Did you see that? (10/29-11/4)
November 5, 2012
We had champions upon champions upon champions last week, whether they were winners of MHSAA Finals in cross country and soccer, Districts in volleyball or league champs in swimming and diving.
Girls cross country
Favorites make good: Reigning individual champions Erin Finn of West Bloomfield, Julia Bos of Grand Rapids Christian and Kirsten Olling of Breckenridge all repeated Saturday at Michigan International Speedway, with Macomb Lutheran North's Gina Patterson joining the group. Second Half talked to all four. (Division 1) (Division 2) (Division 3) (Division 4)
Boys cross country
Taking two titles: Highland Milford and Concord won both the MHSAA Lower Peninsula team championships in their respective divisions Saturday and also had the top individuals in those races. Second Half provided same-day coverage from every race. (Division 1) (Division 2) (Division 3) (Division 4)
Soccer
Headed west: A year after Detroit-area teams claimed all four MHSAA LP boys soccer championships, Grand Rapids area teams took back three. East Kentwood, Hudsonville Unity Christian and Grand Rapids South Christian won titles, while Hamtramck Freedom International kept one on the east side of the state with its first Finals win. Second Half covered them all. (Division 1) (Division 2) (Division 3) (Division 4)
Volleyball
Hang that banner: Bay City John Glenn won its first volleyball District championship in the 47-year history of the school, beating Essexville-Garber in four sets to claim a Class B title. John Glenn had to come back after dropping the first game. (Bay City Times)
Hang that banner, part II: Three Rivers also won its first volleyball District championship, downing Vicksburg in four games to claim the Class B championship. (Sturgis Journal)
Copper Kings, once again: After finding itself only two points from the District championship in 2011, and then giving up the final five to lose it, Calumet defeated rival Houghton in three games to take back the trophy after two straight Houghton wins. The Copper Kings are ranked No. 4 in Class C. (Houghton Daily Mining Gazette)
West Iron ends near-decade of dominance: Iron River West Iron County had last won a District title in 2002, before nine straight by rival Iron Mountain. But the Wykons knocked out the Mountaineers in a Semifinal and came back from match point to score the final five and beat Ironwood for a Class C championship. (Escanaba Daily News)
Swimming and Diving
Holland still rules: Coming off their first MHSAA championship in 2011, the Dutch continue to roll and piled up seven O-K Green records in winning that league championship meet. Cassie Misiewicz and Holly Morren each set two individual marks. (Holland Sentinel)
Double Dow: Midland Dow won the Saginaw Valley League championship meet with 638 points, more than double that of the runner-up. The title was Dow's seventh straight. (Midland Daily News)
Wrestling
Longtime Napoleon coach steps down: Todd Anderson announced his resignation after running the program since 1990-91. His father Don Anderson started the program in 1967. (Jackson Citizen-Patriot)
Tennis
Forman is Mr. Tennis: Troy senior Brett Forman, the MHSAA Division 1 champion at No. 1 singles as a sophomore and runner-up this fall, was named Mr. Tennis by the Michigan High School Tennis Coaches Association. He finished his career with a 77-8 record. (Oakland Press)
Story of the Week
Kirsten fights on: A little more than a year ago, doctors found cancerous tumors throughout Kirsten Longstreth's body, including multiple in her lungs. But the Beaverton senior had fought back to nearly knock the cancer completely out, and while continuing to play sports including volleyball this fall. (Midland Daily News)
Soccer, Volleyball Streaming Wednesday
November 4, 2020
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
Tune in tonight for live streams of MHSAA Boys Soccer Semifinals and continuing Girls Volleyball District action on the NFHS Network/MHSAA.tv.
