Today in the MHSAA: 8/24/20

August 24, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Cross country statewide and volleyball, boys soccer and girls swimming & diving in northern Michigan were able to kick off competition over the weekend, bringing a fresh slate of storylines to the return of high school athletics in this state.

1. Cross Country: Bay City Western ran its first dual meets in 21 years, with the boys defeating Freeland and the Freeland girls winning by two in a matchup of possible Finals contenders – Bay City Times

2. Girls Golf: Rockford edged St. Joseph by 11 strokes to win the Sydney Carfine Invitational at The Meadows – Local Sports Journal

3. Boys Tennis: South Lyon freshman Cameron Crosby dominated No. 1 singles in highlighting the season-opening Pinckney quad – Livingston Daily

4. Volleyball: Grand Haven opened with a strong showing at Cadillac, defeating the host Vikings, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern and Coopersville – Grand Haven Tribune

5. Boys Tennis: Big Rapids won back-to-back quads at Ludington and Wyoming – Big Rapids News

6. Volleyball: Petoskey edged Alpena 25-23, 25-19 to win the Sault Ste. Marie Invitational – Alpena News

7. Cross Country: Adrian Lenawee Christian swept championships at the Addison Early Bird Invitational – JTV

8. Girls Tennis: Ishpeming Westwood and Iron Mountain swept their tri-meets as the annual Kingsford Invitational was split into two round-robins to account for COVID-19 restrictions – Iron Mountain Daily News

9. Girls Golf: Parma Western shot a 380 to win its invitational by nine strokes – JTV

10. Boys Soccer: Traverse City Central outscored Manistee and Boyne City by a combined 11-0 during Saturday play – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Also of note …

Football: From last week, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood and Muskegon Catholic Central are mourning the death of Cranbrook varsity coach Ben Jones, who died in a car crash; he formerly starred at MCC – Detroit News

Boys Basketball: Clinton Township Chippewa Valley coach Kevin Voss has retired after 38 years coaching basketball – Macomb Daily

Today in the MHSAA: 2/10/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 10, 2025

1. BOYS WRESTLING Division 1 No. 2 Brighton and Division 2 No. 9 Fowlerville were among the most successful teams at Individual Boys Districts statewide, both qualifying 13 wrestlers for Regionals – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Fraser’s Hunter Lemmon set multiple Macomb County Championship meet records, and St. Clair Shores Lakeview repeated as team champion – Macomb Daily

3. GIRLS WRESTLING A pair of reigning Finals champions were among 10 District winners from the Grand Rapids area at Girls Wrestling Districts – Grand Rapids Press

4. GIRLS WRESTLING LeRoy Pine River advanced four wrestlers to Regionals from an inaugural Girls Wrestling District – Cadillac News

5. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Detroit Catholic Central – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – followed a pair of multi-event winners to the Oakland County Championships title – Oakland Press

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Graham Junge became Flat Rock’s all-time leading scorer during a 59-40 win over Grosse Ile – Monroe News

7. BOYS WRESTLING Macomb County sent 107 wrestlers to Individual Regionals – Macomb Daily

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Grady Harless reached 1,000 career points in Bear Lake’s big win over Walkerville – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Dalton Williams reached 1,000 career points in Colon’s 61-55 win over Climax-Scotts – Sturgis Journal

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Avery Clous reached 1,000 career rebounds in Otisville LakeVille Memorial’s game against New Lothrop – Flint Journal