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: 1/20/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 20, 2022

1. WRESTLING Top-ranked Dundee downed No. 2 Clinton 40-26 in a meeting of the state’s top teams in Division 3 – Monroe News

2. HOCKEY Division 1 top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central came back to get past Division 2 No. 5 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 3-2 – Oakland Press

3. HOCKEY Division 1 No. 2 Brighton edged No. 6 Salem 3-0, and Division 2 top-ranked Hartland downed Division 3 No. 3 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 6-4 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Freshman Sophia Bussell set Monroe’s school record with eight 3-pointers in a 63-43 win over Ypsilanti Lincoln – Monroe News

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Flushing defeated Swartz Creek 54-27, delivering coach Larry Ford his 300th win – Flint Journal

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Gavin Dukaj scored nine of his 12 points after regulation, draining three 3-pointers over two overtimes in Tawas’ 58-56 win over Beaverton – Bay City Times

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL St. Ignace edged Pickford 58-56 on a buzzer beater – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

8. WRESTLING Division 1 No. 8 Grandville’s pin in the final match secured a 37-30 win over Hudsonville – FOX17

9. HOCKEY Petoskey avenged an earlier loss to Traverse City Central, 4-3 – Petoskey News-Review

10. HOCKEY Brendan Pippen scored three goals during the third period of Big Rapids’ 6-1 win over Cadillac – Big Rapids News