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: 2/18/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 18, 2022

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Hart clinched its first girls basketball league title in 29 years with a 47-35 win over Montague in the West Michigan Conference – Muskegon Chronicle

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Elk Rapids avenged an earlier loss to Division 3 No. 12 Harbor Springs with a 56-49 win to claim the Lake Michigan Conference championship outright – Up North Live

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL McBain finished an outright Highland Conference championship run with a 49-33 win over Division 3 No. 13 Lake City – Cadillac News

4. SKIING Brighton swept Division 1 Regional titles, the boys winning their third straight – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Division 4 No. 10 Gaylord St. Mary edged Johannesburg-Lewiston 42-41 to earn the outright Ski Valley Conference title – Petoskey News-Review

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Division 4 No. 13 Posen claimed a share of the North Star League Little Dipper championship with a big win over Fairview – Alpena News

7. HOCKEY Division 2 No. 9 Traverse City Central scored the go-ahead goal with 7:05 to play in a 3-1 win over Traverse City West – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Caro edged Division 3 No. 14 Reese 54-40, keeping the Rockets from clinching the Greater Thumb Conference West title – Bay City Times

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL St. Charles moved into a first -place tie in the Mid-State Activities Conference with a 61-40 win over Breckenridge – Saginaw News

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Natalie Wandrie’s buzzer beater gave Indian River Inland Lakes a 48-46 win over Central Lake – Cheboygan Daily Tribune