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: 2/7/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 7, 2024
1. GIRLS BASKETBALL The Davis twins combined for 37 points as West Bloomfield downed Detroit Edison 61-42 – MLIVE-Detroit
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Traverse City Central clinched a share of the Big North Conference title with a 53-50 win over Alpena – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. BOYS BASKETBALL Fenton moved into a first-place tie in the Flint Metro League Stripes with a 62-54 win over co-leader Holly – Oakland Press
4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Grand Blanc remains one of two teams undefeated in Saginaw Valley League play after handing Flint Powers Catholic a first league loss 47-46 – WNEM
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Genesee Christian defeated Flint Hamady 53-51, but Hamady’s JaKobie Boose scored his 1,000th point – WJRT
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Jayden Marlatt reached 1,000 career points in Johannesburg-Lewiston’s big win over Pellston – Petoskey News-Review
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mia McLaughlin set a Frankenmuth record with nine 3-pointers in a big win over Birch Run – Saginaw News
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Rockford downed Grand Haven 48-39 – FOX 17
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Vicksburg defeated Division 3 contender Niles Brandywine 46-38 – Kalamazoo Gazette
10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Coldwater handed Jackson Northwest its first Interstate 8 Athletic Conference defeat, 32-25 – Coldwater Daily Report