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: 9/14/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 14, 2021
1. BOYS SOCCER Spring Lake earned an impressive 3-0 win over Division 3 top-ranked Hudsonville Unity Christian – Grand Haven Tribune
2. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 top-ranked New Baltimore Anchor Bay emerged from a matchup of unbeatens with a 2-1 win over No. 10 Macomb Dakota – Macomb Daily
3. BOYS SOCCER Dearborn Edsel Ford remained undefeated in the Downriver League by handing Lincoln Park its first loss overall this fall, 6-1 – Southgate News-Herald
4. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 13 Boyne City picked up a road shutout, 3-0 at Charlevoix – Petoskey News-Review
5. VOLLEYBALL Buchanan traded sets but won the deciding fifth against Stevensville Lakeshore – Niles Daily Star
6. BOYS SOCCER Oscoda moved to 6-0 with a big win over Alcona – WBKB
7. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 8 Elk Rapids shined again in a shutout of Grayling – Up North Live
8. BOYS SOCCER A late first-half goal stood for the entirety as Bloomfield Hills edged Pontiac 1-0 – Oakland Press
9. BOYS SOCCER Kirby Eggers scored four goals to lead Division 3 No. 2 Holland Christian past Allendale – Holland Sentinel
10. VOLLEYBALL Mason County Eastern is off to a 1-0 start in the West Michigan D League thanks to a four-set win over Walkerville – Local Sports Journal