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: 5/13/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 13, 2026

1. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 6 Romeo finished a run to the Macomb Area Conference Red title with a 3-1 win over 2025 MHSAA Division 1 runner-up Macomb Dakota – Macomb Daily

2. GIRLS SOCCER Clarkston downed Birmingham Groves 5-1 to clinch the Oakland Activities Association White championship – Oakland Press

3. SOFTBALL Midland High and Dow split a doubleheader, with the Chemics’ win clinching the Saginaw Valley League North title – Midland Daily News

4. TRACK & FIELD The Caro girls and Cass City boys won Big Thumb Conference White championship meets – Saginaw News

5. SOFTBALL Division 2 honorable mention Armada clinched a share of the Blue Water Area Conference title with a sweep of Imlay City – Macomb Daily

6. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 4 Mason and Williamston both earned shares of the Capital Area Activities Conference Red title with doubleheader sweeps – Lansing State Journal

7. SOFTBALL Division 2 top-ranked Paw Paw pulled within an inning of clinching the Wolverine Conference title after defeating No. 10 Three Rivers to begin a doubleheader – Kalamazoo Gazette

8. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 5 DeWitt and Mason advanced to the CAAC Gold Cup championship match – WLNS

9. SOFTBALL Division 2 honorable mention Orchard Lake St. Mary’s advanced to the Catholic High School League Bishop championship game with a 6-0 win over Warren Regina – Oakland Press

10. BOYS GOLF Leland’s Howie Kropp won the Northwest Conference 18-hole event by a stroke as his team won by six – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Also of note …

GIRLS BASKETBALL St. Ignace coach Dorene Ingalls is retiring with a 542-104 record – Up North Live