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October 30, 2012
Qualifiers for the final week of the boys soccer and cross country seasons were determined over the weekend, while volleyball teams finished up league tournaments before serving up District play beginning today.
Soccer
Unity Christian downs 1 and 2: No. 3 Hudsonville Unity Christian became the highest-ranked team left in Division 2 by defeating No. 2 Ada Forest Hills Eastern in a Regional Semifinal and then top-ranked Spring Lake in the Regional Final. (Grand Rapids Press)
Hornets win first Regional: Williamston’s boys had never won a Regional game before last week, but ended it with their first Semifinal berth after a 2-0 win over No. 10 Frankenmuth in Division 3. (Saginaw News)
Cross country
Seaholm girls, Mott boys win: The top-ranked Birmingham Seaholm girls put seven among the top 11 at Saturday's Division 1 Regional at Waterford to finish ahead of No. 7 Northville and claim the championships. The Waterford Mott boys, ranked No. 6, put five among the top 13 to win their race. (Oakland Press)
Volleyball
No. 1 in league, No. 1 overall: Richland Gull Lake secured the top ranking in Class A heading into the MHSAA tournament by winning the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference tournament Saturday. The Blue Devils beat No. 7 Mattawan in the semifinal before taking down Niles in the championship match. (Battle Creek Enquirer)
Marysville ready for playoffs: The Class B No. 5 Vikings won their home invitational Saturday, beating No. 10 Croswell-Lexington in three games in the championship match. (Port Huron Times-Herald)
Swimming and Diving
Records fall: Division 2 No. 9 Midland Dow broke all three relay pool records as it hosted rival Midland on Thursday. The Chargers won 141-42 to move to 13-0 in dual meets this fall. (Midland Daily News)
Tennis
Jenshak, Erickson named Players of the Year: Escanaba’s Codi Jenshak and Iron River West Iron County’s Kylee Erickson played three times this season and won the MHSAA Division 1 and 2 Upper Peninsula No. 1 singles championships, respectively. They were named Co-Player of the Year in the Upper Peninsula last week. (Escanaba Daily Press) (Iron Mountain Daily News)
Today in the MHSAA: 11/4/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
November 4, 2024
2. GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Romeo in a repeat, Goodrich, Lansing Catholic and Whitmore Lake won team championships at the Lower Peninsula Finals, and Midland Dow’s Victoria Garces ran the second-fastest time in race history at Michigan International Speedway – MHSAA.com
2. BOYS SOCCER Pontiac Notre Dame Prep won its first Finals title, Warren De La Salle Collegiate its first in two decades, Muskegon Western Michigan Christian its third straight and Rochester Adams its second in three seasons – MHSAA.com
3. BOYS CROSS COUNTRY Northville, Traverse City St. Francis and Hillsdale Academy repeated as champions and Allendale won its first Finals team title since 1999; two individual records fell as well – MHSAA.com
4. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Dearborn Heights Annapolis finished just two points ahead of Crestwood to win the Western Wayne Athletic Conference championship meet – Dearborn Press & Guide
5. VOLLEYBALL Cadillac finished 2-2 at its regular-season finale, defeating Richland Gull Lake and Division 4 No. 9 Ubly and losing to Mount Pleasant and Division 3 No. 6 Traverse City St. Francis – Cadillac News