Today in the MHSAA: 11/6/15

November 6, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Volleyball teams hoisted MHSAA District title trophies all over Michigan on Thursday. Here are 10 championship stories that stuck out a little from the rest we came across.

Volleyball

Class A top-ranked Novi swept honorable mention Northville to move on to next week’s Regional – Oakland Press

Honorable mention Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central won its Class A District in four sets over Grand Rapids Northview, the Ottawa-Kent Conference Bronze champion – Grand Rapids Press

No. 8 North Branch swept No. 2 Mount Morris to claim an 11th straight Class B District championship – Flint Journal

Class B honorable mention Saginaw Swan Valley pushed its school-record win total to 57 with a District Final sweep of Freeland – Saginaw News

Another Class B honorable mention, Grant, won its fifth straight District title with a sweep of Fremont – Muskegon Chronicle

Class C No. 8 Brown City won its fourth straight District title with a sweep of Sandusky – Port Huron Times-Herald

Montague, No. 3 in Class C, won its first District title since 1997 with a sweep of Shelby – Muskegon Chronicle

Unranked Hemlock won the final two sets to claim a 3-2 win over honorable mention St. Louis in Class C – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Honorable mention Marcellus took No. 8 Mendon to five sets before the Hornets prevailed in a Class D District Final – Sturgis Journal

Unionville-Sebewaing needed five sets and an extra point in the final to down Cass City for a fifth straight Class D District title – Huron Daily Tribune

Today in the MHSAA: 4/25/18

April 25, 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.

1. Softball: Jenna Core set a school record with her 17th career home run in Division 2 No. 5 Spring Lake’s win over Sparta – Local Sports Journal

2. Baseball: Holland Christian coach Jim Caserta earned his 399th and 400th career wins with his Division 2 No. 2-ranked team’s sweep of Hamilton – Holland Sentinel

3. Track & Field: The reigning Upper Peninsula Division 1 champion Marquette girls and boys started their seasons with quad meet wins over Negaunee, Escanaba and Menominee – Escanaba Daily Press

4. Baseball: Division 1 No. 16 Canton won a rematch of last season’s Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship game, downing No. 17 Brighton 9-8 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. Girls Soccer: Kelsey Adams scored her first high school goal with 1:16 to play to lift Division 1 No. 5 Brighton past Hartland 1-0 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

6. Softball: Division 3 honorable mention Sanford Meridian scored 24 runs over two wins against Midland Dow – Midland Daily News

7. Baseball: Division 2 No. 20 Sturgis earned a pair of wins over Three Rivers – Sturgis Journal

8. Baseball: After Benzie Central won the opener by a run, Division 4 No. 20 Onekama came back to win the second game by two – Manistee News Advocate

9. Girls Soccer: Lake Orion scored on a late penalty kick to get past Birmingham Groves 1-0 – Oakland Press

10. Hockey: Sault Ste. Marie coach John Ferroni has resigned after seven seasons with a 132-57-9 record and after leading the Blue Devils to Division 3 runner-up finishes in 2013 and 2014 – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News