Today in the MHSAA: 11/13/19
November 13, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The field of 128 was whittled to 66 volleyball teams still alive in the MHSAA Tournament as all but two Regional Finals were played Tuesday, with Divisions 1 and 3 producing the night’s loudest newsmakers.
1. Volleyball: Top-ranked Schoolcraft swept No. 5 Bronson, ending a four-season Class C/Division 3 championship streak for the Vikings – WWMT
2. Volleyball: No. 7 Bloomfield Hills Marian pushed top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy to a fifth set before the Marlins prevailed in a Division 1 Regional Semifinal – Observer & Eccentric
3. Volleyball: No. 4 Hudsonville got past No. 8 Grand Haven in five sets in a matchup of ranked Division 1 teams – Grand Haven Tribune
4. Volleyball: Honorable mention Pewamo-Westphalia swept No. 9 Morley Stanwood in a Division 3 Regional Semifinal – Ionia Sentinel-Standard
5. Volleyball: Honorable mention Lake Orion went five sets to upset No. 9 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek in Division 1 – Oakland Press
6. Volleyball: Manistique came back from a set down to win the final two and get past Calumet in five in a matchup of Division 3 honorable mentions – Escanaba Daily Press
7. Volleyball: Unranked Hudson swept honorable mention Hanover-Horton to also move on in Division 3 – Adrian Daily Telegram
8. Volleyball: Unranked Manton got past honorable mention Beal City in five sets, also in Division 3 – Cadillac News
9. Volleyball: Novi swept Brighton in a matchup of Division 1 honorable mentions, ending the stellar high school career of Bulldogs all-stater Celia Cullen – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
10. Volleyball: In Division 3, Vandercook Lake advanced to its first District final and saw two school records fall during a sweep of Bath – Jackson Citizen Patriot
Also of note …
Girls Golf: Okemos’ Allison Cui was named Miss Golf by the Michigan Interscholastic Golf Coaches Association – Lansing State Journal
Boys Soccer: The Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association named Aidan O’Connor its Mr. Soccer for this season – Grand Rapids Press
Today in the MHSAA: 10/10/17
October 10, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
Today's Top 10
1. Boys Tennis: Kalamazoo Christian, tied for No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 4, netted the championship at the combined Berrien-Cass-St. Joseph and Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
2. Boys Tennis: Byron Center closed out an Ottawa-Kent Conference Green championship just ahead of LPD3 No. 9 Zeeland East – Holland Sentinel
3. Boys Tennis: LPD4 No. 8 Ludington closed out an outright Coastal Conference championship by finishing four points ahead of runner-up Whitehall at the league tournament – Ludington Daily News
4. Boys Soccer: Division 4 No. 3 Leland clinched the Northwest Conference championship with a 5-1 win over Northport, which went into an interesting attack mode late trying to get the win and stay in the race – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. Girls Cross Country: Calumet freshman Clarity Gipp won the West Iron County Invitational just ahead of Chassell star Lela Rautiola; Chassell’s LPD3 No. 1 girls and Houghton’s LPD1 No. 1 boys won the team titles – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
6. Boys Tennis: LPD1 No. 10 Hudsonville also won an O-K league title, claiming the Red just ahead of Grandville – Grand Haven Tribune
7. Boys Soccer: Unranked Hartland won its seventh straight game, this time upsetting No. 9 Northville 1-0 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
8. Boys Soccer: Big Rapids moved into first place alone in the Central State Activities Association Gold with a 2-1 win over Newaygo, which had beaten Big Rapids earlier this season – Big Rapids News
9. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 17 Grand Haven improved to 10-3-3 with a 1-0 win over Rockford – Local Sports Journal
10. Track & Field: Livonia Churchill announced it will dedicate Friday its stadium field to first athletic director Larry Joiner and the track to successful coach Rick Austin – Observer & Eccentric