High 5s: 11/21/12

November 21, 2012

With the Thanksgiving holiday mid-week and nearly every fall sport done, we'll give out just one High 5 today. But it goes to a team that's been among the elite for half a decade and could be just getting started.

Holland swimming and diving

The Dutch scored 311.5 points to defeat runner-up Ann Arbor Skyline by 56 at the Lower Peninsula Division 2 Final at Oakland University. Holland totaled seven first-place finishes, including winning all three relays. It was the second-straight championship for the Dutch, who finished LP Division 2 runners-up from 2008-10. 

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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