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: 1/11/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 11, 2024

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Charlevoix earned a key road win at Traverse City St. Francis, 69-55 – Up North Live

2. WRESTLING Dearborn Heights Crestwood made an impressive move in the Western Wayne Athletic Conference with wins over Melvindale and Garden City – Southgate News-Herald

3. HOCKEY Muskegon Reeths-Puffer avenged an earlier loss to Sparta, 5-2 – FOX 17

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Ann Arbor Huron won impressively over Chelsea, 72-48 – Ann Arbor News

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Mancelona defeated Onaway 68-66 in a matchup of Ski Valley Conference co-leaders – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

6. BOYS BASKETBALL McBain earned a key Highland Conference win over LeRoy Pine River – Big Rapids Pioneer

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Midland Dow doubled up Lapeer, 54-27 – WNEM

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Manistee came back in the fourth quarter to get past Montague 44-43 – Local Sports Journal

9. WRESTLING Gladstone downed Escanaba 51-30 – Upper Michigan Source

10. WRESTLING New Boston Huron edged Carleton Airport 39-34 – Monroe News