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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.
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.
Friday Night Lights Are Back: 302 Games Kick Off Week 1 With Goodrich-Frankenmuth Under the Big House Roof!
It's back, and it comes in a flood — 184 games tonight, 112 on Friday, six Saturday, our high school teams pouring back onto the fields with roughly 33,000 players suiting up across the state in the most-played sport we've got.
High School Football Kicks Off August 28 With a Slate of Showcase Classics!
The wait is over, folks — our high school football teams take the field August 28, and the calendar is loaded with the kind of showcase events that make late summer around here worth circling.
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.
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.
Friday Night Lights Are Back: 302 Games Kick Off Week 1 With Goodrich-Frankenmuth Under the Big House Roof!
It's back, and it comes in a flood — 184 games tonight, 112 on Friday, six Saturday, our high school teams pouring back onto the fields with roughly 33,000 players suiting up across the state in the most-played sport we've got.
High School Football Kicks Off August 28 With a Slate of Showcase Classics!
The wait is over, folks — our high school football teams take the field August 28, and the calendar is loaded with the kind of showcase events that make late summer around here worth circling.
Gobles Steps Up to 11-Player Football, and the Tigers Are Ready
Big change for our Gobles Tigers this fall, folks: after four straight seasons of 8-player ball — a combined 31-10 record and MHSAA Playoff trips in four of the last five years — they're making the jump to 11-player football, where they land in Division 8.
Ameli, Dzebo Shine as Troy Athens Blanks Northville 3-0 in Hodges' Homecoming!
There is nothing like a clean sheet to open a season, and our Troy Athens Red Hawks gave us one Thursday night, dispatching the Northville Mustangs 3-0 to start the year on the right foot.
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.
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.
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.
Glen Lake's Julie Bennett Rows 2,800 Miles Across the Pacific in 40 Days
Every so often a Laker story comes along that stops us cold, and this is one of them: Julie (Adams) Bennett, a 1982 Glen Lake graduate, just rowed clean across the Pacific Ocean.
MI Sports Chat - Thoughts (Aug. 15, 2026)
Memories that last a lifetime.
2026 Amazon Prep Kickoff Classic Announces Four Marquee Matchups at Wayne State
The Detroit Sports Commission has announced the game matchups for the 2026 Amazon Prep Kickoff Classic, and the slate is loaded with our best high school football!