Today in the MHSAA: 11/28/17

November 28, 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. Girls Basketball: Reigning Class A runner-up East Kentwood returns five starters and plenty of motivation to finish this year’s run with a win – FOX 17

2. Girls Basketball: Howell is looking to take the next step starting tonight after finishing 18-4 a year ago – Livingston Post

3. Girls Basketball: Zeeland West opens with plenty of valuable experience this winter after starting four underclassmen a year ago – Holland Sentinel

4. Girls Basketball: Marquette is looking to repeat as Great Northern Conference and Class A District champions – ABC 10

5. Girls Basketball: A big individual performance by Mariah Pringle led Brethren to a 32-25 win over Buckley in their season opener – MI Sports Now

6. Girls Basketball: Manistee pulled away behind Megan Wayward’s eight third-quarter points to open with a 50-36 win over Custer Mason County Eastern – Manistee News Advocate

7. Girls Basketball: Reading came back over the second half to overtake Camden-Frontier 59-50 – Hillsdale Daily News

8. Girls Basketball: Michigan Center closed on a 13-0 run to get past Jonesville 45-27 – Hillsdale Daily News

9. Football: Detroit Free Press columnist Jeff Seidel tells a dad’s side of the MHSAA Finals, and why they mean so much to so many, after watching his son this weekend play his final game for West Bloomfield – Detroit Free Press

10. Football: Longtime Fowlerville and Okemos coach Jack Wallace stepped down with more than 200 career wins after leading the Chiefs to a 5-4 finish this fall – Lansing State Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 10/21/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 22, 2024

1. BOYS CROSS COUNTRY Sault Ste. Marie’s Gabe Litzner broke the all-Upper Peninsula Finals record with his winning time in Division 1; Marquette, Painesdale Jeffers and Engadine won the team titles – MHSAA.com

2. GIRLS GOLF Northville, Dexter, Grand Rapids Catholic Central and Kalamazoo Christian claimed Lower Peninsula Finals championships – MHSAA.com

3. GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Marquette, Hancock and Ewen-Trout Creek were team Finals champions, E-TC for the first time – MHSAA.com

4. BOYS TENNIS Bloomfield Hills and Ann Arbor Greenhills repeated as Lower Peninsula Finals champs, and Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern and Detroit Country Day returned to the winners list – MHSAA.com

5. BOYS SOCCER No. 5 Rochester Adams clinched a third-straight District title with a 4-0 win over No. 10 Utica Eisenhower in Division 1 – Oakland Press

6. BOYS SOCCER No. 9 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian downed No. 6 North Muskegon 4-0 to claim a Division 4 District championship – Local Sports Journal

7. VOLLEYBALL Big Bay de Noc entered as the second seed but won the Northern Lights League Tournament – Escanaba Daily Press

8. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Muskegon Mona Shores claimed a third-straight Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship – Local Sports Journal

9. CROSS COUNTRY Traverse City St. Francis swept girls and boys titles at the Northern Michigan Meet of Champions; the Gladiators girls are ranked No. 4 in LPD3, and the boys are No. 2 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. BOYS SOCCER No. 11 Alma also claimed a third-straight District title with a 4-0 win over Ogemaw Heights in Division 3 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun