Today in the MHSAA: 9/29/16

September 29, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The first MHSAA champions of 2016-17 were honored Wednesday as Munising and Ishpeming Westwood earned a shared tennis title.

Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.

Cross Country

The Lower Peninsula Division 1 top-ranked Birmingham Seaholm girls and honorable mention Clarkston boys won the second Oakland Activities Association Red jamborees – Oakland Press

Girls Golf

Lapeer shot a school-record 322, but Midland Dow claimed the Saginaw Valley League title with a 319 at the league tournament – Saginaw News

Boys Soccer

Undefeated Grand Ledge downed Holt 3-2 (and East Lansing fell to Okemos) to claim the Capital Area Activities Association Blue championship – MLive-Lansing

Division 1 No. 16 Utica Ford downed Sterling Heights Stevenson 2-1 to remain undefeated in the Macomb Area Conference Red – Macomb Daily

Division 3 No. 7 Grosse Ile and Division 4 No. 4 Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central tied 2-2 to remain tied atop the Downriver League standings – Southgate News-Herald

Girls Tennis

Munising and Ishpeming Westwood shared the Upper Peninsula Division 2 title as the first MHSAA champions of 2016-17 were crowned Second Half

Volleyball

Class C honorable mention New Lothrop downed No. 7 and nonleague Laingsburg after sweeping Byron in what was a battle of undefeated teams in Genesee Area Conference play – Owosso Argus-Press

Stevensville Lakeshore won a close matchup over rival St. Joseph, 31-29, 25-15 and then 25-23 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Class C No. 2 Bronson dropped its first set against unranked Centreville before winning the next three – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Good Read

Frequently, teams playing each other come together to make their game a fundraiser. But Friday, four Cascades Conference football teams will join together to support the veterans – Jackson Citizen-Patriot

Today In The MHSAA: 10/18/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 18, 2021

1. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Marian never lost a set and defeated Division 2 No. 2 Grand Rapids Christian in the championship match to win the Beast of the East against a field that included 10 ranked teams – Oakland Press

2. CROSS COUNTRY The Okemos girls – No. 11 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – and LPD2 No. 7 St. Johns boys claimed this year’s Greater Lansing Invitational championships – Lansing State Journal Girls | Boys

3. CROSS COUNTRY Romeo’s teams swept Macomb County Invitational championships; Romeo’s girls are No. 6 in LPD1 and the boys are No. 3 – Macomb Daily

4. CROSS COUNTRY Bay City Western swept Bay County Championship titles – Bay City Times

5. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 6 Centreville swept Cassopolis in the final to win the Southwest 10 Conference Tournament championship – Sturgis Journal

6. CROSS COUNTRY The Mona Shores girls and Whitehall boys won Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championships – Local Sport Journal

7. VOLLEYBALL Battle Creek Lakeview defeated Harper Creek 2-0 to clinch the All-City championship – Battle Creek Enquirer

8. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Coldwater was first and Mattawan second at the Battle Creek Harper Creek Invitational – Coldwater Daily Reporter 

9. VOLLEYBALL Sault Ste. Marie downed Johannesburg-Lewiston 2-1 in the finale to win the Inland Lakes Invitational – Petoskey News-Review

10. CROSS COUNTRY Brownstown Woodhaven’s girls and Riverview’s boys won Downriver Gabriel Richard Invitational championships – Southgate News-Herald