Today in the MHSAA: 10/13/17

October 13, 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. Girls Golf: In arguably the state’s strongest Regional in this sport, top-ranked Saline shot a 324 to finish 15 shots ahead of runner-up and No. 3-ranked Northville and 22 ahead of No. 4 Plymouth in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – Saline Post

2. Boys Tennis: Top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood edged No. 2 Detroit Country Day by two points to win an LPD3 Regional title – Oakland Press

3. Girls Golf: No. 5 Muskegon Reeths-Puffer won its first Regional championship in girls golf, claiming an LPD2 title with a 328, four strokes ahead of runner-up and No. 2 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – Local Sports Journal

4. Girls Golf: Top-ranked Kalamazoo Hackett won its LPD4 Regional with a 351, followed by No. 3 Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian making the Finals for the 10th straight season – Grand Rapids Press

5. Girls Golf: No. 7 St. Johns bested runner-up and No. 10 Fenton by six strokes and No. 9 Okemos by 17 to win their LPD2 Regional – Lansing State Journal

6. Cross Country: Ishpeming and Negaunee battled for the boys and girls championships in the Mid-Peninsula Conference, with the UPD2 No. 1 Hematites boys and UPD1 No. 3 Miners girls earning the victories – Marquette Mining Journal

7. Girls Golf: Reigning LPD3 champion and current No. 8 Spring Lake won its fourth straight Regional title with a 372, eight strokes ahead of runner-up and No. 10 Big Rapids – Grand Haven Tribune

8. Boys Tennis: Sturgis won its first Regional championship in this sport since 2001, claiming an LPD3 title – Sturgis Journal

9. Girls Golf: All three Traverse City programs earned MHSAA Finals berths together for the first time, LPD1 No. 7 Traverse City West winning its Regional, Central finishing as a runner-up in LPD2 and St. Francis winning a tie-breaker for a third-place spot in LPD4 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. Girls Golf: No. 2 Brighton shot an impressive 309 to win its LPD1 Regional by 30 strokes – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Also of note …

Girls Golf: Top-ranked Midland Dow shot a 348 to clear the field by 20 strokes and win an LPD2 Regional title – Midland Daily News

Boys Tennis: Petoskey clinched its ninth straight Regional title, in LPD3, claiming 22 of a possible 24 points – Petoskey News-Review

Cross Country: Continuing their domination this season, Houghton’s boys (UPD1 No. 1) and Chassell’s girls (UPD3 No. 1) finished Western Peninsula Athletic Conference title chases – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Cross Country: Marquette’s teams continued their dominance as well sweeping Great Northern Conference championships; the girls are No. 2 in UPD1 and the boys are ranked No. 2 as well – Marquette Mining Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 10/21/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 22, 2024

1. BOYS CROSS COUNTRY Sault Ste. Marie’s Gabe Litzner broke the all-Upper Peninsula Finals record with his winning time in Division 1; Marquette, Painesdale Jeffers and Engadine won the team titles – MHSAA.com

2. GIRLS GOLF Northville, Dexter, Grand Rapids Catholic Central and Kalamazoo Christian claimed Lower Peninsula Finals championships – MHSAA.com

3. GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Marquette, Hancock and Ewen-Trout Creek were team Finals champions, E-TC for the first time – MHSAA.com

4. BOYS TENNIS Bloomfield Hills and Ann Arbor Greenhills repeated as Lower Peninsula Finals champs, and Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern and Detroit Country Day returned to the winners list – MHSAA.com

5. BOYS SOCCER No. 5 Rochester Adams clinched a third-straight District title with a 4-0 win over No. 10 Utica Eisenhower in Division 1 – Oakland Press

6. BOYS SOCCER No. 9 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian downed No. 6 North Muskegon 4-0 to claim a Division 4 District championship – Local Sports Journal

7. VOLLEYBALL Big Bay de Noc entered as the second seed but won the Northern Lights League Tournament – Escanaba Daily Press

8. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Muskegon Mona Shores claimed a third-straight Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship – Local Sports Journal

9. CROSS COUNTRY Traverse City St. Francis swept girls and boys titles at the Northern Michigan Meet of Champions; the Gladiators girls are ranked No. 4 in LPD3, and the boys are No. 2 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. BOYS SOCCER No. 11 Alma also claimed a third-straight District title with a 4-0 win over Ogemaw Heights in Division 3 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun