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: 9/17/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 17, 2024
1. BOYS SOCCER Jesse Sangster scored four goals in Division 4 No. 15 Manchester’s 5-1 win over Leslie to become the program’s career leader with 94 – Jackson Citizen Patriot
2. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 2 Leland shut out Division 3 No. 12 Traverse City St. Francis 3-0 – MI Sports Now
3. BOYS SOCCER Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern maintained its league lead with a 1-0 win over East Grand Rapids – FOX 17
4. BOYS SOCCER Milford downed Waterford Kettering 1-0 in a key Lakes Valley Conference matchup – Oakland Press
5. CROSS COUNTRY Houghton swept the Calumet Invitational; Houghton’s girls are ranked No. 1 in Upper Peninsula Division 1, and Houghton’s boys are No. 2 – Upper Michigan Source
6. BOYS SOCCER Monroe defeated Dexter for the first time in program history, 1-0 – Monroe News
7. CROSS COUNTRY The Cheboygan girls and LPD4 No. 12 Frankfort boys won Kalkaska Invitational titles, with Petoskey St. Michael individuals sweeping first places – Traverse City Record-Eagle | Athletic.net
8. BOYS SOCCER Fennville edged Saugatuck 2-1 in their latest rivalry matchup – Holland Sentinel
9. BOYS SOCCER Undefeated Kingsford, ranked No. 6 in Division 3, earned an impressive 8-0 win over Iron Mountain – Upper Michigan Source
10. BOYS SOCCER Saginaw Valley Lutheran shut out Ithaca 4-0 – WNEM