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: 1/6/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 6, 2023

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Trenton Taratuta went over 1,000 career points in Hillman’s 62-47 win over Posen – Alpena News

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bay City All Saints downed Carsonville-Port Sanilac 42-23 in a matchup of North Central Thumb League Stripes co-champions from last season – Bay City Times

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Blanchard Montabella moved into first place alone in the Mid-State Activities Conference with a 59-33 win over Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL West Bloomfield ran its league winning streak to 27 with its latest over Clarkston – Oakland Press

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Flint Powers Catholic led by one at halftime, but Beecher emerged with an 81-57 victory – Mid-Michigan Now

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Croswell-Lexington handed Yale its first loss of the season, 67-52 – Port Huron Times Herald

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Taylor Trillium moved to 5-0 in handing Detroit Northwestern its first loss, 78-57 – Detroit News

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Concord held off Homer’s comeback attempt for a 45-43 win – Jackson Citizen Patriot

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Laingsburg earned a key league win 64-46 over Pewamo-Westphalia – Lansing State Journal

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Levi Schultz scored 31 points to lead Traverse City Christian past Ellsworth 79-61 – Up North Live