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: 5/19/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 19, 2021
Softball: Division 4 top-ranked Holton swept Hesperia to clinch the Central State Activities Association Silver championship, its sixth-straight league title – Local Sports Journal
2. Baseball: Frankenmuth clinched a share of the Tri-Valley Conference East championship with a split against Division 2 No. 2 Bay City John Glenn – WJRT
3. Track & Field: Macomb Dakota continued its spring surge sweeping Macomb Area Conference Red girls and boys championship meets; Dakota’s girls are ranked No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, and the boys are No. 7 – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys
4. Girls Soccer: Division 1 No. 11 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central avenged an earlier loss to No. 2 Forest Hills Northern in the Ottawa-Kent Conference White semifinals – Grand Rapids Press
5. Softball: Breckenridge swept Vestaburg to secure a share of the Mid-State Activities Conference championship – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
6. Girls Soccer: Division 2 No. 5 Haslett downed Division 3 No. 4 Lansing Catholic 4-1 to earn a spot in the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup championship game – Lansing State Journal
7. Boys Golf: Norway continued its strong spring with a 320 to win the Negaunee Invitational – Iron Mountain Daily News
8. Baseball: Hunter Kanouse struck out 14 of 18 hitters faced in a perfect game win for LeRoy Pine River over McBain – Big Rapids News
9. Girls Tennis: North Muskegon – No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – improved to 16-5-1 with wins over Niles Brandywine and No. 10 Clarkston Everest Collegiate – Local Sports Journal
10. Baseball: Coldwater improved to 19-5 with a sweep of Division 3 No. 15 Jackson Lumen Christi – Coldwater Daily Reporter