Today in the MHSAA: 9/30/20

September 30, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A possible preview of the Lower Peninsula Division 1 Girls Golf Finals tops today’s lineup of Tuesday’s headliners, followed by more girls golf standout performances and a few league championship clinchers.

1. Girls Golf: No. 2 Plymouth shot 327 to edge No. 3 Northville by four strokes and No. 4 Grand Blanc by eight and win the Ann Arbor Pioneer Invitational against a field featuring five of the top 10 teams in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – We Love Ann Arbor

2. Girls Golf: LPD3 No. 3 Big Rapids clinched its 10th league championship in 11 seasons by winning the Central State Activities Association Tournament – Big Rapids News

3. Girls Golf: Repeat medalist Lauren Reed led repeat team champ Battle Creek Harper Creek to the All-City title – Battle Creek Enquirer

4. Boys Soccer: South Lyon downed Walled Lake Western 3-2 to clinch a share of the Lakes Valley Conference championship – Oakland Press

5. Girls Golf: Anci Dy shot a career-low 64 to lead LPD1 No. 10 Traverse City West to the Cheboygan Invitational championship – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. Volleyball: Onsted earned an impressive sweep of Division 3 No. 7 Hudson – Adrian Daily Telegram

7. Girls Swimming & Diving: Zeeland swam past Holland 106-69; they are honorable mentions in LPD1 and LPD2, respectively – Holland Sentinel

8. Cross Country: The Manistee girls and Mason County Central boys won six-team races in Ludington – Manistee News Advocate

9. Boys Soccer: Detroit Catholic Central moved to 5-0-2 with a 3-1 win over Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice – Observer & Eccentric

10. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 8 North Muskegon remained undefeated in the West Michigan Conference with a four-set win over Hart – Local Sports Journal

Also of note …

Girls Golf: Durand set a school and conference record shooting 359 to win the Mid-Michigan Activities Conference Tournament – Owosso Argus-Press

Today in the MHSAA: 10/16/19

October 16, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

League cross country meets dominated action across the Lower Peninsula on Tuesday, and at least a pair of volleyball teams also clinched conference titles. But a major upset in boys soccer earned the most notable headline of the day, and of that sport’s postseason so far.

1. Boys Soccer: Unranked Coldwater earned the most notable win of District play to this point, upsetting No. 1 Richland Gull Lake 4-3 in Division 2 – Coldwater Daily Reporter

2. Cross Country: The Lower Peninsula Division 2 top-ranked Petoskey girls and LPD1 No. 14 Traverse City Central boys finished championship runs in the Big North Conference, Petoskey ahead of the LPD1 No. 3 Trojans – Petoskey News-Review

3. Boys soccer: No. 2 Troy Athens edged No. 9 Troy 1-0 in a Division 1 District game – Oakland Press

4. Cross Country: Hillsdale Academy swept wins at the Southern Central Athletic Association championship meet, the LPD4 honorable mention boys clinching the overall league title while the No. 4-ranked girls ended up second overall to No. 5 Adrian Lenawee Christian – Hillsdale Daily News

5. Volleyball: Unranked Montague clinched the West Michigan Conference regular-season championship with a sweep of Division 2 honorable mention Whitehall – Local Sports Journal

6. Boys Soccer: Unranked Birmingham Seaholm upset No. 14 Livonia Stevenson 1-0 in Division 1 District play – Observer & Eccentric

7. Volleyball: Division 3 honorable mention Harbor Beach claimed a share of the Greater Thumb Conference East title with a sweep of Sandusky – Huron Daily Tribune

8. Cross Country: The Bronson girls and LPD4 No. 7 Concord boys finished championship runs through the Big 8 Conference – Coldwater Daily Reporter

9. Cross Country: Reed City’s girls and Fremont’s LPD2 top-ranked boys completed championship runs in the Central State Activities Association Gold – Big Rapids News

10. Cross Country: The LPD3 No. 12 Reese and Sandusky girls and Capac and LPD4 No. 3 Unionville-Sebewaing boys won their races at the Greater Thumb Conference championship meet – Athletic.net

Also of note …

Cross Country: Clinton swept league championships in the Tri-County Conference – Adrian Daily Telegram

Cross County: Beal City completed a championship sweep in the Highland Conference – Cadillac News

Cross Country: Ludington’s girls and boys teams swept Lakes 8 Conference championship meet titles – Ludington Daily News