Today in the MHSAA: 11/9/15

November 9, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Cross Country and Boys Soccer Finals, plus a few remaining Volleyball District championship games and girls swimming and diving league meets made this the most eventful weekend of the school year to date.

Cross Country

Rockford’s boys repeated in Lower Peninsula Division 1, while Birmingham Seaholm’s girls won their third title in four seasons – Second Half Girls | Boys

The Otsego girls and Hamilton’s Erika Freyhof both were first-time champions in LP Division 2, while Algonac senior Morgan Beadlescomb repeated as individual boys champion and Fremont dominated to claim that team title – Second Half Girls | Boys

Lansing Catholic’s boys and Grandville Calvin Christian’s Abe Visser claimed the first team and individual titles in their programs’ respective histories, while Traverse City St. Francis’ Holly Bullough repeated as LP Division 3 champion in helping the Gladiators win the team title as well – Second Half Girls | Boys

Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart turned in arguably the most dominating Finals performance in Division 4 history, while Saugatuck’s boys moved up from runners-up in 2014 to champions – Second Half Girls | Boys

Boys Soccer

Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central capped an undefeated season with a Division 1 championship win over reigning champion Canton – Second Half

Mason won its first MHSAA title since 1997 with a comeback win over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – Second Half

Grand Rapids South Christian is Division 3 champion once again thanks to a shootout victory over Williamston – Second Half

Burton Genesee Christian completed a perfect season by winning the Division 4 title – Second Half

Girls Swimming and Diving

LP Division 3 No. 4 St. Clair broke four school records in winning the Macomb Area Conference White championship meet – Port Huron Times-Herald

LP Division 3 honorable mention Spring Lake set six school records in winning the Coastal Conference meet with 67 personal-best times – Grand Haven Tribune

Midland Dow won its 10th straight Saginaw Valley League championship, edging Saginaw Heritage by 18 points – Midland Daily News

LP Division 1 No. 6 Brighton won its second straight Kensington Lakes Activities Association Lakes championship meet with three meet records – Livingston Daily

Volleyball

Class B honorable mention Tecumseh swept Brooklyn Columbia Central to win their District and improve to 45-4-1 – Adrian Daily Telegram

Class B No. 5 Cadillac swept Kingsley to win its 10th straight District championship – Cadillac News

Also in Class B, Sault Ste. Marie needed five sets to get past Kalkaska and win the District title – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

From Thursday, Fulton beat Fowler to win its first District title since 2001 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Crystal Falls Forest Park, honorable mention in Class D, won its District for an incredible 16th straight season – Iron Mountain Daily News

Good Read

The Benton Harbor football program got plenty of excellent coverage heading into the weekend’s District Final against Zeeland West – but here’s a story about what's next now that the Tigers’ season is done – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Today In The MHSAA: 3/10/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 10, 2022

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Coopersville moved on to a Division 1 District Final with a 57-50 win over No. 18 Grand Haven – Local Sports Journal

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Ecorse handed No. 7 Riverview Gabriel Richard its only loss of the season, 73-71 in Division 3 – Southgate News-Herald

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Harbor Springs Harbor Light Christian clinched its first District title since 2010 with a 62-55 win over Burt Lake Northern Michigan Christian in Division 4 – Petoskey News-Review

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Pickford also clinched a Division 4 District title with a 64-60 overtime win over Cedarville – MI Sports Now

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Top-ranked Detroit U-D Jesuit advanced in Division 1 with an 80-57 win over No. 16 Detroit Renaissance – MLive-Detroit

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Ypsilanti Lincoln defeated a league champion in Division 1, getting past No. 15 Ann Arbor Huron 49-42 – Ann Arbor News

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Max Fellows scored at the buzzer to push Essexville Garber past No. 19 Carrollton in Division 2 – Bay City Times

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Brandon Downs went over 1,000 career points as Coldwater downed Richland Gull Lake 57-51 in Division 1 – Coldwater Daily Reporter

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Macomb L’Anse Creuse North moved past Port Huron Northern in Division 1, 55-44 – Macomb Daily

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Otsego outlasted Comstock through two overtimes for a 58-55 win in Division 2 – Kalamazoo Gazette