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: 11/10/17
November 10, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
Today's Top 10
1. Volleyball: Top-ranked Pontiac Notre Dame Prep reaffirmed its status as favorite in a big way with a sweep of No. 2 North Branch in a Class B Regional Final – Oakland Press
2. Volleyball: No. 3 Grand Rapids Christian took top-ranked Rockford to a fifth set and closed out a slight upset of the reigning Class A runner-up – Grand Rapids Press
3. Volleyball: No. 4 Schoolcraft took top-ranked and reigning champion Bronson to a fifth set as well, but the Vikings prevailed for the Class C Regional title – Coldwater Daily Reporter
4. Volleyball: No. 6 Bloomfield Hills Marian avenged two losses this season to No. 8 Clarkston by downing the Wolves in a Class A Regional Final sweep – Oakland Press
5. Volleyball: Reigning champion and top-ranked Plymouth Christian Academy got past No. 3 North Adams-Jerome to move on in Class D – Hillsdale Daily News
6. Volleyball: No. 3 Lake Odessa Lakewood will play in another Class B Quarterfinal thanks to a Regional Final sweep of No. 6 Marshall – Ionia Sentinel-Standard
7. Volleyball: Honorable mention New Baltimore Anchor Bay won its first Regional title with a five-set victory over Sterling Heights Stevenson in Class A – C&G Newspapers
8. Volleyball: Honorable mention Southfield Christian earned its first Regional title in volleyball, downing Sterling Heights Parkway Christian 3-1 in Class D – Macomb Daily
9. Volleyball: Class C No. 10 Wixom St. Catherine and Detroit Edison Public School Academy both were playing for a first Regional title, and St. Catherine claimed it with a sweep – Oakland Press
10. Volleyball: No. 6 Unionville-Sebewaing swept reigning Class C runner-up Brown City to advance with a Regional title – Huron Daily Tribune
Also of note …
Volleyball: Class A No. 4 DeWitt won its first Regional title in any class since 2010 with a sweep of honorable mention Richland Gull Lake – Lansing State Journal
Volleyball: Honorable mention Cadillac won its ninth straight Class B Regional title with a sweep of Alma – Cadillac News
Volleyball: No. 8 Calumet claimed its sixth straight Regional title with a sweep of Iron River West Iron County in Class C – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
Volleyball: No. 10 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart won a fifth straight Class D Regional title, defeating honorable mention Muskegon Catholic Central in five sets – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Volleyball: Reigning champion and No. 2-ranked Novi moved on to a rematch with Temperance Bedford by sweeping South Lyon in a Class A Regional Final – Observer & Eccentric
Volleyball: No. 8 Rogers City continued a highlight-filled week, claiming a Regional title with a sweep of honorable mention Bellaire after downing No. 2 Leland on Tuesday – Alpena News
Volleyball: Unranked Battle Creek St. Philip finds itself headed to the final week of the season again thanks to a Class D sweep of Climax-Scotts – Battle Creek Enquirer
Volleyball: Honorable mention Shelby moved on with a Class C Regional title, ending the dream season for Beaverton that included first league and District titles – Midland Daily News
Volleyball: No. 6 Farmington Hills Mercy also moved on in Class A with a sweep of Livonia Stevenson – Observer & Eccentric
Volleyball: Class B honorable mention Fruitport moved on to next week’s Quarterfinals with a sweep of Grant – Muskegon Chronicle