Today in the MHSAA: 11/23/15

November 23, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The Girls Lower Peninsula Swimming and Diving and Volleyball seasons finished this weekend, with two first-time champions crowned both in the pool and on the court and a third volleyball champion ending the longest title-winning streak in that sport’s history.

Swimming and Diving

Ann Arbor Skyline competed in Division 1 this season after finishing second in Division 2 a year ago, and emerged as champion for the first time in any division behind standout Katie Portz – Second Half

Dexter won its first championship since 2002 by clinching Division 2 during the final event of the afternoon at Oakland University – Second Half

Grand Rapids Catholic Central cleared the Division 3 field by 100 points to win its first MHSAA championship in this sport – Second Half

Volleyball

In a rematch of last season’s Class A Final, Novi went from runner-up to champion with a four-set win over Romeo – Second Half

Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard became the first undefeated team since 1998-99 by defeating reigning champion North Branch in Class B – Second Half

Bronson earned its first championship since 2009, finishing tops in Class C after entering the tournament ranked No. 1 – Second Half

Leland earned its first Class D title in a decade by ending Battle Creek St. Philip’s record nine-year championship streak – Second Half

Today in the MHSAA: 5/19/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 19, 2021

Softball: Division 4 top-ranked Holton swept Hesperia to clinch the Central State Activities Association Silver championship, its sixth-straight league title – Local Sports Journal

2. Baseball: Frankenmuth clinched a share of the Tri-Valley Conference East championship with a split against Division 2 No. 2 Bay City John Glenn – WJRT

3. Track & Field: Macomb Dakota continued its spring surge sweeping Macomb Area Conference Red girls and boys championship meets; Dakota’s girls are ranked No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, and the boys are No. 7 – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys

4. Girls Soccer: Division 1 No. 11 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central avenged an earlier loss to No. 2 Forest Hills Northern in the Ottawa-Kent Conference White semifinals – Grand Rapids Press

5. Softball: Breckenridge swept Vestaburg to secure a share of the Mid-State Activities Conference championship – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

6. Girls Soccer: Division 2 No. 5 Haslett downed Division 3 No. 4 Lansing Catholic 4-1 to earn a spot in the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup championship game – Lansing State Journal

7. Boys Golf: Norway continued its strong spring with a 320 to win the Negaunee Invitational – Iron Mountain Daily News

8. Baseball: Hunter Kanouse struck out 14 of 18 hitters faced in a perfect game win for LeRoy Pine River over McBain – Big Rapids News

9. Girls Tennis: North Muskegon – No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – improved to 16-5-1 with wins over Niles Brandywine and No. 10 Clarkston Everest Collegiate – Local Sports Journal

10. Baseball: Coldwater improved to 19-5 with a sweep of Division 3 No. 15 Jackson Lumen Christi – Coldwater Daily Reporter