Here is tonight’s schedule:
Boys Soccer
Mattawan vs. Detroit Catholic Central at Novi (Meadows Stadium) – 6 PM
Grand Rapids South Christian vs. Elk Rapids at Cedar Springs HS – 6 PM
Clarkston Everest Collegiate vs. Adrian Lenawee Christian at Troy Athens HS – 7 PM
Girls Volleyball
Birmingham Groves vs. Troy Athens - 4:45 PM
Birch Run vs. Mt Morris - 5 PM
Comstock vs. Kalamazoo Christian - 5 PM
Davison vs. Fenton - 5 PM
Dearborn Heights Crestwood vs. Garden City - 5 PM
Edwardsburg vs. Berrien Springs - 5 PM
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern vs. Lowell - 5 PM
Grosse Pointe North vs. Detroit East English - 5 PM
Haslett vs. DeWitt - 5 PM
Lake Orion vs. Oxford - 5 PM
Madison Heights Bishop Foley vs. Warren Michigan Collegiate - 5 PM
Marquette vs. Traverse City West - 5 PM
Midland vs. Bay City Central - 5 PM
Ortonville Brandon vs. Goodrich - 5 PM
Otisville LakeVille vs. Burton Atherton - 5 PM
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep vs. Madison Heights Lamphere - 5 PM
Portage Central vs. Sturgis - 5 PM
Richmond vs. St. Clair - 5 PM
Romulus vs. Grosse Ile - 5 PM
Springport vs. East Jackson - 5 PM
Sterling Heights Parkway Christian School vs. Chesterfield Austin Catholic - 5 PM
Troy vs. Auburn Hills Avondale - 5 PM
Walled Lake Central vs. Hartland - 5 PM
Westland Huron Valley Lutheran vs. Lutheran Westland - 5 PM
Battle Creek Harper Creek vs. Parchment - 5:30 PM
Cassopolis vs. Niles Brandywine - 5:30 PM
Center Line vs. St. Clair Shores South Lake - 5:30 PM
Chesaning vs. Saginaw - 5:30 PM
Grandville Calvin Christian vs. Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 5:30 PM
Hart vs. Hesperia - 5:30 PM
Lansing Catholic vs. Portland - 5:30 PM
Leland vs. Traverse City Christian - 5:30 PM
Manistee Catholic Central vs. Brethren - 5:30 PM
Maple City Glen Lake vs. Elk Rapids - 5:30 PM
Morley Stanwood vs. Pewamo-Westphalia - 5:30 PM
New Lothrop vs. Vassar - 5:30 PM
North Branch vs. Yale - 5:30 PM
South Lyon East vs. Pinckney - 5:30 PM
Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley vs. Sterling Heights Stevenson - 6 PM
Fraser vs. St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 6 PM
Mayville vs. Peck - 6 PM
New Life Christian Academy vs. Brown City - 6 PM
Pinconning vs. Beaverton - 6 PM
Traverse City Central vs. Petoskey - 6 PM
Unionville Sebewaing vs. Harbor Beach - 6 PM
Bloomfield Hills Marian vs. Birmingham Seaholm - 6:30 PM
Dearborn Divine Child vs. Dearborn - 6:30 PM
Flint Hamady vs. Burton Bentley - 6:30 PM
Grand Blanc vs. Lapeer - 6:30 PM
Grand Ledge vs. St Johns - 6:30 PM
Macomb Lutheran North vs. Algonac - 6:30 PM
Niles vs. Dowagiac Union - 6:30 PM
Bridgeport vs. Saginaw Swan Valley - 7 PM
Calumet vs. Hancock - 7 PM
Clawson vs. Detroit Country Day - 7 PM
Clio vs. Caro - 7 PM
Flint Powers Catholic vs. Lake Fenton - 7 PM
Flint Powers Catholic vs. Lake Fenton - 7 PM
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central vs. East Kentwood - 7 PM
Grass Lake vs. Michigan Center - 7 PM
Holly vs. Clarkston - 7 PM
Imlay City vs. Almont - 7 PM
Kalamazoo Loy Norrix vs. Portage Northern - 7 PM
Lake Leelanau St. Mary vs. Suttons Bay - 7 PM
Lakeview vs. Carson City-Crystal - 7 PM
Mancelona vs. Traverse City St. Francis - 7 PM
Mason County Central vs. White Cloud - 7 PM
Merritt Academy vs. Marine City Cardinal Mooney Catholic - 7 PM
Mount Pleasant vs. Bay City Western - 7 PM
Novi vs. Plymouth - 7 PM
Onekama vs. Pentwater - 7 PM
Plymouth Christian Academy vs. Taylor Trillium Academy - 7 PM
Romulus Summit Academy North vs. Flat Rock - 7 PM
Saginaw Valley Lutheran vs. Millington - 7 PM
South Lyon vs. Howell - 7 PM
Vicksburg vs. Three Rivers - 7 PM
Watervliet vs. Bridgman - 7 PM
West Bloomfield vs. Pontiac - 7 PM
White Lake Lakeland vs. Highland Milford - 7 PM
Williamston vs. Corunna - 7 PM
Wyoming The Potter's House vs. Grand Rapids Covenant Christian - 7 PM
Royal Oak Shrine vs. Madison Heights Madison - 7:15 PM
Cass City vs. Bad Axe - 7:30 PM
Farwell vs. Houghton Lake - 7:30 PM
Kingston vs. Dryden - 7:30 PM
Memphis vs. Marlette - 7:30 PM
Warren Regina vs. East Detroit - 7:30 PM