Today in the MHSAA: 9/25/19

September 25, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A Detroit suburban matchup of statewide importance on the volleyball court and another league title clinched in boys soccer top a Wednesday list also filled with upsets plus a few stories of special interest.

1. Volleyball: Division 1 top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy handed No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Marian its first defeat, moving to 27-1 with the sweep – State Champs Sports Network

2. Boys Soccer: Division 4 No. 4 North Muskegon shut out Whitehall 4-0 to finish a perfect title run through West Michigan Conference play – Local Sports Journal

3. Boys Soccer: Saline remained unbeaten in Southeastern Conference Red play with a 2-1 win over Division 1 No. 7 Ann Arbor Skyline – Saline Post

4. Boys Soccer: Holland West Ottawa earned a 3-1 upset over Division 1 No. 10 Caledonia – Holland Sentinel

5. Volleyball: Dexter swept second-place Tecumseh to remain in first in the SEC White – Chelsea Sun Times News

6. Boys Soccer: Traverse City Central also earned an upset, downing Division 2 No. 15 Gaylord 2-0 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. Cross Country: The Munising Invitational featured mostly familiar winners plus a new one – Marquette’s Upper Peninsula Division 1 top-ranked teams swept, Negaunee’s Emily Paupore won her fourth straight invitational and Gladstone sophomore Giovanni Mathews won his first – Escanaba Daily Press

8. Cross Country: Dexter’s LPD1 No. 3 boys and Tecumseh’s LPD2 No. 14 girls finished first ahead of loaded fields at the latest SEC White jamboree – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. Boys Soccer: Dearborn Divine Child shut out Division 3 No. 9 Macomb Lutheran North 4-0 – Macomb Daily

10. Boys Soccer: First-year program Watervliet improved to 6-4-1 with a win over Buchanan – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Today in the MHSAA: 10/23/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 23, 2023

1. GIRLS GOLF Repeat champions Rochester Adams and Farmington Hills Mercy, first-time winner Grand Rapids Catholic Central, and Lansing Catholic won Lower Peninsula Finals titles, and Macomb Lutheran North’s Lauren Timpf and Ann Arbor Greenhills’ Mia Melendez joined only six others in claiming a third individual championship – MHSAA.com

2. BOYS CROSS COUNTRY Marquette ran its Upper Peninsula Finals streak to five, while Painesdale Jeffers and Dollar Bay both won their third-consecutive titles – MHSAA.com

3. GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Marquette and Hancock continued championship streaks and Chassell climbed to the top again, while Ishpeming’s Lola Korpi won her third individual title at the UP Cross Country Finals – MHSAA.com

4. BOYS TENNIS Midland Dow capped an undefeated season, Bloomfield Hills and Ann Arbor Greenhills repeated and Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood was a champion again at the Lower Peninsula Finals – MHSAA.com

5. CROSS COUNTRY Frankenmuth swept Saginaw County championships, with the Eagles Mary Richmond and Freeland’s TJ Hansen winning their third individual titles; Frankenmuth’s girls are ranked No. 8 in Lower Penisula Division 2, and the boys are No. 12 – Saginaw News

6. VOLLEYBALL Kent City defeated Grant, Reed City and Division 3 honorable mention Morley Stanwood to claim the Central State Activities Association Tournament title – Local Sports Journal

7. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Battle Creek Harper Creek defeated Coldwater and Marshall to claim the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference Tournament championship – Battle Creek Enquirer

8. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Bronson finished 3-0 and downed Quincy in the finale to win the Big 8 Conference Tournament – Coldwater Daily Reporter

9. VOLLEYBALL Cassopolis went 5-0 and closed with a sweep of Centreville to clinch the Southwest 10 Conference Tournament title – Niles Daily Star

10. VOLLEYBALL Buchanan secured the outright Lakeland Conference title with a league tournament win – Niles Daily Star