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: 11/2/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 2, 2022

1. VOLLEYBALL Macomb L’Anse Creuse North opened Division 1 District play with a sweep of a league champion, downing Clinton Township Chippewa Valley – Macomb Daily

2. VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention White Lake Lakeland held off Milford in four sets for a Division 1 District-opening win – Oakland Press

3. VOLLEYBALL Fruitport advanced in Division 2 with a four-set win over Spring Lake – Muskegon Chronicle

4. VOLLEYBALL No. 10 Macomb Dakota emerged from a close first set to sweep Utica Ford in Division 1 – Macomb Daily

5. VOLLEYBALL No. 6 Blissfield improved to 50-4-1 with a sweep of Ottawa Lake Whiteford in Division 3 – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. VOLLEYBALL Walled Lake Northern advanced in Division 1 as well with a sweep of West Bloomfield – Oakland Press

7. VOLLEYBALL Petersburg Summerfield opened Division 4 play with a sweep of Waldron – Monroe News

8. VOLLEYBALL Felch North Dickinson and Crystal Falls Forest Park swept in Division 4 District openers – Upper Michigan Source

9. VOLLEYBALL Grass Lake opened Division 3 play with a sweep of East Jackson – Jackson Citizen Patriot

10. VOLLEYBALL Kinross Maplewood Baptist began Division 4 District play with a sweep of Newberry – MI Sports Now