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High School

Kingsley Stays Perfect as Middleton Hammers Career Kill No. 2,000!

What a stretch across our High School fields and gyms, and it starts with Kingsley — the Division 2 No. 3 squad finished 5-0 to win its invitational, and Jenna Middleton reached 2,000 career kills doing it.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 15, 2026
🏈 Football
High School

Montrose Edges New Lothrop 35-33 to Push MMAC Streak to 11!

Week 3 gave us a Friday-night nailbiter, and our Montrose squad found a way past New Lothrop 35-33 in the closest league win they've managed in two years.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 15, 2026
🏈 Football
High School Editor's Note

MI Sports Chat - Week 3 Football Picks

Well we are back again to test our luck on the High School Gridiron weekly picks for Week 3.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 10, 2026
Soccer
High School

Edwardsburg Eddies Dreaming Big Again After Best Season in School History

Last fall was the kind of season we don't forget around here: our Eddies compiled a 17-2-1 record, the best in school history, claimed an outright Wolverine Conference championship, and raised a Division 2 District trophy before running into eventual Finals runner-up Hudsonville Unity Christian in the Regional final, a 4-1 loss to close the book on a dream year.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 10, 2026
👟 Cross Country
High School

Caro Seniors Tetil and Herron Push Each Other Toward a Division 3 Top Five!

Every so often a program gets two runners who make each other better just by lacing up, and that's exactly what we've got in Caro this fall with seniors Violet Tetil and Luke Herron leading the way.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 10, 2026
🏈 Football
High School

Grand Haven Storms Back Into Contention: Bucs Hit 2-0 for First Time Since 2018

Our Grand Haven Buccaneers are off to their first 2-0 start since 2018, and they earned every inch of it — a triple-overtime survival test against Spring Lake, then a road win up at Muskegon Reeths-Puffer.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 10, 2026
🏈 Football
High School

Jonesville Outlasts Leslie 64-62 in Triple-OT Classic as Week 2 Delivers

Week 2 across our high school gridirons gave us everything on September 5, and nothing topped Jonesville and Leslie trading haymakers in a 64-62 triple-overtime marathon that tied for the fifth highest-scoring overtime game in MHSAA history.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 9, 2026
🏈 Football
High School Editor's Note

MHSAA Rolls Out the Welcome Mat for Michigan's Next Wave of Officials

There's a whole world behind every whistle at our high school games, and MHSAA is opening the door wider than ever for the folks who make Friday nights run.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 7, 2026
🏈 Football
High School

Grand Rapids Catholic Central Draws Chicago Kenwood on Friday

Friday brings a game worth circling on the schedule, as our Grand Rapids Catholic Central squad hosts Chicago Kenwood Academy out of Illinois on 9/5 with a 3:00 PM kickoff.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 5, 2026
🏈 Football
High School

Detroit King Outlasts St. Mary's in a Triple-OT Thriller!

Friday night gave us the kind of high school football that keeps us up past our bedtimes, and our Detroit King squad delivered — outlasting Orchard Lake St. Mary's in a triple-overtime thriller that had everything a fan could ask for out at Orchard Lake.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 5, 2026
🏈 Football
High School

Gideon Gash Chases Repeat Title as Catholic Central Star Eyes Texas Tech

Here's a name every Michigan high school fan ought to know: Gideon Gash, the Detroit Catholic Central Senior chasing a repeat and doing it in three sports at once.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 4, 2026
🏈 Football
High School Editor's Note

Top 10 Week 2 High School games of the week - MI Sports Chat

Here are the MI Sports Chat Top 10 games of the week 2 slate of games: Thurs.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 3, 2026
🏈 Football
High School

Two Forfeits Headline a Packed September 3 Football Slate Across Michigan

The September 3 high school football slate across our state is loaded, but two results already landed in the books the hard way.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 3, 2026
Soccer
High School

As Fall Practices Open Aug. 10, MHSAA Puts Heat Safety Front and Center

With practices for all Fall 2026 sports cleared to begin Monday, Aug. 10, the MHSAA is asking every one of our high school programs to take the heat seriously — and after multiple regions across Michigan approached record-high temperatures this summer, that message could not land at a better time.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 2, 2026
🏐 Volleyball
High School

Byron Center's Mallory Johnson Earns U23 USA Volleyball Roster Spot for Pan American Cup!

This is the kind of story that makes our high school volleyball scene something to shout about: Byron Center senior Mallory Johnson, a 5-foot-6 outside hitter, has been named to the U23 USA Volleyball Pan American Cup roster.

Patrick Lowney · Sep 2, 2026
Soccer
High School

Okemos Grabs the No. 1 Spot as Boys Soccer Rankings Drop for 2026-27!

The first Boys Soccer rankings of the 2026-2027 season are out, dated 8/25/2026 from the Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association, and our High School squads are already staking their claim.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 28, 2026
🏐 Volleyball
High School

Farmington Hills Mercy Takes the Top Spot in New Girls Volleyball Rankings

The first Girls Volleyball rankings of the 2026-2027 season are out, dated 8/25/2026 and produced by the Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association, and our Michigan powers are already staking their claims.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 28, 2026
🏐 Volleyball
High School

No. 1 Valley Lutheran Brings the Whole Band Back for Another Run

A year ago our Saginaw Valley Lutheran girls took a roster filled exclusively with sophomores and juniors all the way to the Division 3 Semifinals, before falling in three sets to a Kalamazoo Christian program that has now reached the Final Four four years running.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 21, 2026
Golf
High School

Concord's Haley Stimer Chases 20 Varsity Letters in Her Senior Run

Every once in a while an athlete comes along who does it all, and for us here in Concord that athlete is Haley Stimer — a senior walking into her final year with 15 varsity letters already stitched on her jacket and a goal that has folks talking: 20 letters over four years of high school.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 21, 2026
🏈 Football
High School

Tabron Commits to Texas A&M as Cass Tech's Title Hopes Ride on Their Junior QB

There's a fresh spring in the step of our Detroit Cass Tech faithful this week, and it's easy to see why: junior quarterback Donald Tabron, one of the top recruits in the country in the Class of 2028, committed to Texas A&M on Saturday.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 21, 2026
HS
High School Opinion

MI Sports Chat - Thoughts (Aug. 15, 2026)

Memories that last a lifetime.

Patrick Lowney · Aug 15, 2026