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: 1/13/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 13, 2025
1. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Holland Christian – No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – was first and No. 2 East Grand Rapids second at the annual D3 Invitational – Holland Sentinel
2. WRESTLING Division 1 No. 6 Temperance Bedford defeated Middleville Thornapple Kellogg, Stevensville Lakeshore, No. 7 Rockford, Holt and Division 2 No. 6 Greenville to win the Rockford Duals – Monroe News
3. BOWLING The Eisenhower/Utica girls and New Baltimore Anchor Bay boys won Macomb County championships – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys
4. BOYS BASKETBALL East Lansing edged Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 69-68 in a matchup of top teams in Division 1 at the GottaGetIt Hoops Classic at East Kentwood – WLNS
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice impressively downed Muskegon 66-50 in East Kentwood – Muskegon Chronicle
6. BOYS BASKETBALL Peyton Ruel became the all-time leading scorer for Muskegon Oakridge during a 66-45 win over Muskegon Western Michigan Christian – Local Sports Journal
7. WRESTLING Kingsford won its Ray Mariucci Tournament for the first time since 1993 – Escanaba Daily Press
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Alison Rockburn went over 1,000 career points in Belding’s win over Comstock Park – Greenville Daily News
9. BOWLING Frankenmuth’s Liam Liddle rolled a 300 in his team’s win over Essexville Garber – Saginaw News
10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Anna Wypych set a Rockford record with 38 points in a win over East Kentwood – Grand Rapids Press
Also of note …
VOLLEYBALL Farmington Hills Mercy’s Campbell Flynn was named Gatorade National Player of the Year – Oakland Press
FOOTBALL Dearborn is mourning the death of Divine Child legend Bill McCartney, who actually led the boys basketball team to the Class B title in 1973, and later the Colorado football program to a national title – Southgate News-Herald