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: 1/19/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 19, 2022
1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Division 2 No. 2 Frankenmuth went to overtime to hand Division 1 No. 3 Midland Dow its first loss, 63-60 – Saginaw News
2. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 2 No. 18 Ferndale downed North Farmington 56-49 in a matchup of Oakland Activities Association Red contenders – Oakland Press
3. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Zeeland swam past Lower Peninsula Division 3 No. 2 Holland Christian 103-83 – Holland Sentinel
4. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 1 No. 15 Rockford sits alone atop the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red after a 62-56 win over No. 7 Grand Haven – FOX17
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 2 No. 20 Carrollton won a matchup of unbeatens, 77-69 over No. 14 Standish-Sterling – Bay City Times
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Gibraltar Carlson defeated Trenton 51-42 in a matchup of Downriver League leaders – Southgate News-Herald
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 3 No. 2 Traverse City St. Francis held on to win a battle for first in the Lake Michigan Conference, 50-47 over No. 4 Elk Rapids – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 2 No. 2 Parchment remained undefeated in handing Kalamazoo Christian its second loss, 52-41 – WWMT
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL A late 3-pointer pushed Holt past DeWitt 49-48 – Lansing State Journal
10. SKIING Cadillac swept the championships at its home invitational – Cadillac News