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: 12/15/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 15, 2025

1. ICE HOCKEY Division 1 No. 3 Howell defeated Division 3 No. 1 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 9-1 at the Adam Mitchell KLAA/MIHL Showcase – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Detroit Renaissance edged Saginaw Heritage 49-48 in an impressive win at the Best of Michigan Holiday Classic – Detroit Free Press

3. BOYS BASKETBALL KJ Torbert’s buzzer-beater sent East Lansing past Detroit Martin Luther King 41-40 at the Moneyball Tip-Off Classic – WLNS

4. ICE HOCKEY Division 3 No. 9 Calumet defeated No. 4 Houghton 4-2 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Lansing Sexton downed Detroit Cass Tech 86-81 at the Moneyball Tip-Off Classic – Lansing State Journal

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Payton Glasby went over 1,000 career points in Gaylord St. Mary’s big win over Pellston – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Bear Lake’s Myles Harless also reached 1,000 career points during his team’s win over Mesick – Manistee News Advocate

8. ICE HOCKEY Division 1 No. 7 Utica Eisenhower defeated Division 2 No. 5 Rochester United 4-2 in a matchup of ranked teams – Macomb Daily

9. ICE HOCKEY Tucker Spalding scored four goals in Midland’s 5-2  win over Kingsford at the Bay County Showcase – Midland Daily News

10. WRESTLING Traverse City West finished 5-0 in winning the Bridge Brawl at Sault Ste. Marie – Traverse City Record-Eagle