Today in the MHSAA: 11/3/15

November 3, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Monday saw the first games of this season’s MHSAA Volleyball Tournament – and with those, a number of key matches including a few that came down to the final set.

Volleyball

Class A No. 4 Lake Orion swept honorable mention Clarkston, guaranteeing an end to the Wolves’ string of eight straight District championships – Oakland Press

Portage Central won a matchup of Class A honorable mentions, sweeping Niles 3-0 in their opener – Kalamazoo Gazette

Class B top-ranked Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard started what it hopes will be a title run with a sweep of No. 10 Chelsea – AnnArbor.com

Class B honorable mentions Coopersville and Fruitport also met in an opener, with Coopersville coming away with a sweep – Grand Rapids Press

Also in Class B, Essexville Garber won a battle of Tri-Valley Conference teams, claiming the fifth game 15-12 to win the match 3-2 – Saginaw News

Concord lost the first two sets to Hanover-Horton in their Class C opener, but came back to win 3-2 – Jackson Citizen-Patriot

Good Read

We’ve heard a few stories like this in the past, but they never get old. Algonac’s Morgan Beadlescomb is one of the top cross country runners in Michigan and won the Lower Peninsula Division 2 title last season – and last week, pulled St. Clair’s Jack Keais to the latter's first sub-16 minute finish – Port Huron Times-Herald

Today in the MHSAA: 11/7/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 7, 2022

1. BOYS CROSS COUNTRY Hunter Jones became the second Lower Peninsula runner to win four Finals championships, and Northville, East Grand Rapids, Hart and Wyoming Potter’s House Christian all won their first team titles – MHSAA.com

2. GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Holland West Ottawa and Johannesburg-Lewiston were first-time Finals champions, and Otsego and Traverse City St. Francis returned to the top of their respective divisions – MHSAA.com

3. BOYS SOCCER Rochester Adams, Richland Gull Lake, Holland Christian and Muskegon Western Michigan Christian finished off championship runs – MHSAA.com

4. VOLLEYBALL Cheboygan went five sets with Boyne City in Division 2 to claim its first District championship since 2005 – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

5. VOLLEYBALL Brownstown Woodhaven came back from a 2-1 deficit to get past honorable mention Temperance Bedford in five sets in a Division 1 District Final – Southgate News-Herald

6. VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention White Lake Lakeland repeated as a Division 1 District champion with a sweep of Walled Lake Northern – Oakland Press

7. VOLLEYBALL The third set went to 29-27 and the fifth set to 22-20 as Rock Mid Peninsula outlasted Eben Junction Superior Central in a Division 4 District Final – Escanaba Daily Press

8. VOLLEYBALL Top-ranked Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central clinched its 22nd-straight District title with a sweep of Erie Mason in Division 3 – Monroe News

9. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Macomb L’Anse Creuse North continued its memorable season by winning the Macomb Area Conference White championship meet – Macomb Daily

10. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING The Traverse City Tritons co-op repeated as Coastal Conference champion – Traverse City Record-Eagle