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: 4/21/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 21, 2025

1. BOYS GOLF Chelsea won Hillsdale Academy’s PGA Reach Invitational with a 310 at Forest Akers West ahead of a field that included Lower Peninsula Division 1 No. 2 Detroit Catholic Central and Division 3 top-ranked Jackson Lumen Christi – Hillsdale Daily News

2. GIRLS SOCCER Division 4 No. 2 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian downed No. 4 North Muskegon 2-0 – Muskegon Chronicle

3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 2 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central and top-ranked Hudsonville Unity Christian played to a scoreless draw – Grand Rapids Press

4. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 6 Grand Haven and No. 8 Muskegon Reeths-Puffer split a doubleheader, and Grand Haven’s Lorelei Chciuk went over 500 career strikeouts – Grand Haven Tribune

5. BASEBALL A.J. Gallino threw a no-hitter and Cole Baij a perfect game as Division 4 No. 10 Norway swept Ishpeming – Iron Mountain Daily News

6. BASEBALL Midland’s Brett Faccio no-hit Division 1 No. 12 Grand Blanc 2-0, but the Bobcats came back to win the second game 4-3 over the Chemics – Midland Daily News

7. BOYS GOLF LPD1 No. 3 Traverse City West carded a two-day 618 to win the Traverse City Central Tee-Off Tournament – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. TRACK & FIELD Petoskey’s girls and boys swept team championships at Cadillac’s Gary Rathbun Invitational – Cadillac News

9. SOFTBALL Division 3 top-ranked Evart defeated honorable mention Boyne City, Sanford Meridian and Morley Stanwood to win its Cat Classic – Cadillac News

10. GIRLS SOCCER Richland Gull Lake and Byron Center played to a 1-1 draw – Kalamazoo Gazette