Today in the MHSAA: 9/21/15

September 21, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

This weekend was packed with prestigious cross country events and also featured a milestone win by a longtime volleyball coach.  

Cross Country

Centreville stunned an “elite” field by finishing ahead of reigning Lower Peninsula Division 1 champ Birmingham Seaholm to win the Spartan Invitational elite girls race at Michigan State University. Novi won the boys elite race despite its top individual coming in only 21stPlaymakers.com

The Otsego girls put five runners among the top six to finish among champions at the Sparta Invitational. Rockford’s boys put three among the top 10 to ascend among boys champions – Grand Rapids Press girls story; Grand Rapids Press boys story

The Holly and Lake Orion boys and Rochester Adams and Holly girls were among champions at Holly’s invitational – Oakland Press

Girls Golf

A number of top teams from the southwest part of the Lower Peninsula played in Friday’s Coldwater Lady Cardinal Invitational, with Division 4 power Kalamazoo Hackett winning with a score of 347 – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Boys Soccer

Battle Creek Central won the first All-City soccer tournament in that community, downing Battle Creek Lakeview in overtime – Battle Creek Enquirer

No. 14 Saline downed No. 4 Northville in a matchup of two of the best in Division 1 – AnnArbor.com

The No. 8-ranked teams in Divisions 3 and 4 met, with Division 4’s Muskegon Western Michigan Christian downing Whitehall, 2-1 – Grand Haven Tribune

Girls Swimming and Diving

Saline, the top-ranked team in LP Division 1, downed a strong field at Salem’s Rock Maurer Invitational, finishing just head of No. 3 Farmington Hills Mercy, with No. 9 Northville coming in third – AnnArbor.com

Boys Tennis

Essexville Garber scored a perfect 24 to win the Bay County Tournament for the third time in four seasons – Bay City Times

Volleyball

Longtime Mount Morris coach Jim Pender celebrated the 700th win over his career as his team went 7-0 to win its invitational Saturday; Mount Morris, No. 3 in Class B, beat Class A honorable mention Farmington Hills Mercy in the final – Flint Journal

Lake Odessa Lakewood, No. 2 in Class B, downed Class C No. 3 Montague to win the Grandville Calvin Christian Invitational – Muskegon Chronicle

Today in the MHSAA: 5/23/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 23, 2025

1. BOYS GOLF Howell won its first overall Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship in this sport, carding a two-round 590 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 16 Dearborn Divine Child downed No. 10 Macomb Lutheran North 10-0 to clinch the Catholic High School League Cardinal championship – Macomb Daily

3. BASEBALL Division 3 No. 5 Ann Arbor Greenhills came back to claim a second-straight CHSL St. Anne title with a 3-2 win over Division 4 No. 9 Royal Oak Shrine Catholic – Ann Arbor News

4. BASEBALL Howell downed Division 1 No. 18 Novi 6-1 to clinch its first KLAA title in nine years, winning the West – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. BASEBALL Ann Arbor Skyline downed Division 1 No. 19 Saline 4-2 to clinch an outright championship in the Southeastern Conference Red – Ann Arbor News

6. SOFTBALL Division 4 No. 8 Plymouth Christian Academy finished a repeat run in the Michigan Independent Athletic Conference with a shutout of Auburn Hills Oakland Christian – Hometown Life

7. TRACK & FIELD Negaunee swept girls and boys titles at the Mid-Peninsula Conference championship meets – Upper Michigan’s Source

8. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 12 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice repeated as CHSL Bishop champion with an 8-1 win over Toledo St. John’s – Oakland Press

9. BOYS GOLF Muskegon Mona Shores carded a 306 to win the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green Tournament – Local Sports Journal

10. BASEBALL Pinconning clinched the Jack Pine Conference 2 title with a sweep of Harrison – Bay City Times

Also of note …

BASEBALL Elk Rapids swept Charlevoix to clinch the Northern Shores Conference title – Traverse City Record-Eagle

BASEBALL Division 1 No. 9 Mattawan split with Kalamazoo Central to finish an outright Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference title – Kalamazoo Gazette

SOFTBALL Fruitport clinched a share of the O-K Conference Silver title with a split against Hopkins; Grandville Calvin Christian also shared – MuskegonSports.com

BOYS GOLF Battle Creek Harper Creek carded a school-record 291 to win the All-City championship – Battle Creek Enquirer