Local Sports Journal The MHSAA’s Jack Roberts gave an interesting perspective on the history of class sports in Michigan. Give it a read and let us know what you think. From the desk of the MHSAA director: The MHSAA was the first state high school association in the U.S. to divide its member schools into enrollment groups for season-ending tournament play. Over the years, in one form or another, all   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal It was a successful end to the season on Saturday at the NJCAA national cross country championships. The women’s team finished 25th and the men came in 29th. The field included 286 men’s finishers and 295 women finishers. “Nationals was a neat experience for out team,” MCC coach Dan Fishel said. “I have been blessed to coach such a great group of young men and women.” MEN   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Grand Haven had two runners earn all-state honors as they finished ninth at the Division 1 girls state finals cross country meet at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. The Bucs finished with 306 points as Birmingham Seaholm took the team title with 69 points. Roxy Glasser (18:26) placed 18th overall to earn all-state honors as the top 30 finishers earned that honor. Claire Borchers (18:31) placed 28th   Read More ...

DIVISION 1 GIRLS STATE FINALS CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS 1, Birmingham Seaholm 69; Grosse Pointe South 88; 3, Saline 101; 4, Traverse City Central 244; 5, Northville 265; 6, Sterling Heights Stevenson 273; 7, Brighton 277; 8, Salem 297; 9, Grand Haven 306; 10, Rockford 313; 11, Rochester Adams 338; 12, Grandville 343; 13, Oxford 365; 14, Clarkston 373; 15, Hudsonville 374; 16, Caledonia 422; 17, Midland Dow 425; 18, Grand   Read More ...

DIVISION 1 BOYS STATE FINALS CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS 1, Highland-Milford 83; 2, Waterford Mott 167; 3, Rockford 186; 4, Romeo 189; 5, Ann Arbor Pioneer 211; 6, Saline 223; 7, Pinckney 271; 8, Dexter 286; 9, Hartland 296; 10, Traverse City Central 305; 11, Northville 308; 12, Port Huron Northern 344; 13, Clarkston 361; 14, Walled Lake Northern 372; 15, Grand Blanc 374; 16, Royal Oak 375; 17, Saginaw Heritage   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Grand Haven placed 19th at the Division 1 boys cross country state finals meet at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn on Saturday. The Bucs finished with 468 points, while Highland-Milford won the team championship with 83 points. Earning all-state honors for Grand Haven by placing in the top 30 was Justin Pippel, who placed 27th overall in a time of 15:43. Ashkii Wilson (130th), Nick Johnson (167th),   Read More ...

DIVISION 2 GIRLS STATE CROSS COUNTRY FINALS RESULTS 1, Forest Hills Eastern 93; 2, Spring Lake 150; 3, Grand Rapids Christian 182; 4, Middleville-Thornapple Kellogg 186; 5, East Grand Rapids 231; 6, Forest Hills Northern 233; 7, Richland Gull Lake 236; 8, Cedar Springs 275; 9, Warren Regina 277; 10, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood 332; 11, Sparta 351; 12, Fremont 362; 13, Bloomfield Hills Lahser 370; 14, Vicksburg 404; 15, Jackson   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Spring Lake had a pair of all-state runners as they finished second at the Division 2 girls state finals cross country meet on Saturday at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. The Lakers finished runner-up to Forest Hills Eastern for the team championship. Forest Hills Eastern finished with 93 points, while the Lakers totaled 150 points. Fremont finished in 12th place overall with 362 points. Carlyn Arteaga   Read More ...

DIVISION 2 BOYS STATE FINALS RESULTS 1, St. Clair 114; 2, Linden 128; 3, St. Joseph 153; 4, Cedar Springs 200; 5, Mason 240; 6, Chelsea 242; 7, Richland Gull Lake 260; 8, Grand Rapids Christian 271; 9, Otsego 282; 10, Ionia 304; 11, Sturgis 332; 12, Forest Hills Norhtern 337; 13, East Grand Rapids 353; 14, Bloomfield Hills Lahser 390; 15, St. Johns 390; 16, Clio 408; 17, Croswell-Lexington   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Whitehall placed 22nd at the Division 2 state finals cross country meet on Saturday at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. The Vikings finished with 507 points, while St. Clair won the team championship with 114 points. Logan Irey led Whitehall with a 92nd place finish in a time of 16:41 Alex Dennis (121st), Keaton Smith (153rd), Brayden Berson (164th) and Reiley Brown (178th) rounded out the runners   Read More ...

