Today In The MHSAA: 8/25/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 25, 2021

1. BOYS TENNIS Traverse City St. Francis – a semifinalist last season in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – downed reigning champion Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett, plus Almont and Allen Park – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 2 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep remained undefeated with wins over Division 1 No. 6 Lake Orion, No. 9 Clarkston and Oxford – Oakland Press

3. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 honorable mention Essexville Garber downed Bay City Western to clinch the Bay County championship – Bay City Times

4. CROSS COUNTRY Freeland swept the Warrior Early Season Invitational titles at Remus Chippewa Hills – Big Rapids News Girls | Boys

5. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 7 Grand Rapids Catholic Central swept Niles in the most notable match of the Hamilton quad; Niles additionally defeated Hamilton and Zeeland East – Niles Daily Star

6. BOYS SOCCER Brighton scored the lone goal in a 1-0 weather-shortened game over Hartland – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

7. BOYS SOCCER Five players scored in Muskegon Mona Shores’ 5-2 win over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central – Local Sports Journal

8. VOLLEYBALL Boyne City went 3-0 against East Jordan, Bellaire and Alpena – Petoskey News-Review

9. CROSS COUNTRY Grand Haven swept the Division 1 races, and the Manistee boys and Muskegon Catholic Central girls won Division 2 championships at the Eagle Invitational at Fruitport Calvary Christian – Ludington Daily News

10. VOLLEYBALL Swartz Creek downed Montrose in the season opener for both – Mid-Michigan Now

Today in the MHSAA: 11/28/17

November 28, 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. Girls Basketball: Reigning Class A runner-up East Kentwood returns five starters and plenty of motivation to finish this year’s run with a win – FOX 17

2. Girls Basketball: Howell is looking to take the next step starting tonight after finishing 18-4 a year ago – Livingston Post

3. Girls Basketball: Zeeland West opens with plenty of valuable experience this winter after starting four underclassmen a year ago – Holland Sentinel

4. Girls Basketball: Marquette is looking to repeat as Great Northern Conference and Class A District champions – ABC 10

5. Girls Basketball: A big individual performance by Mariah Pringle led Brethren to a 32-25 win over Buckley in their season opener – MI Sports Now

6. Girls Basketball: Manistee pulled away behind Megan Wayward’s eight third-quarter points to open with a 50-36 win over Custer Mason County Eastern – Manistee News Advocate

7. Girls Basketball: Reading came back over the second half to overtake Camden-Frontier 59-50 – Hillsdale Daily News

8. Girls Basketball: Michigan Center closed on a 13-0 run to get past Jonesville 45-27 – Hillsdale Daily News

9. Football: Detroit Free Press columnist Jeff Seidel tells a dad’s side of the MHSAA Finals, and why they mean so much to so many, after watching his son this weekend play his final game for West Bloomfield – Detroit Free Press

10. Football: Longtime Fowlerville and Okemos coach Jack Wallace stepped down with more than 200 career wins after leading the Chiefs to a 5-4 finish this fall – Lansing State Journal