Today in the MHSAA: 9/11/19
September 11, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Power-packed matchups took place all over the state Tuesday in a variety of sports, perhaps nowhere more than on cross country courses on both peninsulas that witnessed the closest of finishes.
1. Cross Country: Top-ranked Brighton downed reigning Lower Peninsula Division 1 champion Plymouth in the boys race, and the No. 10 Bulldogs girls edged No. 7 Plymouth by three points – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. Cross Country: LPD1 No. 4 Ann Arbor Pioneer outpaced No. 3 Saline in the girls race of the Southeastern Conference Jamboree 1, while the No. 8 Saline boys were victorious ahead of No. 2 Dexter – We Love Ann Arbor Girls | Boys
3. Volleyball: Division 1 No. 5 Bloomfield Hills Marian downed Division 2 No. 6 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep in four sets – Oakland Press
4. Boys Soccer: Division 2 No. 12 Gaylord downed No. 13 Alpena 2-0 in a key Big North Conference matchup – Petoskey News-Review
5. Cross Country: The UPD1 top-ranked Marquette girls and boys teams swept Kingsford Invitational titles, the boys by just a point ahead of No. 3 Houghton – Escanaba Daily Press
6. Cross Country: Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart swept the Beal City Invitational championships; the Shamrocks girls are ranked No. 1 in LPD4 and the boys are No. 3 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun Girls | Boys
7. Boys Soccer: Grand Haven got past Division 2 No. 9 Spring Lake 2-0 – Grand Haven Tribune
8. Boys Tennis: Traverse City West earned its second win this season over rival Central (No. 10 in LPD2) after entering this fall without a victory in the series in more than 15 years – Traverse City Record-Eagle
9. Boys Soccer: Temperance Bedford earned its first win this season by handing Monroe its first defeat, 3-2 – Monroe Evening News
10. Boys Soccer: Ludington and Division 4 top-ranked Muskegon Western Michigan Christian played to a 1-1 draw – Ludington Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 10/6/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 6, 2023
1. BOYS TENNIS Midland Dow – No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – won the Saginaw Valley League Tournament for the 18th straight season, claiming all eight flight titles as well – Midland Daily News
2. BOYS SOCCER DeWitt downed Holt 1-0 to claim its first Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup since 2011 – Lansing State Journal
3. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 11 Harbor Springs set a school record for shutouts at 13 in a 4-0 victory over Boyne City – Petoskey News-Review
4. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 2 Hudsonville is in first place alone in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red after a 3-1 win over No. 9 Jenison – FOX 17
5. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 3 Clarkston swept honorable mention Lake Orion in a key Oakland Activities Association Red matchup – Oakland Press
6. BOYS SOCCER Mitch Harrington set Grayling’s single-season scoring record during a 2-2 draw with Kalkaska – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. BOYS SOCCER Ezekiel Bargas scored all three goals as Lake Orion downed Rochester – Oakland Press
8. VOLLEYBALL Bay City Central came back from two sets down to defeat Saginaw Heritage – Bay City Times
9. VOLLEYBALL Hanover-Horton also came back, from a set down to defeat Brooklyn Columbia Central in four – Jackson Citizen Patriot
10. VOLLEYBALL Mount Pleasant got past Flint Powers Catholic in a sweep – WJRT