Kalamazoo Gazette

8. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 5 DeWitt and Mason advanced to the CAAC Gold Cup championship match – WLNS

9. SOFTBALL Division 2 honorable mention Orchard Lake St. Mary’s advanced to the Catholic High School League Bishop championship game with a 6-0 win over Warren Regina – Oakland Press

10. BOYS GOLF Leland’s Howie Kropp won the Northwest Conference 18-hole event by a stroke as his team won by six – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Also of note …

GIRLS BASKETBALL St. Ignace coach Dorene Ingalls is retiring with a 542-104 record – Up North Live