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: 10/9/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 9, 2026
1. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 3 Lansing Eastern won the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup final in a five-round shootout, downing Division 1 No. 3 Okemos – WILX
2. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City Central clinched a share of the Big North Conference title with a 3-1 win over Petoskey and ended up with the championship outright for the first time since 1997 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. BOYS SOCCER Gaylord denied Division 1 No. 10 Traverse City West a share of the BNC title playing the Titans to a scoreless draw – Petoskey News-Review
4. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 top-ranked Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett came back to defeat No. 14 Clarkston Everest Collegiate 2-1 in the Catholic High School League Cardinal title game – Oakland Press
5. BOYS TENNIS No. 4 Maple City Glen Lake ran its Lower Peninsula Division 4 Regional title streak to three – Traverse City Record-Eagle
6. BOYS TENNIS Holland West Ottawa, Portage Central and Rockford shared an LPD1 Regional title, and No. 3 Holland Christian won in LPD3 by a point – Holland Sentinel
7. BOYS TENNIS Mason and Richland Gull Lake shared a Regional championship in LPD2, and No. 9 Lansing Catholic won in LPD4 – Lansing State Journal
8. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 8 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s fell 2-0 to Toledo St. Francis de Sales in the Catholic High School League Bishop championship game – Oakland Press
9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Fruitport is alone atop the Ottawa-Kent Conference Silver standings thanks to a four-set win over Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian – MuskegonSports.com
10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Midland Dow downed rival Midland High in four sets – Midland Daily News