Today in the MHSAA: 11/16/16

November 16, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The final 16 teams of this volleyball season were determined in Quarterfinals on Tuesday, and we’ve “linked up” coverage from all 16 deciding matches.

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.

Class A: Unranked Temperance Bedford improved to 23-0 all-time in Quarterfinals, downing Livonia Churchill in a sweep – Monroe Evening News

Class A: Reigning champion and top-ranked Novi continued its run with a sweep of honorable mention Bloomfield Hills Marian – Oakland Press

Class A: In the final match to finish Tuesday, No. 5 Rockford got past No. 4 Portage Central 3-2 after dropping the first set – Grand Rapids Press

Class A: Unranked Fenton also continued its stellar run with a 3-1 win over Midland – Flint Journal

Class B: No. 5 Buchanan advanced with a sweep of No. 9 Grant – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Class B: Top-ranked Lake Odessa Lakewood earned a return to Battle Creek with a sweep of Adrian – Ionia Sentinel-Standard

Class B: Third-ranked North Branch also will return to Kellogg Arena after a sweep of St. Clair Shores South Lake – C & G News

Class B: No. 7 Cadillac earned a return trip with a 3-1 win over honorable mention Corunna – Flint Journal

Class C: Reigning champion and No. 2 Bronson swept No. 9 Laingsburg to continue a repeat attempt – Sturgis Journal

Class C: Adrian Madison won the final two sets against Allen Park Cabrini to advance with a 3-1 win – Adrian Daily Telegram

Class C: After four straight Quarterfinal losses, honorable mention Calumet earned a trip to the Semifinals with a 3-1 win over No. 5 Traverse City St. Francis – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Class C: No. 6 Brown City came back from two sets down to defeat Shelby 3-2 – Port Huron Times Herald

Class D: Top-ranked Plymouth Christian edged No. 2 Mendon 3-1 after a key two-point win in the third set – Observer & Eccentric

Class D: No. 3 Leland downed Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 3-1, earning coach Laurie Glass her 1,000th win – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Class D: Rogers City avenged a 2015 Quarterfinal loss by defeating Crystal Falls Forest Park in a matchup of honorable mentions – Alpena News

Class D: Auburn Hills Oakland Christian, ranked No. 6, got past Portland St. Patrick – Oakland Press

Today in the MHSAA: 1/8/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 8, 2025

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Gary Barns became the Flint area’s winningest coach in his sport with 519 as Goodrich downed Ortonville Brandon – WJRT

2. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Holland Christian – No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – defeated Holland West Ottawa in a dual for the first time since 1999, 101-85 – Holland Sentinel

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Tara Kurncz reached 1,000 career points during DeWitt’s 61-44 win over East Lansing – Lansing State Journal

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Centreville’s Matthew Swanwick and Marcellus Howardsville Christian’s John Paul Rose both reached 1,000 career points in their teams’ respective wins – Kalamazoo Gazette

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Okemos delivered coach Jeff Wonch’s 300th win with a 72-51 victory over Holt – WILX

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Leland won a matchup of undefeated teams 46-36 over Onekama – Up North Live

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Grand Rapids Northview’s Brady Swartz scored a school-record 50 points during a 93-69 win over Wyoming – Grand Rapids Press

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Muskegon remained undefeated with a 63-56 win over Hudsonville – Local Sports Journal

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Paw Paw followed AJ Rickli to a 71-61 win over Kalamazoo Christian – Kalamazoo Gazette

10. HOCKEY Cormac Young scored his first career goal to pull Romeo past Utica/Fraser 4-3 – Macomb Daily