Today in the MHSAA: 9/18/15

September 18, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Volleyball upsets and a close call in boys tennis are among the attention-grabbing headlines this morning from across the state.

Boys Soccer

Division 1 top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central remained undefeated at 8-0-1 with a 3-0 win over Detroit Catholic League rival and No. 16 Birmingham Brother Rice – Oakland Press

Unranked Grand Haven could take No. 20 Rockford’s spot after shutting out the Rams 3-0 – Grand Haven Tribune

Girls Swimming & Diving

Brighton closed its 40-year-old pool with a 96-87 win over Northville – Livingston Daily

Boys Tennis

Lower Peninsula Division 1 No. 1 Novi earned a 5-4 win over Northville because they counted a fifth doubles match, with Novi winning all doubles flights and unranked Northville winning all four at singles – Observer & Eccentric

Volleyball

Goodrich, an honorable mention team in Class B this week, came back from losing the first set to beat No. 3 Mount Morris 3-2 – Flint Journal

Class D Marine City Cardinal Mooney came back from losing the first two sets and pushed the fifth to 17-15 to down Class B neighbor Marine City – Port Huron Times-Herald

Plainwell, another honorable mention in Class B, handed Vicksburg the latter’s first Wolverine Conference loss since 2012 – Kalamazoo Gazette

Calumet, a Class C honorable mention, held off a challenge from local rival Hancock in a match of two of the best from the norther Upper Peninsula – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Good Reads

Battle Creek St. Philip is playing a senior class that has only experienced 8-player football, and the Enquirer details eight chapters worth of notes from the program's transformation – Battle Creek Enquirer

Today In The MHSAA: 5/27/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 27, 2021

1. Baseball/Softball: Centreville swept Mendon on both diamonds to secure a pair of Southwest 10 Conference championships; in baseball Centreville is No. 18 in Division 3 and Mendon is No. 17 in Division 4, and Mendon is No. 8 in Division 4 softball – JoeInsider.com

2. Boys Golf: Ludington clinched its seventh-straight league title with a jamboree win in the Lakes 8 Activities Conference – Ludington Daily News

3. Track & Field: The Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart girls and Carson City-Crystal boys won Mid-State Activities Conference championship meets and overall titles; the Irish girls are No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 4, and the Eagles boys are No. 3 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun Girls | Boys

4. Baseball: Division 4 No. 10 Marion fell 1-0 to Mason County Eastern but came back to win the second game 3-2 and clinch the West Michigan D League championship – Cadillac News

5. Boys Golf: Alma edged Saginaw Swan Valley by two strokes to clinch the Tri-Valley Conference 8 championship – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

6. Track & Field: St. Louis swept girls and boys TVC 10 championship meet wins to go with undefeated dual-meet runs this spring; the Sharks girls are No. 3 in LPD3 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

7. Track & Field: The Traverse City Central girls and LPD1 No. 4 West boys were victorious at the Big North Conference championship meets – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. Girls Soccer: Division 1 No. 13 Lake Orion opened Division 1 District play with a 4-1 win over Clarkston – Oakland Press

9. Track & Field: The Midland girls and Davison boys won Saginaw Valley League championship meets – Midland Daily News

10. Girls Lacrosse: Fenton/Linden downed Grand Blanc 10-5 to advance in Division 1 Regional play WJRT

Also of note …

Hockey: This is an incredibly compelling case for hockey hopefuls to give a look at playing for their high school teams – Michigan High School Hockey Hub