Today in the MHSAA: 11/5/18
November 5, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
In addition to Lower Peninsula Cross Country and Boys Soccer Finals – see coverage all over Second Half – the rest of Michigan’s volleyball District title winners celebrated this weekend, as did a number of league swimming & diving champions including a few who prevailed against loaded state-ranked fields.
1. Volleyball: No. 10 Brighton Charyl Stockwell downed Whitmore Lake in Division 3 for its first District title in any sport – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. Girls Swimming & Diving: Holland West Ottawa, tied for No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, finished atop a field including No. 7 Rockford, No. 9 Grand Haven and T-No. 10 Hudsonville to secure the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red meet and outright titles – Holland Sentinel
3. Volleyball: No. 3 Mattawan swept No. 10 Portage Central to claim a Division 1 District title – WWMT
4. Volleyball: No. 9 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek repeated as a Division 1 District champ with a sweep of Macomb Area Conference Red title winner Utica Eisenhower – Macomb Daily
5. Volleyball: No. 2 Lake Orion won its first District title since 2015 with a sweep of honorable mention Clarkston – Oakland Press
6. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 No. 4 Saline won the Southeastern Conference Red meet ahead of runner-up and No. 6-ranked Ann Arbor Skyline – Saline Post
7. Volleyball: Honorable mention Spring Lake won its first District title since 2013 with a sweep of No. 10 Whitehall in Division 2, with two of three sets decided by two points – Local Sports Journal
8. Volleyball: Onekama locked up its first District title since 2003, downing Bear Lake in Division 4 – Manistee News Advocate
9. Volleyball: Richland Gull Lake won its fourth straight District title, downing honorable mention Battle Creek Lakeview in Division 1 – Battle Creek Enquirer
10. Volleyball: Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart earned its sixth straight District title, sweeping McBain Northern Michigan Christian in Division 4 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Also of note …
Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 honorable mention Bridgman won the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference meet just ahead of LPD2 No. 9 Portage Central – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD2 No. 5 Midland Dow followed standout Claire Newman to its 13th straight Saginaw Valley League championship – Midland Daily News
Girls Swimming & Diving: Zeeland won big at the O-K Green meet – Holland Sentinel
Football: Boyne City coach Dave Hills stepped down after 21 seasons and with a 125-45 record – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Today in the MHSAA: 4/13/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 13, 2026
1. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 8 Pinconning ended Division 2 No. 9 Essexville Garber’s five-year Bay County championship run with an 8-6 win in this year’s final – Bay City Times
2. TRACK & FIELD Traverse City West swept girls and boys championships at the Freeland Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. TRACK & FIELD The Remus Chippewa Hills girls and Shepherd boys won Warrior Invitational titles – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
4. BOYS GOLF Bay City Western – No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – and Freeland’s Tristan Pohl were champions at the Pinconning Invitational – Bay City Times
5. GIRLS SOCCER Bay City Western defeated 2025 champion and current Division 2 No. 10 Essexville Garber 6-0 to win the Bay County Championship – Bay City Times
6. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 10 Yale defeated Croswell-Lexington 5-1 to win Cass City’s Wood Bat Classic – WNEM
7. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 9 Bay City Western downed Garber to win the Bay County Championship on the baseball diamond – Bay City Times
8. BOYS GOLF Tecumseh was first in Division 1 and overall at Ida’s Larry Murdock Invitational – Adrian Daily Telegram
9. TRACK & FIELD The Bellevue girls and Hanover-Horton boys won the latter’s Comet Invitational – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
10. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 13 Flat Rock and Taylor split, Flat Rock winning the first game 9-6 and Taylor the second 19-9 – Southgate News-Herald