Today in the MHSAA: 10/24/17

October 24, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

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

Today's Top 10

1. Volleyball: Division 1 No. 5 Farmington Hills Mercy returned to the Detroit Catholic League A-B championship match after finishing runner-up a year ago, and this time left victorious with a four-set win over No. 7 Bloomfield Hills Marian – Oakland Press

2. Volleyball: Class C honorable mention Wixom St. Catherine improved to 32-2-2 with a Detroit Catholic League C-D championship win over Allen Park Cabrini – Southgate News Herald

3. Officials: With their father Tony Joostberns, Stefanie (Joostberns) Jones and sister Amy Joostberns help make up a notable and inspiring football officiating crew in the Lansing area. They are two of 14 women registered to officiate that sport (out of more than 2,300 football officials total) this season – Lansing State Journal

4. Football: Flat Rock is in the playoffs for the first time since 1990 and without one of its best in Sameer Tayeb, a two-way starter on the field now contributing instead from the sidelines – Monroe Evening News

5. Volleyball: Class B No. 7 Kingsley went undefeated at a strong Traverse City Central ABCD quad with wins over the Trojans, Class C honorable mention Traverse City St. Francis and Class D No. 2 Leland – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 14 Grand Haven and Division 4 No. 3 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian made it through tough Districts to earn Regional opportunities this week – Grand Haven Tribune

7. Volleyball: Class D No. 5 Onaway split against larger opponents Monday, falling to Sault Ste. Marie but winning close over Cheboygan – Alpena News

8. Volleyball: Berrien Springs improved to .500 on the season with first and second-set comebacks against St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

9. Volleyball: L’Anse came back from losing the first set to win the next three and down Baraga – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

10. Volleyball: Alpena ran off wins over the final two sets to win in four over Ogemaw Heights – Alpena News

Also of note …

Cross Country: From Saturday, Marshall’s boys and Parma Western’s girls won Interstate 8 Athletic Conference championships; Coldwater’s Shuaib Aljabaly won his second straight individual title – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Today in the MHSAA: 8/25/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 25, 2022

1. GIRLS GOLF Grand Blanc’s Kate Brody dominated The Fortress during the Saginaw Valley League Preseason Tournament, shooting a 62 to break school and course records – WJRT

2. BOYS TENNIS Traverse City St. Francis – top-ranked in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – won a quad also including No. 3 Big Rapids, Petoskey and North Muskegon – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. VOLLEYBALL Manton went 3-0 against Kingsley, Charlevoix and Roscommon – MI Sports Now

4. GIRLS GOLF Muskegon Mona Shores shot a 173 to edge Zeeland West by two strokes at the first Ottawa-Kent Conference Green jamboree – Local Sports Journal

5. VOLLEYBALL Holland West Ottawa improved to 12-2 with wins over Holland High and Holland Christian – Holland Sentinel

6. BOYS SOCCER South Lyon East moved to 3-0-1 with a 3-1 win over North Farmington – Oakland Press

7. BOYS SOCCER Arturo Romero scored four more goals as Muskegon Oakridge shut out Muskegon High – MuskegonSports.com

8. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City Christian posted a 2-0 shutout of Buckley – Up North Live

9. VOLLEYBALL Warren Regina swept Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett – Macomb Daily

10. BOYS SOCCER Onsted won its Lenawee County Athletic Association opener 4-1 over Blissfield – Adrian Daily Telegram