Today in the MHSAA: 11/7/16
November 7, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The busiest championship weekend of the fall saw 12 MHSAA Finals winners crowned in cross country and boys soccer, plus many more in District volleyball and league girls swimming & diving.
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.
Cross Country
The Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart girls won in record fashion as Traverse City St. Francis and Otsego repeated and Milford surprised the Division 1 field at Michigan International Speedway – Second Half
Saugatuck repeated as a boys champion, but in a different division, while Pewamo-Westphalia also won a title in a new division, Corunna won for the first time ever and White Lake Lakeland for the first time in a while – Second Half
Boys Soccer
Mattawan and Grand Rapids Catholic Central won their first MHSAA championships in the sport, as Burton Genesee Christian won its second straight and East Kentwood won its fifth total by taking a shootout – Second Half
Girls Swimming & Diving
Lower Peninsula Division 1 honorable mention Grand Blanc edged No. 10 Brighton to win Saturday’s Kensington Lakes Activities Association Lakes meet as Brighton’s Taylor Seaman broke four league records – Livingston Daily Argus & Press
Midland Dow won its 11th straight Saginaw Valley League championship, led by three wins by freshman Claire Newman – Midland Daily News
Volleyball
Davison polished off its sixth District title in seven seasons with a sweep of Mount Morris in Class A – Flint Journal
Traverse City Central downed Gaylord for its first District title since 2008, in Class A – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Class A honorable mention Saline, meanwhile, won its first District title since 2005 with a sweep of Dexter – Saline Post
Allen Park claimed its fourth straight District title, downing Lincoln Park in Class A – Southgate News-Herald
Class B No. 7 Cadillac secured its 11th straight District title, sweeping Big Rapids – Cadillac News
Honorable mention Fruitport swept Montague in Class B for its first District title since 2011 – Muskegon Chronicle
After falling to Manchester in the District Final the last two seasons, Adrian Madison downed Manchester in the first round and went on to win in Class C – Adrian Daily Telegram
Crystal Falls Forest Park, also a state poll honorable mention, won its 17th straight District title, downing Wakefield-Marenisco in Class D – Ironwood Daily Globe
Pentwater won its fourth straight District title, sweeping Walkerville in Class D – Ludington Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 6/4/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
June 4, 2026
1. BOYS LACROSSE Detroit Catholic Central downed Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 13-7 in a Division 1 Semifinal – Oakland Press
2. GIRLS/BOYS LACROSSE Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central’s boys advanced in Division 2 with a 14-13 win over East Grand Rapids, and Detroit Country Day downed Forest Hills Northern 10-7; Rockford’s girls defeated Hartland 9-4 in a Division 1 Semifinal – WOOD TV
3. GIRLS LACROSSE East Grand Rapids advanced to the Division 2 Final with a 20-6 win over Haslett/Williamston; the Pioneers will face Detroit Country Day, which defeated Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard 23-3 – WILX
4. BOYS LACROSSE Hudsonville advanced to the Division 1 championship game with an 11-3 win over Grand Ledge – WLNS
5. GIRLS LACROSSE South Lyon United will return to the Division 1 Final after a 23-8 win over Bloomfield Hills – State Champs!
6. BASEBALL Traverse City Central upset No. 5 Bay City Western 8-4 in a Division 1 Regional Semifinal – Bay City Times
7. BASEBALL No. 4 Rochester Adams advanced in Division 1 with a 3-2 10-inning win over No. 2 Romeo – Oakland Press
8. BASEBALL No. 5 Fulton downed Byron Center Zion Christian 10-2 in Division 4 for its first Regional win since 2005 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
9. BASEBALL Top-ranked Traverse City St. Francis downed No. 19 Harbor Springs 11-3 in Division 3 and Mio edged No. 19 Gaylord St. Mary in Division 4 – Up North Live
10. BASEBALL Frankenmuth edged Flint Powers Catholic 4-3 and No. 10 Saginaw Swan Valley shut out Bay City John Glenn 2-0 in Division 2 – WNEM