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 21st – Playmakers.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: 9/26/17
September 26, 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. Girls Golf: Lower Peninsula Division 1 top-ranked Saline shot a 301, a record for the Southeastern Conference tournament and its second lowest ever, to win its division and the overall league title – Saline Post
2. Girls Golf: After four straight last-place finishes in its former league, Pinckney clinched the Southeastern Conference White division championship in its first year – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. Boys Soccer: Ann Arbor Skyline is ranked No. 1 in Division 1 and Pioneer is unranked, but they were even Monday in a 0-0 draw – Detroit News
4. Girls Golf: Spring Lake, No. 8 in LPD2, shot a 165 to finish 10 strokes ahead of runner-up Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian (No. 3 in LPD4) in Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue jamboree play – Grand Haven Tribune
5. Boys Soccer: Unranked Holland Christian avenged an earlier loss to Division 2 No. 8 Holland with a 3-1 win – Holland Sentinel
6. Girls Golf: Harbor Springs shot a school record 330 to win the Cheboygan Invitational – Petoskey News-Review
7. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 8 Detroit Catholic Central avenged an earlier 1-0 loss to Birmingham Brother Rice with a 5-2 win in the rematch – Oakland Press
8. Boys Tennis: Bay City Western improved from third in 2016 to win the Bay County Championship ahead of runner-up Essexville Garber – Bay City Times
9. Boys Soccer: Brett Dyer scored six goals for Northport in its 7-3 win over Benzonia Benzie Central – Traverse City Record-Eagle
10. Volleyball: Niles Brandywine went 3-1 with wins over St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran, Bridgman and Paw Paw to win Bridgman’s Invitational – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium