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: 9/20/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 21, 2026
1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Midland Dow defeated Shepherd, McBain, Mason, Division 3 No. 3 Roscommon and Mount Pleasant to win the Oilers’ invitational – Midland Daily News
2. CROSS COUNTRY The Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 11 Bloomfield Hills Marian and LPD1 No. 7 Brownstown Woodhaven girls and LPD2 No. 13 Adrian and Novi boys were team winners at the 57th Huron Invitational – Monroe News
3. CROSS COUNTRY Traverse City Central swept championships at the Maple City Glen Lake Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Essexville Garber went 4-1 at its invitational with wins over Division 2 No. 4 Kingsley and No. 10 North Branch – Bay City Times
5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 6 St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran repeated as Bridgman Invitational champion with a 6-0 record – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
6. CROSS COUNTRY The Macomb Lutheran North girls and Livonia Churchill boys won Autumn Classic team titles – Macomb Daily
7. BOYS SOCCER Alpena defeated Grayling once and Cheboygan twice to claim its Sunrise Soccer Challenge championship – Alpena News
8. CROSS COUNTRY Belding swept the team titles at the Morley Stanwood Invitational – Big Rapids Pioneer
9. CROSS COUNTRY A total of 10 varsity champions were awarded at the 58th Holly-Duane Raffin Festival of Races – Athletic.net
10. CROSS COUNTRY The Bay City Western and St. Louis girls and LPD1 No. 7 Midland and Montrose boys won at the 57th Al Kayner/Delta Invitational – Athletic.net