Today in the MHSAA: 9/9/19

September 9, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Unranked – and probably soon-to-ranked – volleyball and soccer teams dominated the top half of today’s list of achievers from an invitational-filled weekend across a number of sports. 

1. Volleyball: Unranked Beaverton defeated Division 3 No. 4 Bronson in the final to claim Bay City Central’s Mitten Bay Invitational title – Midland Daily News

2. Volleyball: Also-unranked Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern downed Division 1 No. 6 Grand Haven and then honorable mention Northville to win the Grand Haven Invitational – Grand Haven Tribune

3. Cross Country: The East Grand Rapids, Ada Forest Hills Eastern and Pewamo-Westphalia girls and Ann Arbor Skyline, Haslett and Hanover-Horton boys won championships at the Bath Bret Clements Invitational – Athletic.net 

4. Boys Soccer: Unranked Portage Northern made a number of stops in getting past Division 2 top-ranked Mattawan 1-0 – JoeInsider.com

5. Girls Swimming & Diving: Chelsea, No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 3, edged LPD2 honorable mention Grand Rapids Northview to win the DeWitt Invitational – Chelsea Sun Times News 

6. Cross Country: Brighton’s boys and Troy’s girls won Gold division Averill Invitational championships at Kensington Metropark – Athletic.net

7. Cross Country: Traverse City teams swept titles at the Bullock Creek Lancer Invitational, the West girls and St. Francis boys claiming championships – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. Volleyball: Petoskey finished the day 6-0 and defeated Midland Dow in the final to win its home invitational – Petoskey News-Review

9. Cross Country: The Petoskey girls and Charlevoix boys won Charlevoix Mud Run championships – Petoskey News-Review

10. Volleyball: Kingsford repeated as the Great 8 Tournament champion at West Iron County – Iron Mountain Daily News

Today in the MHSAA: 11/5/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 5, 2026

1. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Elk Rapids ran its shutout streak to 14 with a 2-0 win over No. 4 Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian in a Division 3 Semifinal – MI Sports Now

2. BOYS SOCCER A final-minute goal sent No. 6 Warren De La Salle Collegiate past unranked DeWitt 3-2 in Division 2 – Macomb Daily

3. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett advanced in Division 4 with a shootout win over No. 14 Clarkston Everest Collegiate – Oakland Press

4. BOYS SOCCER Unranked Williamston also advanced with a shootout, moving past No. 14 Grosse Ile in Division 3 – Lansing State Journal

5. BOYS SOCCER Kevin Garay scored three goals in top-ranked Troy’s 5-2 Division 1 win over No. 6 Salem – Oakland Press

6. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian earned its Finals return with a 5-0 win over No. 3 Kalamazoo Christian in Division 4 – Local Sports Journal

7. BOYS SOCCER Unranked Livonia Stevenson will return to the Finals thanks to a 1-0 win over also-unranked East Kentwood in Division 1 – Detroit News

8. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked St. Joseph advanced in Division 2 with a 6-0 win over No. 5 Holland – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 9 Romeo came back after losing the first set to get past No. 5 Utica Eisenhower in five in a Division 1 District Semifinal – Macomb Daily

10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Bella Barnes set a Manton single-season record for kills as her team, an honorable mention in the state poll, defeated Lake City in Division 3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle