Today in the MHSAA: 9/27/18

September 27, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

1. Girls Golf: A freshman led Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 3 Muskegon Reeths-Puffer to its third straight Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship – Local Sports Journal

2. Girls Golf: LPD3 top-ranked Flint Powers Catholic shot a 346 to claim the Saginaw Valley League tournament and overall league title – Midland Daily News

3. Volleyball: Gladwin created a three-way tie for first in the Jack Pine Conference with a 2-1 win over co-leader and Division 3 No. 9 Houghton Lake – Midland Daily News

4. Volleyball: Allen Park took a 15-13 fifth set from Trenton in a matchup of first-place teams in the Downriver League – Southgate News-Herald

5. Boys soccer: Oscoda downed Lincoln Alcona 2-0 to move into a first-place tie with the Tigers in the North Star League – Alpena News

6. Girls Golf: St. Joseph added a sixth straight Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference overall championship to the seventh-straight division title won last week – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

7. Volleyball: Coldwater upset Division 2 honorable mention Parma Western 3-1 in a key Interstate 8 Athletic Conference match – Coldwater Daily Reporter

8. Volleyball: St. Louis swept rival Ithaca to remain perfect in league play and take back the “flag” traveling trophy – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

9. Boys Soccer: Richard Wilson scored five goals in Roscommon’s win over Cheboygan – MI Sports Now

10. Boys Soccer: Allen Park opened the second half of Downriver League play with a 3-2 win over Gibraltar Carlson – Southgate News-Herald

Today in the MHSAA: 10/31/19

October 31, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The MHSAA Boys Soccer Finals field is set, with a pair of unranked contenders leading today’s list of Wednesday’s headliners.

1. Boys Soccer: Unranked Traverse City West came back from a two-goal deficit to get past No. 3 Novi 3-2 in a Division 1 Semifinal – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. Boys Soccer: Unranked Melvindale will play in its first Final in this sport thanks to a 4-1 win over also-unranked Fenton in Division 2 – Southgate News-Herald

3. Boys Soccer: No. 3 Grosse Ile will return to the Division 3 championship game after a 1-0 win over No. 8 Macomb Lutheran North – Southgate News-Herald

4. Boys Soccer: No. 2 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern hung on for a 1-0 win over No. 4 Mattawan in a Division 2 Semifinal – WZZM

5. Boys Soccer: No. 4 Grand Rapids South Christian got past unranked Ludington in a shootout in a Division 3 Semifinal – WOOD TV

6. Boys Soccer: No. 4 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian earned another postseason shutout, this time 2-0 over No. 5 Dansville in a Division 4 Semifinal – Local Sports Journal

7. Boys Soccer: No. 2 Troy Athens will play for the Division 1 title after a 5-2 Semifinal win over unranked Salem – C&G Newspapers

8. Boys Soccer: No. 2 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett advanced with a 5-0 Division 4 Semifinal win over unranked Clarkston Everest Collegiate – Oakland Press

9. Volleyball: Division 2 honorable mention Cadillac swept Traverse City West to lock up the outright Big North Conference championship, its fifth straight league title – Cadillac News

10. Volleyball: Division 1 No. 8 Grand Haven swept East Kentwood to clinch the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red championship – Grand Haven Tribune

Also of note …

Volleyball: Division 3 No. 7 Beaverton finished a perfect run through the Jack Pine Conference with wins over Shepherd, Farwell and Sanford Meridian – Midland Daily News