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: 2/14/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 14, 2025

1. WRESTLING No. 6 Temperance Bedford downed Wyandotte Roosevelt and Westland John Glenn to win a Division 1 Regional title, and Chase Norbury reached 150 career wins – Monroe News

2. WRESTLING Union City earned its first Regional title since 2000 with wins over Mendon and Springport in Division 4 – Coldwater Daily Reporter

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Pewamo-Westphalia clinched the Central Michigan Athletic Conference championship with a 66-30 win over Bath – WILX

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Maple City Glen Lake downed Brethren 72-51 to clinch the Northwest Conference championship – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. BOWLING The Wyandotte Roosevelt girls and Taylor boys capped Downriver League championship runs – Southgate News-Herald

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Grady Pieratt reached 1,000 career points in Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart’s 86-40 win over Merrill – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL McBain edged Roscommon 47-46 on a halfcourt buzzer beater – MI Sports Now

8. BOYS BASKETALL Gladwin downed Farwell to reach 17 wins, its most in a season since 1993 – Bay City Times

9. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Midland Dow – No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – edged rival Midland High 96-84 – Midland Daily News

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Battle Creek Harper Creek moved into first place in the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference with a 47-45 win over Coldwater – Battle Creek Enquirer