Today in the MHSAA: 9/25/15

September 25, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Here’s some great Friday morning reading, including a look at some of the special impacts made on the football field from a coach fighting to stay on the sideline and two more recently retired from it.

Girls Golf

Frankenmuth saw all of its scoring records fall this week, for 18-hole team, 18-hole individual, 9-hole team and 9-hole individual – Saginaw News

Boys Soccer

Portage Central rebounded off its first loss of the season earlier this week to beat Division 2 No. 19 Stevensville Lakeshore 1-0 – Kalamazoo Gazette

Volleyball

Class A No. 4 Grand Haven downed No. 10 Rockford 3-1, gaining an edge in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red standings – Muskegon Chronicle 

Class D No. 10 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart lost the first set against annual power Beal City but came back to win the next three – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Good Reads

Gibraltar Carlson’s Zach Kohn stars in three sports, managing his time to train for them all, and locked down a Division I scholarship for baseball – Monroe Evening News

Battle Creek Harper Creek’s Ed Greenman and Battle Creek Pennfield’s Nick Koenigsknecht stepped away from the football sideline this season after a combined 44 years. They share some of their thoughts from the other side of the field – Battle Creek Enquirer

Tonight’s Richmond/Almont football game will be “Kocher Strong Night” in honor of Richmond co-coach John Kocher, who continues his fight against cancer – Port Huron Times-Herald

Today in the MHSAA: 10/22/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 22, 2026

1. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Troy clinched a Division 1 District championship with 4-2 win over No. 8 Birmingham Seaholm – Oakland Press

2. BOYS SOCCER Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood claimed a fifth-straight District title with a shootout win over No. 8 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s in Division 2 – Oakland Press

3. BOYS SOCCER No. 14 Saginaw Heritage secured its first District title in 19 years, downing Grand Blanc 1-0 in Division 1 – WNEM

4. CROSS COUNTRY The Traverse City Central girls and West boys – the latter ranked No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – won Big North Conference championship races – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. CROSS COUNTRY The Midland Dow girls and LPD2 No. 8 Midland High boys claimed Saginaw Valley League titles – Midland Daily News Girls | Boys

6. BOYS SOCCER Byron Center won its second-straight District game by shootout, this time to down Portage Northern and clinch a Division 1 title – Grand Rapids Press

7. CROSS COUNTRY Holland Christian swept Ottawa-Kent Conference Black championships races; the Holland Christian girls and boys teams are both ranked No. 1 in LPD2 – Holland Sentinel

8. BOYS SOCCER Allen Park avenged a September loss with a 2-1 District-clinching victory in Division 1 – Southgate News-Herald

9. BOYS SOCCER Fenton got past Goodrich in a shootout to clinch a Division 2 District title – WJRT

10. CROSS COUNTRY Breckenridge swept Mid-State Activities Conference championships, and the Clare girls and Shepherd boys won in the Jack Pine Conference; Breckenridge’s girls are No. 6 in LPD4, the Huskies’ boys are No. 2, and Shepherd’s boys are No. 11 in LPD2 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun