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: 10/2/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 2, 2024
1. BOYS SOCCER Milford finished its first championship run in this sport in nearly four decades with a 2-1 win over South Lyon in the Lakes Valley Conference – Hometown Life
2. BOYS SOCCER Marshall clinched the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference title with a 1-0 win over runner-up Coldwater – Battle Creek Enquirer
3. GIRLS GOLF Gibraltar Carlson won the final Downriver League event, but Brownstown Woodhaven finished as the overall league champion – Southgate News-Herald
4. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 6 Macomb Lutheran North finished runner-up in the Catholic High School League Bishop Tournament with a 3-0 loss to Toledo St. Francis de Sales – Macomb Daily
5. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 12 Elk Rapids downed No. 13 Traverse City St. Francis 2-0 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
6. VOLLEYBALL Troy Athens moved into first alone in the Oakland Activities Association White with a four-set win over Oxford – Oakland Press
7. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 7 Mason downed East Lansing 3-1 in a Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup semifinal – Lansing State Journal
8. BOYS SOCCER DeWitt came back to defeat Okemos in a shootout also in CAAC Gold Cup play – Lansing State Journal
9. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 4 Cass City swept Millington – WNEM
10. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 10 Ubly swept Harbor Beach in its Volley for a Cure match – Huron Daily Tribune