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: 1/12/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 12, 2026

1. BOYS BASKETBALL East Lansing followed KJ Torbert to an 80-71 win over Rockford in a matchup of the two top-ranked teams in Division 1 at the GottaGetIt Classic in East Kentwood – Lansing State Journal

2. BOWLING The Macomb Dakota girls and St. Clair Shores Lake Shore boys won Macomb County championships – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Cam Ryans became Grand Rapids Northview’s all-time leading scorer during a 43-41 overtime win over Grand Rapids South Christian – Grand Rapids Press

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mariah Sain reached 1,000 career points in Muskegon’s 52-37 win over Hudsonville – Muskegon Chronicle

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Addy Rhodes went over 1,000 career points in Grandville Calvin Christian’s 54-31 win over Wyoming Kelloggsville – Grand Rapids Press

6. COMPETITIVE CHEER Allen Park continued its first-place run through this season with the championship at its 20-team invitational – Southgate News-Herald

7. ICE HOCKEY Division 1 top-ranked Howell defeated Division 2 No. 8 Alpena 5-4 and No. 3 Grandville 4-2 at the Rick Deneweth Memorial Showcase in Traverse City – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

8. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Battle Creek Lakeview – an honorable mention in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – ran its All-City championship streak to 35 years – Battle Creek Enquirer

9. WRESTLING Division 4 No. 6 LeRoy Pine River finished 5-0 to win its Fallen Bucks Memorial Tournament, defeating Central Montcalm in the final – Cadillac News

10. WRESTLING Battle Creek Harper Creek repeated as All-City champion – Battle Creek Enquirer