Fall sports roundup: South Lyon East wins LVC championship match; Troy, Seaholm play soccer district semis tonight

South Lyon East beat Livonia Churchill 3-0 on Thursday, Oct. 15, in the Lakes Valley Conference championship match between the two division winners, according to MaxPreps and the conference. Here's that result and the rest of this week's Oakland County fall sports news. Football is covered separately.

Volleyball: South Lyon East adds the LVC crown

East won the Valley Division and Churchill the Lakes Division, both at 5-0, and the conference's Oct. 15 schedule paired the two No. 1 seeds. Our Oct. 16 roundup said the match would decide the overall LVC title but did not have the result. MaxPreps lists the 3-0 score but not the set scores. Our Oct. 16 roundup.

On Saturday, Oct. 17, East beat East Grand Rapids 2-0 and Trenton 2-0 at the "Beast of the East" tournament, then lost 2-0 to Byron Center, according to MaxPreps. The loss ended a 12-match winning streak. East is 30-6. Byron Center, ranked No. 4 in Division 1, won the 32-team tournament, the MHSAA reported.

East plays at Detroit Country Day on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 6:30 p.m. Country Day won the teams' first meeting Sept. 3, according to the MHSAA. The LVC tournament is Saturday, Oct. 24.

Clarkston falls twice at Novi

Clarkston lost to Milford 2-1 and to Bloomfield Hills 2-0 at a tournament in Novi on Saturday, Oct. 17, according to MaxPreps. No result was posted for Clarkston's first match, against Novi. The Journal did not find who won the tournament.

MaxPreps now lists Clarkston at 20-4. Before the weekend, the Oakland Press had the Wolves at 21-2, with both losses to Marian and Mercy in August. The two counts don't line up.

Novi beat Anchor Bay 2-1 and lost to Bloomfield Hills and Milford, both 2-0, according to MaxPreps. Novi is 17-8. Bloomfield Hills hosts Country Day on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m., according to MaxPreps.

Where the state rankings stand

The latest state rankings from the Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association, as reported in the MHSAA's weekly volleyball report Oct. 14, had several Oakland County teams near the top:

• Division 1: Bloomfield Hills Marian No. 1, Farmington Hills Mercy No. 2, Clarkston No. 3, South Lyon East No. 5. Orchard Lake St. Mary's was an honorable mention.
• Division 2: Detroit Country Day No. 2.

Marian moved to No. 1 after beating Mercy in four sets for the Catholic High School League tournament title, according to the MHSAA. Marian had lost to Mercy twice earlier in the season. The MHSAA report also noted East's three-set win over Mercy after dropping the first set 25-12.

Those rankings came before the weekend's losses by Clarkston and East.

District brackets are expected Oct. 25, according to the MHSAA. MHSAA districts run Nov. 2-7, followed by regionals Nov. 10 and 12, quarterfinals Nov. 17, semifinals Nov. 19-20 and the Finals Nov. 21 at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek.

Boys soccer: district semifinals tonight and Tuesday

Monday's Division 1 and 2 district semifinals involving Oakland County teams, according to the MHSAA's tournament brackets:

• Troy vs. Royal Oak, 5 p.m. at Troy (D1 District 13). Troy, ranked No. 1 in the state coaches poll, beat Royal Oak 2-1 on Sept. 24, according to MaxPreps.
• Birmingham Seaholm vs. Berkley, 7 p.m. at Troy (D1 District 13). Seaholm is ranked No. 8. The District 13 final is Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 6 p.m. at Troy.
• Rochester Adams vs. Rochester, 5:30 p.m., and Rochester Hills Stoney Creek vs. Utica Eisenhower, 7:30 p.m., both at Romeo's Barnabo Field (D1 District 16).
• Ferndale vs. U-D Jesuit, 5 p.m. at Keyworth Stadium in Hamtramck (D2 District 30).
• Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood vs. Pontiac, 7:30 p.m. at Waterford Mott (D2 District 28).

On Tuesday, Oct. 20, No. 7 Clarkston hosts Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice in a District 6 semifinal at 5 p.m., according to the MHSAA bracket and the Clarkston News. Brother Rice and Bloomfield Hills played to a 1-1 draw Friday, according to MaxPreps, and the MHSAA bracket lists Brother Rice as the winner advancing. The District 6 final is Thursday, Oct. 22, at 6 p.m. at Clarkston.

Other Oakland County teams in the Oct. 13 state coaches poll, as published by Yahoo Sports: Orchard Lake St. Mary's No. 8 in Division 2; Pontiac Notre Dame Prep No. 2, Detroit Country Day No. 6 and Ortonville Brandon No. 9 in Division 3; and Clarkston Everest Collegiate No. 14 in Division 4.

Districts end Oct. 24, according to the MHSAA. Regionals are Oct. 27-31, and semifinals are Nov. 4, with Troy Athens hosting a Division 1 semifinal and Troy High a Division 4 semifinal. The Finals are Nov. 7 in Grand Ledge.

Cross-country: one more league meet, then regionals

• Tuesday, Oct. 20: LVC girls championship at Willow Metropark, hosted by Livonia Churchill, according to the conference.
• Thursday, Oct. 22: OAA Red Jamboree No. 3 at Rochester Adams, according to the Adams athletic calendar.
• Oct. 30-31: MHSAA Lower Peninsula regionals. Adams' calendar lists its regional for Friday, Oct. 30.
• Saturday, Nov. 7: Lower Peninsula Finals at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, according to the MHSAA.

Earlier this month, Lake Orion's boys won the Oakland County championship Oct. 3 with 55 points among 31 teams, the Lake Orion Review reported. Ricardo Guajardo led the Dragons in sixth place in 16:46.3.

Girls swimming and diving

The MHSAA Lower Peninsula Finals are Nov. 20-21. Division 1 swims at Jenison High School, Division 2 at the Holland Aquatic Center and Division 3 at Oakland University, according to the MHSAA. Regional diving is Nov. 12.

Clarkston tied for fifth of 94 teams at the MISCA meet earlier this month with 173.7 points, the Clarkston News reported.

This story uses MaxPreps scores and schedules, MHSAA tournament brackets and reporting from the MHSAA, the Oakland Press, the Clarkston News, the Lake Orion Review, Yahoo Sports and the Lakes Valley Conference.