Today In The MHSAA: 8/30/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
August 30, 2021
1. CROSS COUNTRY The Ann Arbor Pioneer girls and Traverse City Central boys won big-school championships, Johannesburg-Lewiston swept the small-school titles, and Hartland’s Riley Hough and Central’s Julia Flynn won races featuring some of the state’s elite individuals at the Benzie Central Pete Moss Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle
2. CROSS COUNTRY The Marquette girls edged Negaunee by a point, and the Marquette boys dominated as the school swept the Queen City Invitational titles – Marquette Mining Journal
3. BOYS SOCCER After ferrying across Lake Michigan, Ludington won the inaugural Carferry Classic Cup by downing Wisconsin’s Manitowoc Lincoln – Ludington Daily News
4. VOLLEYBALL Kingsford downed Niagara, Wis., in a tiebreaker to win the Great 8 Fall Classic at Forest Park – Iron Mountain Daily News
5. BOYS TENNIS Midland edged Petoskey by a point to win the eight-team Bill Baum Invitational – Midland Daily News
6. VOLLEYBALL Muskegon Mona Shores repeated as champion at Grand Haven’s Battle on the Boardwalk – Grand Haven Tribune
7. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 5 Traverse City Christian downed host Kingsley 2-1 in the final of the Stags’ invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. CROSS COUNTRY Holland West Ottawa’s girls won the Under the Light Invitational at Grand Rapids South Christian; the Portage Central boys and both Forest Hills Eastern teams also won championships – Holland Sentinel
9. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 6 Cadillac downed Clio a second time to finish a 5-0 day and championship run at its home invitational – Cadillac News
10. BOYS TENNIS Battle Creek Lakeview claimed its sixth-straight All-City championship – Battle Creek Enquirer
Also of note …
HEALTH & SAFETY Grand Rapids-based be nice. began providing valuable mental health training for MHSAA preseason coaches meetings in 2019, and received some much-deserved national recognition on the TODAY show – TODAY
Today in the MHSAA: 1/28/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 28, 2025
1. WRESTLING Division 2 No. 6 Cadillac defeated Traverse City West and Traverse City Central to clinch its first Big North Conference championship – Cadillac News
2. SKIING Marquette’s girls and boys teams swept their invitational – Marquette Mining Journal
3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bailey Allison had a triple-double to lead Lawton past Cassopolis 69-41 – Kalamazoo Gazette
4. BOYS BASKETBALL Jackson Lumen Christi came back multiple times to get past Jackson Northwest 60-55 – Jackson Citizen Patriot
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Rochester Adams followed Trent LaGarde to a 57-54 win over West Bloomfield – Oakland Press
6. BOYS BASKETBALL Cadillac edged Traverse City Central 55-52 – Up North Live
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Romulus Summit Academy North ran its winning streak to five with a 60-42 victory over Trenton – Southgate News-Herald
8. BOYS BASKETBALL Saginaw Valley Lutheran pulled away during the second quarter to get past Bay City All Saints 47-36 – Saginaw News
9. HOCKEY Kingsford continued its strong recent play with a 4-1 win over Manistique – Iron Mountain Daily News
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Pinconning held on for a 51-43 victory over Clare – Bay City Times