Today in the MHSAA: 9/28/15
September 28, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
This weekend’s highlights included elite swimming competitions and a cross country race so fun that a football team came out to run.
Cross Country
The Cadillac girls, No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, and the unranked Middleville Thornapple Kellogg boys won championships at the Muskegon Oakridge Invitational – Cadillac News
LP Division 1 No. 4 Brighton took the top five places to win the Monroe Jefferson Invitational with a perfect score – Livingston Daily
The LP Division 1 No. 6 Bay City Western boys and No. 12 Midland Dow girls won Division 1-2 races at the Delta College Invitational – Midland Daily News
Boys Soccer
Unranked Warren DeLaSalle upset Division 1 No. 3 Utica Eisenhower on Saturday, 2-1, on two goals by Aleks Vushaj – Macomb Daily
Girls Swimming & Diving
Midland Dow won the Tri-City Invitational for the fifth straight season, edging Saginaw Heritage after falling to the Hawks in a dual earlier this fall – Saginaw News
LP Division 3 No. 2 Holland Christian won its invitational ahead of No. 1 Grand Rapids Catholic Central and No. 5 Grand Rapids Christian – Grand Rapids Press
Volleyball
Brooklyn Columbia Central swept Concord in two sets to win the 41st Jackson County Tournament, played at Spring Arbor University – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Good Reads
St. Louis volleyball player Brooke Courter is deaf, but she and her teammates have learned to communicate well while cheering each other on – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Rochester Adams boys tennis coach Al Must earned his 400th victory in 32 seasons earlier this month, and for him, continuing to coach at the high school level remains an honor – Oakland Press
Frankenmuth and Millington are the fiercest of rivals and met again on the football field Friday – but with the experience of working together during a meaningful day this summer – Saginaw News
The Old Skool Classic Cross Country Race puts the “country” back in cross country, according to one of the host coaches, with two river crossings, muddy areas, a corn field and wooded trails – Macomb Daily
Today in the MHSAA: 9/24/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 24, 2024
1. GIRLS GOLF Alena Li carded a 64 and Okemos – ranked No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – scored a school-record 308 in winning the Capital Area Activities Conference Open – Lansing State Journal
2. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 11 Bay City John Glenn played to a 2-2 draw with Division 3 No. 14 Alma to secure its first league title in this sport since 2005 – Bay City Times
3. BOYS SOCCER Brooklyn Columbia Central downed Manchester 4-1 to clinch the Cascades Conference championship – Jackson Citizen Patriot
4. GIRLS GOLF Adrian won its third straight Lenawee County championship – Adrian Daily Telegram
5. CROSS COUNTRY The Cheboygan girls won the Indian River Inland Lakes Invitational, its third invite championship this season – Cheboygan Tribune
6. GIRLS GOLF LPD1 No. 4 Grand Blanc claimed the Midland Dow Invitational title – WJRT
7. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 4 Clarkston Everest Collegiate downed No. 12 Bloomfield Hills Roeper 7-1 – Oakland Press
8. BOYS SOCCER Allen Park played to a 1-1 draw with Division 1 No. 13 Dearborn Edsel Ford – Dearborn Press & Guide
9. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 8 New Boston Huron drew 1-1 with Division 3 No. 7 Milan to keep the Huron League race open – Monroe News
10. BOYS SOCCER Melvindale and Dearborn Heights Crestwood played to a 3-3 draw, setting them up to potentially finish as co-champions in the Western Wayne Athletic Conference – Southgate News-Herald