Today in the MHSAA: 8/30/18

August 30, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media. 

1. Cross Country: The Battle Creek Harper Creek girls won their first All-City title in 18 years; Battle Creek Lakeview won the boys championship – Battle Creek Enquirer

2. Girls Golf: Northville won its fifth tournament of August, this time shooting a 333 to claim the Saline Invitational championship – Observer & Eccentric

3. Cross Country: Charlevoix swept the girls and boys championship at the East Jordan Invitational, both scoring 38 points – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. Girls Golf: Bloomfield Hills Marian shot a 331 to win the Oakland County Division 2 championship by 13 strokes – Oakland Press

5. Boys Soccer: Midland Dow edge Traverse City Central 1-0 to remain undefeated with seven shutouts this fall – Midland Daily News

6. Volleyball: Division 1 top-ranked Lake Orion swept Bloomfield Hills to finish 6-0 for the day and win the Romeo Invitational – Oakland Press

7. Girls Swimming & Diving: Reigning Lower Peninsula Division 2 champion East Grand Rapids earned an impressive 118-68 victory over Grand Haven – Grand Haven Tribune

8. Girls Golf: Coldwater emerged from a three-team tie thanks to its fifth scorer to win the second Interstate 8 Athletic Conference jamboree – Coldwater Daily Reporter

9. Boys Soccer: Petoskey continued its tough early run but with its first victory, 2-1 over Midland – Petoskey News Review

10. Boys Soccer: Hartland edged Northville 4-3 on a goal with seven minutes to play Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Today in the MHSAA: 11/11/19

November 11, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

District week of the MHSAA Volleyball Tournament closed with more champions earning their way to Regionals, but swimming & diving earned the brightest weekend headlines with power-packed league meets and historic accomplishments.

1. Girls Swimming & Diving: Saline – No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – edged top-ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer by 16 points to win the Southeastern Conference Red meet – Saline Post

2. Girls Swimming & Diving: Grand Blanc won the Saginaw Valley League meet, ending LPD2 No. 7 Midland Dow’s 13-year hold on the title – Midland Daily News

3. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD2 No. 6 Dexter won its 22nd straight league championship, finishing ahead of runner-up and LPD3 No. 9 Chelsea at the Southeastern Conference White meet – Chelsea Sun Times News

4. Girls Swimming & Diving: No. 5 Northville was first, No. 9 Novi second and No. 7 Brighton third at the Kensington Lakes Activities Association meet – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. Volleyball: Escanaba swept Menominee in Division 2 to claim its first District title in this sport – Escanaba Daily Press

6. Volleyball: Jackson Northwest won the final two sets of a five-set victory over Okemos in Division 1 to claim its first District title in this sport since 2001 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

7. Volleyball: Niles Brandywine avenged last month’s league-deciding loss to honorable mention Bridgman with a five-set Division 3 District title win – Niles Daily Star

8. Volleyball: Sterling Heights Stevenson went to an 18-16 fifth-set win to get past Macomb Dakota for a Division 1 District title – Macomb Daily

9. Volleyball: Ann Arbor Skyline repeated as a Division 1 District champion with a sweep of honorable mention Saline – We Love Ann Arbor

10. Volleyball: Honorable mention Edwardsburg swept Buchanan in Division 2 to finish a third straight District title run – Niles Daily Star

Also of note …

Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 honorable mention Zeeland finished an outright Ottawa-Kent Conference Green championship with a league meet win – Holland Sentinel

Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 No. 3 Rockford edged honorable mention Holland West Ottawa to claim the O-K Red meet title – Holland Sentinel

Volleyball: From Thursday, Ionia defeated Central Montcalm in five sets in Division 2 to earn its first District championship in this sport since 1977 – Greenville Daily News