Today In The MHSAA: 10/18/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 18, 2021

1. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Marian never lost a set and defeated Division 2 No. 2 Grand Rapids Christian in the championship match to win the Beast of the East against a field that included 10 ranked teams – Oakland Press

2. CROSS COUNTRY The Okemos girls – No. 11 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – and LPD2 No. 7 St. Johns boys claimed this year’s Greater Lansing Invitational championships – Lansing State Journal Girls | Boys

3. CROSS COUNTRY Romeo’s teams swept Macomb County Invitational championships; Romeo’s girls are No. 6 in LPD1 and the boys are No. 3 – Macomb Daily

4. CROSS COUNTRY Bay City Western swept Bay County Championship titles – Bay City Times

5. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 6 Centreville swept Cassopolis in the final to win the Southwest 10 Conference Tournament championship – Sturgis Journal

6. CROSS COUNTRY The Mona Shores girls and Whitehall boys won Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championships – Local Sport Journal

7. VOLLEYBALL Battle Creek Lakeview defeated Harper Creek 2-0 to clinch the All-City championship – Battle Creek Enquirer

8. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Coldwater was first and Mattawan second at the Battle Creek Harper Creek Invitational – Coldwater Daily Reporter 

9. VOLLEYBALL Sault Ste. Marie downed Johannesburg-Lewiston 2-1 in the finale to win the Inland Lakes Invitational – Petoskey News-Review

10. CROSS COUNTRY Brownstown Woodhaven’s girls and Riverview’s boys won Downriver Gabriel Richard Invitational championships – Southgate News-Herald 

Today In The MHSAA: 12/15/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 15, 2021

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sault Ste. Marie scored seven points over the final 23 seconds to edge Gaylord 59-57 – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

2. WRESTLING Gibraltar Carlson defeated Dearborn Fordson and Dearborn Heights Crestwood, and Carlson’s Deisel Gessner won his two matches by pin in a combined 46 seconds – Monroe News

3. HOCKEY Riverview Gabriel Richard scored the game’s lone goal with 1:02 to play to get past Detroit Country Day – Oakland Press

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Traverse City St. Francis opened with a key league win, 59-40 over Charlevoix – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Saginaw Swan Valley used a strong defensive performance to get past Reese 54-43 – Saginaw News

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Owosso followed sophomore Skotti Ball-Duley to a 42-34 win over Fenton – Owosso Argus-Press

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kalamazoo Central outlasted St. Joseph 76-73 in double overtime – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Portage Central came back from a halftime deficit to defeat Richland Gull Lake 49-34 – Kalamazoo Gazette

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Muskegon opened its season with a 59-35 win over Traverse City Central – Local Sports Journal

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Sub Ashton Tomassi was super in Brighton’s 66-47 win over Lapeer – Livingston Daily Press & Argus