Today in the MHSAA: 10/31/19

October 31, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The MHSAA Boys Soccer Finals field is set, with a pair of unranked contenders leading today’s list of Wednesday’s headliners.

1. Boys Soccer: Unranked Traverse City West came back from a two-goal deficit to get past No. 3 Novi 3-2 in a Division 1 Semifinal – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. Boys Soccer: Unranked Melvindale will play in its first Final in this sport thanks to a 4-1 win over also-unranked Fenton in Division 2 – Southgate News-Herald

3. Boys Soccer: No. 3 Grosse Ile will return to the Division 3 championship game after a 1-0 win over No. 8 Macomb Lutheran North – Southgate News-Herald

4. Boys Soccer: No. 2 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern hung on for a 1-0 win over No. 4 Mattawan in a Division 2 Semifinal – WZZM

5. Boys Soccer: No. 4 Grand Rapids South Christian got past unranked Ludington in a shootout in a Division 3 Semifinal – WOOD TV

6. Boys Soccer: No. 4 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian earned another postseason shutout, this time 2-0 over No. 5 Dansville in a Division 4 Semifinal – Local Sports Journal

7. Boys Soccer: No. 2 Troy Athens will play for the Division 1 title after a 5-2 Semifinal win over unranked Salem – C&G Newspapers

8. Boys Soccer: No. 2 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett advanced with a 5-0 Division 4 Semifinal win over unranked Clarkston Everest Collegiate – Oakland Press

9. Volleyball: Division 2 honorable mention Cadillac swept Traverse City West to lock up the outright Big North Conference championship, its fifth straight league title – Cadillac News

10. Volleyball: Division 1 No. 8 Grand Haven swept East Kentwood to clinch the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red championship – Grand Haven Tribune

Also of note …

Volleyball: Division 3 No. 7 Beaverton finished a perfect run through the Jack Pine Conference with wins over Shepherd, Farwell and Sanford Meridian – Midland Daily News

Today In The MHSAA: 2/11/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 11, 2022

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sanford Meridian clinched its first Jack Pine Conference championship since 2006 with a 46-43 overtime win over Farwell – Midland Daily News

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 4 No. 4 McBain Northern Michigan Christian’s Trevin Winkle reached 1,000 career points in his team’s outright Highland Conference-clinching win over Lake City – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Erie Mason clinched the Tri-County Conference championship with a 61-54 win over Morenci – Monroe News

4. WRESTLING No. 4 Gaylord secured an 18th-straight District title with a pair of wins in Division 2 – Petoskey News-Review

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Macomb Dakota earned coach Phil McCune his 300th win, 43-41 over Division 1 No. 7 Grosse Pointe North – Macomb Daily

6. WRESTLING No. 4 Union City ran its District title streak to three with a Division 4 championship – Coldwater Daily Reporter

7. WRESTLING Lakeview repeated as a Division 4 District champion, at Carson City-Crystal – Greenville Daily News

8. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Ann Arbor Pioneer, No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, swam to three pool records during its win over LPD2 honorable mention Dexter – We Love Ann Arbor

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Kalamazoo Loy Norrix earned its first win over Kalamazoo Central since 2013, 54-53 on a halfcourt shot – Kalamazoo Gazette

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Stockbridge moved into first place in the Greater Lansing Activities Conference with a 53-35 win over former leader and Division 3 No. 20 Leslie – Jackson Citizen Patriot