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This week Around The State
 1st & Goal: 2026 Week 4 ReviewThere’s always a week during high school football season when league championship races begin to become clearer. Week 4 seems a little early for that most years. But several conference title scenarios may have begun to unfold with the results of this weekend’s games. |
 Performance of the Week: Grandville’s Caden LivermoreLivermore has been one of the state’s elite cross country runners for more than a year, and he proved it once again at Saturday’s Spartan Invitational at Michigan State, winning the “Elite” race in a time of 15:19.4, 12.2 seconds ahead of a field that included several of the state’s top returning runners from a year ago. |
 Gull Lake Players Find Opportunities to Play, New Friendships as Part of ‘Parchment Pride’When he took the field for his senior football season, Lucas Hutchinson did not expect to be wearing maroon and white. The navy blue and white of Gull Lake High School was more his style. But before the season started, an unusual series of events found Hutchinson and his 18 Gull Lake teammates without any team at all. |
 Class D Schools Set Multi-Sport Participation Record, Overall Rate Remains SteadyThe MHSAA’s eighth Multi-Sport Participation Survey, conducted last spring for the 2025-26 school year, showed just more than 45 percent of athletes at member high schools participated in more than one sport – for the most part consistent with past findings although the state’s smallest schools posted a record high rate of athletes playing more than one sport. |
 Be the Referee: Soccer ChangesBe The Referee is a series of short messages designed to help educate people on the rules of different sports, to help them better understand the art of officiating, and to recruit officials. Here is this week’s segment – Soccer Changes – Listen. |
 Coach’s Guide to Nutrition: Celebrate Chocolate Milk Day on Sept. 27National Chocolate Milk Day, celebrated on September 27, is a great opportunity to highlight a favorite drink that can also play a role in an athlete’s recovery routine. For high school athletes, chocolate milk can be a convenient choice after a hard practice, workout or game. |
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Upcoming MHSAA Tournament Schedule
Boys Tennis (LP) · Finals: Oct. 14-24
Girls Golf (LP) · Finals: Oct. 16-17
Boys Cross Country (UP) · Finals: Oct. 24
Girls Cross Country (UP) · Finals: Oct. 24
Field Hockey · Finals: Oct. 31
Boys Cross Country (LP) · Finals: Nov. 7
Girls Cross Country (LP) · Finals: Nov. 7
Boys Soccer · Finals: Nov. 7
Girls Swimming & Diving (LP) · Finals: Nov. 20-21
Girls Volleyball · Finals: Nov. 21
Football 8-Player · Finals: Nov. 20-21
Football 11-Player · Finals: Nov. 27 & 28
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