Today in the MHSAA: 8/23/17
August 23, 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. Volleyball: Lake Orion emerged from what likely will end up one of the strongest volleyball quads in the state this fall, going 3-0 with wins over Clarkston, Oxford and Pontiac Notre Dame Prep – Oakland Press
2. Girls Golf: After making the MHSAA Finals last season for the first time, Hartland is rolling again after winning its Hartland Invitational by three strokes with a school-record 326 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. Volleyball: Spring Lake won all six matches to earn the Grand Rapids NorthPointe Invitational title and push coach Sarah Bulthuis over 700 wins for her career – Grand Haven Tribune
4. Boys Soccer: Saline avenged last season’s Regional Semifinal loss to Salem with a 3-0 win over the Rocks – Saline Post
5. Boys Soccer: Midland Dow moved to 4-0 this season with a 7-0 win over Freeland, and still hasn’t given up a goal in 2017 – Midland Daily News
6. Cross Country: The Portage Northern girls and Otsego boys won the St. Joseph Invitational, which was split into freshman-sophomore and junior-senior races and then scored as a combination of the two – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
7. Boys Soccer: Coldwater remained undefeated early this season with a 4-2 win over Kalamazoo Central – Coldwater Daily Reporter
8. Volleyball: Grand Traverse Academy went 6-0 in winning the Frankfort Invitational, also winning every set on the day – Traverse City Record-Eagle
9. Boys Tennis: Petoskey headed south and picked up a sweep over Coopersville and Holland – Petoskey News-Review
10. Boys Soccer: Alpena got on the board this season with an opening win, 3-1 over Ogemaw Heights – Alpena News
Also of note …
Volleyball: From Monday, Manistique came back from a 24-13 deficit in the second game to win 29-27 and then finished a sweep of rival Ishpeming that also included a 26-24 victory in the first set – Marquette Mining Journal
Volleyball: From Saturday, Howard City Tri-County won the Greenville Daily News Invitational powered in part by two 6-foot-2 juniors – Greenville Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 10/10/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 10, 2025
1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Buckley earned a share of its first league title in this sport, sweeping Frankfort to claim part of the Northwest Conference championship with Suttons Bay and Onekama – Traverse City Record-Eagle
2. CROSS COUNTRY Marquette’s girls won their 26th-straight Great Northern Conference title, and Marquette’s boys ran their championship streak to 13; both are top-ranked in Upper Peninsula Division 1 – Escanaba Daily Press
3. BOYS TENNIS Williamston won five flights on the way to a Lower Peninsula Division 4 Regional team title – Lansing State Journal
4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Traverse City West earned a key Big North Conference sweep of Cadillac – Up North Live
5. BOYS SOCCER Bloomfield Hills got past Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 3-2 in a Division 1 District opener – Oakland Press
6. BOYS SOCCER Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker followed Faustin Therer to a Division 3 District-opening 4-1 victory – Huron Daily Tribune
7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Essexville Garber came back to defeat Frankenmuth in five sets – Saginaw News
8. BOYS SOCCER Spring Lake opened its Division 2 District with a 6-0 win over Sparta – Grand Haven Tribune
9. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City Central opened Division 1 District play with a 7-1 win over Midland – Up North Live
10. BOYS SOCCER Stevensville Lakeshore advanced in Division 2 with a 5-0 win over Sturgis – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium