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: 5/28/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 28, 2025
1. BOYS LACROSSE Mattawan downed Holland Christian 13-2 to win its first Division 2 Regional title – Kalamazoo Gazette
2. SOFTBALL Honorable mention Macomb Dakota came back from three runs down to get past No. 10 New Baltimore Anchor Bay 5-4 in a Division 1 District game – Macomb Daily
3. SOFTBALL No. 3 Hudsonville held on for an extra-innings 10-7 Division 1 win over Grandville – Grand Rapids Press
4. BOYS LACROSSE Hartland scored the final eight goals in a 15-5 Division 1 Regional Final win over Clarkston – Oakland Press
5. GIRLS SOCCER Bay City Central earned its first District Final berth with a 3-2 win over Bay City Western in Division 2, Central’s first victory over its rival since 2011 – Bay City Times
6. BASEBALL No. 16 Brighton came back from a 4-0 deficit to defeat South Lyon 5-4 in Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
7. BOYS GOLF The top four teams finished within seven strokes of each other as No. 4 Essexville Garber claimed a Lower Peninsula Division 3 Regional title just ahead of Chesaning and No. 10 Millington – Saginaw News
8. BOYS GOLF Lansing Catholic and Hayden Riley swept team and individual championships at their LPD3 Regional – Lansing State Journal
9. GIRLS SOCCER No. 4 New Boston Huron avenged last season’s District Final loss to Trenton with a 3-0 win in Division 2 – Southgate News-Herald
10. GIRLS SOCCER Jenna Moeller starred as No. 11 Warren Regina advanced in Division 3 with a 5-1 win over Macomb Lutheran North – Macomb Daily
Also of note …
BASEBALL Division 4 No. 18 Maple City Glen Lake earned coach Kris Herman his 500th win with a walk-off 3-2 victory over Traverse City Central – Traverse City Record-Eagle