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The final few Regionals in baseball and softball finished up Monday to kick off the last week of the 2017-18 school sports year.

This weekend's Softball, Baseball and Girls Soccer Regionals featured a number of stunning results as those tournaments rolled toward their final week with a number of new faces earning opportunities to play on.

Girls Soccer Regionals dominated Thursday night across the Lower Peninsula as nine more teams secured spots in next week's MHSAA Semifinals.

After a day away, we're back with the best of Wednesday including coverage of all eight Lacrosse Semifinals plus a look at a few of the most intriguing Tuesday Regional Soccer games.

Action across Michigan was sparse Monday as teams prepared for the next levels of their MHSAA tournaments, so we led today's abbreviated list with something that will be of high importance beginning this fall.

Upsets from the biggest weekend of the high school sports year dominate today's list, which doesn't include coverage of MHSAA Track & Field and Girls Tennis Finals – Second Half covered all 18 of those; see "Latest Posts" for more. 

In addition to four more Upper Peninsula Golf Finals (see coverage on Second Half), Thursday was dominated by Girls Soccer Districts and Boys Golf Regionals, with upsets in both topping this list.

In addition to Upper Peninsula Finals played in tennis and golf (with coverage found on Second Half), Lower Peninsula tournaments continued Wednesday topped by a historic win for Northville boys lacrosse.

A handful of colossal upsets and some courageous play highlighted the first night of Districts in three sports and Regional Finals in boys lacrosse Tuesday.

The Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association annual meets highlighted a busy weekend on the cusp of the busiest playoff week in Michigan high school sports.

The last afternoon of regular-season competition for most Michigan high school teams saw a few final league championship celebrations heading into the holiday weekend and with the busiest five-day stretch on the MHSAA calendar up next. 

Wednesday was a great day to play for Plymouth, or run for Detroit Renaissance or Traverse City Central, some of the biggest winners from another run of championship celebrations.

Tuesday may have been the newsiest of this spring statewide, with at least 20 teams claiming league titles, Lacrosse Regionals amping up and two top-ranked teams taking losses on the diamond. 

An unbeaten and unscored-upon girls soccer team from the Lake Michigan shore tops our list of Monday's headliners.

Track & Field and Girls Tennis Regionals celebrated champions all weekend, but today's list also includes highlights from soccer, baseball and softball and some big news in volleyball. 

The Bear Lake softball team made program history Thursday, while the Richland Gull Lake girls soccer and Adrian Madison track & field teams were among others continuing long runs of success.

A prolific home run chase continued Wednesday in softball as Muskegon Mona Shores' Taylor Dew tied the MHSAA career record, while two of the state's best teams split to stay tied for first in their league.

Championship season officially has begun across Michigan, with some of the state's elite in track and tennis adding to their trophy cases in league competition Monday.

A 13-year championship streak ended over the weekend, while a scoreless innings streak in baseball broke the MHSAA record and a softball coach joined the state's most successful in his sport.

Midland Dow's girls tennis team continued its two-decade championship streak Thursday, while Plymouth girls soccer and Rockford baseball were among others with notable victories.