Today in the MHSAA: 8/23/17

August 23, 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. Volleyball: Lake Orion emerged from what likely will end up one of the strongest volleyball quads in the state this fall, going 3-0 with wins over Clarkston, Oxford and Pontiac Notre Dame Prep – Oakland Press

2. Girls Golf: After making the MHSAA Finals last season for the first time, Hartland is rolling again after winning its Hartland Invitational by three strokes with a school-record 326 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. Volleyball: Spring Lake won all six matches to earn the Grand Rapids NorthPointe Invitational title and push coach Sarah Bulthuis over 700 wins for her career – Grand Haven Tribune

4. Boys Soccer: Saline avenged last season’s Regional Semifinal loss to Salem with a 3-0 win over the Rocks – Saline Post

5. Boys Soccer: Midland Dow moved to 4-0 this season with a 7-0 win over Freeland, and still hasn’t given up a goal in 2017 – Midland Daily News

6. Cross Country: The Portage Northern girls and Otsego boys won the St. Joseph Invitational, which was split into freshman-sophomore and junior-senior races and then scored as a combination of the two – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

7. Boys Soccer: Coldwater remained undefeated early this season with a 4-2 win over Kalamazoo Central – Coldwater Daily Reporter

8. Volleyball: Grand Traverse Academy went 6-0 in winning the Frankfort Invitational, also winning every set on the day – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. Boys Tennis: Petoskey headed south and picked up a sweep over Coopersville and Holland – Petoskey News-Review

10. Boys Soccer: Alpena got on the board this season with an opening win, 3-1 over Ogemaw Heights – Alpena News

Also of note …

Volleyball: From Monday, Manistique came back from a 24-13 deficit in the second game to win 29-27 and then finished a sweep of rival Ishpeming that also included a 26-24 victory in the first set – Marquette Mining Journal

Volleyball: From Saturday, Howard City Tri-County won the Greenville Daily News Invitational powered in part by two 6-foot-2 juniors – Greenville Daily News

Today in the MHSAA: 10/29/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 29, 2025

1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Grand Ledge clinched a share of the Capital Area Activities Conference Blue title with a sweep of East Lansing – Lansing State Journal

2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Ottawa Lake Whiteford finished a championship run in the Tri-County Conference with a sweep of Erie Mason – Monroe News

3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 3 top-ranked Roscommon capped its regular season with a sweep of No. 10 Beal City – MI Sports Now

4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention  East Grand Rapids downed Division 4 No. 2 Fowler, but the Eagles’ Neelah O’Rourke set a school record for career assists – WILX

5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL McBain got past Division 3 honorable mention Manton in four sets – Cadillac News

6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Allen Park handed Trenton its only Downriver League loss this season, in five sets – Southgate News-Herald

7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Munising outlasted Norway for a five-set win – Upper Michigan’s Source

8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 6 Concord swept Homer and Dansville – Jackson Citizen Patriot

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Lake City swept Grayling and Maple City Glen Lake – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Macomb L’Anse Creuse North swept rival Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse – Macomb Daily