Today in the MHSAA: 10/30/19

October 30, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The regular season is speeding toward its conclusion in volleyball, and Tuesday that meant a number of championships were decided – with two matches including top-ranked teams statewide.

1. Volleyball: Division 4 No. 4 Camden-Frontier earned a second-straight outright Southern Central Athletic Association title with a four-set win over top-ranked Battle Creek St. Philip – Hillsdale Daily News

2. Volleyball: Division 1 top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy swept No. 5 Bloomfield Hills Marian to win the Detroit Catholic League Bishop tournament championship – C&G Newspapers

3. Girls Swimming & Diving: Zeeland, an honorable mention in Lower Peninsula Division 1, got past LPD3 No. 4 Holland Christian 104-80 to clinch a share of the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green championship – Holland Sentinel

4. Volleyball: Macomb Lutheran North downed Warren Regina 3-1 to finish a Catholic League Cardinal tournament championship run – Macomb Daily

5. Volleyball: Division 3 honorable mention Beal City downed Manton to lock up the Highland Conference championship for the second-straight season – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

6. Volleyball: Midland Dow earned the overall Saginaw Valley League championship with a five-set win over Grand Blanc, which had beaten the Chargers twice this fall – Midland Daily News

7. Volleyball: Marquette swept Escanaba to complete an outright championship run in the Great Northern Conference – Escanaba Daily Press

8. Volleyball: Division 2 honorable mention Onsted earned a share of the Lenawee County Athletic Association title with three more wins – Adrian Daily Telegram

9. Cross Country: The Three Rivers girls and Sturgis boys earned St. Joseph County championships – Sturgis Journal

10. Volleyball: Division 3 honorable mention Harbor Beach finished a perfect run through the Greater Thumb Conference East with a sweep of Memphis – Huron Daily Tribune

Also of note …

Volleyball: Brownstown Woodhaven finished its perfect run through the Downriver League with a comeback win over Allen Park – Southgate News-Herald

Today in the MHSAA: 5/7/18

May 7, 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.

1. Track & Field: Salem’s boys – No 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – and Lake Orion’s girls won New Balance Invitational titles at Farmington – Observer & Eccentric

2. Girls Tennis: Whitehall broke LPD4 No. 8 North Muskegon’s five-year championship streak by claiming the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association title – Local Sports Journal

3. Girls Tennis: Battle Creek Lakeview claimed five of eight flight championships to earn its 12th straight overall All-City title – Battle Creek Enquirer 

4. Track & Field: Houghton swept Ontonagon Invitational titles, Clayton Sayen winning the rare trio of the 100, 400 and 3,200 with a school record in the 100 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette 

5. Baseball: Division 1 No. 2 Bay City Western defeated Beal City and then No. 7 Grand Ledge to win its home invitational – Midland Daily News 

6. Baseball: Muskegon Oakridge defeated reigning champion and Division 4 No. 4 Muskegon Catholic Central in the final to win the GMAA Division 2 baseball title – Local Sports Journal

7. Baseball: Battle Creek Lakeview reclaimed the All-City title in this sport as well with a championship game win over Battle Creek St. Philip – Battle Creek Enquirer 

8. Track & Field: Port Huron Northern’s girls (LPD1 No. 5) and Grosse Pointe South’s boys won Sterling Heights Invitational titles – Macomb Daily 

9. Prep Golf: Suttons Bay shot a 303 to win the invitational at Treetops in Gaylord; its B team took second – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. Track & Field: Grand Haven swept Division 1 titles and Zeeland West swept Division 2 at the Holland West Ottawa Relays; West’s boys are No. 1 in LPD2, and its girls are ranked No. 2 – Grand Haven Tribune | Holland Sentinel