Today in the MHSAA: 9/3/15

September 3, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Exciting soccer finishes, plus news from volleyball, girls golf and cross country top today’s headlines from media across the state.

Cross Country

The biggest school at the Battle Creek All-City Invitational swept the team titles, with Lakeview’s boys and girls both winning; the top racers from the smallest school, Battle Creek St. Philip’s Ava Strenge and Jack Greenman, won the individual titles – Battle Creek Enquirer

Girls Golf

Same players, new coach, and Muskegon Mona Shores is back among the elite with a win in the Ottawa-Kent Black on Wednesday after finishing second in the first league jamboree – Muskegon Chronicle

Boys Soccer

Portage Central won a battle of undefeated teams from the Kalamazoo area, downing Mattawan 1-0 with a second-half goal – Kalamazoo Gazette

Ludington scored three goals over a 10-minute second-half span to win a high-scoring 5-3 matchup with Whitehall – Ludington Daily News

Saginaw Heritage freshman keeper Joseph Horwath became a wall over the final two minutes as the Hawks edged Valley Lutheran 3-2 – Saginaw News

Volleyball

Camden-Frontier came back from two sets down to beat Hillsdale Academy, claiming the deciding game 15-13 – Hillsdale Daily News

New Baltimore Anchor Bay improved to 12-1-2 this fall under first-year coach Brittany McGinnis, a former standout at Fraser, by beating her alma mater and two others – Macomb Daily

Good reads

Most of the competitors at Frankenmuth’s Patriot Cup girls golf tournament were toddlers or only a little older on Sept. 11, 2001, so the Eagles will host 21 teams in remembrance of the victims of attacks and those who continue to serve – Saginaw News

Charlevoix dedicated its recently purchased football scoreboard Friday to late coach Don Carey, who led multiple teams at the school over nearly three decades – Charlevoix Courier

Today in the MHSAA: 11/19/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 19, 2025

Division 1 Quarterfinals

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Farmington Hills Mercy will return to Battle Creek after a sweep of Trenton in a Division 1 Quarterfinal – Oakland Press

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Byron Center advanced to the Semifinals for the first time since 1993 with a sweep of Ann Arbor Skyline – Grand Rapids Press

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 2 Bloomfield Hills swept Oxford, with the second set going to 27-25 – Hometown Life

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Top-ranked Rockford continued its impressive run with a sweep of honorable mention Traverse City Central – WOOD TV

Division 2 Quarterfinals

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 3 Grand Rapids Christian and No. 6 Tecumseh traded sets before the Eagles won in the fifth – Grand Rapids Press

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Fremont continued its historic run with a five-set win over Ogemaw Heights – Muskegon Chronicle

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 2 Detroit Country Day defeated honorable mention Lake Fenton 3-1 to continue its repeat pursuit – Flint Journal

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 10 Flat Rock swept Ferndale to advance – Monroe News

Division 3 Quarterfinals

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 6 Saginaw Valley Lutheran swept Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest – Saginaw News

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 8 Kalamazoo Christian advanced to the Semifinals for the fourth-straight season, sweeping No. 9 Pewamo-Westphalia – Kalamazoo Gazette

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 5 Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central will continue its repeat pursuit after a four-set win over No. 2 Plymouth Christian Academy – Monroe News

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 3 Kingsley finished a season sweep of No. 7 Traverse City St. Francis with a four-set win – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Division 4 Quarterfinals

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 3 Ubly earned its first trip to the Semifinals since 2007 with a five-set win over honorable mention Allen Park Inter-City Baptist – Huron Daily Tribune

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 2 Fowler advanced with a sweep of Traverse City Christian – Lansing State Journal

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Crystal Falls Forest Park will return to Battle Creek after sweeping Atlanta – MyUPNow

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Top-ranked Mendon advanced to the Semifinals with a sweep of honorable mention Hillsdale Academy – WWMT