Today in the MHSAA: 8/29/16
August 29, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Many of the early best this season continued to shine over the last three days, especially in cross country, soccer and volleyball, during the second big weekend of invitationals across Michigan.
Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state. For a round-up of Week 1 football, see “Drive for Detroit” later today.
Cross Country
The Novi boys placed seven among the top eight to win the South Lyon Invitational – Oakland Press
Blissfield’s girls put five among the top nine to win the Addison Invitational with nearly half the points of the runner-up; Erie-Mason’s boys won their race with 26 points – Adrian Daily Telegram
Boys soccer
Cadillac won penalty-kick shootouts three times to claim the Elk Rapids Invitational championship – Cadillac News
Jackson High remained undefeated with a 5-0 win over rival Jackson Lumen Christi and has outscored its three opponents by a combined 22-1 – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Midland Dow moved to 6-0-1 with three wins at its eight-team tournament, outscoring those opponents by a combined 12-1 – Midland Daily News
Coldwater downed Haslett, Stevensville Lakeshore and Auburn Hills Avondale to win the Eaton Rapids Invitational and remain perfect – Coldwater Daily Reporter
Volleyball
Temperance Bedford won the Gold championship at the 20-team Battle Creek Cereal City Invitational, defeating Kalamazoo Central in the final – Battle Creek Enquirer
Marine City finished 5-0 to win the Warren Woods Tower Invitational, downing Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse in the championship match – Port Huron Times Herald
Macomb Dakota won its second invitational this season, this time at home, downing New Baltimore Anchor Bay in the final – Macomb Daily
Reigning Class C champion Bronson came back after losing the first set to beat Kalamazoo Christian and win the Muskegon Western Michigan Christian Invitational – Sturgis Journal
Today in the MHSAA: 5/7/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 7, 2025
1. TRACK & FIELD The Romeo girls and Macomb Dakota boys clinched Macomb Area Conference Red championships – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys
2. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 2 Bloomfield Hills clinched a share of the Oakland Activities Association Red title with a 2-0 win over No. 8 Rochester Adams – Oakland Press
3. BASEBALL Parchment earned coach Rob Dreier his 500th career win with a 16-4 defeat of Lawton – Kalamazoo Gazette
4. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 10 Troy Athens remains in contention for a share in the OAA Red as well after a 2-0 win over No. 7 Troy – Oakland Press
5. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 11 Traverse City St. Francis avenged an earlier loss to Division 4 No. 3 Leland with a 2-0 win – MI Sports Now
6. BOYS GOLF Freeland and Saginaw Valley Lutheran’s Reid Schisler were Saginaw County Invitational champions – Saginaw News
7. SOFTBALL Coloma swept Division 3 honorable mention Watervliet, allowing a combined two runs over the two games – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
8. BOYS GOLF Cassopolis claimed the Scott Novak Memorial Cup championship – Niles Daily Star
9. TRACK & FIELD The Remus Chippewa Hills girls – No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – pulled within a few more wins of a potential 22nd-straight league title, and Big Rapids’ boys also remained alive for a championship with a sweep – Big Rapids Pioneer
10. BASEBALL Gaylord St. Mary’s Daniel Jacobson went 5-for-6 in his team’s split with Johannesburg-Lewiston a day after pacing the golf team in a win by tying for the lead in his first high school golf event – Petoskey News-Review