DIVISION 3 GIRLS STATE FINALS RESULTS 1, Jackson Lumen Christi 167; 2, Calvin Christian 171; 3, Caro 201; 4, Benzie Central 204; 5, Lansing Catholic 237; 6, Hanover-Horton 241; 7, Macomb Lutheran North 275; 8, Bath 288; 9, Shepherd 299; 10, Mason County Central 332; 11, Newaygo 340; 12, Clare 357; 13, Manistee 360; 14, Flint Powers Catholic 364; 15, Stockbridge 393; 16, Hillsdale 395; 17, Sandusky 401; 18, NorthPointe   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Mason County Central and Newaygo placed 10th and 11th place, respectively, at the Division 3 girls state finals cross country race on Saturday at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. The Spartans finished with 332 points and Newaygo totaled 340. Jackson Lumen Christi was crowned team champion with 167 points. Lindsay Larsen (19:42) led MCC by placing 47th. Andrea Lavigne (58th), Leta Larsen (83rd), Jordyn Sanders (143rd) and   Read More ...

DIVISION 3 BOYS STATE FINALS RESULTS 1, Jackson Lumen Christi 129; 2, Marlette 137; 3, Calvin Christian 147; 4, Benzie Central 187; 5, Freeland 196; 7, Mason County Central 223; 8, Watervliet 250; 9, Stockbridge 261; 10, Lansing Catholic 312; 11, Hemlock 324; 12, Saranac 338; 13, Clare 344; 14, Dundee 374; 15, Manistee 375; 16, Erie Mason 378; 17, Napoleon 393; 18, Hanover-Horton 445; 19, Schoolcraft 464; 20, Ida   Read More ...

Local  Sports Journal Mason County Central’s Chase Barnett finished third overall to lead the Mason  County Central Spartans to a seventh-place finish at the Division 3 boys state cross country finals at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn on Saturday. Mason County Central finished with 223 points, while Newaygo placed 23rd with 546 points. Jackson Lumen Christi won the team championship with 129. Barnett, earned all-state honors with his third-place finish   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal The North Muskegon girls cross country team, behind a pair of all-state runners, placed sixth at the Division 4 state finals race at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday. The Norsemen finished in sixth place with 206 points and Hesperia placed 11th with 315 points. Homer won the team championship with 118 points. Any runner placing in the top-30 earned all-state honors. North Muskegon’s Avery Lowe and Emily   Read More ...

DIVISION4 BOYS RESULTS 1, Concord 61; 2, Evart 100; Pewamo-Westphalia 117; 4, Saugatuck 140; 5, Breckenridge 147; 6, Kalamazoo Hackett 225; 7, Mt. Plesant Sacres Heart 230; 8, Mendon 263; 9, Bear Lake 267; 10, Hesperia 307; 11, Harbor SPrings 316; 12, Saginaw Heritage 346; 13, Royal Oak Shrine 380; 14, Mancelona 414; 15, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes 416; 16, Kalamazoo Christian 416; 17, Traverse City St. Francis   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal The Hesperia Panthers boys cross country team finished in 10th place at the Division 4 state finals meet at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn on Saturday. The Panthers finished with 307 points, while Concord won the team championship with 61 points. The Panthers were led by all-state runner Damien Halverson (16:36), who finished in 28th place overall. Any runner placing in the top 30 earned all-state honors.   Read More ...

CROSS COUNTRY RANKINGS BOYS DIVISION 1 1, Highland-Milford 2, Romeo 3, Saline 4, Grand Blanc 5, Waterford Mott 6, Rockford 7, Hartland 8, Ann Arbor-Pioneer 9, Traverse City Central 10, Dexter. Honorable mention: Royal Oak, Pinckney, Saginaw Heritage. DIVISION 2 1, St Clair 2, St. Joseph 3, Grand Rapids Christian 4, Linden 5, Cedar Springs 6, Mason 7, Ionia 8, Chelsea 9, Forest Hills Northern 10, Richland-Gull Lake. DIVISION 3   Read More ...

CROSS COUNTRY RANKINGS GIRLS DIVISION 1 1, Birmingham-Seaholm; 2, Saline 3, Grosse Pointe South 4, Rockford 5, Northville 6, Traverse City Central 7, (tie) Brighton and Sterling Heights-Utica Stevenson 8, Canton-Salem 9, Grandville 10, Hudsonville Honorable mention: Grand Haven. DIVISION 2 1, Forest Hills Eastern 2, Spring Lake 3, East Grand Rapids 4, Grand Rapids Christian 5, Middleville-Thornapple Kellogg 6, Forest Hills Northern 7, Cedar Springs 8, Warren-Regina 9, Bloomfield   Read More ...

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY STATE FINALS QUALIFIERS DIVISION 1 GRAND HAVEN TEAM: Claire Borchers, Roxy Glasser, Hannah Kenny, Mikayla Rowden, Mikayla Takas, Malea Teerman, Lindy Vallier. MONA SHORES: Serena Gale-Butto. DIVISION 2 FREMONT: Katy Ferris, Colleen Hall, Sandy Kunnen, Mackenzie Lounsbery, Claire Schaar, Corrine Stevens, Brooke Wahl. SPRING LAKE: Brittany Beeler, Brooke Carrier, Jamie Kossuth, Erin O’Keefe, Lacie Piekarski, Ashley Warner. LUDINGTON: Devon Sutton. DIVISION 3 MASON COUNTY CENTRAL: Chloe Kimes,   Read More ...