Today in the MHSAA: 10/23/2018

October 23, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

A pair of Detroit Catholic League Tournament championship celebrations lead a list filled with Monday volleyball winners and a pair of cross country invitational pacesetters.

1. Volleyball: Division 1 top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy swept No. 7 Bloomfield Hills Marian to win the Detroit Catholic League A-B championship for the second straight season – Observer & Eccentric

2. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 6 Wixom St. Catherine claimed its second straight Catholic League C-D title with a sweep of Division 3 No. 4 Riverview Gabriel Richard – Oakland Press

3. Volleyball: Division 2 honorable mention Kingsley and Traverse City St. Francis both went 2-1 at the ABCD quad with Division 4 top-ranked Leland with Traverse City Central also playing – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. Cross Country: The Hanover-Horton boys and Pittsford girls won Sand Creek Invitational championships; Pittsford’s girls are ranked No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 and Hanover-Horton’s boys are No. 3 in LPD3 – Adrian Daily Telegram

5. Volleyball: Midland came out on top in a matchup of second-place finishers in the Saginaw Valley League with a crossover sweep of Flint Powers Catholic – Midland Daily News

6. Volleyball: Pellston earned wins over Gaylord and Harbor Springs – Petoskey News-Review

7. Volleyball: L’Anse took the season’s second “Battle of the Bay” meeting with Baraga with a three-set sweep – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

8. Volleyball: Kalamazoo Central swept Climax-Scotts on the Maroon Giants’ senior night – JoeInsider.com

9. Volleyball: Petoskey swept Cheboygan in nonleague play to improve to 33-4-1 – Petoskey News-Review

10. Volleyball: Chassell continued to make strides with a sweep of Dollar Bay – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Also of note …

Cross Country: From last week, Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills girls won the Ottawa-Kent Conference White championship, believed to be the first in program history – Grand Rapids Press

Cross Country: From Saturday, Portage Northern’s boys won their first Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference meet championship in a decade – Kalamazoo Gazette

Cross Country: From Saturday, Parma Western held on at the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference meet to sweep the overall league championships – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Cross Country: From Saturday, Brownstown Woodhaven swept Downriver League meet titles and the boys won the league outright; Allen Park’s girls held on to their overall league championship – Southgate News-Herald girls | boys

Today In The MHSAA: 5/3/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 3, 2022

1. BOYS LACROSSE Division 1 No. 3 Clarkston scored the final two goals of an 8-7 win over Lake Orion to clinch the Oakland Activities Association Red championship – Oakland Press

2. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 7 Frankenmuth swept No. 6 Essexville Garber to move to 14-0 this spring – Saginaw News

3. BOYS GOLF Northville and Flint Powers Catholic junior Robert Burns were Grand Blanc Invitational champions – Flint Journal

4. BOYS GOLF Tecumseh won its third straight Lenawee County championship – Adrian Daily Telegram

5. BASEBALL Future Michigan teammates faced off in Division 2 No. 7 Essexville Garber’s 4-1 win over Frankenmuth – Mid-Michigan Now

6. BOYS GOLF Traverse City Central edged West by seven strokes to win the Petoskey Invitational – Petoskey News-Review

7. SOFTBALL Jacqueline Brun hit a two-run homer to give Roseville a 7-6 eight-inning win over Fraser – Macomb Daily

8. GIRLS SOCCER A last-minute header gave Hamilton a 1-0 win over Holland Christian – Holland Sentinel

9. BASEBALL Bay City All Saints defeated Dryden 1-0 on a walk-off hit-by-pitch – Bay City Times

10. BASEBALL Adrian picked up a notable sweep over Chelsea, 1-0 and 4-3 – Adrian Daily Telegram