Today in the MHSAA: 10/23/19

October 23, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Boys Soccer Regional Semifinals began in full force Tuesday across the state, and today’s list of achievers is filled with those results – with some volleyball and swimming & diving mixed in.

1. Boys Soccer: Top-ranked Grandville Calvin Christian edged reigning Division 4 champion and current No. 6 Leland 2-1 in a Regional Semifinal – MI Sports Now

2. Boys Soccer: No. 4 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian’s fourth straight postseason shutout came over No. 3 North Muskegon in another high-powered Division 4 Regional Semifinal – Local Sports Journal

3. Boys Soccer: No. 3 Grosse Ile won another of the biggest matchups in Regional Semifinal play, downing No. 7 Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard 6-0 – Southgate News-Herald

4. Boys Soccer: No. 4 Mattawan moved on in Division 2 with a 4-1 win over No. 10 DeWitt – Lansing State Journal

5. Boys Soccer: No. 5 Dansville got past No. 14 Hartford 2-0 in a Division 4 Regional Semifinal – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

6. Volleyball: Midland Dow finished a perfect run to the Saginaw Valley League North title with a sweep of rival Midland – Midland Daily News

7. Boys Soccer: No. 7 Detroit Catholic Central came back from an early 1-0 deficit to get past Clarkston 2-1 in a Division 1 Regional Semifinal – Observer & Eccentric

8. Girls Swimming & Diving: Zeeland, an honorable mention in Lower Peninsula Division 1, downed LPD2 No. 9 Byron Center 105-73 – Holland Sentinel

9. Boys Soccer: No. 2 Troy Athens advanced to a Division 1 Regional Final with a 4-0 win over Warren De La Salle Collegiate – Oakland Press

10. Boys Soccer: Clinton Township Chippewa Valley went to overtime to get past Rochester Adams 2-1 in Division 1 – Oakland Press

Also of note …

Football: The southwestern football community is mourning the death of longtime Galesburg-Augusta football coach Bill Maskill, who when he retied after the 1991 season was the all-time winningest coach in the sport in Michigan high school history – WWMT

Volleyball: From Monday, Bellaire swept Johannesburg-Lewiston to claim a share of the Ski Valley Conference championship, its first league title in this sport – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Today in the MHSAA: 2/3/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 3, 2025

1. WRESTLING Division 1 No. 2 Brighton finished first and No. 4 Hartland second at the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Tournament – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. WRESTLING Division 4 No. 2 St. Louis clinched its 11th league title in 12 seasons by finishing first in the Jack Pine Conference – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

3. WRESTLING Gaylord clinched its 17th-straight Big North Conference title – Petoskey News-Review

4. COMPETITIVE CHEER Rochester claimed a third-straight league title, finishing less than a point ahead of runner-up Stoney Creek at the final Oakland Activities Association Red competition – Oakland Press

5. WRESTLING For the second-straight season, Melvindale finished first and Dearborn Heights Crestwood second in the Western Wayne Athletic Conference – Southgate News-Herald

6. WRESTLING LeRoy Pine River finished a sweep of Highland/Mid Michigan Conference championships with a first place in the individual tournament – Cadillac News

7. WRESTLING Division 4 No. 9 Bronson finished a sweep in the Big 8 Conference – Coldwater Daily Reporter

8. WRESTLING Division 2 No. 10 New Boston Huron also finished a championship sweep, in the Huron League – Southgate News-Herald

9. WRESTLING Division 4 No. 7 Lakeview finished an undefeated sweep of Central State Activities Association championships – Greenville Daily News

10. BOWLING The Ishpeming/Negaunee girls and Ishpeming Westwood boys were champions at the Upper Peninsula Bowling Conference finals – Marquette Mining Journal

Also of note …

GIRLS BASKETBALL AJ Rickli became Paw Paw’s all-time leading scorer during a 50-47 win over Vicksburg, and Kalamazoo Christian’s Jordyn Bonnema set a single-game scoring record against Parchment – Kalamazoo Gazette

BOYS BASKETBALL Flint Carman-Ainsworth’s Donovan Hamlin reached 1,000 career points during a win over Detroit Catholic Central – WJRT

GIRLS BASKETBALL Audrey Wardlow became the third in program history to reach 1,000 career points for Pinckney – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

WRESTLING Southgate Anderson finished an outright championship in the Downriver League – Southgate News-Herald

WRESTLING Division 2 No. 8 Freeland finished first and Essexville Garber second in the Tri-Valley Conference – Bay City Times

WRESTLING Lapeer finished first and Midland second in the Saginaw Valley League – Midland Daily News