Today in the MHSAA: 11/15/17

November 15, 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. Volleyball: Reigning champion and top-ranked Bronson will return to the Class C Semifinals after downing No. 2 Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central in four sets in the Quarterfinal – Coldwater Daily Reporter

2. Volleyball: Class B No. 3 Lake Odessa Lakewood went to five sets with No. 4 Niles before emerging with a 15-13 win in the decider and another trip to the Semifinals – Ionia Sentinel-Standard

3. Volleyball: Class A No. 4 DeWitt swept No. 3 Grand Rapids Christian to earn a trip to the Semifinals and matchup with reigning champion Novi – MLive-Lansing

4. Volleyball: Class C No. 10 Wixom St. Catherine earned its first Semifinal berth with a sweep of No. 6 Unionville-Sebewaing – Oakland Press

5. Volleyball: Class D No. 8 Rogers City knocked off yet another ranked opponent, this time No. 10 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart to earn a Quarterfinal win in five sets – Alpena News

6. Volleyball: Honorable mention Munising earned its first Semifinal trip with a four-set win over No. 7 Rudyard in Class D – Marquette Mining Journal

7. Volleyball: Fruitport won the first two sets close and held on to get past Cadillac in four in a matchup of Class B honorable mentions – Grand Haven Tribune

8. Volleyball: After splitting the first two sets, No. 6 Farmington Hills Mercy won the next two to down honorable mention New Baltimore Anchor Bay in four in Class A Oakland Press

9. Volleyball: Class A No. 2 and reigning champion Novi earned a fourth straight trip to the Semifinals with a sweep of honorable mention Temperance Bedford – Observer & Eccentric

10. Volleyball: No. 7 Bloomfield Hills Marian swept honorable mention Midland to make it back to the Class A Semifinals for the first time since 2013 – Oakland Press

Also of note …

Volleyball: No. 6 Fowler swept honorable mention Southfield Christian to move on in Class D – Oakland Press

Volleyball: Laingsburg downed Shelby 3-0 in a Quarterfinal matchup of Class C honorable mentions – Lansing State Journal

Volleyball: Class C No. 8 Calumet also is headed back to the Semifinals, thanks to a sweep of unranked Houghton Lake – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette     

Volleyball: Livonia Ladywood won a Quarterfinal matchup of unranked teams, sweeping Livonia Clarenceville in Class B – Observer & Eccentric

Volleyball: Top-ranked Pontiac Notre Dame Prep swept Corunna to move to 62-2-2 and into the Semifinals – NorthOaklandSports.com

Volleyball: Top-ranked and reigning champion Plymouth Christian downed annual power Battle Creek St. Philip 3-1 in Class D – WWMT

Today in the MHSAA: 8/21/18

August 21, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media. 

1. Girls Golf: Northville broke its tournament scoring record by 22 strokes with a 291 to win the Sentech Services Tournament at Kensington Metropark – Observer & Eccentric

2. Girls Golf: Harbor Springs shot a program record 340 to win the Grayling Invitational overall title by 27 strokes – Petoskey News-Review

3. Girls Golf: Hartland won its home invitational, led by a school record 72 from Sydney Bradford – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. Volleyball: Centreville came back from a one-set deficit to defeat Three Rivers 2-1 in the championship match of the St. Joseph County tournament – Sturgis Journal

5. Cross Country: Spring Lake’s girls and boys teams kicked of their seasons with a sweep of the Muskegon Orchard View Invitational titles – Grand Haven Tribune

6. Boys Soccer: Tyler Plummer scored all three goals as Pentwater defeated Big Rapids Crossroads Academy 3-2 – Local Sports Journal

7. Boys Soccer: Division 1 powers Novi and Northville played to a scoreless draw – Observer & Eccentric

8. Boys Soccer: Grayling’s two goals over the final 10 minutes gave it a 2-1 win over Benzie Central – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. Boys Soccer: An early goal was enough as Holland Christian edged Grand Rapids South Christian 1-0 – Holland Sentinel

10. Boys Soccer: Jonesville and Blissfield combined for 11 goals including nine during the second half of a game that included plenty out of the ordinary – Hillsdale Daily News

Also of note …

Football: Portage Northern will debut its newly-completed Huskie Stadium on Friday after 53 years of sharing a field with Portage Central – Kalamazoo Gazette