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: 10/24/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 24, 2022
1. GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Hancock and Munising were repeat champions and Marquette became best in Division 1 again at the Upper Peninsula Finals – MHSAA.com
2. BOYS CROSS COUNTRY Marquette and Painesdale Jeffers extended title streaks and Stephenson started one in the boys UP championship races – MHSAA.com
3. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 St. Joseph earned a Division 2 District title with a 4-1 win over No. 11 Edwardsburg – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
4. BOYS SOCCER No. 14 Grosse Ile ran its soccer District title streak to 14 with a 4-2 win over Ida in Division 3 – Southgate News-Herald
5. BOYS SOCCER Muskegon Western Michigan Christian is moving on in Division 4 after a 4-1 win over No. 13 Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian – MuskegonSports.com
6. BOYS SOCCER No. 14 Petoskey downed Alpena 4-1 in Division 2 to claim a third-straight District championship – Petoskey News-Review
7. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Centreville capped an undefeated run through the Southwest 10 Conference Tournament as the overall league champion – Sturgis Journal
8. CROSS COUNTRY Romeo and Fraser swept their Macomb Area Conference division championship races, with the Marysville girls and Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse boys also claiming titles; Romeo’s girls are No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, and the boys are No. 9 – Macomb Daily
9. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD2 No. 13 Frankenmuth girls and No. 10 Freeland boys earned Saginaw County championship race titles – Saginaw News
10. CROSS COUNTRY The Owosso girls and Corunna boys earned Shiawassee County championship race wins – Owosso Argus-Press