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: 9/3/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 3, 2025

1. CROSS COUNTRY New Boston Huron’s girls and boys teams swept Erie Mason’s Frank Connolly Relays – Monroe News

2. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 5 Hartland and No. 3 Okemos played to a 1-1 draw – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 7 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian went on the road for a 3-1 win over Grand Rapids Covenant Christian – Local Sports Journal

4. GIRLS GOLF Byron Center – No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – and Muskegon Reeths-Puffer’s Sophia McCollum finished first at the latest Ottawa-Kent Conference Green jamboree – Local Sports Journal

5. BOYS SOCCER Jackson Northwest shut out Lumen Christi 2-0 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

6. BOYS SOCCER Grayling won a key Northern Shores Conference matchup 5-0 over Kingsley – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. VOLLEYBALL Midland Bullock Creek lost the first set but won the next three to get past Hemlock – Midland Daily News

8. VOLLEYBALL Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary swept Caro – WNEM

9. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City Central downed Cadillac 4-0 – MI Sports Now

10. BOYS SOCCER Richmond edged Chesterfield Austin Catholic 4-3 – Macomb Daily