Today in the MHSAA: 9/23/20
September 23, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The official first day of Fall in Michigan saw ranked opponents facing off against some of their toughest opponents to date in volleyball and cross country, plus a league championship tournament in golf.
1. Volleyball: No. 6 Charlevoix won a matchup of Division 3 ranked teams, defeating No. 10 Traverse City St. Francis in five sets – Petoskey News-Review
2. Cross Country: The LPD3 No. 13 Grass Lake girls team handed Hanover-Horton its first league loss since 2015 – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
3. Volleyball: Division 1 No. 10 Traverse City West downed Division 2 No. 6 Cadillac 17-15 in the deciding fifth set for a key league win – Up North Live
4. Cross Country: Pinckney’s boys – ranked No. 13 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – edged LPD1 No. 12 Brighton 26-29, while the No. 4 Brighton girls held off unranked Pinckney’s by the same score – Livingston Daily
5. Volleyball: Rudyard ran its Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference winning streak to 43 matches with a 3-1 win over Pickford – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
6. Girls Golf: Adrian Lenawee Christian shot a 393 to win the Independent Golf League championship tournament – JTV
7. Girls Swimming & Diving: Grand Blanc celebrated seven event winners in a 104-82 team victory over Midland Dow; they are honorable mentions in Divisions 1 and 2, respectively – Midland Daily News
8. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 4 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian came back for a five-set win over Ludington – Local Sports Journal
9. Volleyball: Edwardsburg downed Dowagiac 3-1 in a matchup of first-place teams in the Wolverine Conference – Niles Daily Star
10. Boys Soccer: Chelsea improved to 7-0 with a 2-0 win over Melvindale, the reigning Division 2 runner-up – Ann Arbor News
Also of note …
Boys Tennis: From Monday, Lansing Catholic earned a share of the Capital Area Activities Conference White title with a 7-1 win over Ionia – Greenville Daily News
Boys Basketball: Mark Gainforth retired after 24 seasons coaching Unionville-Sebewaing and with a 423-133 record – Bay City Times
Today In The MHSAA: 12/8/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
December 8, 2021
1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Erie Mason got past Blissfield 60-56, with Lizzy Liedel scoring 47 points and surpassing 1,000 for her career – Monroe News
2. BOYS BASKETBALL Chansey Willis scored 36 points, but Detroit U-D Jesuit opened with a 51-42 win over Martin Luther King – MLive-Detroit
3. BOYS BASKETBALL Armada came back from an eight-point third-quarter deficit to get past Marysville 52-49 – Port Huron Times Herald
4. BOYS BASKETBALL The former Western Michigan University coach faced one of his past players on the high school court, with the player winning as Kalamazoo Christian defeated Portage Northern 47-40 – WWMT
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Birch Run opened with a 54-53 win over Byron, ending an 18-game losing streak – Saginaw News
6. BOYS BASKETBALL Bay City Central sank the game-winning shot with 5.5 seconds to play to get past Midland Dow 63-61 – Bay City Times
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sault Ste. Marie moved to 2-0 with a 48-42 win over Marquette – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Lake Orion went ahead for good with just under three minutes to play in a 40-35 win over Troy – Oakland Press
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Muskegon Reeths-Puffer finished on top in a back-and-forth matchup with Ludington, 63-59 in overtime – Muskegon Chronicle
10. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Wyandotte Roosevelt had the individual winners in every event of a 122-51 win over Dearborn – Southgate News-Herald