Today in the MHSAA: 8/31/17

August 31, 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: Class A No. 4 Lake Orion continues to shine this fall, going 6-0 to win the Rochester Hills Stoney Creek Invitational and downing Adams in the final – Oakland Press

2. Boys Cross Country: Rudyard emerged with a Northwoods Invitational title by a point over runner-up Brimley, but Brimley’s reigning Upper Peninsula Division 3 champion Austin Plotkin took the individual title – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

3. Girls Golf: Walled Lake Central and Birmingham Groves took the top two places at the Oakland County Division 2 championship, advancing them to the overall county final – Oakland Press

4. Boys Soccer: Undefeated Ann Arbor Skyline edged rival Pioneer 1-0 on a second-half goal – Detroit News

5. Cross Country: The Corunna boys and Byron girls teams were among winners at the annual Corunna Early Bird Invitational, which drew more than 700 runners – Owosso Argus & Press Athletic.net

6. Girls Golf: Harbor Springs continues to impress as well, lowering its score to a season-best 353 in winning a match at Traverse City St. Francis – Petoskey News-Review

7. Boys Soccer: East Kentwood dealt Grand Haven its first loss of this season, 3-2 – Grand Haven Tribune

8. Volleyball: Class B No. 6 Fruitport earned a pair of key league victories against Muskegon Mona Shores and Muskegon Reeths-Puffer – Grand Haven Tribune

9. Football: After both losing beloved assistant coaches in May, Battle Creek Central and Battle Creek St. Philip are making sure to keep their memories alive – Battle Creek Enquirer

10. Football: As writer Lenny Padilla states, East Kentwood 6-foot-6, 245-pound football player Bryce Mostella “might be the most imposing xylophone player in the United State” – Grand Rapids Press

Today in the MHSAA: 5/8/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 8, 2026

1. GIRLS TENNIS Midland claimed its first league championship since 1996, finishing a point ahead of Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 9 Dow to claim the Saginaw Valley League title – Midland Daily News

2. BASEBALL Division 1 top-ranked Rochester Adams clinched a share of the Oakland Activities Association Red title with a 3-1 win over No. 3 Oxford – Oakland Press

3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 15 Milford clinched the Lakes Valley Conference championship with a 1-0 win over Walled Lake Northern – Oakland Press

4. TRACK & FIELD The LPD3 No. 4 Kingsley girls and Charlevoix boys won Northern Shores Conference titles – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. BASEBALL Division 4 top-ranked Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart swept Division 2 No. 12 Freeland – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

6. BASEBALL Madison Heights Madison downed Clinton Township Clintondale 6-1 to stay in the Macomb Area Conference Bronze title race – Macomb Daily

7. SOFTBALL Allen Park finished a sweep of Brownstown Woodhaven 14-8 – Southgate News-Herald

8. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 12 Freeland shut out Bay City John Glenn 4-0 – WNEM

9. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 6 Romeo held on to defeat Clinton Township Chippewa Valley 6-5 – Macomb Daily

10. BASEBALL Cadillac and Petoskey split, Cadillac winning 5-4 and Petoskey 6-0 – Cadillac News