Today in the MHSAA: 11/13/20
November 13, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Volleyball Regional championship matches dominated Michigan high school coverage Thursday night as the playoff field reached its final 32 contenders.
1. Volleyball: No. 2 Bloomfield Hills Marian edged reigning Division 1 champ and top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy in five sets to claim a Regional championship – Oakland Press
2. Volleyball: No. 4 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep edged No. 6 North Branch in five sets to advance in Division 2 – Oakland Press
3. Volleyball: Honorable mention Calumet swept No. 10 Charlevoix to advance to the Division 3 Quarterfinals – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
4. Volleyball: Grand Blanc got past honorable mention Traverse City West in five sets in Division 1 to claim its first Regional title – Flint Journal
5. Volleyball: Honorable mention Birch Run earned its first Regional title since 1991, downing Saginaw Swan Valley in Division 2 – WJRT
6. Volleyball: Edwardsburg got past Battle Creek Harper Creek in Division 2 to win its first Regional title since 1992 – Niles Daily Star
7. Volleyball: Royal Oak Shrine clinched its first Regional title since 2007, defeating Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest in Division 3 – Oakland Press
8. Volleyball: Honorable mention Ubly swept Dryden to advance to the Division 4 Quarterfinals – Huron Daily Tribune
9. Volleyball: No. 2 Lake Odessa Lakewood improved to 39-1 with a sweep of Lansing Catholic in Division 2 – Lansing State Journal
10. Volleyball: Honorable mention Warren Regina earned a repeat Division 2 Regional title with a sweep of Ferndale – Macomb Daily
Today in the MHSAA: 8/19/19
August 19, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The 2019 fall high school sports season kicked off across Michigan this weekend for a number of sports, with a major rematch in cross country topping the headliners from the first days of competition.
1. Cross Country: East Jordan’s boys won the Division 4 race of the Ryan Shay Invitational ahead of reigning Lower Peninsula Division 4 runner-up Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart; East Jordan finished third in LPD4 in 2018 – Petoskey News-Review
2. Girls Golf: Okemos shot a 325 to win the Parma Western Invitational, with Marshall next at 358; Okemos was third in LPD2 last season – JTV
3. Boys Tennis: Midland Dow defeated Grand Blanc and East Lansing and fell to Troy Athens at the Grand Blanc quad; Dow was third in LPD2 last season, while Athens tied for 11th in LPD1 – Midland Daily News
4. Girls Cross Country: Tecumseh and Kaitlin Knape won the girls championships at the Lenawee County Preview – Adrian Daily Telegram
5. Boys Cross Country: Nathan Letson gave Adrian the sweep of the boys titles at the Lenawee County Preview – Adrian Daily Telegram
6. Boys Soccer: Reigning Division 3 champion Hudsonville Unity Christian held off Spring Lake 3-1 – Local Sports Journal
7. Boys Tennis: Dexter edged Marshall by two points to win the opening Marshall quad, also finishing ahead of Vicksburg and Kalamazoo Christian – Chelsea Sun Times News
8. Boys Tennis: Chelsea finished four points ahead of Pinckney and five ahead of Walled Lake Northern to win the Fowlerville Invitational – Chelsea Sun Times News
9. Boys Soccer: Bloomingdale got off to a fast start with a 2-0 win over Comstock – JoeInsider.com
10. Boys Soccer: Midland Dow opened with a 5-0 shutout of Freeland – Midland Daily News