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: 10/14/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 14, 2025

1. BOYS SOCCER Honorable mention Freeland downed No. 10 Saginaw Swan Valley in a shootout to advance in Division 3 – Saginaw News

2. BOYS SOCCER No. 7 Troy scored all of its goals over the final 14 minutes to defeat No. 15 Royal Oak 4-0 in Division 1 – Oakland Press

3. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 honorable mention East Grand Rapids downed Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern 3-0 in a Division 2 District matchup – WOOD TV

4. BOYS SOCCER Asher Clark became Bay City John Glenn’s all-time leading scorer with five more in a 6-0 win over North Branch in Division 2 – Bay City Times

5. BOYS SOCCER No. 11 DeWitt defeated Haslett 5-1 and honorable mention Lansing Eastern downed Sexton 6-1 in semifinals of their Division 2 bracket – WLNS

6. BOYS SOCCER Sterling Heights Stevenson defeated Warren Cousino 4-2 in a Division 1 District Semifinal – Macomb Daily

7. BOYS SOCCER Imlay City downed Richmond 4-2 in a Division 3 District Semifinal – Macomb Daily

8. BOYS SOCCER Grass Lake advanced in Division 3 with a shootout win over Michigan Center – Jackson Citizen Patriot

9. BOYS SOCCER Jackson Lumen Christi scored first, but honorable mention Hillsdale Academy finished their Division 4 District game with a 5-2 win – Jackson Citizen Patriot

10. BOYS SOCCER Maple City Glen Lake defeated McBain Northern Michigan Christian 3-2 and No. 10 Leland downed Suttons Bay 4-1 in Division 4 District Semifinals – Traverse City Record-Eagle