Today in the MHSAA: 8/30/17

August 30, 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. Girls Swimming & Diving: Holland West Ottawa, ranked No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, got past honorable mention Zeeland 108-78 – Holland Sentinel

2. Cross Country: The Fremont boys and Allendale girls won races at the Don Anderson Trail Run at Grand Haven, with the host finishing runner-up in both meets – Grand Haven Tribune

3. Volleyball: Bay City Western became the first two-time champion of the fifth-year Bay County Volleyball Championship, downing Essexville Garber in the final – Bay City Times

4. Volleyball: Freeland went 5-0-2 overall in winning its invitational, downing Birch Run in the championship match after splitting with the Panthers earlier – Midland Daily News

5. Volleyball: Pellston is up to No. 7 in the Class D poll and continued to impress with a sweep of Harbor Springs to improve to 7-3-4 – Petoskey News-Review

6. Girls Golf: Midland Dow opened its match season with three wins and a score of 171, led by Alexis Carras’ 39 – Midland Daily News

7. Boys Soccer: Plymouth shut out Grand Blanc, a Division 1 Regional finalist last season, 3-0 – Detroit News

8. Boys Soccer: Buckley, a Division 4 District champ last year, improved to 5-0 with a 3-0 win over Kalkaska – Cadillac News

9. Boys Soccer: Lincoln Alcona, another reigning Division 4 District champ, earned a 5-2 win over Saginaw Nouvel as record-setting keeper Conner McCoy had 25 saves – Alpena News

10. Football: Jack Schugars remains the 20th-winningest coach in MHSAA football history after building a 262-78 record at Muskegon Oakridge from 1979-2010, and he’s back on the sidelines assisting his son Eric at Traverse City Central – Muskegon Chronicle

Today in the MHSAA: 10/13/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 13, 2025

1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 top-ranked Rockford became the first West Michigan champion of the Beast of the East Tournament – Instagram

2. CROSS COUNTRY Okemos – No. 12  in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – swept team and individual girls championships at the Greater Lansing Invitational – Lansing State Journal

3. CROSS COUNTRY Romeo swept Macomb County championship races; Romeo's girls are ranked No. 3 in LPD1 – Macomb Daily

4. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 6 Grand Ledge boys were first and LPD2 No. 3 Alma was second at the Greater Lansing Invitational – Lansing State Journal

5. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 top-ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer girls and Saginaw Heritage boys won Freeland Invitational titles – Saginaw News

6. CROSS COUNTRY The Gibraltar Carlson girls and Allen Park boys were team champs at the Downriver All-Area Invitational – Southgate News-Herald

7. CROSS COUNTRY The Muskegon Mona Shores girls won their first Greater Muskegon Athletic Association meet since 2022 – Local Sports Journal

8. CROSS COUNTRY Whitehall dominated in winning the GMAA boys championship – Local Sports Journal

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Essexville Garber finished a 6-0 day as champion at the New Lothrop Buddy Forever Invitational – Bay City Times

10. CROSS COUNTRY The Sturgis girls and Detroit Catholic Central boys were champs at the 61st Kiwanis Invitational in Sturgis – Sturgis Journal