Today in the MHSAA: 11/6/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 6, 2023

1. GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Two individual champions repeated, Romeo won its first team title and Ann Arbor Pioneer’s Rachel Forsyth ran a record race for the ages at the Lower Peninsula Girls Cross Country Finals – MHSAA.com

2. BOYS SOCCER Troy Athens’ overtime win in Division 1 capped a championship day that saw Grand Rapids Christian, Hudsonville Unity Christian and Muskegon Western Michigan Christian also claim Finals titles – MHSAA.com

3. BOYS CROSS COUNTRY Ada Forest Hills Eastern and Traverse City St. Francis were first-time team champions and Freeland’s TJ Hansen set a race record during the Lower Peninsula Boys Cross Country Finals – MHSAA.com

4. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Jenison – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – repeated as Ottawa-Kent Conference Red Meet champion led by record-setter Sophia Umstead – FOX 17

5. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Zeeland was followed by LPD3 No. 5 Holland Christian at the top of the O-K Rainbow championship event – Holland Sentinel

6. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD1 top-ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer was first and No. 6 Saline second at the Southeastern Conference Red Meet – Saline Post

7. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Fraser edged Romeo by seven points to win the Macomb Area Conference White Meet – Macomb Daily

8. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Bay City John Glenn continued its undefeated run in Independent Swim Conference championship meets with its 18th victory – Bay City Times

9. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD2 No. 3 Midland Dow ran its Saginaw Valley League championship meet streak to three with a dominating performance – Midland Daily News

10. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Traverse City claimed a third-straight Coastal Conference championship – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Today in the MHSAA: 11/1/17

November 1, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

Today's Top 10

1. Boys Tennis: Traverse City Central coach Larry Nykerk’s retirement was announced Tuesday; he’s stepping down after 50 seasons leading the program – Traverse City Record Eagle

2. Volleyball: No. 8 Rogers City came back from losing the first set to beat Hillman in four in their Class D District Semifinal – Alpena News

3. Volleyball: Class A top-ranked Rockford downed honorable mention Lowell in three sets – RedArrowAthletics.com

4. Cross Country: The Sturgis girls and Constantine boys both repeated as champions at the St. Joseph County Invitational – Sturgis Journal

5. Volleyball: After also meeting in a football playoff game Friday, neighbors Zeeland East and West met in volleyball, with the Class A honorable mention Chix getting past West in three close sets in their District match – Holland Sentinel

6. Volleyball: Traverse City Central earned a rematch with rival West by downing Alpena in a Class A District match – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. Volleyball: Class A honorable mention East Grand Rapids moved on in its District with a three-set win over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – EastGRSports.com

8. Volleyball: Class D No. 5 Onaway swept Posen on the other side of the District bracket at Rogers City – Alpena News

9. Volleyball: After winning a first set that got to 33-31, Holland Calvary held on to defeat Byron Center Zion Christian in four in a Class D District – Holland Sentinel

10. Volleyball: Petoskey swept Marquette in a first-round Class A District match – Petoskey News-Review