Today in the MHSAA: 9/14/15

September 14, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

There's plenty of news and notes to share from a busy weekend all over Michigan, including some impressive runs by likely Class A volleyball contenders.

Boys Soccer

Mattawan held on against Portage Northern with a 2-1 overtime win Saturday, and held on to the No. 4 ranking in Division 2 this morning – Kalamazoo Gazette

Fraser, ranked No. 3 in Division 1, scored on a penalty kick to claim a 2-1 win over No. 17 Utica Ford and its Fraser Soccer Showcase Invitational championship – Macomb Daily

Girls Swimming and Diving

East Grand Rapids edged Rockford by 10 points to claim the West Michigan Relays at East Kentwood; both are ranked among the top 10 in their respective divisions – Grand Rapids Press

Boys Tennis

Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central snapped Midland Dow’s string of five straight MHSAA championships at last season’s Finals, and finished first ahead of Dow by a point at Saturday’s Grosse Pointe North Invitational – Midland Daily News

Volleyball

Mattawan had a great Saturday all around, as its Class A No. 5 volleyball team was champion at the Grandville Invitational going 7-0 on the day – Kalamazoo Gazette

Class A No. 4 Grand Rapids Christian fell to Class B No. 2 Lake Odessa Lakewood in a tournament final earlier this season, but this time was the victor to win the East Kentwood Invitational – Grand Rapids Press

Petoskey improved to 17-3-2 this season by winning its own invitational, downing Harbor Springs in two sets in the final – Petoskey News

Good Reads

Logan MacGregor has an MHSAA Finals tennis win to his credit, pretty incredible for someone who only recently took up the sport – and more incredible for someone who has battled through leukemia – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Longtime Marine City Cardinal Mooney girls basketball coach Susan Everhart has stepped down after 25 seasons, three MHSAA Semifinals and a championship game appearance – Port Huron Times-Herald

Former Detroit Pershing star Spencer Haywood was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame last week – Detroit Free Press

Today in the MHSAA: 11/3/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 3, 2022

1. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Richland Gull Lake will play for the Division 2 title thanks to a 2-0 Semifinal win over No. 2 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – Battle Creek Enquirer

2. BOYS SOCCER No. 3 Rockford earned a trip to the Division 1 Final with a 3-0 win over No. 2 Detroit Catholic Central – WOOD TV

3. BOYS SOCCER Jackson Craft scored both goals to send No. 8 Rochester Adams to the Division 1 Final with a 2-0 win over No. 10 Salem – Detroit News

4. BOYS SOCCER Unranked Ann Arbor Greenhills continued to keep its playoff opponents scoreless with a 1-0 Division 4 Semifinal win over No. 6 Plymouth Christian Academy – Ann Arbor News

5. BOYS SOCCER No. 14 Grosse Ile will return to the Division 3 Final after a 1-0 win over No. 2 Detroit Country Day – Southgate News-Herald

6. BOYS SOCCER No. 6 Holland Christian will play for the Division 3 championship after a 4-1 Semifinal win over No. 9 Elk Rapids – Holland Sentinel

7. BOYS SOCCER No. 3 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood score with just under 11 minutes to play to get past No. 10 Riverview 1-0 in a Division 2 Semifinal – Oakland Press

8. BOYS SOCCER Unranked Muskegon Western Michigan Christian got past also-unranked Leland 3-1 in a Division 4 Semifinal – Grand Haven Tribune

9. VOLLEYBALL Morgan Deming went over 1,000 career kills with 52 in a Division 2 District Semifinal win over Kingsley – Petoskey News-Review

10. VOLLEYBALL Unranked Saginaw Swan Valley came back from two sets down to defeat honorable mention Essexville Garber in five in Division 2 – Bay City Times