Today in the MHSAA: 10/3/18
October 3, 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. Cross Country: Top-ranked Brighton edged No. 2 Plymouth in a boys race featuring the top teams in Lower Peninsula Division 1; Brighton’s No. 13-ranked girls also won close, by three over honorable mention Plymouth – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. Volleyball: No. 2 Farmington Hills Mercy swept No. 8 Bloomfield Hills Marian in a matchup of top Detroit Catholic League Central and statewide Division 1 teams – Oakland Press
3. Volleyball: Division 1 No. 9 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek moved into first place alone in the Oakland Activities Association Red with a 3-2 win over No. 3 Lake Orion – Oakland Press
4. Girls Swimming & Diving: Holland, tied for No. 10 in LPD2, earned its first win over rival and LPD3 No. 4 Holland Christian in four years, by two points – Holland Sentinel
5. Boys Soccer: West Bloomfield earned a share of the OAA Blue title with a draw against Farmington Hills Harrison, but Harrison also can share if it wins its final league game – Oakland Press
6. Girls Golf: LPD3 No. 4 Big Rapids locked up the Central State Activities Association championship – Big Rapids News
7. Cross Country: Traverse City Central swept Big North Conference races, the boys winning by just a point over Alpena; Central’s girls are No. 6 and Traverse City West’s No. 7 in LPD1 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. Boys Soccer: Grand Haven scored two second-half goals to edge East Kentwood 2-1 – Grand Haven Tribune
9. Cross Country: Allen Park’s girls added a second Downriver League jamboree win after also claiming the first conference race – Southgate News-Herald
10. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 7 Spring Lake needed a fifth set but got past Sparta – Local Sports Journal
Also of note …
Athletic Directors: The Lansing State Journal takes a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of some local athletic directors – and how much more goes into the job than many may know – Lansing State Journal
Softball: Sterling Heights Stevenson grad Alyssa Huntley, the statewide 2013 Miss Softball Pitcher, was named coach at Midland Dow – Midland Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 9/14/22
September 14, 2022
1. VOLLEYBALL Fruitport won the final two sets to defeat Division 2 No. 7 Hudsonville Unity Christian in five – MuskegonSports.com
2. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Novi came back after losing the fourth set to defeat Brighton in five – Oakland Press
3. BOYS SOCCER Arif Ahmed scored three goals to lead Coldwater past Marshall for the first time since 2017, 4-3 – Coldwater Daily Reporter
4. CROSS COUNTRY Hart swept the inaugural West Michigan Conference Rivers jamborees; Hart’s boys are No. 1 and its girls No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – Ludington Daily News
5. CROSS COUNTRY Benzie Central swept the opening Northwest Conference jamborees; Benzie’s boys are No. 6 in LPD3, and its girls are No. 11 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
6. GIRLS GOLF Big Rapids edged Remus Chippewa Hills by four strokes to pull within one more jamboree win of sweeping in the Central State Activities Association – Big Rapids Pioneer
7. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD3 No. 3 Holland Christian outpaced Holland, led by a courageous all-stater who’s back in the pool this fall after a year away – Holland Sentinel
8. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 11 Flint Powers Catholic got past Davison 3-1 in Saginaw Valley League play – WJRT
9. CROSS COUNTRY The Midland Dow girls and Saginaw Heritage boys won the last Saginaw Valley League jamborees; both teams are honorable mentions in LPD1 – Midland Daily News
10. CROSS COUNTRY The Ludington girls, and Fremont and Whitehall boys (tied) won the first West Michigan Conference Lakes jamborees – Local Sports Journal