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: 9/9/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 9, 2022

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 2 Troy earned a 1-0 win over No. 3 Berkley in an Oakland Activities Association Red matchup of statewide contenders – Oakland Press

2. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 8 Coopersville swept Division 2 No. 10 Hudsonville Unity Christian in an Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue matchup also featuring state-ranked teams – FOX 17

3. CROSS COUNTRY The Ludington girls and Reed City boys won Leanna Wolf Geers Invitational titles in Scottville; Reed City is ranked No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – Local Sports Journal

4. VOLLEYBALL Lake Orion swept Division 2 No. 3 Detroit Country Day – Oakland Press

5. VOLLEYBALL Fenton earned a major win over reigning Flint Metro League Stripes champion Flushing, 3-1 – WJRT

6. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 6 Frankenmuth remained undefeated with sweeps of Swartz Creek, Midland and Freeland – Saginaw News

7. BOYS SOCCER Grand Blanc and Division 2 No. 7 Fenton played to a 1-1 draw – Mid-Michigan Now

8. VOLLEYBALL Brighton added to its winning streak over Hartland with a sweep – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. VOLLEYBALL Edwardsburg earned a four-set win over Niles – Niles Daily Star

10. VOLLEYBALL Holland Christian also needed four sets to defeat Hamilton – Holland Sentinel