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: 9/14/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 14, 2026

1. CROSS COUNTRY The Ann Arbor Pioneer girls and Northville boys won Spartan Invitational Elite championships, among eight varsity title winners total – Athletic.net

2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 3 Kingsley finished 5-0 to win its invitational, and Jenna Middleton reached 2,000 career kills – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 10 Morley Stanwood came back from losing the first set to win the next two against Spring Lake and claim its invitational – Big Rapids News

4. CROSS COUNTY Reed City’s girls and boys teams swept Ferris State Ray Helsing Bulldog Invitational titles – Cadillac News

5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 7 Grand Haven downed Sparta, Stevensville Lakeshore, Grandville and Zeeland East to win its invitational for the third-straight season – Grand Haven Tribune

6. BOYS SOCCER Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker defeated Birch Run, Pinconning and Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central to win its Mark Weidman Invitational for the third-straight season – Huron Daily Tribune

7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 10 Onekama won all 12 sets and defeated Mason County Eastern in the final to win its invitational – Manistee News Advocate

8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Macomb Lutheran North finished 5-0 to win the Fraser Tournament, downing Fraser in the final – Macomb Daily

9. CROSS COUNTRY The Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker boys team was among winners at the Bad Axe Hatchet Invitational – Huron Daily Tribune

10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Bay City John Glenn won the silver bracket title at the Mitten Bay Classic – Bay City Times