Today in the MHSAA: 10/5/20
October 5, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
With the calendar turned to October, many girls golf and boys tennis teams finished up league competition over the weekend, while Shepherd hosted teams from all over the cross country rankings.
1. Cross Country: Ten varsity teams won championships at the Shepherd Bluejay Invitational – the Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 10 Freeland, No. 2 Petoskey, No. 7 Cadillac, Kingsley and LPD4 No. 14 Maple City Glen Lake girls, and the Detroit Catholic Central, LPD1 No. 10 Traverse City Central, LPD2 No. 5 Yale, LPD3 No. 15 New Lothrop and LPD4 No. 10 Unionville-Sebewaing boys – Athletic.net
2. Boys Tennis: Zeeland West won the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green Tournament for the first time in program history, clinching the league title outright – Holland Sentinel
3. Boys Tennis: LPD3 No. 5 Chelsea was first and Grosse Ile second at the 74th Honor and Glory Tournament – Southgate News-Herald
4. Cross County: The St. Joseph girls and Berrien Springs boys won Berrien County Invitational championships – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
5. Girls Golf: St. Clair Shores Lakeview edged regular-season champion Romeo by five strokes to win the Macomb Area Conference White Tournament – Macomb Daily
6. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD2 No. 8 Dexter defeated LPD1 No. 10 Ann Arbor Huron 113-73 – Chelsea Sun Times News
7. Volleyball: Anna Smith went over 2,000 career kills as Division 4 No. 1 Mendon swept Battle Creek Pennfield, Athens and Battle Creek Harper Creek – JoeInsider.com
8. Boys Soccer: Holland Christian earned a 2-1 win over Hudsonville Unity Christian – Holland Sentinel
9. Cross Country: The LPD3 No. 12 LeRoy Pine River boys and Reed City girls won championships at Pine River’s Cecil Burch Memorial Invitational – Cadillac News
10. Cross Country: Clinton swept its home invitational races – Adrian Daily Telegram
Today In The MHSAA: 9/15/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 15, 2021
1. CROSS COUNTRY Pinckney’s Caleb Jarema and Ann Arbor Pioneer’s Rachel Forsyth added impressive wins to their season’s work at the combined Southeastern Conference jamboree. On the team side, Pioneer swept victories; the girls are No. 1 and the boys No. 2 in their respective Lower Peninsula Division 1 rankings – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. VOLLEYBALL Facing game point, Division 2 honorable mention Dundee scored the final six of the fifth set to get past Blissfield – Monroe News
3. CROSS COUNTRY Hart swept West Michigan Conference jamboree wins; the girls are No. 1 in LPD3 and the boys are No. 2 – Local Sports Journal
4. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 top-ranked Richland Gull Lake moved to 11-0 with a 5-1 win over Kalamazoo Loy Norrix – WWMT
5. BOYS TENNIS Cadillac avenged last season’s 6-2 loss to Traverse City West with a 5-3 victory – Cadillac News
6. CROSS COUNTRY Marysville swept Macomb Area Conference Blue jamborees – Macomb Daily
7. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 8 McBain improved to 15-1-1 with wins over Lake City and LeRoy Pine River – Cadillac News
8. VOLLEYBALL Fruitport earned a four-set rivalry win over Spring Lake – Grand Haven Tribune
9. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention White Lake Lakeland downed Walled Lake Central in Lakes Valley Conference play – Oakland Press
10. VOLLEYBALL Grand Blanc came back from losing the first set to defeat Flint Powers Catholic in four – WJRT
Also of note …
FOOTBALL Traverse City Central and Traverse City West announced they’ll leave the Big North Conference for the Saginaw Valley League beginning with the 2022 season, for football only – Traverse City Record-Eagle