Today in the MHSAA: 11/3/16

November 3, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The four MHSAA Boys Soccer Finals are set thanks to some exciting Semifinal play Wednesday, while Volleyball Districts finished up their third day of six with a couple of notable comebacks.

Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.

Boys Soccer

East Kentwood, No. 19 in Division 1, earned its fifth Finals berth over the last decade with a 1-0 win over No. 14 Novi – Grand Rapids Press

No. 6 Troy Athens took down unranked Rochester in a shootout to win 2-1 and advance in Division 1 – Oakland Press

Dearborn Divine Child won a matchup of unranked teams, downing Fenton 2-0 to advance to the Division 2 Final – Detroit Free Press

Mattawan, No. 12 in Division 2, upset top-ranked East Lansing 2-0 – Kalamazoo Gazette

Top-ranked Grand Rapids Catholic Central topped No. 13 Charlevoix to advance to its first MHSAA Final, in Division 3 – Grand Rapids Press

No. 4 Flint Powers Catholic just got past No. 13 Lansing Catholic to secure a spot in the Division 3 championship game – Flint Powers

Unranked Muskegon Catholic Central continued its unexpected run with a 4-3 overtime win over No. 18 Kalamazoo Hackett in Division 4 – Kalamazoo Gazette

Reigning Division 4 champion and current No. 6 Burton Genesee Christian upended No. 3 Ann Arbor Greenhills – Flint Journal

Volleyball

Lowell came back from a two-set deficit to edge Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central in five in a match between Class A honorable mentions – Grand Rapids Press

Class B honorable mention Saginaw Swan Valley swept No. 10 Frankenmuth – Saginaw News

Essexville Garber’s Marlee Bromberg set a school record for kills in the Dukes’ 3-1 win over Bay City John Glenn in Class B – Bay City Times

Class C honorable mention Calumet dropped the first set to rival Hancock before coming back to advance – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Today in the MHSAA: 11/5/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 5, 2026

1. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Elk Rapids ran its shutout streak to 14 with a 2-0 win over No. 4 Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian in a Division 3 Semifinal – MI Sports Now

2. BOYS SOCCER A final-minute goal sent No. 6 Warren De La Salle Collegiate past unranked DeWitt 3-2 in Division 2 – Macomb Daily

3. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett advanced in Division 4 with a shootout win over No. 14 Clarkston Everest Collegiate – Oakland Press

4. BOYS SOCCER Unranked Williamston also advanced with a shootout, moving past No. 14 Grosse Ile in Division 3 – Lansing State Journal

5. BOYS SOCCER Kevin Garay scored three goals in top-ranked Troy’s 5-2 Division 1 win over No. 6 Salem – Oakland Press

6. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian earned its Finals return with a 5-0 win over No. 3 Kalamazoo Christian in Division 4 – Local Sports Journal

7. BOYS SOCCER Unranked Livonia Stevenson will return to the Finals thanks to a 1-0 win over also-unranked East Kentwood in Division 1 – Detroit News

8. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked St. Joseph advanced in Division 2 with a 6-0 win over No. 5 Holland – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 9 Romeo came back after losing the first set to get past No. 5 Utica Eisenhower in five in a Division 1 District Semifinal – Macomb Daily

10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Bella Barnes set a Manton single-season record for kills as her team, an honorable mention in the state poll, defeated Lake City in Division 3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle