Today in the MHSAA: 9/18/17

September 18, 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. Cross Country: The Rockford girls (No. 9 in LP Division 1) and White Lake Lakeland boys (No. 11 in LP Division 1) won Spartan Invitational Elite championships at Michigan State facing many of the best teams in the state, regardless of division; Coldwater’s Shuaib Aljabaly and Lansing Catholic’s Olivia Theis were the individual winners – Athletic.net

2. Cross Country: The Ann Arbor Pioneer (LPD1 No. 1), Linden (LPD2 No. 4), St. Clair (LPD2 No. 3), Caro (LPD3 No. 2) and Plymouth Christian (LPD4 No. 15) boys and Fenton, Pinckney (LPD1 T-No. 10), Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard (LPD2 No. 7), Saugatuck (LPD3 No. 6) and Deckerville (LPD4 No. 9) girls won championships at the annual Holly Invitational – Athletic.net

3. Volleyball: Unranked Grant topped a strong field to win the Cadillac Invitational, defeating the host in the final after the Vikings eliminated Class D No. 2 Leland in its semifinal; Leland did avenge an earlier loss this season to Class B honorable mention Kingsley and Grant downed Class C No. 7 Traverse City St. Francis and Midland in bracket play as well – Cadillac News

4, Volleyball: Class A honorable mention Northville swept all six of its matches including over No. 7 Temperance Bedford at the Kicking Mules’ invitational – Observer & Eccentric

5. Volleyball: Class D No. 6 North Adams-Jerome downed host Onsted in an invitational final after sweeping Class C No. 10 Adrian Madison in a semifinal – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. Volleyball: Class C No. 1 Bronson came back from losing to Okemos to start the day to win the Portage Northern Invitational, downing Niles in the final – Coldwater Daily Reporter

7. Volleyball: Class D No. 10 Rudyard downed Pellston in the championship match of the Charlevoix Invitational – Petoskey News-Review

8. Boys Tennis: Midland Dow outscored its opponents by a combined 24-0 to win the Sunsational Saturday Tournament, downing Traverse City Central, LPD2 No. 10 St. Joseph and Grosse Pointe North – Midland Daily News

9. Boys Soccer: Battle Creek Lakeview won its second straight All-City championship, downing Battle Creek Central in the championship match – Battle Creek Enquirer

10. Boys Tennis: Grand Haven narrowly claimed the Holland Invitational, scoring 14 points to 13 for the host Dutch, 11 for Spring Lake and 10 for Grand Rapids Northview – Grand Haven Tribune

Today in the MHSAA: 2/24/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 24, 2025

1. WRESTLING Detroit Catholic Central, Lowell, Dundee and Hudson continued championship streaks at the Team Finals – MHSAA.com

2. COMPETITIVE CHEER Top-ranked Allen Park finished first and No. 2 Gibraltar Carlson second at the Division 2 Regional at Fenton – Southgate News-Herald

3. COMPETITIVE CHEER No. 2 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek was the Division 1 Regional champion at Troy Athens, followed by No. 1 Rochester High and No. 4 Adams, respectively – Oakland Press

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Fruitport clinched its first league title in program history, downing Belding 75-43 in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Silver – Grand Haven Tribune

5. BOWLING Utica United swept girls and boys Regional titles in Division 1; the Utica United girls are ranked No. 1 – Macomb Daily

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Stevensville Lakeshore downed St. Joseph 45-37 to claim the outright Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference West title – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Novi downed Wayne Memorial 66-64 to claim the overall Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship – Hometown Life

8. BOWLING The Dearborn Divine Child girls repeated as Division 2 Regional champions – Dearborn Press & Guide

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Flint Kearsley edged Goodrich 75-73 to win the overall Flint Metro League championship – WJRT

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Ithaca downed Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central 53-40 to claim the Tri-Valley Conference Blue title – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Also of note …

BOYS BASKETBALL St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran secured the Berrien-Cass-St. Joseph Conference title with a 70-49 win over Eau Claire – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

GIRLS BASKETBALL Clawson claimed a share of the Macomb Area Conference Silver title with a 40-26 win over Madison Heights Lamphere – Oakland Press