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: 2/4/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 4, 2025

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Michigan Center downed Hanover-Horton 73-53, but Luke Soper became Hanover-Horton’s all-time leading scorer – Jackson Citizen Patriot

2. SKIING Traverse City West’s boys and Traverse City Central’s girls were among winners during the latest Big North Conference meet – Petoskey News-Review

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Houghton edged Negaunee 65-64 in a matchup of league title contenders – Upper Michigan’s Source

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central kept its perfect record intact with a 59-52 win over Carleton Airport – Monroe News

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Okemos got past neighbor Haslett 58-48 – Lansing State Journal

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bay City Central followed Tiareyona Holmes to a 53-34 win over Ogemaw Heights – Bay City Times

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Caseville came back from eight points down to edge Kinde North Huron 46-44 – Huron Daily Tribune

8. BOYS BASKETBALL East Jordan remained in league title contention with a 56-49 win over Gaylord St. Mary – Petoskey News-Review

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Royal Oak’s defense impressed in a 37-25 win over Berkley – Oakland Press

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Sterling Heights Parkway Christian improved to 14-4 with a big win over Westland Hope Christian – Macomb Daily