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: 10/18/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 18, 2021
1. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Marian never lost a set and defeated Division 2 No. 2 Grand Rapids Christian in the championship match to win the Beast of the East against a field that included 10 ranked teams – Oakland Press
2. CROSS COUNTRY The Okemos girls – No. 11 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – and LPD2 No. 7 St. Johns boys claimed this year’s Greater Lansing Invitational championships – Lansing State Journal Girls | Boys
3. CROSS COUNTRY Romeo’s teams swept Macomb County Invitational championships; Romeo’s girls are No. 6 in LPD1 and the boys are No. 3 – Macomb Daily
4. CROSS COUNTRY Bay City Western swept Bay County Championship titles – Bay City Times
5. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 6 Centreville swept Cassopolis in the final to win the Southwest 10 Conference Tournament championship – Sturgis Journal
6. CROSS COUNTRY The Mona Shores girls and Whitehall boys won Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championships – Local Sport Journal
7. VOLLEYBALL Battle Creek Lakeview defeated Harper Creek 2-0 to clinch the All-City championship – Battle Creek Enquirer
8. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Coldwater was first and Mattawan second at the Battle Creek Harper Creek Invitational – Coldwater Daily Reporter
9. VOLLEYBALL Sault Ste. Marie downed Johannesburg-Lewiston 2-1 in the finale to win the Inland Lakes Invitational – Petoskey News-Review
10. CROSS COUNTRY Brownstown Woodhaven’s girls and Riverview’s boys won Downriver Gabriel Richard Invitational championships – Southgate News-Herald