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: 6/3/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
June 3, 2021
1. Boys Golf: No. 2 East Grand Rapids shot a 302 to win its Lower Peninsula Division 2 Regional, followed by No. 4 Spring Lake and No. 6 Ada Forest Hills Eastern – Grand Rapids Press
2. Boys Golf: Troy Athens shot a 305 in LPD1 to win its first Regional title in this sport since 1993 – Oakland Press
3. Softball: Three Rivers’ Kali Heivilin moved to the front of the statewide home run race this spring, becoming the first to break the single-season record with her 27th homer coming against Berrien Springs – JoeInsider.com
4. Boys Golf: LPD4 No. 6 Maple City Glen Lake shot a 324 to edge No. 4 Charlevoix by a shot and clinch its first Regional title since 2012 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. Boys Golf: LPD3 No. 4 Big Rapids clinched its fifth-straight Regional title, shooting a 329 to tie Elk Rapids and winning on the tie-breaker – Big Rapids News
6. Boys Lacrosse: No. 4 Rockford locked up its fourth-straight Division 1 Regional title with a 16-5 win over Grandville – FOX 17
7. Boys Lacrosse: No. 5 Lake Orion won its second-straight Division 1 Regional title, this time with a 13-4 win over Rochester Adams – Oakland Press
8. Girls Soccer: Hartland stopped a late penalty kick and then scored the game’s lone goal in a 1-0 Division 1 District Semifinal win over Brighton – Livingston Press & Argus
9. Girls Soccer: Maggie Evans broke her sister Hanna’s Whitehall career goals record with three more in a Division 3 District win over Shelby – Muskegon Chronicle
10. Softball: Division 4 No. 2 Unionville-Sebewaing handed Division 3 top-ranked Millington its first defeat this spring, 9-1 – Mid-Michigan Now
Also of note …
Wrestling: Holt is mourning the death of coach Rocky Shaft, who led the Rams to a 618-106 record from 1980-81 through this winter – Lansing State Journal