Today In The MHSAA: 10/8/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 8, 2021

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 2 Richland Gull Lake handed top-ranked St. Joseph its first loss, 4-2, to win the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference Tournament championship – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

2. VOLLEYBALL No. 2 Adrian Lenawee Christian swept No. 1 Athens in a matchup of Division 4 contenders – Adrian Daily Telegram

3. GIRLS GOLF No. 5 Rochester Adams broke a three-team tie with the low fifth scorer to claim a Lower Peninsula Division 1 Regional title just ahead of No. 7 Troy Athens and No. 10 Bloomfield Hills – Oakland Press

4. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 6 Clarkston downed top-ranked Berkley 3-1 in league play – Oakland Press

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 5 Okemos defeated No. 13 East Lansing 3-1 to claim the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup – Lansing State Journal

6. BOYS TENNIS Bloomfield Hills and Troy – tied for the top spot in LPD1 – both won Regional titles – Oakland Press

7. BOYS TENNIS Petoskey edged St. Johns to clinch an LPD3 Regional championship – Cadillac News

8. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 6 Centreville clinched a share of the Southwest 10 Conference championship with a sweep of Hartford – JoeInsider.com

9. BOYS SOCCER Howard City Tri Country advanced to the Central State Activities Association championship match with a shootout win over Big Rapids – Big Rapids Pioneer

10. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Davison remained undefeated in Saginaw Valley League play with a four-set win over Flint Powers Catholic – Flint Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 10/23/2018

October 23, 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.

A pair of Detroit Catholic League Tournament championship celebrations lead a list filled with Monday volleyball winners and a pair of cross country invitational pacesetters.

1. Volleyball: Division 1 top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy swept No. 7 Bloomfield Hills Marian to win the Detroit Catholic League A-B championship for the second straight season – Observer & Eccentric

2. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 6 Wixom St. Catherine claimed its second straight Catholic League C-D title with a sweep of Division 3 No. 4 Riverview Gabriel Richard – Oakland Press

3. Volleyball: Division 2 honorable mention Kingsley and Traverse City St. Francis both went 2-1 at the ABCD quad with Division 4 top-ranked Leland with Traverse City Central also playing – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. Cross Country: The Hanover-Horton boys and Pittsford girls won Sand Creek Invitational championships; Pittsford’s girls are ranked No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 and Hanover-Horton’s boys are No. 3 in LPD3 – Adrian Daily Telegram

5. Volleyball: Midland came out on top in a matchup of second-place finishers in the Saginaw Valley League with a crossover sweep of Flint Powers Catholic – Midland Daily News

6. Volleyball: Pellston earned wins over Gaylord and Harbor Springs – Petoskey News-Review

7. Volleyball: L’Anse took the season’s second “Battle of the Bay” meeting with Baraga with a three-set sweep – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

8. Volleyball: Kalamazoo Central swept Climax-Scotts on the Maroon Giants’ senior night – JoeInsider.com

9. Volleyball: Petoskey swept Cheboygan in nonleague play to improve to 33-4-1 – Petoskey News-Review

10. Volleyball: Chassell continued to make strides with a sweep of Dollar Bay – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Also of note …

Cross Country: From last week, Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills girls won the Ottawa-Kent Conference White championship, believed to be the first in program history – Grand Rapids Press

Cross Country: From Saturday, Portage Northern’s boys won their first Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference meet championship in a decade – Kalamazoo Gazette

Cross Country: From Saturday, Parma Western held on at the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference meet to sweep the overall league championships – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Cross Country: From Saturday, Brownstown Woodhaven swept Downriver League meet titles and the boys won the league outright; Allen Park’s girls held on to their overall league championship – Southgate News-Herald girls | boys