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: 9/13/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 13, 2024

1. GIRLS GOLF Whitehall – No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – may be Michigan’s first league champion of this fall after carding  375 to win the West Michigan Conference title – CatchMark SportsNet

2. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 9 Hudsonville Unity Christian held off Division 4 No. 8 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian in a matchup of 2023 Finals champions – Local Sports Journal

3. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD3 No. 1 East Grand Rapids defeated LPD1 No. 3 Grand Haven 127.5-58.5 – Grand Haven Tribune

4. BOYS TENNIS Ari Ziska became Big Rapids’ all-time singles wins leader during the LPD3 No. 6 Cardinals’ sweep of Vicksburg – Big Rapids Pioneer

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 11 Traverse City West shut out rival Traverse City Central 4-0 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 6 Hillsdale Academy ran its winning streak to nine with a sweep of Hillsdale High – Hillsdale Daily News

7. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 3 Portage Central also shut out a local opponent, Kalamazoo Central 3-0 – FOX 17

8. VOLLEYBALL Suttons Bay twice trailed by a set on the way to defeating Frankfort in five – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. VOLLEYBALL Colon trailed White Pigeon 2-1 but also came back for a five-set victory – Sturgis Journal

10. BOYS SOCCER Birmingham Seaholm turned a 1-1 halftime tie into a 5-1 win over Bloomfield Hills – Oakland Press