Today in the MHSAA: 11/5/18
November 5, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
In addition to Lower Peninsula Cross Country and Boys Soccer Finals – see coverage all over Second Half – the rest of Michigan’s volleyball District title winners celebrated this weekend, as did a number of league swimming & diving champions including a few who prevailed against loaded state-ranked fields.
1. Volleyball: No. 10 Brighton Charyl Stockwell downed Whitmore Lake in Division 3 for its first District title in any sport – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. Girls Swimming & Diving: Holland West Ottawa, tied for No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, finished atop a field including No. 7 Rockford, No. 9 Grand Haven and T-No. 10 Hudsonville to secure the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red meet and outright titles – Holland Sentinel
3. Volleyball: No. 3 Mattawan swept No. 10 Portage Central to claim a Division 1 District title – WWMT
4. Volleyball: No. 9 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek repeated as a Division 1 District champ with a sweep of Macomb Area Conference Red title winner Utica Eisenhower – Macomb Daily
5. Volleyball: No. 2 Lake Orion won its first District title since 2015 with a sweep of honorable mention Clarkston – Oakland Press
6. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 No. 4 Saline won the Southeastern Conference Red meet ahead of runner-up and No. 6-ranked Ann Arbor Skyline – Saline Post
7. Volleyball: Honorable mention Spring Lake won its first District title since 2013 with a sweep of No. 10 Whitehall in Division 2, with two of three sets decided by two points – Local Sports Journal
8. Volleyball: Onekama locked up its first District title since 2003, downing Bear Lake in Division 4 – Manistee News Advocate
9. Volleyball: Richland Gull Lake won its fourth straight District title, downing honorable mention Battle Creek Lakeview in Division 1 – Battle Creek Enquirer
10. Volleyball: Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart earned its sixth straight District title, sweeping McBain Northern Michigan Christian in Division 4 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Also of note …
Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 honorable mention Bridgman won the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference meet just ahead of LPD2 No. 9 Portage Central – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD2 No. 5 Midland Dow followed standout Claire Newman to its 13th straight Saginaw Valley League championship – Midland Daily News
Girls Swimming & Diving: Zeeland won big at the O-K Green meet – Holland Sentinel
Football: Boyne City coach Dave Hills stepped down after 21 seasons and with a 125-45 record – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Today in the MHSAA: 4/21/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 21, 2025
1. BOYS GOLF Chelsea won Hillsdale Academy’s PGA Reach Invitational with a 310 at Forest Akers West ahead of a field that included Lower Peninsula Division 1 No. 2 Detroit Catholic Central and Division 3 top-ranked Jackson Lumen Christi – Hillsdale Daily News
2. GIRLS SOCCER Division 4 No. 2 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian downed No. 4 North Muskegon 2-0 – Muskegon Chronicle
3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 2 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central and top-ranked Hudsonville Unity Christian played to a scoreless draw – Grand Rapids Press
4. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 6 Grand Haven and No. 8 Muskegon Reeths-Puffer split a doubleheader, and Grand Haven’s Lorelei Chciuk went over 500 career strikeouts – Grand Haven Tribune
5. BASEBALL A.J. Gallino threw a no-hitter and Cole Baij a perfect game as Division 4 No. 10 Norway swept Ishpeming – Iron Mountain Daily News
6. BASEBALL Midland’s Brett Faccio no-hit Division 1 No. 12 Grand Blanc 2-0, but the Bobcats came back to win the second game 4-3 over the Chemics – Midland Daily News
7. BOYS GOLF LPD1 No. 3 Traverse City West carded a two-day 618 to win the Traverse City Central Tee-Off Tournament – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. TRACK & FIELD Petoskey’s girls and boys swept team championships at Cadillac’s Gary Rathbun Invitational – Cadillac News
9. SOFTBALL Division 3 top-ranked Evart defeated honorable mention Boyne City, Sanford Meridian and Morley Stanwood to win its Cat Classic – Cadillac News
10. GIRLS SOCCER Richland Gull Lake and Byron Center played to a 1-1 draw – Kalamazoo Gazette