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: 9/28/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 28, 2021
2. GIRLS GOLF Ann Arbor Pioneer – No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – shot a 322 to edge Skyline by five strokes and win the Southeastern Conference championship tournament – We Love Ann Arbor
2. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 2 Holland Christian avenged last season’s District Final loss with a 3-1 win over Holland, which is playing in Division 2 this season and ranked No. 5 – Holland Sentinel
3. GIRLS GOLF Traverse City Central edged Traverse City West by seven strokes to win the Cheboygan Invitational – Cheboygan Daily Tribune
4. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 5 Kalamazoo Christian won the Bridgman Invitational – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
5. GIRLS TENNIS Ishpeming Westwood closed the regular season with a 7-1 win over Marquette – Marquette Mining Journal
6. BOYS SOCCER Murad Mohamed scored four goals as Downriver League leader Dearborn Edsel Ford downed Taylor – Southgate News-Herald
7. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 7 McBain swept Manton and McBain Northern Michigan Christian to remain undefeated in the Highland Conference – Cadillac News
8. VOLLEYBALL Saugatuck improved to 17-2 with a sweep of Gobles – Holland Sentinel
9. BOYS SOCCER Buckley edged Benzie Central 3-2 to remain undefeated in the Northwest Conference – Traverse City Record-Eagle
10. BOYS SOCCER Ogemaw Heights improved to 13-2 with a 4-1 win over Cheboygan – Cheboygan Daily Tribune