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: 11/5/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
November 5, 2021
1. VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Bronson clinched a Division 3 District title with a sweep of No. 7 Centreville – Coldwater Daily Reporter
2. VOLLEYBALL No. 9 Reese defeated No. 5 Saginaw Valley Lutheran in four sets to win a Division 3 District title – Saginaw News
3. VOLLEYBALL White Lake Lakeland repeated as a District champion with a Division 1 win over honorable mention Clarkston – Oakland Press
4. VOLLEYBALL Birch Run upset No. 9 Frankenmuth in five sets to win a Division 2 District Final – Saginaw News
5. VOLLEYBALL Midland Bullock Creek’s four-set win over Gladwin in Division 3 gave the Lancers their first District title in this sport – Midland Daily News
6. VOLLEYBALL Dundee defeated host Carleton Airport in Division 2, claiming its first District title since 1999 – Monroe News
7. VOLLEYBALL No. 8 Cadillac swept Kingsley in Division 2 to lock up its 16th-straight District championship – Cadillac News
8. VOLLEYBALL No. 10 Charlevoix came back from a two-set deficit to defeat Johannesburg-Lewiston in Division 3 – Petoskey News-Review
9. VOLLEYBALL Utica Ford earned its first District championship since 2002 with a four-set win over Utica High – Macomb Daily
10. VOLLEYBALL Grand Ledge came back after falling in the first set to defeat DeWitt in four in a Division 1 District Final – Lansing State Journal