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: 9/19/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 19, 2025

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 4 Okemos finished an outright title run in the Capital Area Activities Conference Blue with a 3-2 win over Grand Ledge – WILX

2. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City Central ended a 20-game losing streak against Division 1 No. 10 West with a 1-0 victory – Up North Live

3. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 4 Kingsley defeated honorable mention Manton, Lake City and Reed City all in two sets – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. VOLLEYBALL Marysville defeated Fraser in four sets in a matchup of Macomb Area Conference White leaders – Macomb Daily

5. CROSS COUNTRY Frankenmuth swept girls and boys races at its invitational; Frankenmuth’s girls are ranked No. 14 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – Saginaw News

6. VOLLEYBALL Fruitport remains undefeated in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Silver after a five-set win over Hopkins – MuskegonSports.com

7. BOYS TENNIS LPD2 top-ranked Birmingham Seaholm downed Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 6-2 – Oakland Press

8. VOLLEYBALL Kingsford remains undefeated after sweeping Marquette – Upper Michigan’s Source

9. BOYS TENNIS Gibraltar Carlson handed Trenton its first Downriver League loss, 6-2 – Southgate News-Herald

10. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 5 Hartland improved to 15-0-1 with a 4-2 win over Brighton – Livingston Daily Press & Argus