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: 3/9/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
March 9, 2022
1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Ruby Whitehorn starred as top-ranked Detroit Edison downed No. 2 Redford Westfield Prep 85-43 in a Division 2 Regional Semifinal – MLive-Detroit
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL No. 8 Maple City Glen Lake won a Division 3 Regional Semifinal featuring two of the state’s top-ranked teams, downing No. 2 St. Ignace 53-34 – Up North Live
3. GIRLS BASKETBALL No. 14 East Lansing avenged a regular-season loss with a 54-46 Division 1 win over No. 11 Parma Western – Lansing State Journal
4. GIRLS BASKETBALL No. 18 Grand Blanc avenged its regular-season loss to Flint Carman-Ainsworth with a 33-29 win in Division 1 – WJRT
5. GIRLS BASKETBALL No. 4 Grass Lake came back from a halftime deficit to get past No. 19 Brooklyn Columbia Central in Division 3, 47-42 – Jackson Citizen Patriot
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Top-ranked Hudsonville held on through a No. 15 Byron Center comeback to win 62-55 in Division 1 – MuskegonSports.com
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL No. 14 Reese came back from a double-digit deficit to edge St. Charles 61-55 in Division 3 – Saginaw News
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL No. 20 Newaygo held on for a 44-42 win over Spring Lake in Division 2 – Local Sports Journal
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL McBain advanced in Division 3 with a 63-36 win over No. 13 Sanford Meridian – Cadillac News
10. GIRLS BASKETBALL No. 12 Sandusky moved on in Division 3 with a 30-29 win over Cass City – Huron Daily Tribune