Today in the MHSAA: 10/24/18

October 24, 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.

Boys Soccer Regionals kicked off Tuesday with a series of upsets, while a few more volleyball teams clinched west side or Upper Peninsula league championships.

1. Boys Soccer: Unranked East Kentwood dealt No. 7 Midland Dow its first and only loss, 1-0 in a Division 1 Regional Semifinal – Midland Daily News

2. Boys Soccer: Unranked Grand Blanc scored in the closing minutes to eliminate No. 8 Brighton in Division 1, 2-1 – WJRT

3. Boys Soccer: Unranked Warren DeLaSalle won the shootout to get past No. 4 Berkley 2-1 in Division 1 – C&G Newspapers

4. Boys Soccer: No. 9 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood shut out No. 7 Fenton to advance in Division 2 – Oakland Press

5. Boys Soccer: No. 3 Kalamazoo Hackett won a matchup of ranked teams in Division 4, 5-0 over No. 8 Hartford – JoeInsider.com

6. Volleyball: Iron Mountain swept Ishpeming Westwood to add a Western Peninsula Athletic Conference title to its Mid-Peninsula Conference shared championship – Iron Mountain Daily News

7. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 7 Hamilton clinched a share of the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green title with a sweep of Hudsonville Unity Christian – Holland Sentinel

8. Volleyball: Saugatuck clinched the Southwestern Athletic Conference Lakeshore title with a sweep of Martin – Holland Sentinel

9. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 10 Ann Arbor Skyline held off Canton 1-0 in Division 1 – We Love Ann Arbor

10. Boys Soccer: Tecumseh’s goal three minutes into overtime was the game winner in its 2-1 Division 2 win over Hamtramck – Adrian Daily Telegram

Also of note …

Volleyball: From Saturday, Division 3 No. 2 Bronson clinched its second straight Big 8 Conference title with a sweep of the league tournament – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Today in the MHSAA: 9/5/19

September 5, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Major matchups in boys soccer, girls and boys cross country and girls volleyball highlighted a busy high school sports Wednesday across Michigan.

1. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 4 Novi remained undefeated and handed No. 7 Brighton its first loss, 1-0 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. Cross Country: The Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart girls and Breckenridge boys won the Shepherd John Bruder Classic small-school championships, while Davison’s boys and Cadillac’s girls were tops among the big schools – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

3. Volleyball: Division 1 honorable mention Northville won in five sets over Livonia Churchill in a rematch of one of last season’s MHSAA Quarterfinals – Observer & Eccentric

4. Volleyball: Freeland avenged its lone loss, against Division 4 No. 7 Merrill, and also defeated Sanford Meridian and Midland Bullock Creek – Saginaw News

5. Cross Country: Rapid River’s boys edged Norway by a point and Kingsford’s girls won their race more comfortably at the Powers North Central Invitational – Escanaba Daily Press

6. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 6 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep finished 3-0 at its quad with wins over Holly, Division 1 honorable mention Oxford and Rochester – Oakland Press

7. Boys Soccer: Division 2 No. 13 Alpena ran its winning streak to five with a combined score of 35-0 in those games after downing Tawas – Alpena News

8. Cross Country: Clarkston’s boys and Troy’s girls finished first at the Oakland Activities Association Red jamboree – Oakland Press

9. Cross Country: The Hanover-Horton, Manchester and Concord boys and Marshall, Jonesville and Battle Creek St. Philip girls won Springport Invitational championships – JTV

10. Girls Golf: Sturgis shot a 209 to edge Dowagiac by four strokes for the Wolverine Conference jamboree victory – Sturgis Journal