Today in the MHSAA: 11/4/15

November 4, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Girls Volleyball Districts continued Tuesday with 55 games across the state, but one of the biggest headlines told of a softball coaching hire in Monroe County.

Volleyball

Saginaw Heritage advanced in Class A with a five-set win over Mount Pleasant; the teams split during the regular season – Saginaw News

Class A No. 8 Rockford opened with a sweep of Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – Grand Rapids Press

Class A No. 10 DeWitt swept East Lansing in their first-round match – Lansing State Journal

Reigning Class D champion Battle Creek St. Philip opened with a sweep of Marshall Academy coming off Saturday’s 1,000th win by coach Vicky Groat – Battle Creek Enquirer

From Monday, Carney-Nadeau fell in the first two sets before winning the final three of its Class D opener against Felch North Dickinson – Escanaba Daily Press

Softball

Former standout catcher Caitlin Blanchard, who led Petersburg-Summerfield to an MHSAA title in 2010 and then starred at University of Michigan, will return to her high school as coach – Monroe Evening News

Today in the MHSAA: 9/14/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 14, 2026

1. CROSS COUNTRY The Ann Arbor Pioneer girls and Northville boys won Spartan Invitational Elite championships, among eight varsity title winners total – Athletic.net

2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 3 Kingsley finished 5-0 to win its invitational, and Jenna Middleton reached 2,000 career kills – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 10 Morley Stanwood came back from losing the first set to win the next two against Spring Lake and claim its invitational – Big Rapids News

4. CROSS COUNTY Reed City’s girls and boys teams swept Ferris State Ray Helsing Bulldog Invitational titles – Cadillac News

5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 7 Grand Haven downed Sparta, Stevensville Lakeshore, Grandville and Zeeland East to win its invitational for the third-straight season – Grand Haven Tribune

6. BOYS SOCCER Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker defeated Birch Run, Pinconning and Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central to win its Mark Weidman Invitational for the third-straight season – Huron Daily Tribune

7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 10 Onekama won all 12 sets and defeated Mason County Eastern in the final to win its invitational – Manistee News Advocate

8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Macomb Lutheran North finished 5-0 to win the Fraser Tournament, downing Fraser in the final – Macomb Daily

9. CROSS COUNTRY The Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker boys team was among winners at the Bad Axe Hatchet Invitational – Huron Daily Tribune

10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Bay City John Glenn won the silver bracket title at the Mitten Bay Classic – Bay City Times