Today in the MHSAA: 10/23/15
October 23, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Notable milestones made headlines Thursday – among them, Rockford’s boys cross country team extending an incredible championship streak and one of Michigan’s best volleyball coaches being celebrated for 1,000 victories.
Cross Country
The Milford girls and White Lake Lakeland boys, both ranked No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, won Kensington Lakes Activities Association Lakes championships; Milford’s girls finished ahead of No. 4 Brighton and No. 12 Waterford Mott – Oakland Press
The Rockford boys, No. 1 in LPD1, won their 21st straight league title, claiming the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red; Rockford’s 10th-ranked girls added their third straight league title – Grand Rapids Press
Boys Soccer
Unranked Okemos edged No. 11 Portage Central in a Division 1 semifinal 2-1 after jumping out to a two-goal lead – Kalamazoo Gazette
Division 2 No. 14 Petoskey advanced despite three Cadillac comebacks, finally winning a 5-4 semifinal – Petoskey News
Division 3 No. 4 Hudsonville Unity Christian repeated as a district champion with a 2-1 win over No. 18 Grand Rapids Catholic Central – Grand Rapids Press
Volleyball
Unionville-Sebewaing, an MHSAA semifinalist in 2014, won its fourth straight Greater Thumb Conference West title by avenging an earlier loss to Bad Axe with a five-set win – Huron Daily Tribune
Class D No. 6 North Adams-Jerome needed to reach 31-29 to win its first set against Pittsford before finishing a sweep – Hillsdale Daily News
Good Reads
Battle Creek Enquirer sports editor Bill Broderick says what a lot of former high school football players have felt in his message to seniors playing their final games this week and over the next few – Battle Creek Enquirer
Longtime Midland Dow, Pinconning and now Bronson volleyball coach Jean LaClair won her 1,000th match last week; her team is ranked No. 1 in Class C and she was the 2015 MHSAA Women in Sports Leadership Award winner – Sturgis Journal
Today In The MHSAA: 6/4/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
June 4, 2021
1. Girls Soccer: No. 10 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central scored the lone goal of its Division 1 District Final against No. 14 Rockford to take a 1-0 title-clinching win – FOX 17
2. Girls Soccer: Grace Thorpe scored all three goals as Harbor Springs downed Maple City Glen Lake 3-2 in a Division 3 District Final – Petoskey News-Review
3. Boys Golf: No. 5 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart was one shot better than Pentwater in claiming a Lower Peninsula Division 4 Regional title – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
4. Girls Soccer: Dearborn Divine Child claimed a third-straight District title with a 6-0 win over Garden City in Division 2 – Oakland Press
5. Boys Golf: No. 7 Warren De La Salle Collegiate shot a 295 to clinch its LP Division 1 Regional title – Macomb Daily
6. Girls Soccer: Kaley Douglass scored three goals as Williamston won its District 3 District Final 5-0 over Lansing Catholic – Lansing State Journal
7. Girls Soccer: Top-ranked Troy Athens will move on to next week thanks to a 4-0 District Final win over Fraser in Division 1 – Oakland Press
8. Girls soccer: McBain Northern Michigan Christian advanced in Division 4 with a 3-1 District Final win over Buckley – Up North Live
9. Girls Soccer: Dearborn edged Grosse Pointe North 4-3 to claim a Division 1 District title – Dearborn Press & Guide
10. Girls Soccer: Comstock downed Springport 8-5 in a Division 3 District championship game – JTV