Today In The MHSAA: 10/25/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 25, 2021
1. CROSS COUNTRY The Freeland girls – ranked No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – and Saginaw Heritage boys won the 50th Saginaw County Championships – Athletic.net
2. BOYS SOCCER No. 7 Traverse City West clinched its third-straight District title with a 5-1 win over No. 9 Midland Dow in Division 1 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 14 St. Joseph girls and Kalamazoo Central boys won Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference Meet championships – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium | Athletic.net
4. VOLLEYBALL Johannesburg-Lewiston finished a Ski Valley Conference championship run with a league tournament title – Petoskey News-Review
5. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 5 Bronson clinched the Big 8 Conference championship with a victory at the league tournament – Coldwater Daily Reporter
6. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 honorable mention Whitehall locked up the overall West Michigan Conference championship with a league tournament win – MuskegonSports.com
7. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 top-ranked Muskegon Western Michigan Christian clinched the Lakes 8 Activities Conference title with sweeps of Muskegon Orchard View and Ludington at the league tournament – Local Sports Journal
8. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 4 Ann Arbor Skyline defeated No. 5 Northville in the final to claim its invitational championship – We Love Ann Arbor
9. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 2 Athens swept No. 10 Mendon in the finale of its invitational – JoeInsider.com
10. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 5 Traverse City Christian’s Emma Mirabelli went over 2,000 career kills in leading her team to a runner-up finish at the Leland Invitational; Kingsley won their final in three sets – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Today in the MHSAA: 8/24/17
August 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: Mendon repeated as St. Joseph County Tournament champion, downing Three Rivers in two sets in the title match to move to 10-0-1 this season – JoeInsider.com
2. Boys Cross Country: Concord made another strong early-season move to the front of the pack with a Pittsford Early Bird Invitational win – Hillsdale Daily News
3. Girls Tennis: Escanaba took the top two singles flights, but Iron River West Iron County took the rest in an early-season dual win – Iron Mountain Daily News
4. Cross Country: The Berrien Springs boys and Bridgman girls won championships at the Bridgman Invitational – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
5. Boys Soccer: Petoskey moved to 2-1 against a loaded schedule to start this season, downing Elk Rapids 2-1 – Petoskey News-Review
6. Volleyball: Saline emerged 2-1 from a quad featuring some of the southeast’s most intriguing teams – also Monroe, Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central and Dexter – Saline Post
7. Football: Like some other communities have experienced in moving from 11-player to 8-player football, Bay City All Saints has worked through a little bit of misunderstanding while making the switch this season – but the program is relishing the new opportunity – Bay City Times
8. Boys Soccer: Adding a little Throwback Thursday into the mix, Muskegon Western Michigan Christian is celebrating its 50th year of playing the sport – Muskegon Chronicle
9. Football: There are 616 football teams suiting up in Michigan this fall – the same as the last two seasons – including two that didn’t field teams last year, Suttons Bay and Benzie Central – Traverse City Record-Eagle
10. Volleyball: Grand Haven again will host its outdoor “Battle on the Boardwalk” on Friday, with Spring Lake, Fruitport and Muskegon Mona Shores also in the field – Grand Haven Tribune
Also of note:
Boys Soccer: From Tuesday, Brighton’s 18-game regular-season unbeaten streak was ended by Jackson as the Vikings won 2-1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Boys Cross Country: From Tuesday, Niles' Devin Tomlinson won his second invitational this fall, taking the Three Rivers Big Hill race in 17:51 – Niles Daily Star
Girls Cross Country: Also from Tuesday, Remus Chippewa Hills finished ahead of a strong field to claim the Big School championship at its Early Season Warrior Invitational – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun