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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: 9/12/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 12, 2024

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 4 Holland earned a 3-0 win over Holland Christian – Holland Sentinel

2. BOYS SOCCER Freeland edged Division 3 No. 11 Alma in a match notable locally league and statewide – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

3. BOYS SOCCER Big Rapids and Kent City drew 1-1 in a matchup of Central State Activities Association contenders – Big Rapids Pioneer

4. VOLLEYBALL Parma Western came back from two sets down to defeat Marshall – Jackson Citizen Patriot

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 9 Grand Blanc earned its fourth-straight shutout, this one 2-0 over Lapeer – WJRT

6. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING St. Joseph – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – continued its strong start with a 114-57 victory over Mattawan – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

7. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 15 Dearborn Edsel Ford downed rival Brownstown Woodhaven 9-2 – Southgate News-Herald

8. BOYS TENNIS Sturgis won the day’s only three-set match, at No. 2 doubles, to get past Niles 5-3 – Sturgis Journal

9. BOYS SOCCER Montague made a first-half goal stand in its 1-0 win over Whitehall – CatchMark SportsNet

10. BOYS SOCCER Midland Dow downed Flint Carman-Ainsworth 6-0 in the Saginaw Valley League – Midland Daily News