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: 9/30/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 30, 2026

1. BOYS SOCCER Rochester Adams clinched a share of the Oakland Activities Association White championship with a 5-2 win over Birmingham Groves – Oakland Press

2. GIRLS GOLF LPD1 No. 8 Portage Central carded a 156 to win the final Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference jamboree – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

3. GIRLS GOLF Rochester Adams – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – carded a 311 to set the pace at the latest OAA Red/White event – Oakland Press

4. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 4 Ann Arbor Skyline downed No. 2 Pioneer 3-2 – Ann Arbor News

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 11 Allen Park Inter-City Baptist hung on for a 1-0 win over No. 8 Plymouth Christian Academy – Southgate News-Herald

6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Kyla Kuiper had 31 assists and served 17 points during the third set of Division 1 honorable mention Zeeland East’s sweep of Zeeland West – Holland Sentinel

7. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD3 No. 7 Chelsea won its invitational with eight first-place finishes and a diving school record – Ann Arbor News

8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Romeo held off multiple comeback attempts to get past Macomb Dakota in five sets – Macomb Daily

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Traverse City West kept pace in the Big North Conference with a sweep of Gaylord – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Mason finished a season sweep of Williamston – WLNS