Today in the MHSAA: 11/9/18
November 9, 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.
Thursday’s 32 Volleyball Regional Finals saw the elimination of 12 top-10 teams but all eight contenders ranked No. 1 or 2 move on as next week’s Quarterfinals were set.
1. Volleyball: No. 2 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep downed No. 3 North Branch in a power-packed Division 2 Regional title matchup – Oakland Press
2. Volleyball: Reigning Class C champion and current top-ranked Bronson moved on in Division 3 with a 3-2 Regional title win over No. 3 Schoolcraft – Sturgis Journal
3. Volleyball: Top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy continued its run this fall over rival and No. 6 Bloomfield Hills Marian with a Division 1 Regional Final sweep – Oakland Press
4. Volleyball: Unranked Richland Gull Lake avenged two sweeps by No. 3 Mattawan this season with a 3-1 Regional Final win in Division 1 – Kalamazoo Gazette
5. Volleyball: No. 2 Lake Orion swept league rival and No. 9 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek for a Division 1 Regional title – Oakland Press
6. Volleyball: No. 2 Mendon came back from dropping the first set to clinch a Division 4 Regional title with a four-set win over No. 5 Battle Creek St. Philip – Sturgis Journal
7. Volleyball: Honorable mention Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian continued a title-filled run with a 3-1 win over No. 7 North Muskegon in a Division 3 Regional Final – Grand Rapids Press
8. Volleyball: No. 7 Adrian Lenawee Christian came back from a two-set deficit to down No. 3 Camden-Frontier in a Division 4 Regional Final – Adrian Daily Telegram
9. Volleyball: Honorable mention Onaway came back from losing the first set to upset No. 10 Rudyard in five in a Division 4 Regional Final – Alpena News
10. Volleyball: Kingsley won its first Regional since 2009 and ended Cadillac’s streak at nine with a sweep in a Division 2 matchup of honorable mention teams – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Also of note …
Volleyball: No. 5 Manchester swept Bath in Division 3 to earn its first Regional title in 25 years – Jackson Citizen Patriot
Volleyball: Kingston downed No. 8 Merrill in Division 4 to clinch its first Regional title in this sport – Saginaw News
Football: Central Lake coach Rob Heeke has announced his retirement; he led the team to the 8-player Division 1 title in 2017 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Today in the MHSAA: 10/2/18
October 2, 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. Girls Golf: Sisters Anika and Anci Dy tied for first to lead Traverse City West, No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, to the Traverse City Central Invitational title, which also secured the Titans their fourth straight Big North Conference championship – Traverse City Record-Eagle
2. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 8 Midland Dow tied rival Midland 1-1 to clinch its third straight Saginaw Valley League championship – Midland Daily News
3. Boys Soccer: Novi upended Division 1 No. 9 Canton 2-1 to pull closer to the league-leading Chiefs in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association West – Observer & Eccentric
4. Girls Golf: St. Joseph battled tough weather to win the South Haven Invitational, with LPD4 No. 5 Kalamazoo Hackett second – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
5. Girls Golf: Tecumseh held off Adrian Madison to win the Lenawee County Invitational – Adrian Daily Telegram
6. Boys Soccer: Melvindale added a second win this season over Gibraltar Carlson to improve to 12-2-1 – Southgate News-Herald
7. Boys Soccer: Flint Powers Catholic handed the second loss this season to Flint Carman-Ainsworth, 3-1 – Flint Journal
8. Boys Soccer: Charlevoix finished its second win over Harbor Springs this season with the go-ahead goal during the closing minutes of a 2-1 victory – Petoskey News-Review
9. Boys Soccer: After falling to Hillsdale Academy 4-2 earlier this season, Hillsdale battled back to a 1-1 tie in the rematch – Hillsdale Daily News
10. Boys Soccer: Buckley held on for another close league win, 3-2 over Kingsley – Traverse City Record-Eagle