Today in the MHSAA: 10/9/17

October 9, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

Today's Top 10

1. Cross Country: The top-ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer boys and No. 2 Rockford girls won Division 1 championships at the Portage Invitational, which again drew many of the state’s top teams from all four Lower Peninsula divisions. Also winning boys championships were LPD2 No. 8 Lansing Catholic, LPD3 No. 2 Hanover-Horton and LPD4 No. 1 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart, while the top-ranked Sacred Heart girls, LPD3 No. 1 Hart girls and LPD2 No. 4 Dearborn Divine Child girls won meets as well – Athletic.net

2. Volleyball: Class B No. 5 Kingsley avenged its only losses of this season, downing Class D No. 2 Leland and then Class C No. 9 Calumet to claim the championship at the Suttons Bay Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. Cross Country: Reigning LPD1 champion and current No. 4 White Lake Lakeland won the boys race, and No. 4-ranked Troy won the girls at the Oakland County Championship – Oakland Press

4. Cross Country: Saginaw Heritage swept the races at its 30th annual Heritage Invitational, Heritage’s boys are ranked No. 7 in LPD1 and finished just ahead of LPD3 top-ranked Caro – Athletic.net

5. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 honorable mention Utica Eisenhower claimed a fourth straight Macomb County championship led by standouts Abigail Desmet and Bianca Licari – Macomb Daily

6. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 13 Saline scored late to hold on to a 1-1 tie with No. 5 Novi – Saline Post

7. Volleyball: Cheboygan downed Class D No. 8 Rudyard and then Engadine to win the Escanaba Elks Invitational – Escanaba Daily Press

8. Cross Country: The Erie-Mason boys, No. 5 in LPD3, were the only in-state team among four champions at the Hudson Invitational, which featured a number of schools from the southeastern border and Ohio – Athletic.net

9. Volleyball: Zeeland East emerged from third place in pool play to win the Best of the West Invitational at Muskegon Mona Shores – Holland Sentinel

10. Volleyball: Onsted avenged a pool play loss to Centreville to win the Sturgis Invitational – JoeInsider.com

Today in the MHSAA: 2/6/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 6, 2025

1. WRESTLING Union City downed No. 9 Bronson 46-28 to clinch a Division 4 District title and end Bronson’s District run at 26 – Coldwater Daily Reporter

2. COMPETITIVE CHEER Division 2 No. 2 Allen Park and top-ranked Gibraltar Carlson continued their rivalry with Allen Park emerging this time as Downriver League champion – Southgate News-Herald

3. WRESTLING Gaylord avenged a regular-season loss by downing No. 5 Cadillac 44-31 on the way to winning a Division 2 District title with a 53-19 victory over Bay City Western – Petoskey News-Review

4. WRESTLING No. 9 Fowlerville finished its Division 2 District championship run with four straight pins in getting past No. 3 Mason 36-34 – Lansing State Journal

5. WRESTLING St. Joseph avenged a regular-season dual loss by edging Stevensville Lakeshore 31-30 in a Division 2 District Final – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

6. COMPETITIVE CHEER Carleton Airport clinched the Huron League title just ahead of Grosse Ile – Southgate News-Herald

7. WRESTLING No. 10 New Boston Huron edged Airport by two points and Carlson by five to win a Division 2 District title – Monroe News

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Pewamo-Westphalia remained undefeated with a 59-53 win over Fowler – Lansing State Journal

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Manton moved into a tie for first in the Highland Conference with a 55-39 win over co-leader Evart – Up North Live

10. WRESTLING Warren Woods Tower clinched a Division 2 District title with wins over St. Clair Shores Lake Shore and Warren De La Salle Collegiate – Macomb Daily