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: 9/30/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 30, 2021

1. GIRLS GOLF LPD1 No. 2 Plymouth edged top-ranked Northville by two strokes to win the team title, and Grand Blanc’s Kate Brody won her second individual championship in two days at the Bobcats’ invitational – Flint Journal

2. GIRLS GOLF Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – ranked No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – won its second significant tournament in two days, following Tuesday’s Detroit Catholic League Tournament win with the Oakland County Division 1 title – Oakland Press

3. GIRLS GOLF LPD2 No. 10 Zeeland West clinched its first league championship with a third-place finish at the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green Tournament – Holland Sentinel

4. GIRLS GOLF Harbor Springs clinched the Lake Michigan Conference championship with a league tournament win – Petoskey News-Review

5. BOYS SOCCER Macomb Dakota handed Division 1 top-ranked New Baltimore Anchor Bay its first defeat, 3-2 – Macomb Daily

6. BOYS SOCCER Midland Dow moved into first alone in the Saginaw Valley League by handing Midland its first conference loss, 3-0 – Midland Daily News

7. GIRLS GOLF LPD3 No. 7 Grosse Ile shot a 351 to win the Jackson Area Invitational – Coldwater Daily Reporter

8. BOYS SOCCER Watervliet improved to 13-2 with a 2-1 win over Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep – WWMT

9. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Traverse City West added a second win this season over rival Central, 3-1 – Up North Live

10. BOYS SOCCER Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central and New Boston Huron opened the Huron League Tournament with victories – Monroe News