Today in the MHSAA: 10/14/15
October 14, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
With Lower Peninsula golf and tennis heading into the MHSAA Finals this weekend, it’s cross country, soccer and volleyball teams’ turns to claim league championships.
Cross Country
Lower Peninsula Division 3 No. 5 Shepherd won its sixth straight Tri-Valley Conference Central girls championship with the top four finishers at the final league jamboree – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Boys Soccer
Hillsdale Academy won the Hillsdale Cup and clinched a league title with a shootout win over Hillsdale High – Hillsdale Daily News
Division 2 No. 6 Spring Lake and No. 9 Fruitport will split the Lakes 8 Conference title thanks to the former’s 4-1 victory over Division 3 No. 11 Ludington on Tuesday – Muskegon Chronicle
Girls Swimming and Diving
LP Division 1 No. 6 Brighton opened its new pool by handing honorable mention Grand Blanc its first loss this season – Livingston Daily
Volleyball
Lake Odessa Lakewood, No. 7 in Class B, stayed undefeated in Greater Lansing Activities Conference play with a three-set win over Class D No. 5 Lansing Christian – Ionia Sentinel-Standard
Class B No. 7 Chelsea clinched its second straight Southeastern Conference White championship with a sweep of Tecumseh – AnnArbor.com
West Bloomfield unseated two-time reigning champion Farmington Hills Harrison in the Oakland Activities Association White, coming back from a first-set loss to claim the deciding match – Oakland Press
Ortonville-Brandon continued a 13-3 run coming off a 3-7 start this fall with a 3-1 win over Flushing – Flint Journal
Good Reads
The MHSAA Finals preview of Port Huron-area boys tennis teams kicks off with a look at 50-year Armada coach Dave Fredette – Port Huron Times-Herald
The origins of the unique Ann Arbor Huron River Rat mascot are tough to lock down, but this report looks at a few theories – AnnArbor.com
Today in the MHSAA: 10/13/15
October 13, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Soccer saw Monday’s most intriguing games, with ranked teams and league champions facing off to kick off the final week of the regular season.
Boys Soccer
LP Division 1 Flint Powers Catholic hasn’t given up a goal since Sept. 12 and moved to 15-1 on Monday with a 1-0 win over Saginaw Heritage, champion of the Saginaw Valley League North; Powers won the South – Flint Journal
East Lansing, No. 5 in LP Division 2, downed Division 3 No. 3 Williamston 5-2 in a Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup semifinal – Lansing State Journal
Daniel Dubois scored three goals to lead LP Division 4 No. 9 Whitehall past Ravenna 4-0, in the process setting a school record with 61 goals in his career – Muskegon Chronicle
Unranked Grand Blanc downed LP Division 1 No. 18 White Lake Lakeland 2-1 to win the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Lakes Conference title – Oakland Press
Muskegon Western Michigan Christian, No. 4 in LP Division 4, downed LP Division 3 No. 20 Wyoming Godwin Heights 3-1 on three second-half goals by Dylan Mines – Muskegon Chronicle