Today in the MHSAA: 9/16/2015

September 16, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

MHSAA Finals favorites in cross country and boys tennis got an early look at each other Tuesday, while a Corunna volleyball standout set a school record – literally.

Cross Country

Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart has become arguably the team to beat in Lower Peninsula Division 4 girls cross country, evidenced again by its win at the Beal City Invitational ahead of the reigning MHSAA champion Aggies – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Boys Soccer

Division 2 No. 14 Fruitport scored with six minutes to play to push past Division 3 No. 12 Ludington 4-3 – Muskegon Chronicle

Northville, ranked No. 4 in Division 1, improved to 8-0 with a 4-1 win over Livonia Stevenson – Detroit News

Boys Tennis

The top-ranked teams in LP Division 4 met Tuesday, with No. 1 Ann Arbor Greenhills prevailing in close matches to claim a 6-2 win over No. 2 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett – Mlive-Detroit

We’ve heard of lots of traveling trophies in football, but this might be a first for tennis; Clio tied Swartz Creek 4-4, and with a 5-3 win as well this season, retained “The Rock” – Flint Journal

From Saturday, we’ve got a more detailed account of how the strong competition played out at the Grosse Pointe North Invitational – Grand Rapids Press

Girls Tennis

Iron Mountain, last season’s Upper Peninsula Division 2 runner-up, moved to 14-0 this season in a close match against reigning Division 1 runner-up Kingsford – Iron Mountain Daily News

Volleyball

Reigning Class A champion Romeo rode a strong finishing run by Miss Volleyball favorite Gia Milana to down always-powerful Marysville – Macomb Daily

Corunna’s Skylar Napier broke her school’s career assists record with 2,328 during a pair of wins over Lake Fenton and Montrose – Flint Journal

Midland Bullock Creek may be unranked, but at least locally has been nearly unstoppable, moving to 19-2-1 with a pair of wins Monday – Midland Daily News

Good Read

And a good cause – Okemos and Mason’s boys soccer teams introduced this season’s "Compete for a Cause" game, which will be played Sept. 26 under the lights at Okemos High School. The teams combined last season to raise $11,000 for childhood cancer research – Lansing State Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 4/7/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 7, 2025

1. TRACK & FIELD Hillsdale Academy’s Grayson Rorick was among standouts at the Jack Beilfuss Early Season Invitational – Hillsdale Daily News

2. GIRLS SOCCER Hartland shut out Okemos 2-0 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. GIRLS SOCCER Lakeview downed McBain Northern Michigan Christian 5-1 to win the latter’s Comet Cup – Cadillac News

4. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 2 Bay City Western swept Division 4 No. 3 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart and Walled Lake Northern in a Saturday doubleheader – Bay City Times

5. GIRLS LACROSSE Rochester scored first, but Stoney Creek scored the next six goals on the way to a 16-6 victory – Oakland Press

6. GIRLS SOCCER Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse scored both goals during the first half of a 2-0 win over Richmond – Macomb Daily

7. GIRLS SOCCER Brooke Grant had three goals and an assist in Jackson Northwest’s 8-1 win over Napoleon – Jackson Citizen Patriot

8. BASEBALL Division 3 No. 5 Traverse City St. Francis opened with a sweep of Kingsley, 9-3 and 7-3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. BASEBALL Freeland also opened with a sweep, downing Alpena 7-1 and 4-0 – Saginaw News

10. GIRLS SOCCER Dearborn Heights Crestwood downed Detroit Western 7-3 – Dearborn Press & Guide