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: 11/3/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 3, 2021

1. VOLLEYBALL Temperance Bedford swept Monroe, avenging a regular-season sweep, to start Division 1 Division 1 District play – Monroe News

2. VOLLEYBALL Lake City and honorable mention McBain swept their Division 3 District opponents to line up a Thursday championship match – Cadillac News

3. VOLLEYBALL Pellston will return to the Division 4 District Finals after a sweep of Cedarville – Petoskey News-Review

4. VOLLEYBALL Grand Blanc advanced in Division 1 with a four-set win over Lapeer – WJRT

5. VOLLEYBALL Traverse City St. Francis opened Division 3 District play with a sweep of Benzie Central – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Saline opened Division 1 play with a sweep of Wayne Memorial – Saline Post

7. VOLLEYBALL Dexter also opened Division 1 play with a sweep against Jackson – Chelsea Sun Times News

8. VOLLEYBALL Muskegon Catholic Central advanced in Division 4 with a sweep of Fruitport Calvary Christian – Local Sports Journal

9. VOLLEYBALL Pentwater defeated Muskegon Heights Academy to also move on in Division 4 – Ludington Daily News

10. VOLLEYBALL Elk Rapids swept Grand Traverse Academy to open Division 3 play – Traverse City Record-Eagle