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: 10/7/16
October 7, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Tennis teams joined golf in playing Lower Peninsula Regionals on Thursday, with the top teams in Division 3 matching up for the second week in a row – and this time with a different result.
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.
Cross Country
St. Clair dominated the Marysville Invitational as both the boys (No. 6 in LPD2) and girls (tied for No. 8) won championships, the undefeated boys ahead of No. 12 Croswell-Lexington and the girls ahead of New Baltimore Anchor Bay – Port Huron Times Herald
Four top-ranked teams won titles at the Gladstone Invitational: the Negaunee boys and Marquette girls in Division 1 and Ishpeming boys and girls in Division 2 – Escanaba Daily Press
Girls Golf
Division 1 No. 7 Lake Orion edged No. 4 Bloomfield Hills by nine strokes to win with 344 – Oakland Press
Stevensville Lakeshore advanced to the MHSAA Finals for the first time in six seasons after winning its Division 3 Regional. – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
Boys Soccer
Division 4 No. 16 Harbor Springs scored twice during the final 18 minutes to down Division 3 No. 12 Charlevoix in Lake Michigan Conference play – Petoskey News
Division 1 No. 4 Ann Arbor Skyline improved to 15-0 with a 5-0 win over Monroe after leading 1-0 at the break – Detroit News
Boys Tennis
No. 5 St. Joseph won its 18th Regional title in 20 seasons, finishing ahead of No. 10 Coldwater in Division 3 by scoring 31 of a possible 32 points – Kalamazoo Gazette
After falling to No. 2 Detroit Country Day in a dual last week, top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood came back to win their Division 3 Regional – Oakland Press
Volleyball
Unranked Camden-Frontier earned a split with Class D No. 7 Pittsford in Southern Central Athletic Association play – Hillsdale Daily News
Class A No. 10 Macomb Dakota came back from a 2-0 deficit to down Marysville in five games – Clinton Township Voice