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: 8/30/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 30, 2022

1. GIRLS GOLF Northville and Grand Blanc’s Kate Brody were champions at the Charger Invitational in Flint – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. BOYS SOCCER Cameron Sherrill scored all three goals in Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse’s 3-1 win over St. Clair Shores Lake Shore – Macomb Daily

3. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City West remains undefeated after a 4-0 win over Elk Rapids – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. BOYS SOCCER Arturo Romero scored four more goals in Muskegon Oakridge’s 6-3 win over Orchard View – MuskegonSports.com

5. BOYS SOCCER Ludington also remains undefeated after a 5-2 win over Hart – Local Sports Journal

6. GIRLS GOLF Harbor Springs edged Traverse City St. Francis by three strokes at the first Lake Michigan Conference event – Petoskey News-Review

7. VOLLEYBALL Spring Lake downed Muskegon Western Michigan Christian, Zeeland East and Montague – MuskegonSports.com

8. GIRLS TENNIS Negaunee held off Marquette for a 6-2 victory – Marquette Mining Journal

9. BOYS SOCCER Fenton scored with under 10 minutes to play to get past Ortonville Brandon 3-2 – Oakland Press

10. BOYS SOCCER Alpena evened its record with a big win over Harbor Springs – Alpena News

Also of note …

GIRLS BASKETBALL Detroit Renaissance coach Shane Lawal is leaving the program to become an assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings – Detroit News