Today in the MHSAA: 8/28/15
August 28, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Thursday saw the start of varsity football season, and nearly half of Michigan’s teams kicked off their fall.
Football’s first week in review will be posted Monday afternoon; in the meantime, there is more good news to report from today’s statewide headlines.
Cross Country
The Croswell-Lexington girls and Yale boys won the Mike Jackson Invitational, with Port Huron’s Rachel Bonner – fourth at the Lower Peninsula Division 1 Final last season – taking the girls individual title by 59 seconds – Port Huron Times-Herald
Girls Golf
Spring Lake set a school record shooting 321 to win the Big Rapids Invitational, also placing the top two individuals – Grand Haven Tribune
Good Reads
Longtime cross country and track and field official Doug Steward was quoted as saying he was close to retiring – in 2009. But this fall, after 51 years, he indeed will start his final races – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
The Lac Vieux Desert Tribe presented Watersmeet schools with $174,000 earlier this year that in part went to a new gym floor complete with the school's nationally-recognized Nimrod logo – Ironwood Daily Globe
Today in the MHSAA: 10/30/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 30, 2025
1. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Portage Central will play in its first Division 1 championship match after defeating No. 5 Clarkston in a Semifinal shootout – WWMT
2. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Ann Arbor Huron clinched its first trip to the Finals in this sport with a 2-0 win over honorable mention Troy Athens – Ann Arbor News
3. BOYS SOCCER No. 10 Leland will play in its first Final since 2018 thanks to a 2-1 win over top-ranked Grandville Calvin Christian in Division 4 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. BOYS SOCCER No. 6 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett got past No. 4 Lansing Christian 1-0 in overtime in Division 4 – State Champs!
5. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Warren De La Salle Collegiate advanced in Division 2 with a 1-0 win over No. 5 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – Macomb Daily
6. BOYS SOCCER South Haven handed No. 14 Fremont its only loss, 2-1 in a Division 3 Semifinal – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
7. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Hudsonville Unity Christian advanced in Division 2 with a 2-0 win over Cedar Springs – WOOD TV
8. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Detroit Country Day will play for the Division 3 title after downing Lansing Catholic 7-0 – Oakland Press
9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Clinton Township Chippewa Valley won its invitational, finishing 4-0-2 on the night – Macomb Daily
10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Gladwin swept Beaverton to claim their Cedar Cup traveling trophy – Midland Daily News