Today in the MHSAA: 8/21/17

August 21, 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. Officials: A year after being diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer, MHSAA official Steve Johnson has beaten it and returned to the field to work a football scrimmage last week – ABC12

2. Volleyball: Reigning Class A champion Novi cleared a loaded Lakeshore Classic field undefeated, downing host Grand Haven in the championship match – Grand Haven Tribune

3. Volleyball: Kalamazoo Central opened with a championship at the Carrie Adams Memorial Invitational at Battle Creek St. Philip, downing among others Battle Creek Harper Creek, Portland St. Patrick, Coldwater and then Buchanan (which had advanced by beating Leland) in the championship match – Kalamazoo Gazette

4. Volleyball: After failing to do so last season for the first time in at least five, Calumet won the Kingsford Invitational now under new coach Matt Laho – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

5. Boys Soccer: Tecumseh came back from a halftime deficit to down Adrian Lenawee Christian and win the Bronson Mansfield Cougar Cup championship – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. Boys Soccer: For the 14th time in 16 season, Niles won the VandenBerg Invitational, downing Cassopolis 3-0 in the championship game – Niles Daily Star

7. Volleyball: Saginaw Swan Valley went 5-0-1 to win the Carrollton Invitational, downing Saginaw Heritage, Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker and Saginaw Valley Lutheran in bracket play – Saginaw News

8. Volleyball: Two-time reigning Class C champion Bronson opened quickly as well with five wins to claim its invitational, downing North Adams-Jerome 3-0 in the championship match – Sturgis Journal

9. Volleyball: Adrian Madison went 5-0 to win the Addison Invitational, sweeping all five opponents – Adrian Daily Telegram

10. Cross Country: Lake City swept the Northern Michigan Christian Invitational races in McBain, the girls finishing first by three points and the boys by 11 – Cadillac News

Also of note ...

Girls Golf: From last week, Brighton downed Saline by two strokes to win the Traverse City Central Ben Lober Invitational; reigning Lower Peninsula Division 2 champ Midland Dow finished fourth – Midland Daily News

Today In The MHSAA: 10/6/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 6, 2021

1. GIRLS GOLF No. 5 Byron Center shot a 339 to win its Lower Peninsula Division 2 Regional, followed by No. 9 Battle Creek Lakeview and No. 3 Richland Gull Lake – Coldwater Daily Reporter

2. BOYS SOCCER Pinckney defeated Ypsilanti Community 2-0 to clinch the Southeastern Conference White title, its second league title ever and first since 1999 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City West defeated Central 2-1 to clinch a share of the Big North Conference title, the Titans’ 20thTraverse City Record-Eagle

4. GIRLS GOLF Top-ranked Montague, No. 2 Remus Chippewa Hills and Traverse City St. Francis advanced from the LPD4 Regional at Katke GC – Big Rapids Pioneer

5. VOLLEYBALL No. 3 Battle Creek St. Philip swept top-ranked Athens in a matchup of contenders in Division 4 – Battle Creek Enquirer

6. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 3 Fenton secured an outright Flint Metro League championship with a draw against Goodrich – WJRT

7. BOYS SOCCER Caleb Caballero scored three of Division 1 No. 13 East Lansing’s goals in a 4-0 Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup semifinal win over Division 2 No. 15 DeWitt – Lansing State Journal

8. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Marian swept No. 6 Farmington Hills Mercy for the second time this fall – Observer & Eccentric

9. GIRLS GOLF No. 7 Flint Powers Catholic, No. 9 Freeland and Cheboygan took the top three spots, respectively, at the LPD3 Regional at Pine River Country Club – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

10. BOYS SOCCER Jack Guggemos broke the Division 1 No. 5 Okemos single-season scoring record in leading his team to a 5-2 CAAC Gold Cup semifinal win over Mason – Lansing State Journal