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: 8/24/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 24, 2021

1. VOLLEYBALL Niles improved to 12-3 on the season with five wins to clinch the Vicksburg Six Pack title – Niles Daily Star

2. BOYS SOCCER Jacob Scharp’s hat trick led Manistee to a 7-3 win over Hart – Ludington Daily News

3. BOYS SOCCER Griffin Chamberlain’s hat trick pushed Rochester past Clawson 5-1 – Oakland Press

4. BOYS SOCCER New Baltimore Anchor Bay followed Carson Hodgson’s big night to a 4-0 win over Grosse Pointe North – Macomb Daily

5. BOYS SOCCER Kalkaska hung on for a 2-1 win over Reed City – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. GIRLS GOLF Alpena won its division of the Grayling Invitational – Alpena News

7. BOYS SOCCER Big Rapids and Greenville drew 1-1 in a season opener – Big Rapids News

8. BOYS SOCCER Dearborn Divine Child downed Gibraltar Carlson 8-3 – Southgate News-Herald

9. GIRLS TENNIS Kingsford’s single dominance led to a 5-3 win over Marquette – Iron Mountain Daily News

10. VOLLEYBALL Sault Ste. Marie opened with a sweep of Gaylord – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News