Today in the MHSAA: 11/11/20
November 11, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The MHSAA Volleyball Tournament took its next step Tuesday playing Regional Semifinals statewide, with a number of results making waves throughout the brackets.
1. Volleyball: No. 5 Beaverton swept No. 7 Traverse City St. Francis in a Division 3 Regional Semifinal – Midland Daily News
2. Volleyball: No. 2 Lake Odessa Lakewood lost a set – one of few this fall – before emerging with a four-set win over honorable mention Marshall in Division 2 – Lansing State Journal
3. Volleyball: Unranked Grandville Calvin Christian upset No. 4 North Muskegon to advance in Division 3 – Grand Rapids Press
4. Volleyball: Honorable mention Battle Creek St. Philip upset No. 7 New Buffalo 3-1 in a Division 4 Regional Semifinal – WWMT
5. Volleyball: Unranked Edwardsburg swept No. 8 Hamilton to advance in Division 2 – Niles Daily Star
6. Volleyball: Brooklyn Columbia Central continued its program-record run with a 3-1 Regional Semifinal win over Bath in Division 3 – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
7. Volleyball: Honorable mention Traverse City West came back after losing the first set to win the next three over Mount Pleasant – Up North Live
8. Volleyball: DeWitt came back from a late fifth-set deficit to edge Richland Gull Lake in Division 1 – Lansing State Journal
9. Volleyball: No. 6 Ann Arbor Skyline continued its undefeated run this fall with a Division 1 sweep of Trenton – We Love Ann Arbor
10. Volleyball: Grand Blanc will move on in Division 1 after avenging a 2019 Regional loss to Flushing – WJRT
Also of note …
Boys Soccer: Longtime coach Kirt Brown retired after 15 years apiece at Parchment and then Mattawan, having led the latter to the 2016 Division 2 championship – Kalamazoo Gazette
Cross Country/Track & Field: P.J. Pruett is retiring after leading dominant girls and boys programs at Ishpeming in both sports – Upper Michigan’s Source
Today in the MHSAA: 4/21/17
April 21, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Some impressive action from the western and northern parts of our state highlighted Thursday’s headliners in baseball, girls soccer and track & field.
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
Baseball
Kalamazoo Christian took a 7-1 win from Division 4 No. 1 Kalamazoo Hackett before Hackett came back to win the second game 7-2 – Kalamazoo Gazette
Girls Soccer
Cadillac fought back from an early one-goal deficit to down Traverse City West 4-1 in a Big North Conference opener – Cadillac News
Harbor Springs keeper Izzy Gracy made saves on four of five shots she faced in a shootout to help her team to a 2-1 win over Charlevoix – Petoskey News-Review
Track & Field
Benzonia Benzie Central’s Manon Lutzke bested a 12-year-old school record in the shot put to help her team to a Northwest Conference quad win – Traverse City Record-Eagle
From Wednesday, Ishpeming’s boys and Munising’s girls took top honors at the third and final Superior Dome Invitational of this season at Northern Michigan University – Marquette Mining Journal