Today in the MHSAA: 11/9/18

November 9, 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.

Thursday’s 32 Volleyball Regional Finals saw the elimination of 12 top-10 teams but all eight contenders ranked No. 1 or 2 move on as next week’s Quarterfinals were set.

1. Volleyball: No. 2 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep downed No. 3 North Branch in a power-packed Division 2 Regional title matchup – Oakland Press

2. Volleyball: Reigning Class C champion and current top-ranked Bronson moved on in Division 3 with a 3-2 Regional title win over No. 3 Schoolcraft – Sturgis Journal

3. Volleyball: Top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy continued its run this fall over rival and No. 6 Bloomfield Hills Marian with a Division 1 Regional Final sweep – Oakland Press

4. Volleyball: Unranked Richland Gull Lake avenged two sweeps by No. 3 Mattawan this season with a 3-1 Regional Final win in Division 1 – Kalamazoo Gazette

5. Volleyball: No. 2 Lake Orion swept league rival and No. 9 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek for a Division 1 Regional title – Oakland Press

6. Volleyball: No. 2 Mendon came back from dropping the first set to clinch a Division 4 Regional title with a four-set win over No. 5 Battle Creek St. Philip – Sturgis Journal

7. Volleyball: Honorable mention Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian continued a title-filled run with a 3-1 win over No. 7 North Muskegon in a Division 3 Regional Final – Grand Rapids Press

8. Volleyball: No. 7 Adrian Lenawee Christian came back from a two-set deficit to down No. 3 Camden-Frontier in a Division 4 Regional Final – Adrian Daily Telegram

9. Volleyball: Honorable mention Onaway came back from losing the first set to upset No. 10 Rudyard in five in a Division 4 Regional Final – Alpena News

10. Volleyball: Kingsley won its first Regional since 2009 and ended Cadillac’s streak at nine with a sweep in a Division 2 matchup of honorable mention teams – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Also of note …

Volleyball: No. 5 Manchester swept Bath in Division 3 to earn its first Regional title in 25 years – Jackson Citizen Patriot

Volleyball: Kingston downed No. 8 Merrill in Division 4 to clinch its first Regional title in this sport – Saginaw News

Football: Central Lake coach Rob Heeke has announced his retirement; he led the team to the 8-player Division 1 title in 2017 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Today in the MHSAA: 5/20/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 20, 2025

1. BASEBALL Detroit Cass Tech ended Division 1 No. 10 Detroit Western’s run of 15 straight city championships with a 6-1 win in the Detroit Public School League Gold title game – Detroit Free Press

2. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 18 Flat Rock clinched a share of its first Huron League title since 1976 with a 9-0 win over Division 3 No. 20 Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central – Monroe News

3. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 6 Millington swept Division 4 top-ranked Unionville-Sebewaing to clinch the Big Thumb Conference White title – Huron Daily Tribune

4. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 1 Farmington Hills Mercy won its fifth-straight Catholic High School League title with a 5-0 win over Division 2 No. 4 Dearborn Divine Child in the Bishop championship game – Hometown Life

5. TRACK & FIELD Lake Linden-Hubbell swept championships at the Copper Mountain Conference championship meets – Upper Michigan’s Source

6. BOYS GOLF Warren De La Salle Collegiate – No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – carded a 307 to claim a 10th Macomb County championship over the last 11 seasons – Macomb Daily

7. TRACK & FIELD The Gladstone girls and Marquette boys were champs at the Great Northern Conference championship meets – Upper Michigan’s Source

8. GIRLS SOCCER Ovid-Elsie downed Montrose 4-0 to secure the Mid-Michigan Activities Conference championship – Mid-Michigan Now

9. GIRLS TENNIS Bay City Western won the Bay County championship, tying Essexville Garber for most titles at the annual tournament – Bay City Times

10. BOYS GOLF Ann Arbor Pioneer and LPD2 No. 5 Chelsea won Southeastern Conference Tournament titles – Ann Arbor News

Also of note ...

SOFTBALL Division 3 honorable mention Lansing Catholic swept Ionia to earn a share of the Capital Area Activities Conference White title – Lansing State Journal