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: 9/18/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 18, 2025

1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 4 Farmington Hills Mercy lost the first set but won the next three to get past No. 2 Bloomfield Hills Marian – Oakland Press

2. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 honorable mention Melvindale handed Dearborn Heights Crestwood its first defeat, 1-0 – Southgate News-Herald

3. BOYS SOCCER Midland Dow downed Division 3 No. 3 Flint Powers Catholic 3-1 – WNEM

4. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 6 Holland and No. 7 Holland Christian tied for the third straight meeting, 1-1 – Holland Sentinel

5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Gladwin swept Standish-Sterling, earning coach Tony Wetmore his 200th victory – Midland Daily News

6. BOYS SOCCER Dearborn Edsel Ford handed Allen Park its first Downriver League loss, 1-0 – Southgate News-Herald

7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 2 honorable mention Parma Western held off Coldwater in five  sets to improve to 13-1-1 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

8. BOYS SOCCER New Haven upset St. Clair Shores Lake Shore 3-2 – Macomb Daily

9. BOYS SOCCCER Division 3 No. 4 Elk Rapids ran its winning streak to six and shutout streak to five with a victory at Boyne City – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. BOYS SOCCER Macomb Dakota downed Utica 4-0 – Macomb Daily