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: 4/24/19

April 24, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

As we approach the end of April, league races are warming up and so is the weather up north as half of today’s top 10 come from Upper Peninsula or Big North Conference schools.

1. Softball: Division 1 No. 9 Clinton Township Chippewa Valley edged honorable mention New Baltimore Anchor Bay 10-9 in Macomb Area Conference Red action – Macomb Dakota

2. Boys Golf: Cadillac shot a 313 to edge Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 3 Gaylord by seven strokes and win its invitational – Cadillac News

3. Track & Field: Marquette swept Division 1 Dome meet championships at the Superior Dome – Marquette Mining Journal

4. Baseball: Midland Bullock Creek split with Division 2 No. 2 Saginaw Swan Valley, with the Lancers’ Derek Beougher throwing a no-hitter in his team’s win – Midland Daily News

5. Softball: Division 2 top-ranked Escanaba moved to 3-0 with a sweep of Division 3 No. 9 Negaunee – Escanaba Daily Press

6. Girls Soccer: Unranked Pinckney tied Division 2 No. 10 Dexter 2-2 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

7. Baseball: Division 1 No. 5 Portage Northern and unranked Portage Central split a high-scoring doubleheader – Kalamazoo Gazette

8. Baseball: Traverse City West opened its doubleheader with Division 2 No. 15 Petoskey with a 5-1 win, but the Northmen came back to claim the second game 10-4 – MI Sports Now

9. Girls Soccer: Jaelyn Dobrowolski had a hat trick to lead Traverse City West past Central 4-0 – WPBN

10. Baseball: Brett Sikorski set Bronson’s school record for career hits during the second game of a sweep of Concord – Sturgis Journal

Also of note …

Battle Creek Central: Assistant football coach and JV baseball coach Reggie Hull was recognized for heroism after saving a life with CPR during the fall – Battle Creek Enquirer