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: 1/25/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 25, 2022
1. HOCKEY Jacob Czaja’s three goals led Utica Eisenhower to a 5-1 win over Utica/Ford Unified – Macomb Daily
2. BOYS BASKETBALL Coloma delivered Division 3 No. 10 Watervliet’s first defeat of the season, 40-33 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
3. GIRLS BASKETBALL McBain created a three-way tie for first in the Highland Conference with a 58-44 win over Division 4 No. 18 McBain Northern Michigan Christian – Cadillac News
4. SKIING The Traverse City West boys and Central girls won Big North Conference competitions – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Division 3 No. 5 Jonesville turned up the defense during the second half to pull away from Concord 42-27 – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Elk Rapids scored the winning basket during the final seconds of a 41-39 win over Petoskey – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. BOYS BASKETBALL A 20-0 second-half run pushed Petoskey past Marquette 65-58 – Petoskey News-Review
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bay City Western held off Cadillac 33-32 for a solid road win – Bay City Times
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Montague broke Fremont’s five-game winning streak with a 61-49 victory – CatchMark Sports
10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Garden City opened and closed well in a 61-45 win over Dearborn Heights Annapolis – Detroit News