Today in the MHSAA: 10/14/19

October 14, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
 

Many of the state’s best in girls swimming & diving led the weekend’s high achievers as they showed how far they’ve come this fall and where they might be headed with a month left in their season.

1. Girls Swimming & Diving: Rockford – No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – LPD2 No. 4 Grosse Pointe South and LPD2 No. 6 Midland Dow took the top three places at the annual Michigan Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association MeetSwimcloud 

2. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 top-ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer defeated No. 2 Farmington Hills Mercy 119-67 in a power-packed weekend dualWe Love Ann Arbor

3. Cross Country: The LPD1 top-ranked Brighton boys and No. 5 Salem girls won titles at the 35th Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard InvitationalLivingston Daily Press & Argus 

4. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 6 Bronson defeated Division 2 No. 6 Parma Western and then came back after losing the first set to defeat Division 4 No. 3 Battle Creek St. Philip in the championship match of the Parma Western Invitational – Coldwater Daily Reporter 

5. Cross Country: The DeWitt girls and LPD2 No. 5 Haslett boys won this year’s Greater Lansing Invitational championships – Lansing State Journal Girls | Boys

6. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 3 Kalamazoo Christian downed Division 4 No. 4 Camden-Frontier in the final to win the Hanover-Horton Invitational – Hillsdale Daily News

7. Cross Country: The LPD3 No. 2 Charlevoix boys and No. 6 Traverse City St. Francis girls won Lake Michigan Conference Meet championships – Petoskey News-Review

8. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 5 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep swept honorable mention Cadillac in the final to win the Mt. Morris Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle 

9. Volleyball: Sault Ste. Marie swept Stephenson in the final to claim the Escanaba Elks Invitational title – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

10. Cross Country: The Detroit Catholic Central boys, Coldwater girls and both Bronson teams won championships at the 55th Sturgis Kiwanis Invitational – Sturgis Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 6/10/19

June 10, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Baseball, softball and girls soccer teams earned trips to the final week of the season this past weekend, with baseball teams clinching spots in the MHSAA Semifinals with first-ever Super Regional championships.

1. Baseball: No. 2 Portage Northern earned a Division 1 Super Regional title with a nine-inning win over No. 18 Grand Ledge followed by a 7-3 victory over top-ranked Brownstown Woodhaven – JoeInsider.com

2. Softball: Top-ranked and reigning champion Escanaba will return to the final week thanks to a 1-0 nine-inning win over No. 5 Muskegon Oakridge in Division 2 – Muskegon Chronicle

3. Girls Soccer: No. 9 Marshall got past No. 4 Richland Gull Lake in a shootout, taking penalty kicks 6-5 for a 2-1 win – JoeInsider.com

4. Softball: No. 4 Rogers City shut out No. 3 Onaway 7-0 to claim its fourth straight Division 4 Regional title – Alpena News

5. Girls Soccer: No. 7 Essexville Garber earned its first Regional title in this sport with a win over Williamston – Bay City Times

6. Softball: No. 6 Warren Regina pushed the winning run across in the eighth inning to down honorable mention Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse 5-4 and clinch a Division 2 Regional title – C&G Newspapers

7. Softball: Hudson defeated Sand Creek 4-1 in Division 4 to claim its first Regional title in this sport – Adrian Daily Telegram

8. Softball: With a pair of shutouts by pitcher Molly Carney, No. 3 Howell got past honorable mention St. Joseph and No. 9 Richland Gull Lake to win a Division 1 Regional – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. Softball: Freeland earned its first Regional title since 2005 with wins over Alma and Frankenmuth – Midland Daily News

10. Baseball: Macomb Dakota avenged three regular-season losses to reigning Division 1 champion Grosse Pointe South with an 11-3 win in a Super Regional Final – Macomb Daily