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: 6/10/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

June 10, 2021

1. Boys Lacrosse: No. 2 Hartland will play for the Division 1 championship thanks to an 18-7 Semifinal win over No. 6 Detroit Catholic Central – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. Baseball: No. 13 Muskegon Catholic Central upset top-ranked Beal City 4-0 to advance in their Division 4 Regional – Local Sports Journal

3. Girls Lacrosse: No. 2 Rockford held off a challenge from No. 6 Midland/Dow to win their Division 1 Semifinal 16-10 – Midland Daily News

4. Girls Lacrosse: No. 4 Brighton downed No. 9 Bloomfield Hills 18-5 in a Division 1 Semifinal – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. Girls Lacrosse: Top-ranked East Grand Rapids advanced to the Division 2 Final with a 22-4 win over No. 4 DeWitt – Lansing State Journal

6. Baseball: Corunna scored a walk-off upset of No. 3 Eaton Rapids in a Division 2 Regional Semifinal – Owosso Argus-Press

7. Girls Lacrosse: Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood advanced to the season’s final day with a 23-12 Division 2 Semifinal win over Farmington Hills Mercy – State Champs Sports Network

8. Boys Lacrosse: Top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice advanced to the Division 1 Final with a 9-1 win over No. 5 Lake Orion – Oakland Press

9. Girls Soccer: No. 12 Williamston scored the lone goal in overtime in downing No. 14 Flint Powers Catholic 1-0 in a Division 3 Regional Semifinal – Flint Journal

10. Baseball: Escanaba held off No. 15 Petoskey to advance with a 3-2 Division 2 Regional Semifinal win – Escanaba Daily Press