Today in the MHSAA: 9/19/19
September 19, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Close finishes on the golf course and soccer pitch top today’s list and gave ranked teams extra reason to celebrate Wednesday.
1. Girls Golf: South Lyon – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – shot a 344 to finish ahead of LPD1 No. 6 Rochester Adams by a stroke and win the Oakland County Division 1 championship – C&G Newspapers
2. Boys Soccer: No. 8 Adrian Lenawee Christian won a matchup of ranked Division 4 teams 3-2 over No. 4 Kalamazoo Hackett – Adrian Daily Telegram
3. Boys Soccer: Unranked Saginaw Valley Lutheran downed Division 3 No. 13 Hemlock 4-1 – Saginaw News
4. Girls Golf: LPD1 No. 7 Ann Arbor Pioneer shot a 170 to remain undefeated with a quad match win – We Love Ann Arbor
5. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 2 Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central swept its “Teal Attack” match with Carleton Airport – Monroe Evening News
6. Boys Soccer: Macomb Dakota moved to 7-0 with a 4-1 win over Sterling Heights Stevenson – Macomb Daily
7. Volleyball: Portage Central won a close match with rival Portage Northern in four sets – JoeInsider.com
8. Volleyball: Holton came back after dropping the first two sets to defeat Lakeview in five – Local Sports Journal
9. Boys Soccer: A last-minute goal pushed Vicksburg past Otsego 3-2 – WWMT
10. Volleyball: Traverse City Central swept Petoskey in league play – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Today in the MHSAA: 11/5/18
November 5, 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.
In addition to Lower Peninsula Cross Country and Boys Soccer Finals – see coverage all over Second Half – the rest of Michigan’s volleyball District title winners celebrated this weekend, as did a number of league swimming & diving champions including a few who prevailed against loaded state-ranked fields.
1. Volleyball: No. 10 Brighton Charyl Stockwell downed Whitmore Lake in Division 3 for its first District title in any sport – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. Girls Swimming & Diving: Holland West Ottawa, tied for No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, finished atop a field including No. 7 Rockford, No. 9 Grand Haven and T-No. 10 Hudsonville to secure the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red meet and outright titles – Holland Sentinel
3. Volleyball: No. 3 Mattawan swept No. 10 Portage Central to claim a Division 1 District title – WWMT
4. Volleyball: No. 9 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek repeated as a Division 1 District champ with a sweep of Macomb Area Conference Red title winner Utica Eisenhower – Macomb Daily
5. Volleyball: No. 2 Lake Orion won its first District title since 2015 with a sweep of honorable mention Clarkston – Oakland Press
6. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 No. 4 Saline won the Southeastern Conference Red meet ahead of runner-up and No. 6-ranked Ann Arbor Skyline – Saline Post
7. Volleyball: Honorable mention Spring Lake won its first District title since 2013 with a sweep of No. 10 Whitehall in Division 2, with two of three sets decided by two points – Local Sports Journal
8. Volleyball: Onekama locked up its first District title since 2003, downing Bear Lake in Division 4 – Manistee News Advocate
9. Volleyball: Richland Gull Lake won its fourth straight District title, downing honorable mention Battle Creek Lakeview in Division 1 – Battle Creek Enquirer
10. Volleyball: Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart earned its sixth straight District title, sweeping McBain Northern Michigan Christian in Division 4 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Also of note …
Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 honorable mention Bridgman won the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference meet just ahead of LPD2 No. 9 Portage Central – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD2 No. 5 Midland Dow followed standout Claire Newman to its 13th straight Saginaw Valley League championship – Midland Daily News
Girls Swimming & Diving: Zeeland won big at the O-K Green meet – Holland Sentinel
Football: Boyne City coach Dave Hills stepped down after 21 seasons and with a 125-45 record – Traverse City Record-Eagle