Today in the MHSAA: 9/24/18

September 24, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

1. Cross Country: The Salem girls, No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, and No. 12 Clarkston boys won Jackson Invitational titles ahead of fields loaded with top-ranked teams – Observer & Eccentric

2. Cross Country: Two runners broke the school record as Brighton’s top-ranked LPD1 boys won the Monroe Jefferson Invitational Division 1 race; the Bulldogs swept championships as the No. 10 girls team won in a tie-breaker – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD2 No. 6 Midland Dow won the Tri-Cities Invitational for the eighth straight season – Midland Daily News

4. Boys Tennis: Traverse City Central won its Great Lakes quad with wins over Rochester, LPD4 No. 8 Ludington and Midland, and with Chase Berden winning his 100th match – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD3 No. 5 Milan won the D3 Midseason Invitational ahead of a number of contenders in that division – Holland Sentinel

6. Boys Tennis: Unranked Petoskey made its bid for the polls with a big win over LPD3 No. 9 Haslett and close loss to No. 6 Parma Western – Petoskey News-Review

7. Boys Soccer: Boyne City extended its winning streak to eight with a three-game sweep at the Clare Invitational – Petoskey News-Review

8. Volleyball: Hudson improved to 19-6-3 with six wins and a tie in claiming the Morenci Invitational – Adrian Daily Telegram

9. Boys Soccer: Alpena outscored its opponents 14-1 to win its Huron Shores Invitational – Alpena News

10. Cross Country: Petoskey’s teams dominated their invitational in sweeping championships; the girls are ranked No. 5 in LPD2 – Petoskey News-Review

Also of note …

Boys Soccer: From Thursday, Goodrich downed previously-undefeated and Division 4 top-ranked Burton Genesee Christian to earn a share of the Genesee Area Conference championship – WJRT

Today in the MHSAA: 8/28/18

August 28, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media. 

1. Girls Golf: Northville shot a 307 to best a loaded field at Brighton’s Coach Miller Invitational, while Traverse City West star Anika Dy was the individual medalist – Observer & Eccentric

2. Girls Golf: Clarkston shot a 332 to outpace a similarly strong field at the Lady Falcon Invitational – Oakland Press

3. Girls Golf: Flint Powers Catholic swept team and individual titles at its 25th Charger Invitational – Flint Journal

4. Volleyball: Division 1 honorable mention Grand Haven came back after dropping the first set to defeat Spring Lake and win its invitational – Grand Haven Tribune

5. Volleyball: Bay City Western won its third straight Bay County Championship – Bay City Times

6. Boys Soccer: Buckley moved to 5-0 this fall with a 1-0 win over Harbor Springs – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. Boys Soccer: Fruitport Calvary Christian came back from a two-goal halftime deficit to down Hudsonville 4-2 with a hat trick from Zach Zehr – Local Sports Journal

8. Boys Soccer: Ben Leaman also tallied a hat trick as Boyne City shut out Kingsley 4-0 – Petoskey News-Review

9. Volleyball: Division 1 No. 8 Temperance Bedford handed Saline the latter’s only loss of the Southeastern Conference Red tournament – Saline Post

10. Boys Tennis: St. Joseph held off a challenge from rival Stevensville Lakeshore, 5-3 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium