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: 10/2/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 2, 2026

1. GIRLS GOLF Alpena won the Big North Conference team title by a stroke, and runner-up Petoskey boasted the individual medalist in Anna Hasse – Petoskey News-Review

2. BOYS TENNIS Midland Dow – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – ran its Saginaw Valley League Tournament title streak to 21 – Midland Daily News

3. BOYS SOCCER Warren Woods-Tower clinched a share of the Macomb Area Conference Silver title with a win over Warren Fitzgerald – Macomb Daily

4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Lexi Coleman starred as Division 1 No. 7 South Lyon East swept honorable mention South Lyon – Oakland Press

5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Bellaire lost the first set but won the next three to defeat Central Lake – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 10 Onekama ran its winning streak to nine with a sweep of Brethren – MI Sports Now

7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL St. Louis also extended its winning streak with a sweep of Alma – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

8. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 3 Okemos shut out Mason 6-0 – WLNS

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Kingsford swept Negaunee – Upper Michigan’s Source

10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Dowagiac downed Berrien Springs in five sets – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium