Today in the MHSAA: 10/1/18

September 30, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

1. Cross Country: Otsego senior Alex Comerford became the state’s first runner to break 15 minutes this season with a 26-second win at his team’s invitational – Athletic.net 

2. Girls Cross Country: Rockford senior Ericka VanderLende ran the state’s fastest time on the girls side this season, 16:55.9, in winning at the Allendale Invitational – Athletic.net 

3. Girls Swimming & Diving: Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 4 Birmingham Groves won the most high-profile dual of its quad, over No. 6 Midland Dow, but the Chargers did earn victories over honorable mentions Grosse Pointe North and Fenton – Midland Daily News

4. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 2 Bronson defeated Division 2 honorable mentions Niles and then Edwardsburg to finish its run at its annual invitational – Sturgis Journal

5. Cross Country: The Plymouth boys (LPD1 No. 3) and Northville girls (LPD1 No. 1) won championships at the Coaching Legends Invitational at Huron Meadows Metropark – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

6. Cross Country: Dearborn Divine Child and Salem’s girls and boys teams swept championships at the Marauder Invitational at Lake Erie Metropark; Divine Child and Salem’s girls both are ranked No. 2, in Division 2 and 1 respectively, while the Divine Child boys are No. 13 in LPD2 and Salem’s are No. 9 in LPD1 – Southgate News-Herald 

7. Cross Country: Lansing Catholic’s boys (LPD2 No. 7), DeWitt’s girls (LPD2 No. 5), and both Ithaca teams (girls are LPD3 No. 14) won championships at the DeWitt Invitational – Athletic.net

8. Cross Country: The Petoskey (LPD2 No. 3) and Grandville Calvin Christian (LPD3 No. 4) girls and Pewamo-Westphalia (LPD3 No. 3) and Farmington boys won championships at the Shepherd Invitational – Athletic.net

9. Boys Tennis: Andrew Swirczek repeated as individual Greater Muskegon Athletic Association champion for Muskegon Mona Shores, but Whitehall edged the Sailors by three points for the team title – Local Sports Journal

10. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD2 honorable mention Battle Creek Lakeview returned to the top of the local ranking with a win at the All-City meet – Battle Creek Enquirer

Today in the MHSAA: 4/14/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 14, 2025

1. SOFTBALL Division 2 honorable mention Essexville Garber clinched its fifth-straight Bay County Championship title with a 10-7 win over Bay City Western – Bay City Times

2. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 14 Saline swept No. 8 South Lyon 5-1 and 9-3 – Chelsea Sun Times News

3. BASEBALL Midland Dow downed Division 2 No. 8 Flint Powers Catholic 9-4 in 13 innings – Midland Daily News

4. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 2 Bay City Western downed John Glenn 9-0 to became the first three-peat winner in Bay County Championship baseball history – Bay City Times

5. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 10 Frankenmuth won the first game 10-0, but Birch Run won the second 13-11 – WNEM

6. TRACK & FIELD Addison’s Molly Brown was the star of the Napoleon Invitational with four individual championships – Jackson Citizen Patriot

7. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 13 Essexville Garber repeated as Bay County champion with a 1-0 win over John Glenn – Bay City Times

8. GIRLS SOCCER Utica Ford and Division 3 No. 4 Warren Regina played to a 1-1 draw – Macomb Daily

9. GIRLS TENNIS Traverse City St. Francis – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – dominated the Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett quad with wins over the host, Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central and Macomb L’Anse Creuse North – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. GIRLS LACROSSE Troy Athens came back after trailing early to get past United Farmington 10-9 – Oakland Press