Today in the MHSAA: 11/7/19

November 7, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Wednesday night was the week’s busiest for Volleyball Districts as teams all over the state earned opportunities to play for championships.

1. Volleyball: No. 7 Parma Western moved on to a Division 2 District Final with a four-set win over No. 10 Onsted – Jackson Citizen Patriot

2. Volleyball: After falling to South Lyon in District play the last two seasons, Division 1 honorable mention Brighton avenged with a sweep – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. Volleyball: No. 4 Hamilton and No. 9 Holland Christian won Division 2 matches to set up a District Final meeting – Holland Sentinel

4. Volleyball: No. 5 Bronson and No. 8 Centreville swept their Division 3 District Semifinals, setting up a championship match meeting – Three Rivers News

5. Volleyball: No. 6 Kingsley’s Division 2 sweep of Sault Ste. Marie finished a perfect run at home for the Stags’ senior class – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. Volleyball: After winning its first league title since 2009, St. Johns has continued to surge and moved into a District Final with a Division 1 win over DeWitt – Lansing State Journal

7. Volleyball: After splitting the first four sets, No. 9 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek held on in the fifth to get past Rochester Adams in Division 1 – Oakland Press

8. Volleyball: Rapid River ended Munising’s two-year District title run with a Division 4 win – Escanaba Daily Press

9. Volleyball: Honorable mention Montague avenged a city tournament loss to Fruitport in a Division 2 District Semifinal win – Local Sports Journal

10. Volleyball: No. 2 Lowell moved on to a Division 1 District Final with a sweep of Rockford – FOX 17

Today In The MHSAA: 10/7/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 7, 2021

1. BOYS TENNIS No. 5 Holland West Ottawa won a loaded Lower Peninsula Division 1 Regional ahead of additional qualifiers No. 7 Hudsonville and No. 6 Rockford – Holland Sentinel

2. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 7 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood downed Warren De La Salle Collegiate 4-1 in the Detroit Catholic League Bishop championship game – Macomb Daily

3. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 3 Hudsonville Unity Christian edged top-ranked Holland Christian 1-0 in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue semifinals – Holland Sentinel

4. BOYS TENNIS Top-ranked Okemos won seven of eight flights to clinch an LPD2 Regional title, and Mason in LPD3 won its first Regional championship since 1995 just ahead of No. 10 Haslett – Lansing State Journal

5. BOYS SOCCER Buckley downed Kingsley 6-0 to clinch the Northwest Conference title outright, with the league championship its first since 1999 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. BOYS SOCCER Walled Lake Northern scored the game’s lone goal late in the second half to defeat South Lyon 1-0 in the Lakes Valley Conference Tournament final – Oakland Press

7. BOYS TENNIS LPD2 No. 8 Midland Dow won its 13th-straight Regional title, in LPD2 – Midland Daily News

8. BOYS TENNIS Top-ranked Traverse City St. Francis claimed another LPD4 Regional championship, continuing a run more than a decade long – Up North Live

9. GIRLS GOLF Midland Dow was first and Petoskey second at their LPD2 Regional – Midland Daily News

10. BOYS SOCCER Brownstown Woodhaven clinched its fourth-straight Downriver League title with a 3-1 win over Dearborn Edsel Ford – Southgate News-Herald

Also of note …

BOYS SOCCER Niles Brandywine clinched the outright Berrien-Cass-St. Joseph Conference Red championship with a 4-2 win over Buchanan – Niles Daily Star

CROSS COUNTRY The Munising girls and Stephenson boys claimed Skyline Central Conference championships – Iron Mountain Daily News

BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 7 McBain Northern Michigan Christian finished its Northern Michigan Soccer League title run with a 6-0 win over LeRoy Pine River – Cadillac News