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: 9/16/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 16, 2024
1. CROSS COUNTRY The Ann Arbor Pioneer girls and Northville boys were “Elite” race champions at the Spartan Invitational, highlighting several strong performances; Pioneer’s girls are ranked No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, and Northville’s boys are No. 1 – Saginaw News | Athletic.net
2. CROSS COUNTRY A total of 10 varsity teams won championships at Holly’s Duane Raffin Festival of Races – Midland Daily News | Livingston Daily Press & Argus | Athletic.net
3. VOLLEYBALL Traverse City West swept all three of its opponents to win the Holland West Ottawa Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. BOYS TENNIS Grand Haven won the Ada Forest Hills Eastern Invitational, with its 6-3 win over the host its first over LPD3 No. 8 FHE in at least a decade – Grand Haven Tribune
5. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Gaylord won Ogemaw Height’s Stephanie Rice Memorial Invitational, swam this season at Garber – Bay City Times
6. VOLLEYBALL Onekama won all but one set in claiming its invitational championship, sweeping Hart in the finale – Manistee News Advocate
7. CROSS COUNTRY The Ewen-Trout Creek girls and Stephenson boys were champions at the Superior Central Invitational; E-TC’s girls are No. 1 and Stephenson’s boys No. 2 in UPD3 – Escanaba Daily Press
8. BOYS TENNIS Dexter finished first ahead of runner-up Bay City Western to win the Fenton Invitational – Chelsea Sun Times News
9. VOLLEYBALL Union City avenged a pool play loss to Napoleon and went on to defeat Colon to win its invitational – Coldwater Daily Reporter
10. GIRLS TENNIS Escanaba was first and the host Flivvers second at the Kingsford Invitational – Iron Mountain Daily News