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: 2/26/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 26, 2026

1. ICE HOCKEY Top-ranked Howell downed No. 3 Hartland 6-3 to clinch a Division 1 regional title – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. ICE HOCKEY Jackson United defeated Capital City 3-2 in Division 1 to claim its first Regional title since 2015 – WLNS

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Oxford pulled off the week’s biggest upset so far with a 45-43 win over Grand Blanc in a Division 1 District Semifinal – Flint Journal

4. ICE HOCKEY Dearborn Divine Child claimed a Division 3 Regional title with a 4-2 win over No. 7 Riverview Gabriel Richard – Southgate News-Herald

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Muskegon’s James Martin scored his 1,000th career point during a 67-31 Division 1 District Semifinal win over Greenville – Local Sports Journal

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Tyler Nall reached 1,000 career points in Napoleon’s 55-37 win over Hanover-Horton in Division 3 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

7. ICE HOCKEY No. 6 Rochester rode an impressive second-period spurt to a 4-2 Division 2 Regional Final win over No. 10 St. Clair Shores Unified – Oakland Press

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Kalamazoo Phoenix advanced in Division 3 with a 91-85 double-overtime win over Hackett Catholic Prep – Kalamazoo Gazette

9. ICE HOCKEY Traverse Bay Reps claimed a Division 3 Regional title with a 3-1 win over Petoskey – Up North Live

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Baraga avenged a pair of regular-season losses to L’Anse with a 46-44 win in Division 4 – Upper Michigan’s Source