Today in the MHSAA: 9/17/18

September 17, 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. Cross Country: Northville’s girls and Hart’s Adelyn Ackley, and Brighton’s boys and Ann Arbor Pioneer’s Nick Foster won the “Elite” races against some of the state’s top competition at the Spartan Invitational in East Lansing; Northville’s girls are No. 1 and Brighton’s boys No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – Athletic.net

2. Girls Golf: LPD1 No. 1 Northville shot a 306 and Traverse City West’s Anika Dy carded a 66 to claim championships at the prestigious Top 50 Invitational at Battle Creek’s Bedford Valley – Observer & Eccentric

3. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 2 Bronson edged Division 1 No. 4 Battle Creek Lakeview in the final to win the Portage Northern Invitational – Coldwater Daily Reporter

4. Volleyball: In a matchup of Division 2 honorable mentions, Hamilton downed Cadillac in the final of the latter’s invitational – Holland Sentinel

5. Cross Country: The Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett, Berkley and Goodrich girls and Richland Gull Lake boys were among winners in the closest races of the Holly Invitational – Athletic.net

6. Cross Country: The Fremont and Bear Lake/Onekama boys (LPD4 No. 14) and Ludington and Frankfort girls won championships at the Ludington Invitational – Athletic.net

7. Volleyball: Adrian Madison finished 6-0 in winning the Onsted Invitational title – Adrian Daily Telegram

8. Volleyball: Morley Stanwood swept Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart in the final of the Big Rapids Crossroads Invitational – Big Rapids News

9. Boys Soccer: Adrian claimed its invitational championship with a 4-2 win over Clinton in the final – Adrian Daily Telegram

10. Volleyball: Niles Brandywine finished a perfect run at the New Buffalo Invitational by defeating the host in the final – Niles Daily Star

Today in the MHSAA: 10/31/18

October 31, 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.

Girls Volleyball Districts rolled on with a rivalry renewed in Division 2 and an MHSAA record tied in Division 3, along with a cross country county championship sweep from a busy Tuesday.

1. Volleyball: No. 10 Whitehall avenged 2017 District and 2018 city championship losses to No. 7 Fruitport with a sweep in a Division 2 District opener – Local Sports Journal

2. Volleyball: Nicole Schember tied the MHSAA record for single-match assists with 70 in No. 6 Unionville-Sebewaing’s 3-1 win over Cass City in Division 3 – Huron Daily Tribune

3. Volleyball: Petoskey came back from two sets down and game point in the third to defeat Traverse City Central in Division 1 – Petoskey News-Review

4. Volleyball: Macomb Dakota came back from a two-set deficit to defeat Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse in five in Division 1 – Macomb Daily

5. Volleyball: Saginaw Valley League North champ Mount Pleasant fell in the first set to Bay City Western before coming back to win the next three in Division 1 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

6. Cross Country: Sturgis’ teams swept the St. Joseph County Invitational – Sturgis Journal

7. Volleyball: Marquette came back after dropping the first set to defeat Traverse City West in four – mqtathletics.com

8. Volleyball: After falling in the first set, Beaverton came back to win the next three and defeat Sanford Meridian in Division 3 – MI Sports Now

9. Volleyball: East Jordan took the final two sets of a comeback Division 3 win over Charlevoix – Petoskey News-Review

10. Volleyball: Mason swept rival Okemos in a Division 1 Regional opener – Lansing State Journal