Today in the MHSAA: 9/12/18

September 12, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

1. Volleyball: Division 4 No. 3 Leland came back from losing the first set to down Division 2 No. 9 Kingsley in five – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 7 Canton avenged an early-season loss to No. 5 Salem by handing the Rocks their first defeat, 3-2 – Observer & Eccentric

3. Cross Country: The Lower Peninsula top-ranked Northville girls and No. 2 Brighton boys won big league races against ranked competition – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. Boys Soccer: Division 3 No. 5 Ludington took a significant step in Lakes 8 Conference play with a 2-1 win over Division 4 No. 3 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian –  Ludington Daily News

5. Cross Country: Marquette’s Upper Peninsula Division 1 top-ranked teams continued to dominate, sweeping championships at the Kingsford Invitational – Iron Mountain Daily News

6. Boys Soccer: Cadillac downed host Petoskey 1-0, earning its first road win over the Northmen in at least 10 years – Cadillac News

7. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 2 Pontiac Notre Dame swept Bloomfield Hills and Troy Athens to improve to 23-5 – Oakland Press

8. Volleyball: Schoolcraft, No. 3 in Division 3, shut down league rival Kalamazoo Christian – WWMT

9. Girls Swimming & Diving: Spring Lake, an honorable mention in Lower Peninsula Division 3, edged Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern by nine points – Grand Haven Tribune

10. Cross Country: Romeo swept Macomb Area Conference Red races at the latest league event – Macomb Daily

Also of note ...

Boys Basketball: Longtime Clarkston coach Dan Fife announced his retirement. He's the third-winningest coach in the sport in MHSAA history and led the Wolves to the last two Class A titles – Oakland Press

Today in the MHSAA: 5/5/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 5, 2023

1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 4 No. 13 Saugatuck clinched its first league title in this sport, defeating No. 12 Holland Black River 3-0 to win the Southwestern Athletic Conference Lakeshore – Holland Sentinel

2. SOFTBALL Division 1 honorable mention Brownstown Woodhaven avenged an earlier loss to No. 3 Allen Park with a 4-3 12-inning win – Southgate News-Herald

3. BASEBALL Unranked Portage Northern swept Division 1 No. 16 Mattawan 4-2, 3-2 – Kalamazoo Gazette

4. GIRLS SOCCER Oxford claimed the Oakland Activities Association White title outright with a 1-1 draw by Lake Orion and Berkley – Oakland Press

5. TRACK & FIELD The Cheboygan girls and Pickford boys won St. Ignace Kiwanis Invitational titles, with Cheboygan’s Keegan Mosher setting his school’s boys 100 record – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

6. BASEBALL Whitmore Lake and Brighton Charyl Stockwell split, with their aces both throwing no-hitters through seven innings in the opener – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

7. BASEBALL Traverse City Christian threw a pair of no-hitters in sweeping Suttons Bay – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 3 Elk Rapids edged Traverse City St. Francis 2-1 – Up North Live

9. BOYS GOLF Quincy won a second-straight Big 8 Conference jamboree – Coldwater Daily Reporter

10. BASEBALL Rochester earned a 4-3 walk-off win to start a three-game series with Clarkston – Oakland Press