Today in the MHSAA: 11/11/16

November 11, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A total of 32 Regional championships were earned by volleyball teams across our state Thursday as a number of ranked teams faced off and a few of the unranked delivered the night’s biggest stunners.

Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.

Volleyball

Class A No. 5 Rockford downed league rival and No. 9 Grand Haven, 3-2 – Grand Rapids Press

Unranked Fenton continued its unexpected run, this time upsetting No. 2 Clarkston in Class A – Flint Journal

Bloomfield Hills Marian downed Sterling Heights Stevenson in Class A in another match of state poll honorable mentions – MLive-Detroit

Class A No. 4 Portage Central edged No. 3 DeWitt after trailing the Panthers 2-1 – Lansing State Journal

Novi continued its dominance of Class A; the top-ranked Wildcats swept No. 7 Farmington Hills Mercy – Oakland Press

Unranked Adrian eliminated reigning Class B champion Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard, which was ranked No. 4 this fall – Ann Arbor News

Corunna, an honorable mention in Class B, won its first Regional title in volleyball with a 3-0 sweep of honorable mention Saginaw Swan Valley – Saginaw News

St. Clair Shores South Lake won its first Regional title, downing Detroit University Prep in four sets in Class B – Macomb Daily

Calumet won its fifth straight Regional title, downing Rudyard in a match of Class C honorable mentions – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Reigning champion and No. 2 Bronson got past No. 8 Kalamazoo Christian in Class C – Battle Creek Enquirer

Class C No. 6 Brown City won its second straight Regional title, downing No. 4 New Lothrop – Port Huron Times-Herald

Class C No. 9 Laingsburg reached the Quarterfinals for the second straight season, this time with a sweep of No. 3 Kent City – MLive-Lansing

Today in the MHSAA: 9/26/17

September 26, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

Today's Top 10

1. Girls Golf: Lower Peninsula Division 1 top-ranked Saline shot a 301, a record for the Southeastern Conference tournament and its second lowest ever, to win its division and the overall league title – Saline Post

2. Girls Golf: After four straight last-place finishes in its former league, Pinckney clinched the Southeastern Conference White division championship in its first year – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. Boys Soccer: Ann Arbor Skyline is ranked No. 1 in Division 1 and Pioneer is unranked, but they were even Monday in a 0-0 draw – Detroit News

4. Girls Golf: Spring Lake, No. 8 in LPD2, shot a 165 to finish 10 strokes ahead of runner-up Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian (No. 3 in LPD4) in Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue jamboree play – Grand Haven Tribune

5. Boys Soccer: Unranked Holland Christian avenged an earlier loss to Division 2 No. 8 Holland with a 3-1 win – Holland Sentinel

6. Girls Golf: Harbor Springs shot a school record 330 to win the Cheboygan Invitational – Petoskey News-Review

7. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 8 Detroit Catholic Central avenged an earlier 1-0 loss to Birmingham Brother Rice with a 5-2 win in the rematch – Oakland Press

8. Boys Tennis: Bay City Western improved from third in 2016 to win the Bay County Championship ahead of runner-up Essexville Garber – Bay City Times

9. Boys Soccer: Brett Dyer scored six goals for Northport in its 7-3 win over Benzonia Benzie Central – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. Volleyball: Niles Brandywine went 3-1 with wins over St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran, Bridgman and Paw Paw to win Bridgman’s Invitational – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium