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: 9/23/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 23, 2026

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 6 Lansing Eastern clinched its first league championship in this sport with a win over St. Johns – Lansing State Journal

2. GIRLS GOLF Muskegon Reeths-Puffer scored a 354 to take back the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship – Local Sports Journal

3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 2 Roscommon defeated No. 7 Manton in five sets – MI Sports Now

4. GIRLS GOLF Elk Rapids – No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – carded a 363 to win the Harbor Springs Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. CROSS COUNTRY Grosse Pointe South swept Macomb Area Conference White victories – Macomb Daily

6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Baraga won its 15th straight match, in five sets over Painesdale Jeffers – Upper Michigan’s Source

7. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 7 Birmingham Seaholm got past Bloomfield Hills 1-0 – Oakland Press

8. CROSS COUNTRY The New Boston Huron girls and Carleton Airport boys won the first Huron League jamborees – Monroe News

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Madison Vennix served 15 straight points for Big Rapids during its four-set win over Newaygo – Big Rapids Pioneer

10. BOYS TENNIS LPD2 No. 3 Midland Dow continued its undefeated season with a sweep of Midland High – Midland Daily News