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: 9/17/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 17, 2026

1. BOYS TENNIS Lower Peninsula Division 2 top-ranked Birmingham Seaholm edged LPD1 No. 2 Novi, with Carter Griffith earning a significant win at No. 1 singles – Oakland Press

2. BOYS TENNIS LPD2 No. 3 Midland Dow downed No. 8 Grand Rapids Forest Hils Central, No. 6 Berkley and Flushing all by scores of 7-1 – Midland Daily News

3. GIRLS TENNIS Ishpeming Westwood earned a 6-2 win over Marquette – Upper Michigan’s Source

4. BOYS SOCCER Midland Dow clinched a spot in the Saginaw Valley League North playoffs with a 2-0 win over Midland – Midland Daily News

5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 2 honorable mention Flat Rock swept New Boston Huron – Southgate News-Herald

6. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 4 Leland defeated Buckley 4-0 in Northwest Conference play – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. BOYS SOCCER Riverview evened its record with a 3-0 win over Flat Rock – Southgate News-Herald

8. BOYS SOCCER Macomb Lutheran North and Imlay City played to a scoreless draw – Macomb Daily

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Cadillac swept Petoskey in Big North Conference play – Cadillac News

10. BOYS SOCCER Utica Ford downed Macomb L’Anse Creuse North 2-0 – Macomb Daily