Today in the MHSAA: 9/16/16

September 16, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A number of intriguing results came in from girls golf and volleyball Thursday, and make sure to check out a number of “Good Reads” to get you into another sports-filled weekend.  

Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.

Girls Golf

Midland Dow’s Stephanie Carras continued a dominating season for the top-ranked team in Division 2, winning a playoff hole tiebreaker to earn the medalist honor at the Ann Arbor Pioneer Invitational – Midland Daily News

Second-year program Shepherd won its third straight Tri-Valley Conference West jamboree – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Volleyball

Lake Orion won a matchup of honorable mention teams in the Class A rankings, sweeping Rochester Hills Stoney Creek – Oakland Press

Houghton took down Calumet in four sets to take an upper hand among top teams at the top of the Upper Peninsula – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Less than a week after falling to DeTour in the final at its home invitational, Pickford downed DeTour in three sets in league play – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Good Reads

Longtime Brighton swim coach Tim McInnis died suddenly Tuesday, leaving behind a community where his influence has been felt for decades – Livingston Post

MLive tells the story of the football rivalry between Utica Eisenhower and Sterling Heights Stevenson through the eyes of their former longtime coaches – MLive-Detroit

Two days before his father and former Farmington hockey coach Bill Newton died after a fight with cancer, Chris Newton – his dad’s former assistant the a former goalie on the team – received a lung transplant that is providing him new opportunities – Observer & Eccentric

Katherine Ristola’s older brother Jonathan never got to play varsity football because of injuries his junior and senior years. But she’s taken the opportunity to play in part with him in mind and become a big part of the Livonia Churchill football family – Detroit Free Press

Vanessa Romero has played football for 10 years, and after starting at the subvarsity level is contributing on the offensive line for Westland John Glenn’s varsity – Detroit News

Today in the MHSAA: 10/30/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 30, 2026

1. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked St. Joseph defeated Dexter 1-0 in Division 2 to claim its first Regional championship since 1992 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

2. BOYS SOCCER No. 3 Kalamazoo Christian advanced to the Semifinals for the first time in three decades, downing No. 5 Grandville Calvin Christian in a shootout in Division 4 – WWMT

3. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian won its first Regional title since 2000 with a 3-1 victory over Paw Paw in Division 3 – Grand Rapids Press

4. BOYS SOCCER Carson Twiner scored both goals to send No. 14 Grosse Ile past No. 2 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 2-1 in a Division 3 Regional Final – Southgate News-Herald

5. BOYS SOCCER Williamston scored the game’s only goal in a 1-0 Division 3 Regional Final upset of No. 3 Flint Powers Catholic – Lansing State Journal

6. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian edged No. 6 Leland 1-0 in a Division 4 Regional Final – Local Sports Journal

7. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Troy claimed its first Regional title since 2017 with a 2-0 win over Utica Eisenhower in Division 1 – Macomb Daily

8. BOYS SOCCER No. 6 Warren De La Salle Collegiate claimed a fourth-straight Regional title with a 3-2 win over No. 14 Dearborn Divine Child in Division 2 – Macomb Daily

9. BOYS SOCCER No. 5 Holland claimed a Division 2 Regional Final 4-1 over Marquette – Holland Sentinel

10. BOYS SOCCER No. 14 Clarkston Everest Collegiate moved on to the Semifinals in Division 4 with a 6-0 win over Laingsburg – Oakland Press

Also of note …

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Zeeland East defeated Zeeland West and Division 2 honorable mention Holland Christian defeated Hamilton to create a shared Ottawa-Kent Conference Black title between the Chix and the Maroons – Holland Sentinel