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: 9/24/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 24, 2024

1. GIRLS GOLF Alena Li carded a 64 and Okemos – ranked No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – scored a school-record 308 in winning the Capital Area Activities Conference Open – Lansing State Journal

2. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 11 Bay City John Glenn played to a 2-2 draw with Division 3 No. 14 Alma to secure its first league title in this sport since 2005 – Bay City Times

3. BOYS SOCCER Brooklyn Columbia Central downed Manchester 4-1 to clinch the Cascades Conference championship – Jackson Citizen Patriot

4. GIRLS GOLF Adrian won its third straight Lenawee County championship – Adrian Daily Telegram

5. CROSS COUNTRY The Cheboygan girls won the Indian River Inland Lakes Invitational, its third invite championship this season – Cheboygan Tribune

6. GIRLS GOLF LPD1 No. 4 Grand Blanc claimed the Midland Dow Invitational title – WJRT

7. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 4 Clarkston Everest Collegiate downed No. 12 Bloomfield Hills Roeper 7-1 – Oakland Press

8. BOYS SOCCER Allen Park played to a 1-1 draw with Division 1 No. 13 Dearborn Edsel Ford – Dearborn Press & Guide

9. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 8 New Boston Huron drew 1-1 with Division 3 No. 7 Milan to keep the Huron League race open – Monroe News

10. BOYS SOCCER Melvindale and Dearborn Heights Crestwood played to a 3-3 draw, setting them up to potentially finish as co-champions in the Western Wayne Athletic Conference – Southgate News-Herald