Today in the MHSAA: 11/2/15

November 2, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Cross Country and Boys Soccer Regionals finished up over the weekend and the final volleyball league tournaments were played in advance of this week’s MHSAA Districts. Click for a few of each that stuck out among the weekend’s media reports.

Cross Country

Fenton’s unranked boys won their first MHSAA Regional since 2006 and third in school history, outpacing No. 6-ranked Bay City Western in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – Flint Journal

The Alma girls will race at the MHSAA Finals for the first time since 1990 after finishing second at the LPD2 Regional in Bay City – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Boys Soccer

Division 3 No. 10 Gladwin continued its best season ever, winning its first MHSAA Regional title by downing No. 11 Ludington – Midland Daily News

Division 4 No. 3 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian got past No. 5 Leland 1-0 to claim a Regional title – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Girls Swimming and Diving

Brighton, No. 6 in LPD1, overtook Hartland in the final event to win the Kensington Lakes Activities Association West meet championship – Livingston Daily

Volleyball

The Concord volleyball team entered the Big 8 Conference tournament as the fourth seed, but with a victory earned a share of its fifth straight league title – Jackson Citizen-Patriot

Class B No. 8 North Branch avenged an earlier loss to honorable mention Frankenmuth to win the all-division Tri-Valley Conference tournament championship, its 11th straight – Saginaw News

Today in the MHSAA: 9/2/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 2, 2022

(We’ll cover Week 2 football in full in next week's “1st & Goal.”)

1. CROSS COUNTRY Marquette swept championships at its Dale Phillips Invitational; both Marquette teams are ranked No. 1 in Upper Peninsula Division 1 – Upper Michigan Source

2. GIRLS GOLF Traverse City West shot a 368 to edge Central by two strokes and win the Petoskey Invitational – Cadillac News

3. BOYS TENNIS LPD2 No. 8 Traverse City Central split singles and swept doubles to defeat Maple City Glen Lake – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. GIRLS GOLF Ludington shot a 186 to win the second West Michigan Conference jamboree – Ludington Daily News

5. BOYS SOCCER Big Rapids defeated Reed City 2-0 – Big Rapids Pioneer

6. BOYS SOCCER Clinton and Onsted were winners from the Adrian area – Adrian Daily Telegram