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: 10/24/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 24, 2025
1. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Ann Arbor Huron clinched its first Division 1 Regional title with a 2-1 win over No. 13 Dearborn Edsel Ford – Ann Arbor News
2. BOYS SOCCER No. 10 Leland clinched a Division 4 Regional title with a 1-0 win over No. 3 North Muskegon – Up North Live
3. BOYS SOCCER Honorable mention Troy Athens held off No. 7 Troy High for a 3-1 Division 1 Regional title win – Oakland Press
4. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Portage Central claimed its first Regional title since 1991 with a 2-1 overtime win over East Kentwood in Division 1 – Kalamazoo Gazette
5. BOYS SOCCER Lansing Catholic downed No. 9 Frankenmuth 3-2 in overtime in a Division 3 Regional Final – Lansing State Journal
6. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Detroit Country Day scored twice over the final 10 minutes to get past No. 6 Grosse Ile 2-1 in a Division 3 Regional Final – Oakland Press
7. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Warren De La Salle Collegiate defeated No. 9 Melvindale 3-0 in a Division 2 Regional Final matchup – Southgate News-Herald
8. BOYS SOCCER No. 5 Clarkston claimed a Division 1 Regional title with a 1-0 win over No. 11 Detroit Catholic Central – Hometown Life
9. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Lansing Christian advanced in Division 4 with a 4-0 Regional Final win over No. 13 Clarkston Everest Collegiate – WILX
10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Traverse City Central clinched a share of the Big North Conference championship with a sweep of Petoskey – Traverse City Record-Eagle