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: 9/29/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 29, 2021
1. GIRLS GOLF Grand Blanc clinched its third-straight Saginaw Valley League championship – WJRT
2. GIRLS GOLF Durand finished a third-straight Mid-Michigan Activities Conference championship run with a seven-stroke win at the league postseason tournament – Owosso Argus-Press
3. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Lake Orion came back from two sets down to defeat No. 9 Clarkston in five – Oakland Press
4. GIRLS GOLF Plainwell edged Allegan by four strokes to win the Wolverine Conference championship tournament – JoeInsider.com
5. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 14 Ludington shut out Muskegon Western Michigan Christian 2-0 to clinch a share of the Lakes 8 Activities Conference title – Ludington Daily News
6. BOYS SOCCER Stevensville Lakeshore played Division 2 top-ranked St. Joseph to a 1-1 draw – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
7. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City Christian scored the lone goal during the second half of a 1-0 win over Division 3 No. 9 Boyne City – Up North Live
8. CROSS COUNTRY The Ann Arbor Pioneer girls – top-ranked in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – and Saline boys topped standings at the star-studded Southeastern Conference Red jamboree – Monroe News
9. CROSS COUNTRY Battle Creek Lakeview swept girls and boys All-City championships – Battle Creek Enquirer
10. BOYS SOCCER In what could be the first of multiple matchups, Division 3 No. 8 Detroit Country Day and No. 13 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep played to a 1-1 draw – Oakland Press