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: 10/13/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 13, 2025

1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 top-ranked Rockford became the first West Michigan champion of the Beast of the East Tournament – Instagram

2. CROSS COUNTRY Okemos – No. 12  in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – swept team and individual girls championships at the Greater Lansing Invitational – Lansing State Journal

3. CROSS COUNTRY Romeo swept Macomb County championship races; Romeo's girls are ranked No. 3 in LPD1 – Macomb Daily

4. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 6 Grand Ledge boys were first and LPD2 No. 3 Alma was second at the Greater Lansing Invitational – Lansing State Journal

5. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 top-ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer girls and Saginaw Heritage boys won Freeland Invitational titles – Saginaw News

6. CROSS COUNTRY The Gibraltar Carlson girls and Allen Park boys were team champs at the Downriver All-Area Invitational – Southgate News-Herald

7. CROSS COUNTRY The Muskegon Mona Shores girls won their first Greater Muskegon Athletic Association meet since 2022 – Local Sports Journal

8. CROSS COUNTRY Whitehall dominated in winning the GMAA boys championship – Local Sports Journal

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Essexville Garber finished a 6-0 day as champion at the New Lothrop Buddy Forever Invitational – Bay City Times

10. CROSS COUNTRY The Sturgis girls and Detroit Catholic Central boys were champs at the 61st Kiwanis Invitational in Sturgis – Sturgis Journal