Today in the MHSAA: 11/3/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
November 3, 2023
1. VOLLEYBALL Hartland defeated Fenton in four sets in Division 1 to claim its first District championship in this sport since 1979 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Grand Haven ran its District title streak to 17 with a win over honorable mention Muskegon Mona Shores in Division 1 – Grand Haven Tribune
3. VOLLEYBALL No. 2 Mendon swept No. 8 Colon to clinch a Division 4 District title – Sturgis Journal
4. VOLLEYBALL Top-ranked Hudsonville swept No. 10 Jenison to claim a third-straight District championship in Division 1 – FOX 17
5. VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Bronson clinched its 10th-straight District title, sweeping Centreville in Division 3 – Sturgis Journal
6. VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Leland claimed its 22nd District title in program history, downing Traverse City Christian in Division 4 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. VOLLEYBALL No. 9 Manistique avenged last season’s District Final loss to Bark River-Harris with a sweep in Division 3 – Escanaba Daily Press
8. VOLLEYBALL No. 3 Hillsdale Academy also avenged a 2022 District Final loss, this time sweeping Camden-Frontier in Division 4 – Hillsdale Daily News
9. VOLLEYBALL Belding edged Central Montcalm 15-13 in the fifth set to lock up a Division 2 District championship – Greenville Daily News
10. VOLLEYBALL Boyne City edged Kingsley 16-14 in the fifth set to clinch a Division 2 District title – Up North Live
Today in the MHSAA: 2/14/20
February 14, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The first round of the Team Wrestling Tournament finished up Thursday with a dramatic ending in Division 2 leading a loaded list of headliners from across the state and five sports.
1. Wrestling: Caleb McNeil’s last-match comeback gave No. 8 Muskegon Reeths-Puffer a District Semifinal win over No. 4 Whitehall, and the Rockets then shut out Muskegon to win the title in Division 2 – Local Sports Journal
2. Hockey: Division 2 top-ranked Livonia Stevenson shut out Division 1 No. 3 Brighton 4-0 in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship game – Observer & Eccentric
3. Wrestling: Bark River-Harris defeated Manistique in Division 4 to claim its first District title in this sport – Escanaba Daily Press
4. Wrestling: Unranked Union City got past No. 8 Mendon in Division 4 to earn its first District title since 2008 – Coldwater Daily News
5. Wrestling: Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice earned its first District title in this sport in a decade with a 51-20 win over Birmingham Seaholm in Division 1 – Oakland Press
6. Boys Basketball: Fraser’s 50-48 overtime win over St. Clair gave St. Clair and Port Huron Northern a shared Macomb Area Conference Gold title, Northern’s first league championship since 2001 – Port Huron Times-Herald
7. Boys Swimming & Diving: Holland West Ottawa clinched a share of a sixth-straight Ottawa-Kent Conference Red title with a 187-118 win over Grand Haven – Holland Sentinel
8. Girls Basketball: Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart took back the Mid-State Activities Conference championship with a 63-48 win over Coleman – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
9. Boys Basketball: Marquette edged Escanaba 68-64 to clinch the Great Northern Conference title – Marquette Mining Journal
10. Girls Basketball: Oscoda clinched a second-straight North Star League Big Dipper title with a 64-27 win over Whittemore-Prescott – Alpena News
Also of note …
Boys Basketball: Detroit Cass Tech advanced to the Detroit Public School League final with a 53-44 win over Detroit Communication & Media Arts – State Champs Sports Network
Boys Basketball: Muskegon Orchard View’s Ke’Ontae Barnes scored 30 points in a 58-43 win over Muskegon Catholic Central to go over 1,000 for his career – Muskegon Chronicle
Girls Basketball: Saline junior Ella Stemmer went over 1,000 points for her career with 19 in a 59-31 win over Monroe – Ann Arbor News