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: 5/5/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 5, 2022
1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 3 Williamston defeated Division 2 No. 3 Haslett 1-0 in league play – Lansing State Journal
2. TRACK & FIELD The New Baltimore Anchor Bay boys and Macomb Dakota girls clinched shares of Macomb Area Conference Red titles – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys
3. BOYS GOLF Muskegon Mona Shores – No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – shot a 302 to again win the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship – Muskegon Chronicle
4. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 8 South Lyon East set itself up to clinch the Lakes Valley Conference title with a 4-1 victory over Division 1 No. 13 Walled Lake Northern – Oakland Press
5. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 9 Muskegon Oakridge swept Ravenna in a matchup of undefeated teams – CatchMark SportsNet
6. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 10 Grosse Ile moved into first alone in the Huron League with a 2-1 win over Riverview – Southgate News-Herald
7. GIRLS SOCCER Hannah Thompson scored five goals as Schoolcraft downed Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep 6-3 – WWMT
8. GIRLS TENNIS LPD1 No. 6 Holland West Ottawa shut out Grandville, led by a strong performance at No. 1 singles by Megan Blake – Holland Sentinel
9. TRACK & FIELD Traverse City West swept its meets with Traverse City Central; the West boys are ranked No. 2 in LPD1, and the girls are No. 6 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
10. SOFTBALL Nevaeh Ingram struck out 35 of 47 batters faced during Division 2 No. 3 Jackson Northwest’s sweep of Parma Western – Jackson Citizen Patriot