Today in the MHSAA: 10/11/17
October 11, 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. Volleyball: South Lyon won its first league title in this sport by claiming the inaugural Lakes Valley Conference championship with a sweep of Walled Lake Northern – Oakland Press
2. Boys Cross Country: LPD1 No. 6 Brighton swept Hartland and Livonia Stevenson to secure its first league title since 1995, in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Gold – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. Boys Soccer: Division 2 No. 17 Gibraltar Carlson claimed its first league title in this sport since 2006 and first as a member of the Downriver League with a 5-2 win over Melvindale – Southgate News Herald
4. Cross Country: Saugatuck’s LPD3 No. 2 girls clinched their 11th consecutive title and the No. 3 boys their seventh straight Southwestern Athletic Conference championship – Holland Sentinel
5. Cross Country: The White Lake Lakeland boys (No. 5 in LPD1) and Highland-Milford girls (No. 11) clinched Lakes Valley Conference championship, Lakeland handing Milford’s No. 11 boys their first league loss and Milford’s girls edging Lakeland’s by a point – Observer & Eccentric
6. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 4 Portage Central finished a regular-season sweep of rival Portage Northern in the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference championship game – Kalamazoo Gazette
7. Volleyball: Class C honorable mention Mendon swept Marcellus to complete a perfect run on the way to the Southwestern 10 Conference title – Sturgis Journal
8. Boys Soccer: Okemos downed East Lansing to win the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup, dedicating the victory to late coach Dr. John Picone – Lansing State Journal
9. Girls Cross Country: LPD1 No. 2 Northville won its sixth straight league title, finishing ahead of Novi to clinch in the KLAA Gold – Observer & Eccentric
10. Volleyball: Niles Brandywine swept Bridgman and Watervliet and split with Kalamazoo Christian to continue its hunt for a Berrien-Cass-St. Joseph Conference championship – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
Today in the MHSAA: 4/4/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 4, 2025
1. GIRLS SOCCER Troy downed reigning Division 1 champion Rochester Adams 2-1 – Oakland Press
2. GIRLS SOCCER Camryn Huhn scored four goals to lead Dearborn Divine Child past Riverview 5-0 – Dearborn Press & Guide
3. GIRLS LACROSSE Romeo rallied late to get past Macomb Dakota 7-6 – Macomb Daily
4. GIRLS LACROSSE Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central held on for a 7-6 win over Jackson United – Jackson Citizen Patriot
5. BASEBALL Romeo opened its new stadium with a 9-0 win over Fraser – Macomb Daily
6. TRACK & FIELD Brighton swept Howell in season-opening duals for the girls and boys teams – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
7. SOFTBALL Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central earned a win and a tie against Ida – Monroe News
8. SOFTBALL Riverview swept Gibraltar Carlson in a season-opening doubleheader for both – Southgate News-Herald
Also of note …
BOYS BASKETBALL Past NBA player and coach Rex Walters is the new coach at Waterford Kettering – Detroit Free Press