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: 9/2/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 2, 2026

1. BOYS SOCCER Bryce Williams scored a school-record six goals in Division 3 No. 8 Alma’s 9-1 win over Bay City John Glenn – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Whitehall, Muskegon Mona Shores and Western Michigan Christian played during the first of a two-day event aboard the USS LST 393 – Muskegon Chronicle

3. BOYS TENNIS Battle Creek Lakeview ran its All-City Tournament title streak to 11 – Battle Creek Enquirer

4. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 9 Ann Arbor Skyline edged Saline 1-0 – Saline Post

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 4 Detroit Country Day downed Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 2-1 – Oakland Press

6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Suttons Bay improved to 9-0 with a sweep of Grand Traverse Academy – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Norway defeated Felch North Dickinson 3-2 – Upper Michigan’s Source

8. GIRLS GOLF Big Rapids extended its lead in the Central State Activities Association title chase – Big Rapids Pioneer

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Negaunee continued its fast start with a sweep of Iron Mountain – My UP Now

10. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 3 Okemos downed Midland Dow 3-1 – Midland Daily News