Today in the MHSAA: 12/19/17

December 19, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

Today's Top 10 

1. Hockey: Division 2 No. 8 Midland Dow pulled within a goal of the lead after falling behind by five, but unranked Saginaw Heritage prevailed with a 6-5 victory – Midland Daily News

2. Girls Basketball: Tiffany Senerius went over 1,000 points for her career as Waterford Our Lady got past West Bloomfield 53-44 – Oakland Press

3. Girls Basketball: Autumn Carpenter’s shot as time expired gave Union City a 29-28 win over Climax-Scotts – Coldwater Daily Reporter

4. Boys Basketball: Ewen-Trout Creek downed Wakefield-Marenisco 47-39 in a matchup of unbeaten teams – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

5. Boys Basketball: Benton Harbor Dream Academy opened its season with a win, handing St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic its first loss 54-52 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

6. Boys Basketball: Frankenmuth got past Saginaw Heritage 63-51, led by all-stater Mario Whitley – WNEM

7. Girls Basketball: Calumet’s defense locked down Ontonagon during the final quarter to come away with a 52-38 win – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

8. Girls Basketball: Engadine bounced back from a slow start to get past Rudyard 50-35 – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

9. Football: You won’t find Mike Centala’s name in the record book with high school coaches who have won over the years, but he was plenty successful during 40 as a middle school coach in the Monroe Jefferson district – Monroe Evening News

10. Football: The Central Lake/Ellsworth co-op won the 8-player Division 1 championship last month, and reunited to celebrate the accomplishment before the respective basketball squads faced off – WPBN

Also of note:

Wrestling: Division 2 No. 3 Gaylord won the 21-team Marquette Challenge, finishing ahead of runner-up Sparta and Division 4 No. 2 New Lothrop – Gaylord Herald Times

Today in the MHSAA: 9/23/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 23, 2026

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 6 Lansing Eastern clinched its first league championship in this sport with a win over St. Johns – Lansing State Journal

2. GIRLS GOLF Muskegon Reeths-Puffer scored a 354 to take back the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship – Local Sports Journal

3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 2 Roscommon defeated No. 7 Manton in five sets – MI Sports Now

4. GIRLS GOLF Elk Rapids – No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – carded a 363 to win the Harbor Springs Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. CROSS COUNTRY Grosse Pointe South swept Macomb Area Conference White victories – Macomb Daily

6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Baraga won its 15th straight match, in five sets over Painesdale Jeffers – Upper Michigan’s Source

7. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 7 Birmingham Seaholm got past Bloomfield Hills 1-0 – Oakland Press

8. CROSS COUNTRY The New Boston Huron girls and Carleton Airport boys won the first Huron League jamborees – Monroe News

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Madison Vennix served 15 straight points for Big Rapids during its four-set win over Newaygo – Big Rapids Pioneer

10. BOYS TENNIS LPD2 No. 3 Midland Dow continued its undefeated season with a sweep of Midland High – Midland Daily News