Here are the pairings for the 2020 MHSAA Football Playoffs, which begin Oct. 29-31 with District First Round games in the 11-Player Playoffs and Regional First Round Games in the 8-Player Playoffs.

The Marquette boys grabbed four of the top seven places Saturday, retaining their Upper Peninsula Division 1 cross country title with 38 points. They were followed by Sault Ste. Marie with 47 points, led by individual champion Jaron Wyma.

It was a day for making history for the Houghton girls here Saturday as they edged reigning champion Marquette 56-58 for their first Upper Peninsula Division 1 cross country title. Houghton previously had finished Finals runner-up in 1989 and 2007.

Hattie Cota was the lone runner on the Munising girls cross country team last year. She became part of an Upper Peninsula championship team here Saturday as the Mustangs earned the Division 3 title with 54 points.

It was a day of firsts for a pair of Copper Country schools in the Upper Peninsula Division 3 Boys Cross Country Finals here Saturday. Dollar Bay was crowned champion for the first time, and junior Jonah Nordine became the first Ewen-Trout Creek athlete to earn an indi...

The St. Ignace girls won for the first time in three years, squeezing past two-time reigning champion Hancock 53-54. The Saints had finished runners-up to Hancock the last two seasons, finishing 22 points back in 2019 and 36 in 2018.

Ishpeming’s boys continued their winning ways Saturday, earning their third consecutive Upper Peninsula Division 2 cross country championship with 17 points at George Young Recreational Complex.

The MHSAA Representative Council confirmed during its meeting Thursday that 2020-21 Winter sports will begin on time, and also approved a series of guidelines for those sports that schools must follow as they continue to work toward limiting the spread of COVID-19 while...

Soccer games in Michigan have long consisted of two 40-minute halves. Not so until recently for games involving Ogemaw Heights. Historically the contest was often over at halftime due the MHSAA 8-goal differential rule. Sadly, the Falcons had become quite accustomed ...

A District championship game with statewide ramifications leads off today’s list of Thursday’s headliners, all of whom celebrated a title at some level.

This edition features the Okemos boys tennis team's MHSAA Finals championship and concludes with a review of the weekend's Lower Peninsula Girls Golf Finals.

Over the next 72 hours, endings will be followed by new beginnings for just about every high school football team in Michigan.  Today and Saturday, the great majority will kick off for the final time this shortened regular season. On Sunday, for the first time, ne...

Over nearly two decades, Calumet has developed a tradition of excellence in high school volleyball. First-year coach Kate Bonacorsi remembers what it was like during the early years.

In every playbook there’s a gadget, a trick play that’s only meant to be used to save the day, to be used at the perfect moment. When they work the way they’re drawn up. But in this case, it didn’t work the way it was drawn up, and it still...

This week, MHSAA officials coordinator Sam Davis presents a "You Make the Call" on the legality of a kicking scenario.

Here is this weekend's updated schedule for Boys Soccer District Final games on the  NFHS Network and MHSAA.tv.

The first District soccer championships of 2020 were celebrated across the Lower Peninsula on Wednesday, with the reigning Division 3 Finals champion continuing an incredible streak.

When he got to the court at Portland High School, Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett senior William Cooksey discovered a realization: He was about to end his storied high school career at the same place he began it.  Read on for more on his historic finish, as...

East Grand Rapids’ Tim Johnston, Maple City Glen Lake’s Mark Mattson, Vicksburg’s Michael Roy and Gaylord’s Christian Wilson all lead programs that frequently earn headlines for success in competition. But these four athletic directors also are k...

Max Price is right – Muskegon Catholic Central football is back. Not that the Crusaders ever went too far away. But after winning four consecutive Division 8 titles from 2013 to 2016, failing to make it out of Districts the past three seasons felt like a 100-year...