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: 8/26/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
August 26, 2024
1. CROSS COUNTRY Benzie Central swept small-school championships at its annual Pete Moss Invitational, while the Traverse City West girls and Jenison boys won big-school titles – Traverse City Record-Eagle | Athletic.net
2. VOLLEYBALL Kingsford edged Crystal Falls Forest Park in the final to win its home invitational – Iron Mountain Daily News
3. GIRLS GOLF Goodrich carded a 330 to win Midland Dow’s Frank Altimore Invitational – Midland Daily News
4. CROSS COUNTRY The Grosse Pointe South and Brighton girls and South Lyon East and Northville boys won Livonia Lamplighter Invitational titles – Livingston Daily Press & Argus | Athletic.net
5. VOLLEYBALL Shelby swept Saginaw Heritage in the final to clinch the Cadillac Invitational championship – Traverse City Record-Eagle
6. BOYS SOCCER Trent Phillips scored his first career goal and then a title clincher as Bay City John Glenn downed Bay City Western to win the Bay County tournament – Bay City Times
7. BOYS SOCCER Battle Creek Harper Creek downed Battle Creek Lakeview 1-0 to claim its first All-City championship since 2008 – Battle Creek Enquirer
8. CROSS COUNTRY The Freeland and DeWitt girls and Midland boys were among champions at St. Johns’ Under the Lights Invitational – Midland Daily News | Athletic.net
9. BOYS SOCCER Waterford Kettering edged Auburn Hills Avondale in a shootout to win the latter’s Hive Invitational – Oakland Press
10. BOYS TENNIS Jason Nejedlik won a pair of No. 1 singles matches at the Adrian Invitational to become Temperance Bedford’s career wins leader – Monroe News