Today in the MHSAA: 11/11/19

November 11, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

District week of the MHSAA Volleyball Tournament closed with more champions earning their way to Regionals, but swimming & diving earned the brightest weekend headlines with power-packed league meets and historic accomplishments.

1. Girls Swimming & Diving: Saline – No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – edged top-ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer by 16 points to win the Southeastern Conference Red meet – Saline Post

2. Girls Swimming & Diving: Grand Blanc won the Saginaw Valley League meet, ending LPD2 No. 7 Midland Dow’s 13-year hold on the title – Midland Daily News

3. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD2 No. 6 Dexter won its 22nd straight league championship, finishing ahead of runner-up and LPD3 No. 9 Chelsea at the Southeastern Conference White meet – Chelsea Sun Times News

4. Girls Swimming & Diving: No. 5 Northville was first, No. 9 Novi second and No. 7 Brighton third at the Kensington Lakes Activities Association meet – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. Volleyball: Escanaba swept Menominee in Division 2 to claim its first District title in this sport – Escanaba Daily Press

6. Volleyball: Jackson Northwest won the final two sets of a five-set victory over Okemos in Division 1 to claim its first District title in this sport since 2001 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

7. Volleyball: Niles Brandywine avenged last month’s league-deciding loss to honorable mention Bridgman with a five-set Division 3 District title win – Niles Daily Star

8. Volleyball: Sterling Heights Stevenson went to an 18-16 fifth-set win to get past Macomb Dakota for a Division 1 District title – Macomb Daily

9. Volleyball: Ann Arbor Skyline repeated as a Division 1 District champion with a sweep of honorable mention Saline – We Love Ann Arbor

10. Volleyball: Honorable mention Edwardsburg swept Buchanan in Division 2 to finish a third straight District title run – Niles Daily Star

Also of note …

Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 honorable mention Zeeland finished an outright Ottawa-Kent Conference Green championship with a league meet win – Holland Sentinel

Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 No. 3 Rockford edged honorable mention Holland West Ottawa to claim the O-K Red meet title – Holland Sentinel

Volleyball: From Thursday, Ionia defeated Central Montcalm in five sets in Division 2 to earn its first District championship in this sport since 1977 – Greenville Daily News

Today in the MHSAA: 4/2/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 2, 2025

1. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 6 Grand Haven swept Spring Lake in the Drawbridge Classic, 17-0 and 19-11 – Local Sports Journal

2. GIRLS LACROSSE Hartland edged Muskegon Mona Shores 7-6 – Local Sports Journal

3. GIRLS SOCCER Lake Orion got past Oxford 3-0 scoring all three goals over 17 minutes – Oakland Press

4. SOFTBALL Parma Western rallied in the bottom of the sixth inning to get past Napoleon 5-3 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

5. GIRLS SOCCER Freeland opened with a 3-0 win over Hemlock – Saginaw News

6. SOFTBALL Armada downed Macomb L’Anse Creuse North 10-6 – Macomb Daily

7. BASEBALL Taylor came back to win its season opener at Riverview, 5-1 – Southgate News-Herald

8. BASEBALL Gibraltar Carlson opened with a 17-6 win over Melvindale – Southgate News-Herald

9. BOYS LACROSSE Pontiac Notre Dame Prep downed Troy in the latter’s season opener, 11-5 – Oakland Press

10. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 7 Hudsonville broke away late for a 10-1 win over Muskegon Mona Shores – Local Sports Journal

Also of note …

HOCKEY Hartland coach Rick Gadwa resigned after 14 seasons and with a 295-83-15 record and three Division 2 championships – Livingston Daily Press & Argus