Today in the MHSAA: 10/21/19

October 21, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Fourteen more MHSAA Finals celebrated champions this weekend, and you’ll find coverage of all 10 events all over Second Half. Also making headlines across the state were District Finals in boys soccer, and league finals and notable invitationals in cross country and volleyball. 

1. Boys Soccer: Division 2 No. 15 Gaylord downed Alpena 2-1 to claim its first District title in this sport – Gaylord Herald Times

2. Boys Soccer: Clarkston Everest Collegiate also claimed its first District title with a 2-0 win over Auburn Hills Oakland Christian in Division 4 – Oakland Press

3. Cross Country: Coldwater’s girls clinched the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference title, their first league title since 1987. Marshall and Battle Creek Harper Creek shared the boys championship – Coldwater Daily Reporter 

4. Cross Country: The Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart boys – No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – and No. 4 Hillsdale Academy girls won the “Class D State Meet” hosted annually by the Irish, Hillsdale Academy upsetting the LPD4 top-ranked Sacred Heart girls – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

5.  Boys soccer: Ann Arbor Pioneer won a Division 1 District title in a shootout against No. 13 Saline – We Love Ann Arbor

6. Boys Soccer: Muskegon Reeths-Puffer upset No. 13 Spring Lake in a shootout win to claim a Division 2 District title – Local Sports Journal 

7. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 6 Centreville came back to defeat Division 4 No. 3 Mendon in three sets in the final of the Southwest 10 Conference Tournament to add that championship to its regular-season title – Sturgis Journal 

8. Volleyball: Fruitport downed Montague in five sets to claim the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship – Local Sports Journal

9. Cross Country: Saginaw Heritage swept the Saginaw County Championships – Athletic.net

10. Boys Soccer: Traverse City West downed rival Central for the third time this season, 3-0 in a Division 1 District Final – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Today in the MHSAA: 1/24/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 24, 2024

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Laingsburg remained undefeated and first alone in the Central Michigan Athletic Conference with a 59-55 win over Pewamo-Westphalia – Lansing State Journal

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Norway downed West Iron County 63-60, but Danica Shamion went over 1,000 career points for the Wykons – Upper Michigan Source

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Whitehall won a matchup of undefeated teams 58-56 over Cadillac – CatchMark SportsNet

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Orchard Lake St. Mary’s finished a Catholic League Central sweep of Warren De La Salle Collegiate, 68-55 – Oakland Press

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Fremont ended a 23-game losing streak to Ludington with a 41-35 win – Muskegon Chronicle

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Petersburg Summerfield scored six points over nine seconds to get past Britton Deerfield 59-53 – Monroe News

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Luke Gelow’s 36 points helped Cheboygan past Gaylord 71-63 in overtime – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Hudsonville Unity Christian hung on for a 70-66 win over Holland Christian – Holland Sentinel

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Stevensville Lakeshore followed a pair of key individual performances to a 71-53 win over Kalamazoo Central – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Spring Lake came back for a 55-47 overtime win over Hamilton – Muskegon Chronicle