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: 10/13/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 13, 2025
1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 top-ranked Rockford became the first West Michigan champion of the Beast of the East Tournament – Instagram
2. CROSS COUNTRY Okemos – No. 12 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – swept team and individual girls championships at the Greater Lansing Invitational – Lansing State Journal
3. CROSS COUNTRY Romeo swept Macomb County championship races; Romeo's girls are ranked No. 3 in LPD1 – Macomb Daily
4. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 6 Grand Ledge boys were first and LPD2 No. 3 Alma was second at the Greater Lansing Invitational – Lansing State Journal
5. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 top-ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer girls and Saginaw Heritage boys won Freeland Invitational titles – Saginaw News
6. CROSS COUNTRY The Gibraltar Carlson girls and Allen Park boys were team champs at the Downriver All-Area Invitational – Southgate News-Herald
7. CROSS COUNTRY The Muskegon Mona Shores girls won their first Greater Muskegon Athletic Association meet since 2022 – Local Sports Journal
8. CROSS COUNTRY Whitehall dominated in winning the GMAA boys championship – Local Sports Journal
9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Essexville Garber finished a 6-0 day as champion at the New Lothrop Buddy Forever Invitational – Bay City Times
10. CROSS COUNTRY The Sturgis girls and Detroit Catholic Central boys were champs at the 61st Kiwanis Invitational in Sturgis – Sturgis Journal