Today in the MHSAA: 9/26/18

September 26, 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. Volleyball: Division 2 top-ranked Grand Rapids Christian came back from a two-set deficit to defeat Division 1 No. 6 Hudsonville in five games – FOX 17

2. Cross Country: The New Baltimore Anchor Bay cross country teams clinched Macomb Area Conference White championships; the boys shared with Port Huron Northern, winning their first title since 2008 – Macomb Daily

3. Volleyball: Division 1 No. 9 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek swept honorable mention Clarkston in Oakland Activities Association Red play – Oakland Press

4. Girls Swimming & Diving: Unranked Zeeland earned an impressive 104-74 win over Holland Christian, the No. 4 team in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – Holland Sentinel

5. Boys Soccer: Division 4 No. 9 North Muskegon and Muskegon Oakridge tied 1-1 in a key West Michigan Conference matchup – Local Sports Journal

6. Cross Country: Hart’s LPD3 ranked teams (girls No. 1, boys No. 4) dominated in sweeping the West Michigan Conference’s second jamboree – Ludington Daily News

7. Volleyball: Traverse City St. Francis came back after losing the first set to defeat Kalkaska in four – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. Volleyball: Lakes Valley Conference leader South Lyon downed Walled Lake Central in four sets – Oakland Press

9. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 10 Kingsley continued to surge with a sweep of Frankfort – WPBN

10. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 3 Schoolcraft remains atop the Southwestern Athletic Conference Valley after a sweep of Constantine – JoeInsider.com

Also of note:

Volleyball: From Thursday, then-No. 5 Southfield Christian upset Division 4 top-ranked Plymouth Christian Academy – MLive-Detroit

Girls Golf: From Monday, LPD1 top-ranked Northville claimed its eighth tournament championship this fall – Observer & Eccentric

Boys Soccer: From Monday, Division 4 No. 8 Hartford clinched the Southwest 10 Conference title with a 2-1 win over Bloomingdale – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Today in the MHSAA: 4/30/19

April 30, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Stormy weather shut down much of Monday’s schedule, but not on the soccer and lacrosse fields, or a northern golf course as top teams secured big wins.

1. Girls Soccer: Division 1 No. 3 Midland remained unbeaten by handing Bay City Western its first loss, 1-0 – Midland Daily News

2. Girls Soccer: Royal Oak handed Division 3 No. 3 Clawson its first loss this season, 1-0 – Oakland Press

3. Girls Lacrosse: Hartland remained undefeated with a 20-9 win over Novi; Hartland was No. 3 and Novi No. 9 in Division 1 to open this week – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. Girls Lacrosse: Spring Lake got past Holland West Ottawa 15-8 thanks to 10 goals by senior Elena Antekeier, who tied for 14th-most goals for one game in MHSAA history – Grand Haven Tribune

5. Boys Golf: Cadillac, No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, shot a 307 to win the Cheboygan Invitational by 17 strokes – Cadillac News

6. Girls Soccer: Alpena downed Petoskey 2-0 to run its shutout streak to five games – Alpena News

7. Girls Soccer: St. Joseph scored both of its goals during the final seven minutes to get past Stevensville Lakeshore 2-1 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

8. Boys Lacrosse: Vicksburg came back for an 8-6 win over Battle Creek Lakeview – WWMT

9. Girls Soccer: Traverse City St. Francis edged Charlevoix 1-0 with a second-half goal – WPBN

10. Girls Soccer: Lilie Diotte scored four goals as Maple City Glen Lake beat Benzie Central 5-0 – MI Sports Now

Also of note …

Baseball/Softball: From Saturday, Portage Northern baseball coach Chris Andrews and Mattawan softball coach Alicia Smith both earned their 500th career victories – Kalamazoo Gazette

Football/Track & Field: The western Upper Peninsula is mourning the death of longtime coach Rex Terwilliger, who coached track for 52 years and led the Iron Mountain girls to the UP Division 2 title in 2004. He also coached Kingsford football during the 1960s and 70s – Iron Mountain Daily News