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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: 10/17/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 17, 2024
1. BOYS SOCCER No. 8 Bay City John Glenn claimed its first District championship in soccer with a 3-0 win over Ludington in Division 2 – WNEM
2. BOYS SOCCER Montague claimed its first District title in this sport, downing Fremont 1-0 in Division 3 – CatchMark SportsNet
3. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Pontiac Notre Dame Prep clinched a Division 3 District title with a shootout win over No. 5 Detroit Country Day – Oakland Press
4. BOYS SOCCER Detroit Catholic Central also won by shootout over No. 2 Northville in a Division 1 District Final – Hometown Life
5. BOYS SOCCER No. 7 Grosse Ile ran its District championship streak to 16 with a 4-1 win over No. 8 Milan in Division 3 – Southgate News-Herald
6. CROSS COUNTRY Shepherd swept Jack Pine Conference titles, the girls winning their 15th consecutive; Shepherd’s boys are ranked No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
7. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Traverse City Central clinched its third-straight Big North Conference title with a sweep of Alpena – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. BOYS SOCCER Grand Haven claimed a fourth-straight District title with a 1-0 win over Jenison in Division 1 – Grand Haven Tribune
9. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 14 Midland Dow girls and Midland boys ran to Saginaw Valley League championships – Midland Daily News
10. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD2 No. 2 Zeeland East girls and No. 3 Holland Christian boys secured Ottawa-Kent Conference Black championships – Holland Sentinel