Today in the MHSAA: 10/15/18

October 15, 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: The DeWitt girls, No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, and No. 12 Corunna boys claimed Greater Lansing Invitational championships – Lansing State Journal girls | boys

2. Cross Country: Traverse City St. Francis’ girls (LPD3 No. 6) and boys (No. 15) swept Lake Michigan Conference titles, and Harbor Springs’ Jeremy Kloss won his fourth league individual championship – Petoskey News-Review

3. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 10 Fruitport downed No. 9 Whitehall to win its third Greater Muskegon Athletic Association tournament in four seasons – Local Sports Journal

4. Boys Tennis: Unranked Traverse City Central and No. 6 Midland Dow shared their Lower Peninsula Division 2 Regional title – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. Boys Tennis: LPD1 No. 5 Northville locked up its first Regional tennis title since 1995 – Observer & Eccentric

6. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 9 Centreville avenged a loss to Division 4 No. 2 Mendon to win the Southwest 10 Conference tournament title – JoeInsider.com

7. Volleyball: Division 1 honorable mention Battle Creek Lakeview locked up its third straight All-City title – Battle Creek Enquirer

8. Volleyball: Division 3 honorable mention Adrian Madison edged Onsted by two points in both sets to win the Lenawee County tournament for the third straight season – Adrian Daily Telegram

9. Cross Country: Muskegon Reeths-Puffer swept championships at the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association city meet – Local Sports Journal

10. Volleyball: Pentwater defeated Marion to earn the West Michigan D League tournament title – Manistee News Advocate

Also of note:

Girls Swimming & Diving: From Thursday, LPD1 No. 8 Brighton clinched a share of the Kensington Lakes Activities Association West title with a win over honorable mention Hartland – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Boys Soccer: Marysville claimed its second straight Macomb Area Conference Gold title with a 2-0 win over Roseville – Port Huron Times-Herald

Boys Tennis: From Thursday, Gibraltar Carlson claimed its fourth straight Regional title, in LPD2 – Southgate News-Herald

Today in the MHSAA: 6/12/18

June 12, 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. Softball: No. 10 Centreville downed No. 3 Kalamazoo Christian 7-1 to claim a Division 3 Regional title – WWMT

2. Baseball: No. 2 St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic emerged from a Division 4 Regional with a win over No. 11 Decatur, which previously had eliminated top-ranked Kalamazoo Hackett – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

3. Softball: Honorable mention Flat Rock downed honorable mention Milan in nine innings to move on in Division 2 – Southgate News Herald

4. Baseball: No. 6 Grand Ledge is headed back to the Division 1 Quarterfinals thanks to a 5-1 Regional Final win over No. 14 Portage Northern – Lansing State Journal

5. Baseball: No. 16 Tecumseh shut out Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard in Division 2 to advance – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. Football: Benton Harbor coach Elliot Uzelac has resigned; he led the Tigers to their first MHSAA playoff appearance in 2015 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Also of note ... 

Baseball: If you haven't heard yet about this ultimate show of sportsmanship and proper perspective in athletics, you need to check out what happened during the Minnesota prep playoffs – Minneapolis Star-Tribune