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: 9/27/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 27, 2024

1. BOYS SOCCER Eaton Rapids clinched a fourth-straight Capital Area Activities Conference White title with a 1-0 win over Lansing Sexton – WILX

2. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 8 Plymouth downed Canton 2-0 to clinch its first Park championship since 2017 – Hometown Life

3. VOLLEYBALL Bay City Western swept Midland in a key Saginaw Valley League match – WNEM

4. BOYS SOCCER Dearborn Fordson took a major step toward a possible Kensington Lakes Activities Association East title with a 2-0 win over Dearborn High – Dearborn Press & Guide

5. BOYS SOCCER Alpena downed Petoskey 5-1 on its Senior Night with Keller Skiba scoring four goals – Alpena News

6. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 7 Crystal Falls Forest Park improved to 15-1 with a sweep of Stephenson – Upper Michigan’s Source

7. BOYS SOCCER Hartland scored a 2-1 win over Brighton – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

8. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 4 Grand Rapids South Christian shut out Grand Rapids Christian 5-0 – FOX 17

9. BOYS SOCCER Auburn Hills Oakland Christian won its Senior Night 2-1 over Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest – Oakland Press

10. VOLLEYBALL Newberry earned a sweep of Cedarville/DeTour – MI Sports Now