Today in the MHSAA: 9/22/17

September 22, 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. Cross Country: The Manton boys, an honorable mention in Lower Peninsula Division 3, and No. 4-ranked Traverse City St. Francis girls claimed championships at the Kingsley Invitational – Cadillac News | Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. Cross Country: The Chassell girls (UPD3 No. 1) and Houghton boys (UPD1 No. 1) continued their front-running ways with wins at the Dollar Bay Invitational – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

3. Girls Golf: Traverse City West – No. 2 in LPD1 – continued to shine with a win at Wequetonsing Golf Club, and Harbor Springs continued to come in just behind the Titans as the top Division 3-4 team at the tournament – Petoskey News-Review

4. Volleyball: Sault Ste. Marie edged reigning Straits Area Conference champion and Class D No. 10 Rudyard, 2-1 – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

5. Boys Soccer: Unranked Troy won its sixth straight game, 3-0 over Division 2 No. 19 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep – Oakland Press

6. Cross Country: The unranked Boyne City teams swept the Indian River Inland Lakes Invitational races – Gaylord Herald Times

7. Boys Soccer: Saginaw Heritage improved to 10-2-2 in handing Midland Dow its first Saginaw Valley League loss, 2-1 – Midland Daily News

8. Boys Soccer: Reigning Division 3 champion and current No. 6 Grand Rapids Catholic Central pulled away from Spring Lake, 2-0 – Grand Haven Tribune

9. Girls Swimming & Diving: Trenton swimmers this school year are for the first time competing in a building now named after longtime coach Jim Lawrence, who was co-coach on the 1995 girls LP Class B championship team – Southgate News Herald

10. Football: The MHSAA record for longest field goal is 59 yards; Northville’s Jake Moody, already with a 57-yarder, could rise to the top of the list – Detroit Free Press

Today in the MHSAA: 8/28/19

August 28, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Volleyball took the spotlight Tuesday across the state with multiple hopefuls showing they plan to be in the championship mix this fall.

1. Volleyball: Oxford made a serious opening statement with wins over Division 1 honorable mentions Lake Orion and Clarkston and Division 2 No. 6 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep at a quad – Oakland Press

2. Volleyball: Division 1 No. 3 Mattawan downed No. 5 Grand Haven in two sets to win the Buccaneers’ Early Season Invitational – Grand Haven Tribune

3. Volleyball: Essexville Garber won its first Bay County Championship by defeating Bay City Western in the final – Bay City Times

4. Cross Country: Otsego swept the girls and boys meets at the St. Joseph Invitational – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

5. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 4 Hamilton defeated No. 10 Niles, Edwardsburg and Spring Lake at a home quad – Holland Sentinel

6. Boys Soccer: Petoskey edged previously-unbeaten Elk Rapids 3-2 – Petoskey News-Review

7. Boys Soccer: Lake Orion improved to 6-2 by handing West Bloomfield its first defeat, 1-0 – Oakland Press

8. Boys Soccer: South Lyon added its second shutout in two games this season, downing Milford 3-0 – Observer & Eccentric

9. Volleyball: Division 4 No. 6 Camden-Frontier downed Jonesville and Reading, winning a combined six of seven games – Hillsdale Daily News

10. Volleyball: Escanaba opened league play with a sweep of neighbor Gladstone – Escanaba Daily Press