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: 5/14/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 14, 2025

1. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 8 Frankenmuth clinched a share of the Tri-Valley Conference Red title with a sweep of Freeland – Saginaw News

2. BASEBALL Petoskey clinched a share of the Big North Conference championship with a sweep over Traverse City West – Petoskey News-Review

3. GIRLS SOCCER Walled Lake Northern earned a third-straight Lakes Valley Conference Tournament title with a shootout win over Walled Lake Western – Oakland Press

4. BASEBALL Division 4 No. 17 Muskegon Catholic Central earned coach Steve Schuitema his 400th career victory during a sweep of Wyoming Tri-unity Christian – Local Sports Journal

5. GIRLS SOCCER Division 4 No. 7 Plymouth Christian Academy handed Allen Park Inter-City Baptist its first loss, 2-0 – Southgate News-Herald

6. GIRLS SOCCER Grand Ledge advanced to the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup championship match with a 2-1 win over Division 2 No. 11 Mason – Lansing State Journal

7. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 9 DeWitt advanced on the other side of the CAAC Gold Cup bracket with a 4-0 win over East Lansing – WILX

8. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 16 Stevensville Lakeshore and St. Joseph split, Lakeshore winning the opener and the Bears the second game – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

9. BASEBALL Fraser moved into first place alone in the Macomb Area Conference Blue with a 2-1 win over St. Clair Shores Lakeview – Macomb Daily

10. SOFTBALL Kianna Vork added to her school career home run record during Hamilton’s sweep of Zeeland East – Holland Sentinel