Today in the MHSAA: 9/23/19

September 23, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Today’s list of the weekend’s top achievers has a definite Grand Rapids-area tilt as teams from five schools from that part of the state emerged as invitational champions in either cross country, golf, volleyball or swimming & diving.

1. Cross Country: The East Grand Rapids girls – No. 1 Lower Peninsula Division 2 – honorable mention Tecumseh and Jackson Lumen Christi girls and LPD1 No. 4 Romeo, LPD3 No. 1 Hanover-Horton and Manchester boys all won championships at the Jackson Invitational – Athletic.net

2. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 5 Coopersville downed honorable mention Kingsley in two sets to win the Cadillac Tournament title – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. Volleyball: Division 2 honorable mention Onsted improved to 24-0 with an undefeated run through its invitational, including sweeping Division 4 No. 9 Adrian Lenawee Christian in the final – Adrian Daily Telegram

4. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 5 Bronson also finished a perfect tourney run, taking the Portage Northern Invitational title by downing the host in that final – Coldwater Daily Reporter

5. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD2 No. 10 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central won the fastest wave of the Portage Central Invitational by a point over the host, ranked No. 5, and also ahead of No. 6 Midland Dow – Midland Daily News

6. Girls Golf: LPD2 top-ranked Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern shot a 297 to win the Greenville Invitational – Petoskey News-Review

7. Cross Country: The LPD2 No. 8 Sparta boys and No. 5 Cadillac girls won Muskegon Oakridge Invitational championships – Athletic.net

8. Cross Country: The LPD4 No. 8 Pittsford girls and LPD3 honorable mention Leslie boys won Pittsford’s invitational – Hillsdale Daily News

9. Volleyball: Stephenson downed Felch North Dickenson in the final to win the Crystal Falls Forest Park Invitational – Iron Mountain Daily News

10. Cross Country: Roscommon swept the big school championships at the Evart Invitational; the girls are ranked No. 13 in LPD3 – Big Rapids News

Today in the MHSAA: 10/2/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 2, 2025

1. GIRLS TENNIS Negaunee in Division 1 and West Iron County in Division 2 won Upper Peninsula Finals championships – MHSAA.com

2. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 top-ranked Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett won the Catholic High School League Cardinal title with a 4-2 clincher over No. 5 Royal Oak Shrine Catholic – Oakland Press

3. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 3 Detroit Catholic Central clinched the CHSL Bishop championship with a 4-0 win over Division 2 No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – Oakland Press

4. GIRLS GOLF Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – won the Monroe County Championship by 18 strokes – Monroe News

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 honorable mention Dearborn Edsel Ford ran its Downriver League title streak to four with a clinching 6-2 win over Brownstown Woodhaven – Southgate News-Herald

6. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 honorable mention Livonia Stevenson downed Northville in a shootout to win the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Tournament – Hometown Life

7. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 6 Fowler lost the first set but won the next three over Division 3 No. 5 Pewamo-Westphalia – Lansing State Journal

8. VOLLEYBALL Saginaw Swan Valley shook up the Tri-Valley Conference Red standings with a sweep of Division 2 No. 10 Frankenmuth – Saginaw News

9. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 honorable mention Brooklyn Columbia Central finished a perfect run through the Cascades Conference with a win over Leslie – Jackson Citizen Patriot

10. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD3 No. 9 Traverse City St. Francis and Bellaire girls and LPD1 honorable mention Traverse City Central and East Jordan boys won at the Mancelona Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle