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: 12/3/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 3, 2021

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Plymouth Christian Academy defeated Detroit Country Day 65-49 to begin its season – Detroit News

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bailie Lash’s jumper at the buzzer pushed Mendon past Quincy 42-41 – JoeInsider.com

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL After an East Jordan buzzer-beater forced overtime, Johannesburg-Lewiston pulled away for a 59-49 win – Petoskey News-Review

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Goodrich opened with a 50-40 win over Davison – WJRT

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Macomb Lutheran North held off Almont’s midgame comeback for a 48-33 win – Macomb Daily

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Paw Paw held off Dowagiac’s comeback attempt in a 44-34 victory – Niles Daily Star

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Harbor Springs improved to 2-0 with a 60-45 win over Indian River Inland Lakes – Petoskey News-Review

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL A defensive surge from the start got Calumet rolling toward a 78-36 win over Iron Mountain – Iron Mountain Daily News

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Tecumseh also thrived on defensive pressure in a 68-29 win over Manchester – Adrian Daily Telegram

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kinde North Huron took a quick lead and never gave it up in a win over Peck – Huron Daily Tribune