Today in the MHSAA: 10/20/17
October 20, 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. Football: Bellevue is having an incredible first season of 8-player football, and quarterback Gino Costello is building on an already impressive effort with a heavy heart after his mom died after a fight with cancer at the start of this month – Battle Creek Enquirer
2. Football: West Bloomfield kicker Nick O’Shea lost his father unexpectedly from a heart attack just 10 days ago. But how he and West Bloomfield’s coaches and players have rallied is also truly inspiring – Detroit Free Press
3. Volleyball: Harbor Springs Harbor Light Christian finished a perfect run through the Northern Lakes Conference with a sweep of Vanderbilt – Petoskey News-Review
4. Volleyball: Class B No. 8 Spring Lake clinched a share of the Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue title with a win over Comstock Park – Grand Haven Tribune
5. Boys Soccer: No. 7 Coldwater earned a rematch with No. 6-ranked Marshall by getting past perennial power Mason 2-0 to advance in Division 2 – Coldwater Daily Reporter
6. Volleyball: Class C No. 8 Unionville-Sebewaing clinched its sixth Greater Thumb Conference West title in seven seasons with a four-set win over Reese – Huron Daily Tribune
7. Cross Country: The Highland Milford girls (No. 10 in LPD1) and White Lake Lakeland boys (No. 5 in LPD1) clinched the inaugural Lakes Valley Conference championships – Observer & Eccentric Girls | Boys
8. Boys Soccer: Walled Lake Northern dealt rival Division 1 No. 15 Walled Lake Central a draw this year as the Vikings finished 15-0-1 in the Lakes Valley Conference, but Central avenged that tie with a 3-0 Division 1 win – Oakland Press
9. Volleyball: Houghton claimed the Copper Spike traveling trophy for the fourth straight season with a sweep of rival Hancock – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
10. Conference realignment: The Western Peninsula Athletic Conference is set to expand significantly with most of the Upper Peninsula’s 11-player football schools filling out the league – Marquette Mining Journal
Today in the MHSAA: 10/23/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 23, 2024
1. BOYS TENNIS Holland Christian clinched its first Finals championship in this sport since 1965 – MHSAA.com
2. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 honorable mention Onaway clinched the Ski Valley Conference championship with a sweep of East Jordan – Cheboygan Daily Tribune
3. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 honorable mention Birch Run is the champion of the Mid-Michigan Activities Conference after a sweep of Mt. Morris – WJRT
4. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Hanover-Horton finished a perfect run through the Cascades Conference with a sweep of Brooklyn Columbia Central – Jackson Citizen Patriot
5. BOYS SOCCER No. 5 Rochester Adams advanced in its Division 1 Regional with a 2-1 overtime win over No. 3 Troy – Oakland Press
6. BOYS SOCCER No. 15 Fennville earned its first Regional Final berth with a shootout win over Wyoming Godwin Heights in Division 3 – Holland Sentinel
7. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Lansing Christian advanced in Division 4 with a 2-1 win over No. 5 Clarkston Everest Collegiate – Lansing State Journal
8. BOYS SOCCER No. 3 Royal Oak Shrine Catholic downed No. 10 Jackson Christian 1-0 in Division 4 – Oakland Press
9. BOYS SOCCER No. 7 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern handed No. 8 Bay City John Glenn its first and only loss of the season, 3-1 in Division 2 – Bay City Times
10. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Portage Central advanced in Division 1 with a 3-0 win over No. 7 Traverse City West – Kalamazoo Gazette