Today in the MHSAA: 10/26/18

October 26, 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.

The top two ranked teams in Division 4 soccer faced off in a Regional Final on Thursday, and the Division 1 reigning champion saw its season come to a close as well as upsets reigned on the pitch.

1. Boys Soccer: No. 2 Leland topped No. 1 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian in a shootout to claim a Division 4 Regional championship – MI Sports Now

2. Boys Soccer: Unranked Grand Blanc upset reigning Division 1 champion and current No. 5 Detroit Catholic Central to win a Division 1 Regional title – WJRT

3. Boys Soccer: Unranked Richland Gull Lake stunned No. 2 Grand Rapids Christian to win a Division 2 Regional Final, and No. 3 Kalamazoo Hackett earned another Semifinal berth in Division 4 – WWMT

4. Boys Soccer: No. 9 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood downed No. 8 Dexter to claim a Division 2 Regional title – Oakland Press

5. Boys Soccer: Unranked but reigning Division 4 champion Ann Arbor Greenhills claimed the shootout to get past No. 6 Adrian Lenawee Christian in a Regional Final – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 10 Ann Arbor Skyline downed Dearborn 2-0 to clinch a Division 1 Regional title – We Love Ann Arbor

7. Boys Soccer: Macomb Lutheran North beat Freeland to move on to a Division 3 Semifinal – Macomb Daily

8. Boys Soccer: Detroit Country Day shut out Tecumseh to claim a Division 2 Regional title – Oakland Press

9. Boys Soccer: East Kentwood downed Holt in Division 1 and top-ranked Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern defeated Haslett in Division 2 to win Regional titles – Grand Rapids Press

10. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 8 Fruitport downed Muskegon Mona Shores and Reeths-Puffer to earn a shared Ottawa-Kent Conference Black title with Division 1 honorable mention Jenison – Grand Haven Tribune

Also of note …

Volleyball: Trenton beat Allen Park in four sets to create a shared Downriver League championship between the two teams – Southgate News-Herald

Volleyball: From Saturday, Division 1 No. 8 Northville broke Novi’s seven-season winning streak at the Kensington Lakes Activities Association tournament by claiming the championship, downing the honorable mention Wildcats in the final – Observer & Eccentric

Today in the MHSAA: 8/26/20

August 26, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Tuesday saw some of the state’s best from a season ago continue to pick back up where they left off last fall, especially on the volleyball court and golf and cross country courses.

1. Girls Golf: Top-ranked Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern won its invitational with a 326 at The Meadows at Grand Valley State; FHN has won three straight Lower Peninsula Division 2 titles – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. Cross Country: The Hartland boys and Ann Arbor Skyline girls were victorious in dual meets LPD1 championship contenders matched up in the boys race – Livingston Daily

3. Volleyball: Montague swept a powerful field at Cadillac, downing the host, North Branch and Mt. Morris – Local Sports Journal

4. Cross Country: Houghton swept championships at the Painesdale Jeffers Invitational – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

5. Girls Golf: LPD1 No. 9 Ann Arbor Pioneer shot a 177 to get past Saline and Temperance Bedford – Saline Post

6. Girls Golf: Battle Creek Harper Creek claimed the first Interstate 8 Athletic Conference jamboree by two strokes over Coldwater, shooting a 187 – Coldwater Daily Reporter

7. Boys Soccer: Traverse City Central improved to 3-0 with a 3-1 win over Midland – MI Sports Now

8. Volleyball: Grayling won its matches against Onekama and Buckley, both in sweeps, at the Frankfort quad – Petoskey News-Review

9. Volleyball: Traverse City Central swept in quad play for the second-straight day, on Tuesday downing Benzie Central, Kalkaska and Traverse City Christian – Up North Live

10. Boys Tennis: LPD2 No. 4 Midland Dow swept Gibraltar Carlson and Bay City Western – Midland Daily News