Today in the MHSAA: 9/30/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 30, 2022

1. GIRLS TENNIS Iron Mountain repeated as Upper Peninsula Division 2 Finals champion – MHSAA.com

2. BOYS TENNIS Midland Dow – top-ranked in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – swept every flight to win the Saginaw Valley League Tournament with the max 32 points – Midland Daily News

3. BOYS TENNIS Flushing clinched a fifth-straight Flint Metro League title – WJRT

4. BOYS TENNIS Milan and Grosse Ile are Huron League co-champions after Milan won the league tournament by a point – Monroe News

5. BOYS TENNIS Rochester Hills Stoney Creek won six flight titles in claiming the overall Oakland Activities Association White Tournament championship – Oakland Press

6. BOYS TENNIS Traverse City Central won five flights to clinch the overall Big North Conference Tournament title – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. GIRLS GOLF LPD4 No. 13 Harbor Springs finished a Lake Michigan Conference title run with a victory at the league tournament – Petoskey News-Review

8. CROSS COUNTRY The UPD1 No. 2 Houghton girls and UPD2 top-ranked Painesdale Jeffers boys won Ishpeming Tracy Strom Invitational titles – Upper Michigan Source

9. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 3 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep swept honorable mention Warren Regina – Oakland Press

10. BOYS SOCCER Coldwater set itself up for a league title opportunity with a 3-0 win over Battle Creek Harper Creek – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Today in the MHSAA: 11/4/16

November 4, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A number of District volleyball tournaments finished Thursday, with a number of champions winning for the second, third or fourth straight time. But there also was a 10-time champion crowned again – and three teams winning titles for the first time in at least 15 years.

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.

Volleyball

Class A No. 9 Grand Haven swept Muskegon Mona Shores to claim a 10th straight District championship – Grand Haven Tribune

Class B No. 6 Battle Creek Harper Creek downed Marshall for a fourth straight District title – Battle Creek Enquirer

Calumet, an honorable mention in Class C, swept Ironwood for a fifth straight District title – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Centreville won its first District championship since 1995, downing Decatur in three sets in Class C – Sturgis Journal

Coleman edged Beal City 3-2 in Class C to win its first District title since 2001 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Also in Class C, Morley Stanwood won its fourth straight District title, downing Lakeview – Big Rapids News

In Class D, Portland St. Patrick won its first District title since 1991 with a four-set victory over Merrill – Ionia Sentinel-Standard

Good Reads

St. Joseph tennis player Ahmeir Kyle finished off an impressive run through the boys Lower Peninsula Division 2 Finals last month, winning the No. 2 singles title to become what's believed to be the first girl to win an individual flight in an MHSAA boys tennis championship tournament. Second Half covered the victory at the time, and both the St. Joseph Herald-Palladium and Kalamazoo Gazette featured the Bears standout this week – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium, Kalamazoo Gazette