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: 10/6/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 6, 2026
1. BOYS TENNIS Imlay City won the Blue Water Athletic Conference Tournament to claim its first league title in this sport since 1984 – Flint Journal
2. GIRLS GOLF Standish-Sterling earned its first Finals appearance in this sport with a runner-up finish at its Lower Peninsula Division 3 Regional – Bay City Times
3. GIRLS GOLF Honorable mention St. Joseph edged No. 9 Plainwell by four strokes to win their LPD2 Regional – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
4. BOYS SOCCER Dearborn Edsel Ford locked up a fourth-straight Downriver League title with a scoreless draw against Lincoln Park – Southgate News-Herald
5. BOYS SOCCER Sterling Heights Stevenson completed an outright Macomb Area Conference White championship run with a 4-1 win over Warren Cousino – Macomb Daily
6. BOYS SOCCER Ludington clinched the West Michigan Conference championship in shutting out Shelby 4-0 – Ludington Daily News
7. GIRLS GOLF No. 3 Okemos was first and No. 8 Grand Blanc second at the Lower Peninsula Division 1 Regional at Forest Akers East –Lansing State Journal
8. BOYS TENNIS LPD3 No. 4 Ann Arbor Greenhills handed LPD2 No. 3 Midland Dow its first loss, 6-2 – Midland Daily News
9. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Grosse Ile downed Flat Rock 108-75 to remain first in the Huron League – Southgate News-Herald
10. BOYS SOCCER Big Rapids advanced in the Central State Activities Association Tournament with a 4-0 semifinal win over Newaygo – Big Rapids Pioneer