Today in the MHSAA: 10/18/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 18, 2023
1. CROSS COUNTRY The Union City boys and Concord girls won Big 8 Conference championships, Union City clinching a title for the first time since 1976. Concord’s girls are ranked No. 13 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – Coldwater Daily Reporter Girls | Boys
2. BOYS SOCCER No. 3 Troy Athens shook up Division 1 with a 5-2 win over top-ranked Berkley in a District Semifinal – MLIVE-Detroit
3. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 4 Leland edged Kingsley in five sets to claim the Northwest Conference title – MI Sports Now
4. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 5 Traverse City St. Francis swept Elk Rapids to claim a 10th Lake Michigan Conference title over the last 12 seasons – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. VOLLEYBALL Johannesburg-Lewiston and Indian River Inland Lakes won matches to clinch a shared Ski Valley Conference championship – Petoskey News-Review | Cheboygan Daily Tribune
6. CROSS COUNTRY Hart swept championship races in the West Michigan Conference Rivers; Hart’s girls are No. 8 in LPD3, and the boys are No. 9 – Ludington Daily News
7. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD3 No. 6 Central Montcalm girls and No. 5 Reed City boys clinched Central State Activities Association championships – Big Rapids Pioneer Girls | Boys
8. CROSS COUNTRY Ludington also swept championship races, in the WMC Lakes; Ludington’s girls are No. 13 in LPD2 – Ludington Daily News
9. CROSS COUNTRY The McBain girls and LeRoy Pine River boys finished outright title runs through the Highland Conference – Cadillac News
10. BOYS SOCCER Liam Hasson entered No. 14 Brighton’s Division 1 District Semifinal against Holt with one goal this season and left it with four for the fall as the Bulldogs won 4-0 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Today in the MHSAA: 10/30/20
October 30, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Lower Peninsula soccer teams pulled a win closer to the ultimate MHSAA prize with Regional championship victories across four divisions Thursday.
1. Boys Soccer: No. 6 (MPR) DeWitt handed No. 5 Riverview just its second loss, 6-1 to clinch a Division 2 Regional title – Southgate News-Herald
2. Boys Soccer: No. 14 (MPR) Leland held on for a 1-0 Division 4 Regional title win over No. 4 Bad Axe – MI Sports Now
3. Boys Soccer: No. 3 (MPR) Mattawan repeated as a Division 1 Regional champions with a 1-0 win over No. 9 Saline – Kalamazoo Gazette
4. Boys Soccer: No. 5 (MPR) Troy Athens held on through a shootout to hold off New Baltimore Anchor Bay in a Division 1 Regional Final – Macomb Daily
5. Boys Soccer: No. 2 (MPR) Grosse Ile earned a return to the season’s final week with a 1-0 Division 3 win over Clawson – Southgate News-Herald
6. Boys Soccer: Tony Gallegos scored four goals in No. 2 (MPR) Traverse City West’s 5-1 Division 1 title clincher against Muskegon Mona Shores – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. Boys Soccer: Top-ranked (MPR) Detroit Catholic Central came back to defeat Berkley and clinch a Division 1 Regional title – Observer & Eccentric
8. Boys Soccer: No. 8 (MPR) East Grand Rapids hung on for a 2-1 win over Spring Lake in Division 2 – Local Sports Journal
9. Boys Soccer: Williamston claimed a Division 3 Regional title with a 1-0 win over Macomb Lutheran North – Lansing State Journal
10. Boys Soccer: Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood advanced with a Division 2 win over Imlay City – State Champs Sports Network