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: 11/5/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 5, 2021

1. VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Bronson clinched a Division 3 District title with a sweep of No. 7 Centreville – Coldwater Daily Reporter

2. VOLLEYBALL No. 9 Reese defeated No. 5 Saginaw Valley Lutheran in four sets to win a Division 3 District title – Saginaw News

3. VOLLEYBALL White Lake Lakeland repeated as a District champion with a Division 1 win over honorable mention Clarkston – Oakland Press

4. VOLLEYBALL Birch Run upset No. 9 Frankenmuth in five sets to win a Division 2 District Final – Saginaw News

5. VOLLEYBALL Midland Bullock Creek’s four-set win over Gladwin in Division 3 gave the Lancers their first District title in this sport – Midland Daily News

6. VOLLEYBALL Dundee defeated host Carleton Airport in Division 2, claiming its first District title since 1999 – Monroe News

7. VOLLEYBALL No. 8 Cadillac swept Kingsley in Division 2 to lock up its 16th-straight District championship – Cadillac News

8. VOLLEYBALL No. 10 Charlevoix came back from a two-set deficit to defeat Johannesburg-Lewiston in Division 3 – Petoskey News-Review

9. VOLLEYBALL Utica Ford earned its first District championship since 2002 with a four-set win over Utica High – Macomb Daily

10. VOLLEYBALL Grand Ledge came back after falling in the first set to defeat DeWitt in four in a Division 1 District Final – Lansing State Journal