Today in the MHSAA: 8/24/15
August 24, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
All MHSAA fall sports but football kicked off competition last week, with cross country, boys soccer, girls swimming and diving and volleyball starting Saturday.
Below are some notable headlines from the first weekend of this season, plus links to coverage.
Cross Country
St. Johns hosted its second “Under the Lights” meets Friday; Ithaca’s girls and Saugatuck’s boys bested fields loaded with much larger opponents – Lansing State Journal
The St. Joseph girls and Bridgman boys won championships at the Niles Stampede – the St. Joseph girls, who finished fourth in Lower Peninsula Division 2 last season, by a large margin – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
Girls Golf
Maple City Glen Lake’s Nichole Cox, last season’s LP Division 4 individual champion, came back to defeat Brighton freshman Annie Pietila at the two-day Lober Invitational at Grand Traverse Resort – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Boys Soccer
Two of the state’s powers met in the championship game of the Detroit Country Day Tournament on Saturday – with 2013 Division 1 runner-up Bloomfield Hills downing the host Yellowjackets 1-0 in a shootout – Oakland Press
Girls Swimming & Diving
Howell won its Kenzie Klassic, which honors swimmer Mackenize Watts, who died in 2005 at age 15. The school also raised enough money to award three scholarships and begin funding cardiac-related causes – Livingston Daily
Volleyball
Novi won the Lakeshore Classic by coming back after losing the first two games to beat Grand Haven 3-2 in a rematch of a 2014 Class A Semifinal – Muskegon Chronicle
Battle Creek Harper Creek, for the first time, won the gold championship at the long-running Carrie Adams Memorial Tournament hosted by reigning Class D champion Battle Creek St. Philip – Battle Creek Enquirer
Good Read
Mike Steele, a Midland Dow grad and now pitching coach at Long Beach State in California, argues that parents need to raise their athletes to compete instead of providing specific training in one sport – Midland Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 11/19/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
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Division 1 Quarterfinals
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Farmington Hills Mercy will return to Battle Creek after a sweep of Trenton in a Division 1 Quarterfinal – Oakland Press
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Byron Center advanced to the Semifinals for the first time since 1993 with a sweep of Ann Arbor Skyline – Grand Rapids Press
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 2 Bloomfield Hills swept Oxford, with the second set going to 27-25 – Hometown Life
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Top-ranked Rockford continued its impressive run with a sweep of honorable mention Traverse City Central – WOOD TV
Division 2 Quarterfinals
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 3 Grand Rapids Christian and No. 6 Tecumseh traded sets before the Eagles won in the fifth – Grand Rapids Press
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Fremont continued its historic run with a five-set win over Ogemaw Heights – Muskegon Chronicle
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 2 Detroit Country Day defeated honorable mention Lake Fenton 3-1 to continue its repeat pursuit – Flint Journal
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 10 Flat Rock swept Ferndale to advance – Monroe News
Division 3 Quarterfinals
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 6 Saginaw Valley Lutheran swept Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest – Saginaw News
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 8 Kalamazoo Christian advanced to the Semifinals for the fourth-straight season, sweeping No. 9 Pewamo-Westphalia – Kalamazoo Gazette
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 5 Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central will continue its repeat pursuit after a four-set win over No. 2 Plymouth Christian Academy – Monroe News
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 3 Kingsley finished a season sweep of No. 7 Traverse City St. Francis with a four-set win – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Division 4 Quarterfinals
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 3 Ubly earned its first trip to the Semifinals since 2007 with a five-set win over honorable mention Allen Park Inter-City Baptist – Huron Daily Tribune
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 2 Fowler advanced with a sweep of Traverse City Christian – Lansing State Journal
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Crystal Falls Forest Park will return to Battle Creek after sweeping Atlanta – MyUPNow
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Top-ranked Mendon advanced to the Semifinals with a sweep of honorable mention Hillsdale Academy – WWMT